The annual Record Store Day will fill the streets with music this Saturday, as the record store Diverse Vinyl in Newport also celebrates what is to be the biggest edition of this festival, along with a record number of stores across the UK. They will be celebrating together all things vinyl, putting up a range of free events and live in-store entertainment. On 21 April , this Saturday, over 200 independent record shops will celebrate together offering more than 500 exclusive releases, from the likes of Sigrid, Courtney Barnett and Led Zeppelin.
The business-led body Newport Now, which supports the city centre, is funding the free spoken word and live music festival on Saturday night, across 6 venues.The festival is being staged at Newport Market’s Gallery Space, Tiny Rebel, Le Public Space, Murenger, Slipping Jimmy’s and McCann’s Rock ‘n’ Role, being organised in conjunction with the Business Improvement District (BID). The festival will see 30 bands, solo artists and spoken word performers taking part, including Ming City Rockers, Sarah McCreadie, Bryony Sier and the Yawpers.
Chairman of Newport Now, Alan Edwards, says that they are pleased to work with and lucky to have Diverse Vinyl, Newport’s own independent record store in the very heart of the city. Matt Jarrett, co-owner of Diverse Vinyl, said Record Store Day has become a fixture on the calendar of every music fan. He added that they have put all their energy into creating a free event in Newport city centre, that will appeal hopefully to both their customers and South Wales’ music fans of all ages, and the shop will open at 9am on the day, with brand new limited editions of over 250. He said they have more than 30 acts in 6 venues covering punk, country, folk, rock, indie, acoustic performances, storytelling and poetry, that starts after the shop closes at 4:30pm.
