{"id":2077,"date":"2013-03-15T12:05:56","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T12:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?2077"},"modified":"2013-03-15T12:05:56","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T12:05:56","slug":"ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Ska and mod festival &#8216;to raise money for charity&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Attendees at an upcoming music festival in Bromsgrove will have the chance to contribute towards a pot of money that will be going towards Help for Heroes.<\/p>\n<p>The Bromsgrove Advertiser has told how Alvechurch Football Club is hosting the special ska and mod-themed event to do its bit for the military charity.<\/p>\n<p>Moduska will take place on May 26th, with a number of local mod and ska bands taking to the stage to show off their talents.<\/p>\n<p>People who want to get into the spirit of things will even be encouraged to bring their scooters to the festival.<\/p>\n<p>Among the bands that have been lined up to play at the event are Mods and Sods, Jam DRC and Skabucks, while several DJs from the industry have also been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>As well as mod and ska influences, the music played at the festival &ndash; which occurs during the bank holiday weekend &ndash; will include northern soul.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-801557063-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=801557063\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A retro music festival is being organised to raise money for wounded servicemen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-support-soldiers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ska and mod festival &#039;to raise money for charity&#039; - Forces Penpals GB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ska and mod festival &#039;to raise money for charity&#039; - Forces Penpals GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A retro music festival is being organised to raise money for wounded servicemen.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Forces Penpals GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-03-15T12:05:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Forces Penpals\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Forces Penpals\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity\/\",\"name\":\"Ska and mod festival 'to raise money for charity' - Forces Penpals GB\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-03-15T12:05:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"Live music will be used to raise money for charity\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ska and mod festival &#8216;to raise money for charity&#8217;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/\",\"name\":\"Forces Penpals GB\",\"description\":\"armed forces penpals, military dating and support for military personnel\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c\",\"name\":\"Forces Penpals\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4af06cf896911f865dc18ec3dfabb6ee77d1b6a0d14505a72440f798f955918d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4af06cf896911f865dc18ec3dfabb6ee77d1b6a0d14505a72440f798f955918d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Forces Penpals\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/author\/news\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ska and mod festival 'to raise money for charity' - Forces Penpals GB","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ska and mod festival 'to raise money for charity' - Forces Penpals GB","og_description":"A retro music festival is being organised to raise money for wounded servicemen.","og_url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity\/","og_site_name":"Forces Penpals GB","article_published_time":"2013-03-15T12:05:56+00:00","author":"Forces Penpals","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Forces Penpals","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity\/","url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity\/","name":"Ska and mod festival 'to raise money for charity' - Forces Penpals GB","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2013-03-15T12:05:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"Live music will be used to raise money for charity"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ska-and-mod-festival-to-raise-money-for-charity\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ska and mod festival &#8216;to raise money for charity&#8217;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#website","url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/","name":"Forces Penpals GB","description":"armed forces penpals, military dating and support for military personnel","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/838421ba314559f45d1a97df988b553c","name":"Forces Penpals","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4af06cf896911f865dc18ec3dfabb6ee77d1b6a0d14505a72440f798f955918d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4af06cf896911f865dc18ec3dfabb6ee77d1b6a0d14505a72440f798f955918d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Forces Penpals"},"url":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/author\/news\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}