Local acts lined-up to play Rochdale Feel Good Festival

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Local acts have been lined-up to play Rochdale Feel Good Festival’s Stage 2.

The second outdoor music stage at the festival will feature local singers, dancers, bands and poets during the two-day festival.

Stage 2, situated alongside the festival food market and Celebrity Kitchen stage on Milton Street West Car Park in Rochdale town centre, will be hosted by community radio station Roch Valley Radio.

Councillor Janet Emsley, Cabinet Member for Culture, Health and Wellbeing at Rochdale Borough Council said: “Local acts on our community stage have gone down really well over the last couple of years, so this year we have a bigger stage and more local acts than ever. We will be putting on a programme that celebrates the wealth of talent we have in the borough and Stage 2 will provide a distinct and vibrant alternative to the main stage.”

The programme kicks off on Friday morning at 11am. There’ll be a selection of dancers, singers, clog dancers and other community based groups with Roch Valley Radio presenters keeping the schedule flowing. At 1.15pm look out for up and coming singer Gem O’Reilly - the former Cardinal Langley pupil has already had over 20,000 views on Youtube and her first EP ‘Teenager’ made the top 10 of the i-Tunes Country Music Chart.

On Saturday trio The Social Leftover, who won the public vote in last month’s Feel Good Battle of the Bands competition, will be performing alongside a choir, dancers, acoustic sets and interactive Zumba. Milnrow band The Madding Crowd, who have been featured on BBC6 Music, will also be playing.

Roch Valley Radio will be recording the performances and will broadcast highlights on their online station after the festival.

David Murphy, Strategic Director of Roch Valley Radio, said: "I'm very pleased that we are able to work with Rochdale Feel Good Festival. It’s a great opportunity to profile top local talent and really fits with the format of Roch Valley Radio as a community radio station.”