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We're all getting very excited here in sunny Zadar now, and with only 146 sleeps till The Garden Festival blast off (and after a couple of months of hibernation) we are ready to get out & party with our Garden friends and family on the Garden Get Together European Tour.

Thanks to all of you who came & joined us in London at Rob Stars' The Star of Bethnal Green on Saturday, for the first shindig of the tour. With the help of the Boogaloo boys, Nick Shaw & Ed Cotton, alongside Yam Who? * Dolan Bergin * Matty J & Ben Terry * we all enjoyed a musical extravaganza (and of course a fair few ales & cocktails -maybe a few too many - if anyone found a mobile phone please let us know and we will pass it on to James:))

We're busy next weekend - on Friday 12th February The Garden has have been invited for the 1st time to Ljubljana (Slovenia) to sow our seeds at K4. Garden family Crazy P & El Harvo (from the Futureboogie massive) will get together with K4 regulars Mique & Riba v. Stojan. We are really chuffed to be invited here as we have never been before, but have heard nothing but good things.

The following night, Saturday 13th February, we're back on home soil in Croatia's capital city, Zagreb, for a very special Garden Get Together at the Jadran Film Studios. The evening will start early & we are getting dressed up & sophisticated for a four course supper & entertainment at a one off Supper Club. The theme is 1920s Hollywood and we will continue into the early hours at The Prohibition Party. Supplying the show we present Miss Millie Dollar & the musical backdrop will be provided by homeboys Ilija Rudman & Peppermint Fresh Funk, and if still standing from the night before, Crazy P & El Harvo.

After a few nights rest, on Saturday 20th February, the Garden family is off to Sofia in Bulgaria for our first time, to join forces with Parklive Festival. Garden stalwarts Crazy P & Joe 90 will share the stage with local hero DJ nogood (who we know is good) at a brand new venue, Sofia Live Club.

Onto the last weekend in February (doesn't time fly when you're having fun) & we are back in the UK to visit the Leftfoot lot at The Hare & Hounds in Birmingham on Saturday 26th February. We'll be upstairs throwing some shapes to the sounds of Crazy P, Adam Regan & Deano Ferrino till 3am and then onto an after-party at a secret location in Brum with The Revenge.

For all Garden Get Together ticket info & details click here

Charter Flight Package : Manchester – Zadar direct
The initial response has been great, but not quite high enough for us to confirm the Manc – Zadar Gardenair route. If you already registered your interest then there is no need to do so again. Our partners, The Flight Centre, can hold this until end of February, so if you are seriously interested please email info@thegardenzadar.com

Once again, the package is from Weds to Weds return and will include the following:
Return Flights Manchester - Zadar
One bag check in
Inflight snack and drink
Garden Festival weekend pass
2 x Barbarella's club tickets
Return airport transfers from Zadar airport to Petrcane (village where festival is held)

The price will be appx 325 sterling inc all taxes (payable in 3 monthly installments)

Garden Festival 2010 Update
We're really happy to have Mr.Scruff back this summer and look forward to an epic 4 hour main stage set. We also give a big welcome for the first time at the festival to a personal favourite of ours, who is coming over the water from Detroit – Moodymann! (and there are still more to follow.....)

A full programme with set times will be available to downlaod later this month on our website, but to see the full line-up confirmed to date & all artist info click here!

Tickets
A big thanks to regular supporters of The Garden for buying your festival passes already for this summer, and also a very big Garden welcome to all of you who are first timers. The fifth edition of the Garden Festival is going to be one heck of a Double Whammy!!!

Weekend & Double Whammy passes on sale here!
(and remember we will donate 1GBP for every ticket bought to help those in Haiti through DEC)

Ahoy there me hearties
As usual boarding passes for the Argonaughty Boat Parties are flying out fast so see below for confirmed voyages & crews and make sure you're not left stranded on land by booking now.
Get your boarding cards here!

Tirk Ahoy / 1st July / Boarding 13:30
Greg Wilson * Rub N Tug * Matty J * Terry

The Sub-marine Club / 1st July / Boarding 18:30
Harri * Domenic * Junior* Telford

Mulletoverboard / 2nd July / Boarding 13:30
Geddes * Jamie Jones

The Pirates Revenge / 2nd July / Boarding 18:30
The Revenge * Kazeem * PBR Streetgang * Andy Lemay

Crazy P v El Diablos / 3rd July / Boarding 13:30
Crazy P * El Diablos

Faith Houseboat / 3rd July / Boarding 18:30
Stu Patterson * Terry Farley * Dave Jarvis

Below v Basics / 4th July / Boarding 13:30
Adam Shelton * Sub An * Tristan Da Cunha * Dave Beer * James Holroyd

Futureboogie / 4th July / Boarding 18:30
Joe 90 * El Harvo * Kid Bongo * Christophe

Nightflight / 5th July / Boarding 18:30
Crew stil tbc

The Trojan Tug / 8th July / Boarding 13:30
Trojan Soundsystem * Andy Blake

The Futuredisco Dingy / 8th July / Boarding 18:30
Dom Chung * Emma Chibuku * Sean Brosnan

Electric Minds / 9th July / Boarding 13:30
Faze Action * Yam Who? * Dolan Bergin

Boogaloo v Nightflight / 9th July / Boarding 18:30
Nick Shaw * Ed Cotten * Irish crew still tbc

No Fakin v Sick Trumpet / 10th July / Boarding 13:30
No Fakin DJ's * Phat Phil Cooper * Ste Hodge

Resident Advisor's  All @ Sea / 10th July / Boarding 18:30
Seth Troxler * Sebo K

Webfoot / 11th July / Boarding 13:30
Daddy G * Adam Regan * Bobby Beige

Innervisions Ahoy / 11th July / Boarding 18:30
Ame * Dixon * Henrik Schwarz

Voyage still tbc 3 / 12th July / Boarding
Crew still tbc

Barbarella's Discotheque After-Parties
Tickets for this year's after hours shenanigans in Barbarella's Discotheque are now on sale.The hosts and confirmed line-ups are listed below, so if you want a late night knees up before watching the sunrise on the Adriactic (and you should try this at least once), get in quick as tickets are only a fiver for now.
Get your after-party tickets here!

Weekend 1 Club Hosts

Opening party : Permanent Vacation / 1st July
                        Line up TBC

Mulletover / 2nd July
Geddes * Jamie Jones

Sub Club / 3rd July
Harri * Domenic * Junior * Telford

Horse Meat Disco / 4th July
Jim Stanton * James Hillard

Weekend 2 Club Hosts

Opening party: Backroom Entertainment
                       Metro Area * Alex from Tokyo  * DJ Strangefruit

Freerange / 9th July
Jimpster * Shurikan

Resident Advisor Night / 10th July
Sebo K * Seth Troxler

Futureboogie / 11th July
Joe 90 * El Harvo * Kid Bongo

Opening, closing and midweek party hosts still tbc!...

Anyway - that's enough info for today. Our bags are packed and we're off on the Garden Get Together tour - hope to see you somewhere this month at a get-together!

Love & garden peas

The Garden Family

xxx