Josaka - Berkshire live music, indie record label, gig promoter

Josaka 10th birthday

Posted: Sat, 07 Mar 2009

We celebrate reaching ten with two great gigs on Saturday 14 March we're at South Street and on Sunday 15 March we're kicking back at The Oakford Social Club.

We've had another fine year supporting the local music scene, we've released some great records and relaunched the website - we'd like it very much if you came out for some live music and drinking!

Headlining the Saturday gig at 21 South Street will be Enjoy Destroy who are currently touring Europe with multi-million selling US rock act Staind. The band gets back to the UK for their own headline tour in March. This date will be one of the most intimate venues you can catch them in.

Support comes from Reading bluesy riff driven band The Circus Sands and Jets Against Giants who are formed from the ashes of Audio Runway but sound completely different!

Opening act will be Guildford band Flame to Fire who are made up of former members of Without Grace and Radiate.

Keeping the party going the following evening, The Oakford Social Club plays host to Josaka where there will be live sets from Reading based indie-prog band Tripwires, who’ve released two tracks with Josaka and performed at last year’s Reading and Leeds festival.

Amy’s Ghost perform their first live show and Ben Marwood who’s mini-album has garnered support from The Times and ArtRocker amongst others will open the show.

A stellar DJ line up includes 2 Many Skinheads, Ally Wolf (Radio Hampshire) and Kevin and Jim themselves.

On the Saturday night local pro-lighting company Martin’s Lights will be dazzling the audience with the kind of light show that is normally reserved for chart-topping touring bands.

The details

Josaka 10th birthday gig

Date: Saturday 14 March 2009
Venue: 21 South Street, Reading, RG1 4QU
Bands: Enjoy Destroy, The Circus Sands, Jets Against Giants, Flame to Fire
DJs: 2 Many Skinheads
Tickets: £6.00 available in advance from the box office 01189 606060 or www.readingarts.com

Josaka 10th birthday (official after party)

Date: Sunday 15 March 2009
Venue: The Oakford Social Club, 53 Blargrave Street
Bands: Tripwires, Amy’s Ghost, Ben Marwood
DJs: 2 Many Skinheads, Ally Wolf, Josaka
Tickets: Free entry