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Kendal Calling Add Real Ale Festival

• 10th Jun 2010

New for 2010 Kendal Calling will be hosting a real ale festival, featuring a selection of real ale from the Lake Districts best breweries including the festival’s very own tipple Kendale! Held onsite at our festival pub The Holy Quail the real ale festival is supported by CAMRA & will be a festival within a festival allowing revellers to sample some fine beers while soaking up the atmosphere.

To celebrate Kendal Calling festivals 5th Birthday Party get on board for our fancy dress day on Saturday as the festival culminates for a huge celebration. Think ‘kids birthday’ mixed with a crazy Mad Hatters Tea Party, anything goes at our birthday bash so come as your alter-ego, favourite film character, superhero & don your best glad rags for raving and misbehaving. One thing revelers must wear is a smile and be up for one hell of a party! To capture the birthday party mayhem there will a photo shoot from the main stage on Saturday teatime.
Festival Director Andy Smith says: “Someone mentioned to me that if KC was a child it would be walking around and fetching me things by now! it's amazing how fast the event has grown and we hope everyone will come and join in the celebrations”
Chris Holland, CAMRA’S Cumbria Area Organiser says: “It is fantastic that Kendal Calling organisers are so committed to real ale and make efforts to ensure the event uses local breweries as well as locally sourced products and services. I am pleased that they have invited us to this year’s festival to promote the work of CAMRA, celebrate the growing interest in real ales and sign up new members.”
To perfect the best costumes the festival will have its very own tailors ready to add the finishing touches to any outfit. This sewing shop will have crazy seamstresses ready to add sequins and feathers. There'll be several stalls onsite stocking accessories for costumes, full fancy dress outfits or services to pimp up outfits by the festivals special tailors!
Happy Slap Make Up Boutique are on site combining exhilarating live performance with bespoke face painting and make up for festival-goers. Attractions such as “The Human Doodle”, Maypole dancing, full body painting platform and the living paintings run alongside a unique make up service.
By popular demand Kendal Calling are releasing a limited amount of campervan passes that will go on sale Monday 14th June @ 9am! So camp in style, Kendal Callings 5th birthday Party is this summer?s hottest ticket.

FULL KENDAL CALLING MUSIC LINE UP SO FAR:
DOVES / THE CORAL / CALVIN HARRIS / BRITISH SEA POWER / STEREO MC’S / BADLY DRAWN BOY / WILD BEASTS / THE FUTUREHEADS / THE SUBWAYS / EROL ALKAN / HIGH CONTRAST / DJ YODA / PLUMP DJ?S / SCRATCH PERVERTS / DUB PISTOLS / ELITE FORCE / ESKIMO TWINS / KID BRITISH / CRAIG CHARLES FUNK & SOUL SHOW / OK GO / LANCASHIRE HOTPOTS / THE KING BLUES / CHIDDY BANG / ERLAND & THE CARNIVAL / DANNY FONTAINE / JUSTIN ROBERTSON / DANNY BYRD / DOORLY / EMALKAY / PEOPLE GET REAL / RICH REASON / KEN EVIL / ASH HOWELL

CALLING OUT STAGE:
GENERAL FIASCO / THE PARLOTONES / DANANANANAYKROYD / THESE NEW PURITANS / GOOD SHOES / PULLED APART BY HORSES / CHIDDY BANG / ERLAND AND THE CARNIVAL / DANNY FONTAINE / SOUND OF GUNS / EXIT CALM / GOLDHEART ASSEMBLY / JESSE ROSE TRIP / MORNING PARADE / LADYKILLERS / DOLL AND THE KICKS / THE CROOKES / SEAL CLUB CLUBBING CLUB / STORMY CORNER / ELGAZELLE / THE HEARTBREAKS / ORPHAN BOY / OUR FOLD / CHICKENHAWK / BUEN CHICO / UNDERDOGS / LUCID DREAM / MICKY P KERR / WIND UP BIRDS / KIARA ELLES
KAYLIED STAGE:
MARK CHADWICK (ACOUSTIC SET FROM THE LEVELLERS FRONTMAN – FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE!) / FIRST AID KIT / BAKED A LA SKA / LANCASHIRE HOTPOTS / ELECTRIC CHAIR – THE UNABOMBERS /CRAIG CHARLES FUNK & SOUL SHOW / DENIS JONES/ BEAT / SKIP MCDONALD / JOHN SMITH / JESCA HOOP / KIRSTY ALMEDIA / MATTHEW HALSALL / TANKUS THE HENGE / IAN KING / MICHEAL KIWANUKA / 1, 2, 3, 4's / JONATHAN JEREMIAH / THE MOUSE OUTFIT / RAGHU DIXIT / KATHRYN EDWARDS / THE SEE SEE / JAMES KELLY / TO SOPHIA / JO ROSE / SIMON CONNOR / THE SWITCH / ANDY NEEDHAM / LAZYBONES