Pauly ≫ Gigography ≫ 1996 ≫ Essential Festival
Sun May 26 1996
Stanmer Park 292 Ditchling Road, Brighton, BN1 6JG
Super Furry Animals, Kula Shaker, Menswear, Echobelly, Marion, Chumbawamba, Bis and more... missed David Devant, but I did trek there with 16 people in my bus. Wife was there somewhere but we did not meet.. Think I did meet my flatmate to be Nic here though. There was a rumour there was a topless girl down the front at Menswear
Also from this Melody Maker gig guide.
| date | my gigs | other gigs possibly of interest 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Sun May 19 | ||
| 20 | The Divine Comedy 2, Annie Hates Cordial 3 | |
| 21 | ||
| 22 | ||
| 23 | ||
| 24 | ||
| 25 | Menswear 4 | |
| 26 | Essential Festival | |
| 27 | Super Furry Animals 5 | |
| 28 | Strangelove 3 | |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | ||
| 31 | ||
| Sat Jun 1 |
- And possibly not.
- Southampton Joiners.
- University of Portsmouth.
- Tunbridge Wells Forum.
- Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms.
I was at this one, more from this year in my gigography for 1996. I saw Super Furry Animals probably 18 times; Essential Festival @ Stanmer Park ('96), Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms (1996), Phoenix Festival @ Avon Park Raceway ('96), Reading Festival (1996), Mean Fiddler (1996), Manic Street Preachers @ Brixton Academy (1996), London Astoria ('97), Glastonbury (1997), Shepherds Bush Empire (1998), London Astoria ('99), Glastonbury (1999), Brixton Academy ('99), Reading Festival ('00), Kentish Town Forum ('01), Ocean ('02), New Order @ Finsbury Park ('02), Stephen Malkmus @ Royal Festival Hall (2003), + Glastonbury (2003). Part of every gig I was at from 1987 to 2026. An obvious step from my Best Gigs Ever blog post. Yeah I know it's very geeky, let's let that go though, I'm enjoying reminiscing about this stuff.
Sun May 26 1996