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Events for Charities are pleased to announce their first Annual Festival in Aid of Yorkhill Childrens Foundation. EFC Festival will take place in Glasgow’s Merchant City area over the bank holiday weekend of the 5th & 6th May 2012.

We have over 61 bands & artists giving up their time to play at the event in 6venues in the Merchant City. More details of the bands playing are on the Official Poster / E Flyer.

The we would also like to thank the venues for allowing us to host the event , taking place are Maggie May, The Clutha, Blackfriars, The 13th Note and The Victoria Bar.

Also to our hosts that are confirmed Jim Gellatly (In:Demand Uncut), Fraser Thomson (Real Radio),Tom Russell ( Real XS ), Father Ted ( @thetedrock ) Mary K Burke (Celtic Music Radio ). Cheryl Scott (KA Radio) & Crawford Smith (Southside Sessions ) for supporting our event over the weekend.

Sponsors for our Stages Red Eye Studio’s Clydebank, Dixon Street Studio's Glasgow and Southside Sessions.

A massive thank you goes to everyone out there that is supporting the event through promotion, attendance and for donating to Yorkhill Childrens Foundation through Just Giving, donation buckets or purchasing tickets to attend the event.

Tickets for the event for Maggie May, Blackfriars & The 13th Note will go on sale from Ticket Scotland in December. The Clutha & The Victoria Bar are both Free entry with donation buckets placed around the venues for donations.

We hope that there is something there for everyone and you all have a fun weekend.

Please spread this event through your friends. Every penny raised goes to Yorkhill Childrens Foundation.

Full Line Up

EFC Festival

Bands Stage Times over the Weekend

Saturday

Maggie Mays

5.15 5.45 The Jackhammers

6.00 6.30 The Skarsoles

6.45 7.15 Special Guests !!!!!!

7.30 8.15 The Red Eyes

8.30 9.30 The Counterfeit Clash

9.45 11.00 Bombskare

Doors 5pm

Advance Tickets from Tickets Scotland £8 on the Door £10

The Clutha

12.15 1.15 Rat Patrol IV

1.30 2.30 Three Card Trick

2.45 3.45 Soul Traders

4.00 5.00 The Mighty Sparrahawk

5.15 6.15 The Penetrations

6.30 7.30 HeavyLoad

7.45 8.45 Fistfights n Foreplay

9.00 10.00 The Demons Eye

10.15 11.45 Full Metal Racket

Doors 12 noon FREE ENTRY

The Victoria Bar

The Chinaskis

Howlin' Radio

Last National Band

Jim Byrne and The Blackwoods

Dougie Grieg

Thank The Boy

Growlin' Graham Carter

Mikey Reid

Derek Mclean

From 5pm FREE ENTRY

Comedy Stage

Tickets available for the Events for Charities comedy events at Committee Room 9, John Street,Merchant City,Glasgow on Saturday 5th May,8pm til 11pm and Sunday 6th May, 7pm til 10pm. Featuring Rod Hunter,John Purves and Les Sinclair (Old Men) and loads of young dudes and dudettes. Tickets only a fiver and some transport may be available from the East. All proceeds to Yorkhill Childrens Hospital,so come along, support this great cause and have a giggle.

Tickets £5

Sunday

Maggie Mays

4.15 5.00 Jiezuberband

5,15 6.00 Stonehouse violets

6.15 7.00 Aerial View

7.15 8.00 Gallus (Gun Tribute)

8.25 9.25 Gallus Cooper (Alice Cooper Tribute)

9.40 10.55 Volts (ACDC Tribute )

Doors 4pm

Advance Tickets from Tickets Scotland £8 on the Door £10

Blackfriars Basement

2.00 2.30 Kirstys metal hands

2.45 3.15 minor delilah

3.30 4.00 The Cosmonauts

4.15 4.45 Jamie Marshall

5.00 5.30 Sixth Avenue Traffic

5.45 6.15 Evol

6.30 7.00 The sneaky russians

7.15 7.45 The New Fabian Society

8.00 8.30 The Coffins

8.45 9.15 Media Whores

9.30 10.00 Confusion

10.15 10.45 The Sneaks

11.00 11.45 The Mode

Doors 1pm Tickets £5 Advance £6 on Door

13th Note

7.40 8.10 James Clark Jones

8.20 8.50 Ann Sweeney

9.00 9.30 Davy Cowan

9.40 10.10 Gavin Baird

10.25 11.40 Dave Sharp (Co-founder of 80’s rock band The ALaRM )

Doors 7.30pm Tickets £5 Advance £6 on Door

The Clutha

12.30 1.15 The CrowDaddies

1.30 2.30 Upshot

2.40 3.40 Slutcake

3.50 4.50 FiveWheelDrive

5.05 5.50 The Fakes

6.05 6.50 The Seventh Sons

7.00 8.00 Big Licks

8.15 9.15 Big Black Taxi

9.30 10.30 The Black Triangles

10.45 11.45 The Junkyard Dawgs

Doors 12 Noon FREE ENTRY

The Victoria Bar

The Sundancer

Outi Smith & Sara Gale

Carl Bridgeman

Paul Alger

A.K.A Dunigan

Brian Callaghan

Mark Copeland

Sidonie McKenna

Steven Leonard

From 5pm FREE ENTRY

Love & Life

EFC Team

www.eventsforcharities.co.uk

Yorkhill Children's Foundation Registered Charity SC007856