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Maui Waui 2013

Well after an epic Shambala I wasn’t quite ready to put my festival gear back in the loft for the winter just yet. Maui Waui is a new 2 day event, held near Saxmundham in my home county of Suffolk, so it would have been churlish not to pop along to support it, especially as I didn’t need to expend any more of my rapidly evaporating holiday entitlement and also with weekend tickets being priced at a mere £55.

The festival is fairly tiny, with probably less than 1,000 people attending over the course of the weekend, and is held entirely in a single, flat, tree lined field. The arena is set out much like the original Sunrise Celebration festivals, with all the venues and stalls around the outside of a large open circular space. At the centre of this was a collection of scrapyard sculptures which were lit up at night but otherwise the expanse of empty grass only really emphasised the fact that there were so few people around and the layout could have probably been made more compact and interesting without having to worry too much about the issue of sound bleed between venues.

The main stage was in a reasonably sized, and sofa lined, marquee with a further small stage in the Cabaret tent. The excellent “Crime Scene” tent had a great clubby atmosphere and there were also DJs and late night acoustic sessions in Frank’s Bar which served a reasonable selection of ales from the Green Jack brewery as well as some decent ciders and perrys. There was a good sized kids area where my friends Robin & Dee kept the little ones entertained with their bubbles and there was also, slightly alarmingly, a shrunken head making workshop!

Musically the emphasis of the line-up was geared towards the gypsy swing end of the spectrum but there was a good smattering of other genres as well. It’s not really an event for real night owls with all amplified music closing down at 1am on the Saturday and 10pm on the Sunday but it was nevertheless a great opportunity to relax with friends and soak up some late summer sunshine. I just hope that enough tickets were sold to make the whole thing financially viable to return in 2014 because I’ll certainly be back if it does.
Bubble wand making
Bubble wand making
Soapy fun
Soapy fun
Steely flapper
Steely flapper
Steely dapper
Steely dapper
Think of the children!
Think of the children!
Crime Scene
Crime Scene
Fitness freaks
Fitness freaks
Peacock
Peacock
More bubble fun
More bubble fun
These provided welcome warmth at night
These provided welcome warmth at night
The Darling Coreys
The Darling Coreys
Playing with the dressing up box
Playing with the dressing up box
Hoopers
Hoopers
Serpent
Serpent
Sofa so good
Sofa so good
More fancy dress fun
More fancy dress fun
Cocktail goggles
Cocktail goggles
Central gathering
Central gathering
Friends
Friends
Headspace
Headspace
Tailored circuitry
Tailored circuitry
Flat Mountain Family
Flat Mountain Family
Shadow dancers
Shadow dancers
Family train
Family train
Wrekon 1
Wrekon 1
Wrekon 2
Wrekon 2
More scrapyard art
More scrapyard art
Great colours
Great colours
Porta Party
Porta Party
Tripod
Tripod
Sunset
Sunset
Jamko & Das Motz
Jamko & Das Motz
Live sax
Live sax
Frank's Bar
Frank's Bar
Roll up roll up
Roll up roll up
It's Hamster Time!
It's Hamster Time!
Behave!
Behave!
Ready for the off!
Ready for the off!
Crash test hamster
Crash test hamster
Sugar Foot Stomp
Sugar Foot Stomp
Keeping us in the swing
Keeping us in the swing
Trapeze
Trapeze
Burlesque
Burlesque
Sashi & The Wild Beans
Sashi & The Wild Beans
Butter wouldn't melt!
Butter wouldn't melt!
Electric Swing Circus
Electric Swing Circus
Saturday night headliners
Saturday night headliners
Junkasaurus
Junkasaurus
Shrunken head workshop
Shrunken head workshop
Finished heads
Finished heads
Darth comes out
Darth comes out
Too much Red Bull
Too much Red Bull
Much more graceful
Much more graceful
By The Rivers
By The Rivers
Check them out, they're excellent
Check them out, they're excellent
Dodgy copper
Dodgy copper
Tia Brazda
Tia Brazda
First time in the UK for the Canadians
First time in the UK for the Canadians