{"id":13660,"date":"2015-05-31T16:34:38","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T16:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiolollipop.org\/?p=13660"},"modified":"2015-05-31T16:34:38","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T16:34:38","slug":"lollifest-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radiolollipop.org\/?p=13660","title":{"rendered":"Lollifest IV &#8211; Saturday 6 June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>POPULAR BAND NIGHT RETURNS TO HELP YOUNG HOSPITAL PATIENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Four talented local bands are preparing for a special performance to raise money for Southampton\u2019s Radio Lollipop charity.<\/p>\n<p>All proceeds from Lollifest IV, which takes place at the <strong>Alexandra Beer Emporium from 7.30pm on<\/strong> <strong>Saturday 6 June<\/strong>, will help provide care, comfort and play for children at Southampton General Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the popular musical extravaganza \u2013 now in its fourth year \u2013 are being snapped up fast and organisers are hoping the night will be a sell-out success.<\/p>\n<p>Bands and artists kindly giving their time for free to help the volunteer-run radio station this year are:<\/p>\n<p>RA!<br \/>\nA fuzzy-indie collective with an unhealthy obsession with analogue technology, thrashy guitars and even stranger samples.<\/p>\n<p>The Paper Trains<br \/>\nFormed in 2011, the Paper Trains are a modern three-piece string band with a distinctive repertoire of self-penned Americana tracks.<\/p>\n<p>Just Millie<br \/>\nOne of the South\u2019s most talented solo artists, Millie has created a unique brand of music with her intelligent interpretation of current hits and vintage classics.<\/p>\n<p>The Novatones<br \/>\nFour-piece Southampton indie\/Britpop\/punk band with a growing following in the city. The lads played the Isle of Wight festival last summer and are performing this weekend at the first ever Common People festival in Southampton.<\/p>\n<p>Lollifest IV organiser Lee Donnarumma, volunteer fundraiser for Radio Lollipop in Southampton, said: \u201cAnyone who loves live music is in for a top night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a superb venue and are very pleased to have secured four very different acts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are extremely grateful to the artists for giving up their time and to everyone at the Alex and music promoters MintSouth for their support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery penny raised on the night will help provide music and play for poorly children in Southampton General Hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets cost \u00a33.50 in advance from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wegottickets.com\/event\/319134\" target=\"_blank\">www.wegottickets.com\/event\/319134<\/a> or will be \u00a35 on the night. Doors open at 7pm, with the first act due on at 7.30pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR BAND NIGHT RETURNS TO HELP YOUNG HOSPITAL PATIENTS Four talented local bands are preparing for a special performance to raise money for Southampton\u2019s Radio Lollipop charity. All proceeds from Lollifest IV, which takes place at the Alexandra Beer Emporium &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiolollipop.org\/?p=13660\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-latest-news","category-uk"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiolollipop.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiolollipop.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiolollipop.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiolollipop.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiolollipop.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiolollipop.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radiolollipop.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiolollipop.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radiolollipop.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}