The surfers are taking over at Yokohama Red-Brick Warehouse this weekend as the annual Greenroom Festival returns. This surf-themed art-and-music jamboree offers a leisurely introduction to the summer music festival season, with yoga sessions and surf movies adding to the relaxed vibe. Acid jazz veterans The Brand New Heavies and old-school R&B revivalists Vintage Trouble are Saturday's and Sunday's respective headliners, backed up by the easygoing likes of Newton Faulkner and Blue King Brown, plus many homegrown favourites from the festival circuit.
May 18:
The Brand New Heavies, Newton Faulkner, Blktop Project, Steve Appleton, Tamio Okuda, The Day, Toe, Soil & "Pimp" Sessions, Nanao Tavito, Miyavi, Orange Pekoe, Meiko, Predawn, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Tomoyuki Tanaka, DJ Fumiya, DJ Usus, Schroeder-Headz
May 19:
Vintage Trouble, Blue King Brown, Tommy Guerrero & Ray Barbee Duo, Thriller U, Def Tech, Caravan, Rekishi, Shigeru Matsuzaki, Little Tempo, Goma meets U-Zhaan, Rickie-G, Emi Meyer, Bird, Miho Fukuhara, Shuya Okino, DJ Kawasaki