Wednesday, 2 April 2025

The 2025 London International Ska Festival


What are you doing this Easter? If you have no plans, why not go to the 2025 London International Ska Festival? My company, Mill Hill Music Complex has been proudly been festival sponsors for many years. When we started the business in 1979, it was always a key part of what we did to support promoters, venues and artists making great music and staging amazing events. The Ska festival is the best known, longest lasting and most internationally recognised of the many festivals we support. 

This years sees an amazing line up of artists and events, as you'll see from the poster >>>>>

15 events across 4 days over Easter Weekend 17-20 April 2025. 

Here is the full line up. Of you fancy going, please buy your tickets early. The festival is independenly run and itr eally helps organisers balance the books and get a good nights sleep to see the tickets selling and the bilills being paid!

Day 1 - Thursday 17th April 2025
MAROON TOWN
Celebrating the 35th anniversary of their debut album - High & Dry
+ Hugo Lobo (Argentina)
+ Travelers All Stars (Mexico)
+ DJ Alan Handscombe
+ DJ Ronnie King
+ DJ Anna Vodka (Netherlands)
+ DJ Henry Mack
At Camden Assembly, NW1. 7pm-late.
Free entry downstairs (all night)
Tickets for live acts (upstairs) available https://buytickets.at/hotshotscorcher/1369934


Day 2 - Good Friday 18th April
1000 VOLTS OF HOLT LIVE THAMES CRUISE
An unbeatable tribute to John Holt starring
WINSTON REEDY (The Cimarons)
+ Natty Bo (Ska Cubano/Top Cats)
+ True Identity
+ DJ Keith Lawrence (Mi-Soul)
+ DJ Sean Flowerdew (Pama Int'l)
On the Dixie Queen paddle steamer, EC3N. 1pm-5pm.

THE BEAT ft. RANKING JNR
+ The Kubricks Just announced!
+ DJ Nanker P (Time Tunnel)
At The 100 Club, W1. 7.30pm-11pm


ZION TRAIN album launch
+ DJ NFinnerty & more
At Camden Assembly, NW1. 6pm-10pm.
Buy now and save £10 per ticket (only 10 available at this price)
Day 3 - Saturday 19th April
2 TONE THAMES CRUISE
DJ Liam Curtin
DJ Skanking Steve
On the Dutch Master party boat, EC3N. 1pm-5pm
Buy now and save £10 per ticket (only 10 available at this price)

PAULINE BLACK: A 2 TONE STORY film
at London's iconic 100 Club on Saturday 19th April 2025 (1pm)
Followed by a Q&A with Pauline Black, presented in partnership with Doc’n Roll Film Festival.

PAMA INT’L TROJAN SONGBOOK
+ THE CHOSEN FEW (Jamaica)
+ MARCIA AITKEN (I'm Still In Love With You Boy)
+ ROY PANTON & YVONNE HARRISON (Jamaica)
+ Hugo Lobo (Argentina)
+ Travelers All Stars (Mexico)
+ DJ Melvina Moves
At Electric Ballroom, NW1. 7pm-11pm.

JAH WOBBLE METAL BOX IN DUB
DJ Wrongtom
At The 100 Club, W1. 7.30pm-11pm
SOLD OUT


Day 4 - Easter Sunday 20th April
LISF's social club & record shop
POTATO 5 meets INTENSIFIED
+ Poisonivies & The Steady
+ Horsebox
+ DJ Rikette Genesis
+ DJ Madam Scorcher
+ DJ Baba (Singapore)
+ DJ Sally Brown
At Camden Assembly, NW1.
Free entry downstairs (all day/night) from 1pm-late
Tickets for live acts (upstairs from 6pm) available at https://buytickets.at/hotshotscorcher/1547832


MACKA B & DENNIS BOVELL
+ Roots Ragga Band
+ Open The Gate sound
At The 100 Club, W1. 7.30pm-11pm


I will be at most of the events, so why not come down and have a beer and a skank with me!

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