Rise cancelled

andy · April 2009

<http://www.haringeyindependent.co.uk/news/4277907.Mayor_cancels_Finsbury_Park_festival/>;

graeme · April 2009

That is a real loss. Poor show.

Any other decent events planned for Finsbury Park? The tatty funfair that's on there a couple of times a year really is a bit grim.

mapsa · April 2009

Don't think I was alone in predicting this was inevitably going to happen when our cock of a mayor stripped it of its anti-racism message last year. Maybe being seen to be against racism doesn't play well in the Boris-voting suburbs (I seem to remember the BNP being supportive, mind).

emskina · April 2009

oh this is such a shame, it was brilliant last year!

the fun fair really doesnt come close to something like rise for a great use of the park does it?

sophie · April 2009

i saw, but didn't read properly, a poster saying something catchy like "UP-RISE: bring back our festival!" anyone know anything more about this? i'd sign a petition. can't find anything about it online and i doubt boz will change his mind but i do like petitions.

ShaunG · April 2009

There was a bunch of people outside Finsbury Park collecting signatures last night (Wells Terrace end). Maybe they'll be there again today?

andy · April 2009

<http://www.gopetition.co.uk/petitions/save-rise-festival.html>; Here is the petition. I am ace at googling. That's my added value.

andy · April 2009

That said, if I were making the case to restore it, I'm not sure I'd mention Chumbawumba in the second paragraph.

sophie · April 2009

thank you and well done. i don't know why i kept just googling the words "up rise" and it wasn't very productive. it was about 3am though. i just signed it and i was number 419. oh dear. definitely the chumbawumba effect.

sophie · May 2009

the up:rise man was in thelondonpaper today with an [unrousing column](http://talkpages.thelondonpaper.com/columnists/?column=the-columnist&plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&userId=41887ed2-0be7-4c69-9a59-1e70099c6e5b&plckPostId=Blog:41887ed2-0be7-4c69-9a59-1e70099c6e5bPost:106a8c80-9597-4beb-971a-f8e98e75d61c&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest). i wonder if this was a misprint or just a lie: "Last year Rise attracted 100,000 people to Finsbury Park". it is clearly not going to be saved, i do realise that. i'm just bitter because i never actually went. every year i had something else going on, and this was going to be the year i finally made it. bloody boris

Ali · February 2010

Is back as Up Rise July 11th Finsbury Park

ADGS · February 2010

Whether this is cause for celebration will depend entirely on whether the calibre of acts they can attract stays as high. But then, personally I thought the way the rebranding was reported was disgraceful: 'celebrating diversity' is essentially the same message as 'unite against racism', just less confrontational, less chip-on-shoulder and less prone to being hijacked by the Stop The War Coalition and similar unsavoury elements for another bout of US-bashing and terrorist-praising.

Billy Bookcase · February 2010

I'm entirely in favour of it being hijacked by the Stop The War coalition.
Did you get out of bed on the wrong side this morning?

ADGS · February 2010

No, as witness my being possibly the least annoyed person in the recycling thread. I just don't like Socialist Worker entryists who have speakers at their events proclaiming "I am here to glorify Hezbollah".

David · February 2010

[Looks like](http://www.uprise.org.uk/UpRise/SupportersArtist.html) the Trojan Sound System will be there seeing as they're listed as supporters. I usually only go for that anyway.

andy · February 2010

I think I was less annoyed about the recycling. Do Stop The War even still exist?

graeme · February 2010

I think there may well have been 100,000 at the last one. Jimmy Cliff was playing I think, which must be the biggest name they've ever had. The place was chaos

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JungleFaceJake · February 2010

I am pleased Rise will be back, tis a pleasant day out in the sun (hopefully)

I'll be there with the 'Stop the Bore Coalition' you won't be able to miss me, I'll be the one punching trustafarians as hard as possible.

miss annie · February 2010

@Jungle Face Jake
Ok, you tackle the political protestors and I'll take on the recycled lightbulb brigade!

bennyfromtheblok · February 2010

Last time out they had a Cuban bar plastered in posters asking for innocent Cubans to be released from US (bash, bash) and other international jails. Not all, but some had tried to bomb places to highlight the plight of Cuba so not that innocent at all. The bar sold Mojitos and Buccanero beer which I love, so I signed the petition!

ADGS · February 2010

Misscara - that's pretty much my feelings about the 'message'. They did a lot more to build bridges and end division simply by putting on a great and really varied bill, and getting people enjoying music of styles (and perceived racial constituencies) they might previously have thought weren't for them, than they ever did by disrupting the flow of the music with rentagob ideologues.

Agaton Sax · February 2010

What's rentagob ideologue about 'anti-racism'? Or for that matter, 'stop the war'?

I'll be at Rise this year with a 'Stop Shite Acronyms on SG.org' stall - free drinks to all non-acronym members, btw

becky · February 2010

How do I know whether I'm an acronym member or not?

JungleFaceJake · February 2010

SSAOSG.org

FTMFW!!!

ADGS · February 2010

The mere fact that it's 'stop the war' and yet only ever seems opposed to certain sides in certain wars...

As for 'anti-racism' - the less confrontational 'celebrating diversity' conveyed exactly the same message in a manner that was more likely to get beyond preaching to the converted. The people who complained were the sorts who like preaching to the converted because it makes them feel big.

JungleFaceJake · February 2010

ADGS SSAOSG.org FTMFW JFJ

MFI

ADGS · February 2010

I only went with my initials 'cos all my usual usernames were taken!

miss annie · February 2010

Please may I know what all the above acronyms mean? ta.

JungleFaceJake · February 2010

I don't know what ADGS means.

BUt the rest, well here goes.

SSAOSG.org = 'Stop Shite Acronyms on SG.org' (as per Agaton Sax's post)
FTMFW = For The Mother Fucking Win
JFJ = Jungle Face Jake (That's me you know)

MFI = Not sure really - but I'm guessing it equals 'My Furniture Imploded'

miss annie · February 2010

Thank you. I feel somewhat backward for not being able to work them out for myself. I have trouble deciphering abbreviated text messages too. or should that be 2

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