Rebellion Festival 2012 at Winter Gardens, Blackpool - Day One Diary

Nice big breakfast at Caffe Dolce on Abingdon Street to start the day - give it a try, it'll really set you up.  Got in - got wristband, got nice colour programme. Dropped by the STP Records stand and said hello to Stu Taylor - band promoter and record producer extraordinaire!

Checked out the various merchandise stands - nice one selling hand pressed screen prints, among others and then went to see the Punk Art Exhibition in the Spanish Hall.  There are great works by all sorts of people here, including Gaye Black (Gaye Advert as was), Charlie Harper and Knox and our local mate David Worth with his Punk Rock Cartoons.

We finally got to see local lads Outl4w playing live on the Arena stage and also took in a few acts on the Acoustic Stage and the New Bands Stage in the Pavilion.

The Literary Stage and the new Spoken Word/Poetry stage are set up in the Spanish Hall as well this year and we heard Max Splodge tell some humouorus tales and Micky Fitz from The Business talk quite thought-provokingly about overcoming his alcohol addiction, the over-commercialisation of football and also telling some funny stories about touring and Scottish banknotes - to mention but a few.

Yes, I know we're missing some good stuff tonight like The Business and the Buzzcocks but it;s the last heat of the Miss Blackpool 2012 competition at Uncle Tom's Cabin (9pm start if you fancy a change of scene...) and we need to be there to cover it.

More later!

To find out what else is going on at this year's Rebellion Festival, check out the official website at: www.rebellionfestivals.com