Fellowship of Rock & Roll

12 bands will be battling it out over 3 different nights at Steak & Ale to earn their spot at this year’s FORR festival which will take place from 2 to 6 September at Malongane, Moçambique. At least 3 bands will be selected for the festival from al the FORRTunes evenings.

Most important criteria for selection will be crowd entertainment so if you want your favourite band to be selected come and show us how much you enjoy their music. Cover is only R30 and all proceeds will go towards the PayItFORRward charity initiative.

The following bands will be performing on the following nights:
Wednesday 14 July:
Paint
The Friendly Lemons
Nonaseye
DE dors

Wednesday 28 July :
Ode
Electro Velocity
7 Stukke Silver
Radikaal

Thursday 12 August:
Candiblack
Dime shift
Smoking Mojos
Frylink

Bands selected for the festival will be announced on Monday 16 August.

Some of South Africa’s top bands will be gathering at Malongane from 2 to 6 September for the second FORR festival. The focus has definitely been on quality rather than quantity with crowd entertainment being the main criteria. More bands will be added to the line-up soon including at least 3 up and coming bands selected from the FORRTunes evenings. Bands wishing to partake in the FORRTunes evenings can contact Albert (albert@forr.co.za/083-399-3066).

So far the following artists (in alphabetical order) have been confirmed:

Chiba Fly
Cortina Whiplash
Dan Patlansky
Die Kaalkop Waarheid
Laurie Levine
Margaret’s Daughter
Mrs B
Nibs van der Spuy
Radio Kalahari Orkes
Scicoustic
Svengali Project – Rian Malan & Lani Pieters
Valiant Swart

More bands will be annouced soon. For more information on these bands please visit http://www.forr.co.za/?page_id=638

To book for the festival please visit http://www.forr.co.za/Bookings

We have already signed a few of the old favourites for this year’s festival but are still looking for some fresh sounds to come and entertain us at Malongane. Bands wishing to apply for this year’s festival can download more information on how things work from this document (Band_Proposal_request_FORR_2010)

Once again this year we will host a few FORRTunes evenings where bands can come and show us why they should be included in the line-up. The first evening will be held on 14 July. For more information or if you wish to play at the FORRTunes evening please contact Albert ( 083-399-3066 / albert@forr.co.za ).

The best way to get into the mood for the FORR festival is to join 2 of our best party bands for a night of good old rock & roll at Steak & Ale. Join Akkedis and Black Cat Bone on Friday 28 August for the official FORR pre-party. Guaranteed to get you in the mood for a party in Moçambique.

Over the past months we had 3 FORRTunes evenings where bands could come and show us why they should be selected for  FORR 2009. This was not only a change to listen to some great music, we also used the opportunity to raise more money for our “Pay if FORRward” charity project. All the bands gave great performances and at the end selecting only 2 bands was impossible. We have therefore decided to take the following 5 bands from the 3 FORRTunes nights to FORR 2009:

Laurie Levine
Suzzi & the Swanz
The Action Thrillers
Cortina Whiplash
Wolraad Woltemade

Congratulations to all the bands that has been selected.

Also added to the line-up is Pretoria’s favourite party band Black Cat Bone. The list of bands that has already been selected for FORR 2009 can be viewed at  http://www.forr.co.za/?page_id=360

Bookings for FORR 2009 will open on 7 May at 13:00 online at http://www.forr.co.za/Bookings

Confirmed bands:
Jack Hammer
Bed on Bricks
Dan Patlansky
Die Kaalkop Waarheid
Albert Frost Trio
Allen Wood Project
Akkedis
Gordons Suitcase
Mrs B.
Nibs van der Spuy
Wolraad Woltemade

More bands will be added shortly

The FORR launch party in Malongane in March has been officially dubbed “FORRplay”.  With more than 120 people booked for the event and with Black Cat Bone unplugged and The Allen Wood project joining Piet and Johno on stage it seems that our quiet weekend in Malongane may not be so quiet.

The good news is that there are still some places available for the FORRplay weekend that takes place from 20 to 23 March. We still have 5 & 6 bed chalets (R 480 p.p. for 3 nights), 2 bed Log huts (R 435 p.p for 3 nights) and camping (R 210 p.p. for 3 nights) available. You only need to pay a 50% deposit now to secure your booking and the rest is only payable by the end of the month. To book for the event please visit our online booking system at http://forr.co.za/Bookings/.

Our planned bus for the weekend is almost a go and we need about 10 more people to make it a reality. Just imagine that your party starts as soon as you leave Pretoria without having to worry about who is driving. It could be loads of fun.

Remember that we are running a special scuba diving course for the weekend in association with NudiDivers (http://www.nudidivers.co.za/) with certain legends of South African Rock & Roll finally exploring the amazing world of scuba diving. More information about the scuba diving course can be found at http://www.forr.co.za/Bookings/Diving0803.pdf

 Hope to see you at FORRplay!