What’s behind the door? This week Lloyds amphitheatre is hosting bristols siren festival featuring headliners Sean Paul along with their Saturday sequences festival. Let’s chat to the festival CEO to find out more
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00:00 see we're surrounded by cabins and production. We've got a really good team in place who
00:04 look after the front of house, run the bars, security and everything. So I think there's
00:09 about 30 people in the core team that are here and then there's a big extended team
00:13 that actually work at the events themselves. Bristol Harbourside is a beautiful place,
00:18 it's a beautiful city so we're very lucky to be able to do it here.
00:22 One thing Bristol is known for is its live music. This summer there are a series of summer
00:27 events around the city featuring live music from Bristol Sounds to the Forwards Festival.
00:33 But what is going on at the Lloyds Amphitheatre at the moment? Or should I say, what is behind
00:39 the door? Well, let's go and find out.
00:45 Lloyds Amphitheatre is hosting Bristol's Siren Festival featuring headliner Sean Paul along
00:51 with their Saturday Festival. Let's chat to the festival CEO to find out more.
00:57 It's Siren Bristol down at Bristol Amphitheatre. Last night we had Fabian Grooverider and the
01:04 Outlook Orchestra, David Roddigan and Ronnie Sighson, Dynamite and Gardner. It went amazingly,
01:10 I'm really pleased with it. We were very lucky with the weather and we had a great crowd.
01:15 Tonight we've got Sean Paul, which is going to be very exciting, it's sold out. And tomorrow
01:21 we've got Hospitality on the Harbour which is an all day drum and bass event with Wilkinson,
01:26 AMC, DJ Marquee, lots of hospital regulars. And I've just been told we've got about 100
01:33 tickets left for that, so that's exciting as well.
01:36 The festival debuted at Bristol's Amphitheatre last year and saw some of the biggest names
01:42 in dance, rap, hip hop and D&B perform. Mercury Prize winner and Bristol's own Ronnie Sighs
01:48 will be playing alongside Gloucester rapper Dynamite MC who are joining the headliners
01:54 Fabio and Grooverider and the Outlook Orchestra.
01:59 Aside from the music, we've got two stages of music. Stage one we've already mentioned,
02:03 stage two tonight is hosted by Peachin, who are a local group doing R&B, bashment, dancehall
02:13 type stuff. And tomorrow is hosted by Invicta, who are another local drum and bass label.
02:18 And then we've got a load of great food traders. We've got bars stocking everything from Fear
02:25 St Noble, Bristol Beer Factory, lots of local brews, cocktail bar. So yeah, it's a whole
02:32 rounded experience hopefully.
02:34 For a number of reasons really. I mean, last night I was very aware of how eclectic the
02:38 audience was and everybody just seemed to be having a lovely time. There were lots of
02:41 people from all over Bristol and from further afield. And it just seems like music brings
02:46 people together in a really nice way. You know, when times are tough, people need a
02:53 release, right? And coming down to a beautiful location, listening to some great music with
02:58 a bunch of strangers or with a bunch of friends is a nice way to let your hair down. So I
03:03 think that's really the importance of it.