UB40 top global line-up at Wowfest

Taking place on the Isle of Wight from 17th-19th August, Wowfest is a three day global party hosting some of the biggest names in world music across five stages and an African Village. 

UB40 will headline an outstanding reggae line-up of living legends on the Saturday including Finley Quaye, The Wailers, Aswad, Maxi Priest and Misty in Roots.

A further exclusive for Wowfest comes in the form of US jazz-folk songstress Madeleine Peyroux, who appears on the Blue Angel stage on Sunday in her only UK appearance.

Also confirmed for the Saturday are The Overtones - five Irish/English boys updating the swing and fun of be-bop and dee-wop and bringing some good old style back into the modern UK jazz scene.

More acts already confirmed for Wowfest include Paul Oakenfold, Soul 11 Soul, The Beat, Norman Jay, Danny Rampling, The Selecter, Bad Manners, Neville Staple of the Specials, Bez from the Happy Mondays' acid house night, Manos De Dios, Black Roots and Talisman. 

The Blue Angel Stage features some exquisite Jazz acts including the recognisably Jamaican inspired lilts of jazz party trombonist Dennis Rollins in the Velocity Trio and Dominican Cameron Pierre, Dixie Chicks' Larkin Poe, plus The London Community Gospel Choir, with some more outstanding live appearances still to be announced.

And the global party continues to gather pace into the early hours, with the addition of Roni Size alongside Smith and Mighty for superlative jungle/dubstep/drum and bass night on Friday, whilst Peter Hook of New Order fame joins Marshall Jefferson on the ones and twos in a closing Madchester Hacienda themed after hours party on Sunday.

And with the addition of the Alabama 3, Heaven 17, 808 State, Kitten and the Hip, The Pretty Things, and The Blockheads to the Main and Global Stages, with plenty more support acts as well as headliners still to be announced, Wowfest is already shaping up to be a noteworthy summer event, with an eclectic mix of House, Reggae, Ska, Jazz, Global and Dance.

See the full Wowfest 2012 line up

Aside from the music, Wowfest boasts a strong green ethos, an emphasis on veggie, locally sourced and organic food, and a tempting selection of workshops and activities for kids and families in the African Village, plus some fabulous comedy, cabaret, theatre, performance, circus and walkabout.

Tickets are on sale now though Skiddle, with bargain early bird weekend tickets starting at £99.

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