Flinty-Fest line-up a Shure fire hit

A cracking day is in prospect on November 14 at the Shure 5 Studios in Moss Lane, Royton.

That’s when this year’s eagerly-anticipated “Flinty Fest” will take place in the studio’s 100-capacity live room.

Flinty Fest is the brainchild of studio owner Dave Flint, and is set to feature another array of the local talent who regularly rehearse there.

Dave said: “There’s some terrific bands and singer-songwriters that come here and Flinty Fest is going to be a superb full day of music from around 2pm until late.”

Confirmed to appear are Ok Broken, the Recreation, Fly the Bird, Borrowed Time, Red Light Effect, Revelation, We the Few, acoustic trio Shure Spinoff, Blackshaw, Pathetic Sharks Unplugged and hugely talented soloist Imogen Paige.

Check out Shure 5’s Twitter and Facebook pages for updates.



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