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March Madness 2021

Bringing the festival spirit into people's homes
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​March Madness 2021
 will stream live online from New River Studios in London on the 20th March 2021. This not for profit festival will include a mix of of live music, comedy, poetry and talks from a selection of artists and thought leaders from across the globe. 
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​Whether you are into Hip-Hop, House, Rock, Classical, Comedy, Poetry, 
Accessible Gaming or Inspirational Talks... We have it covered. March Madness is being produced and arranged by Festival Spirit.
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Festival Spirit is a charity providing the full festival experience to people who would not normally be able to attend and enjoy a festival due to life-limiting illness or disability. ​We bring the equipment and the accommodation to help facilitate the care required for each attendee. Attendees bring, harness and share the festival spirit. 
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Confirmed Acts & Artists

...More TBA soon

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SK Shlomo - March Madness' Host & MC
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SK Shlomo will be rocking the microphone and welcoming acts into the mix.

SK Shlomo is the first ever World Looping Champion. He became the first non-classical Artist in Residence at London’s Southbank Centre, played the main stages at Glastonbury more times than he remembers won rave reviews for his autobiographical one-man shows and even had a feature film made about him.


“Forget one-man band - he’s a one-man music festival”  The Times
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Dance music & Hip Hop...
Live performances and DJ sets will be take place into the evening. Musical genres will span from UK Hip Hop to House, Breakbeat, EDM and Psytrance. 
Kray-Z Legz
​Mizter Bonezz​ (Shlumped Records)
DJ Hatchett
DJ Roo (Luvism)

Classical, Folk & Rock Music
Live classical, folk and rock music will feature as part of this year's March Madness festival. 
Tim Watt
​Ruth Palmer
Luke Fraser x Phil Joyce
​Martyn Joseph

Thought Leadership
Motivational and thought provoking talks will educate and inspire 
Greg Searle MBE
London Olympics gold medalist 
Fiona Jarvis
Blue Badge Style 
Dr Jon Hastie
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Pathfinders Neuromuscular Alliance
Sanjeev Man
Pathfinders Neuromuscular Alliance
Speaker TBA
Access Sport 
Tom Donegan
​SpecialEffect 

Comedy (Cackling Bat Takeover)
Cackling Bat Comedy brings you some of the best professional comedians on the UK circuit, and some of the most exciting new acts breaking through.  On a great day, all of this is just about held together by Chief Bat, Samantha Day.
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Samantha Day
Charmian Hughes
Daisy Earl
Sachin Kumarendran
Russell Arathoon 
Jessie Nixon
James ODonoghue

Poetry & Spoken Word
Poetry and spoke word performances will be interwoven throughout the day into the March Madness tapestry.
Hannah Hodgson
Matt Abbott
Mat Lloyd
Claire Trévien 
Carl Tomlinson

Conversations around the campfire
A festival isn't a festival without a random conversation or two. In between acts 'Conversions around the Campfire' will be a place for virtual conversations to be started and stories told. Conversations are open to all and anyone can suggest a subject.

​Once suggested we will setup a campfire and make it open for all March Madness ticket holders. Some of the campfires already planned include: Q&A with the artists, Sex and disability and stories from Festival Sprit at WOMAD to name but a few.
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Who are Festival Spirit?
March Madness is a not for profit festival organised by the charity Festival Spirit. The festival’s mission is to include those who might normally be excluded from festivals and to use the arts as a way of harnessing togetherness and compassion.

COVID-19 has stopped us bringing people to festivals in 2021. We are responding by bringing the festival spirit into people's homes.
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Reserve your free ticket

Once you have reserved a ticket we will send you a free eTicket. This will grant you access to all of the performances and grant access to all of the "around the campfire" discussions.

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We would like to thank everyone who has helped make this happen. This includes the event's parent charity: Festival Spirit, St Christopher's Hospice, Access Sport, The Pathfinder Neuromuscular Alliance, MyWishes, Blue Badge Style, Cackling Bat, Independent Living and everyone who has supported our online festival. 

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