The Play Bus had to make a couple of circuits of the town centre before it got the correct angle to turn successfully onto the Market Place.
This is the second time that the Yeah Baby Free Rock Festival has happened in the centre of Abingdon. Thy are raising money for the John Radcliffe Children’s Hospital and Ronald McDonald House.The group in the picture are called “Our Friends Electric”. They performed music from the 1980s round about lunchtime.
My wife came back at about 4 and said she had just seen Madness – or a band very like them – playing on the Market Place. So I dashed out, but it was too late…
Instead the crowds were just milling about, and I took this picture of face painting instead. I did see Madness once. They were part of the 2-Tone tour in 1979. The concert included them, The Specials, and The Selector. It cost £2 and was well worth it.
The Madness band were called The Inflatables, and are a fantastic Ska band that I have been watching since I was oild enough to get into the pub to see them!
http://www.myspace.com/inflatableska
Keep up the good work, I always read your site to see what’s going on in Abingdon :o)
Yeah Baby was another great effort and hopefully raised lots of money, would have liked to have seen more publicity out and about – perhaps next year.
Great bands and a good day. thanks to all who organised.
As part of the Yeah Baby team i’m proud to announce we raised a total of £3285.
I anyone would like to be a part of organising the next Yeah Baby, or you have a business you think could contribute then visit http://www.yeah-baby.co.uk and click contact us.