DENMARK: SPOT Festival has revealed its first 30 acts for 2015. In addition to completely new Nordic sounds, the bookers have chosen a few acts that have already gained international attention. The line-up so far is as follows: Asbjørn // Av Av Av // Baby in Vain // Benal // BUDTZ // China // Daniel Norgren // FAE // First Hate // Folkeklubben // For Akia // Jacobløberhjemmefra // Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation (SE) // Kvindebandet // Lowly // Mendoza // Noah Kin // Rest In Beats // Riddarna // Samaris // Skammens Vogn // Skinz // Slaughter Beach…
Author: Festival Insights
AUSTRALIA: WOMADelaide 2015 has revealed a brand new culinary experience with the introduction of the Street in The Park – Taste The World Restaurant. In collaboration with Jock Zonfrillo, the gastronomic mastermind behind Adelaide’s renowned Street ADL and Orana restaurants, the Street in The Park – Taste The World Restaurant will offer dedicated sit-down lunch and dinner sessions surrounded by all the colour, music and excitement of the festival. Jock will focus his formidable culinary expertise on preparing specialised street food dishes inspired by the 28 different countries and cultures of WOMADelaide artists, complemented by full table service, matched wines…
NETHERLANDS: Dancefair has announced the full programme for its 2015 event, set to take place from February 21 – 22 at the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht. Dancefair is an educational event for DJs and producers around the world, with over 5000 visitors and more than 200 seminars and workshops to attend. It also provides numerous workshops on DJ craftsmanship, producer workshops on higher levels for audio engineers, social media masterclasses and entrepreneurship. One of the prominent names this year is Martin Garrix, who’ll provide a producer workshop. Over 100 other renowned artists like Laidback Luke, Joris Voorn (interviewed by Native Instruments),…
BULGARIA: A new wave of artists has been announced for Horizon – Bulgaria’s music and winter sports festival. Joining a line-up that already includes Moodymann, Submotion Orchestra, KiNK, DJ EZ, Ben UFO and Move D are BBC 6 Music’s Craig Charles, Pearson Sound, Congo Natty, Solo Banton, Fliptrix and DJ Molotov. Drum and Bass acts Kasra, Ant TC1 and Foreign Concept also join the roster, as they are announced to play the Metalheadz vs. Critical showcase. Set to take place from March 7 – 13 in Bansko Ski Resort, Bulgaria, the seven-day Horizon Festival starts at 169GBP for festival ticket…
GERMANY: Melt! Festival has announced the first wave of acts that will venture to the Ferropolis peninsula this July. Alt-J, Kylie Minogue, London Grammar, Flume, and Jon Hopkins are the main bookings confirmed, along with Kwabs, Sven Väth, Giorgio Moroder and Modeselektor-curated artists Bonobo (DJ set), Clark, Autechre, Nozinja, Dark Sky, SOPHIE, The Bug, and Dorian Concept. The full list of confirmed acts is as follows: Alan Fitzpatrick | Autechre | Bonobo (DJ Set) | The Bug | Cakes da Killa | Cashmere Cat | Chris Liebing | Claptone | Clark | David August (Live) | Dark Sky | Dorian…
UK: Citing over-saturation as the primary cause, the organisers of the UK’s Sonisphere festival have announced the cancellation of 2015’s event. Ostensibly competition from similar UK festivals such as Download and the high cost of headline acts have also factored into the decision. The statement on the festival’s official website reads: ‘Team Sonisphere reluctantly confirm that Sonisphere will not take place in the UK in 2015. ‘We’ve been working hard to get a line-up that we felt was good enough but also on a weekend which would avoid other events that we know rock fans would want to support. Unfortunately…
SPAIN: Barcelona’s Primavera Sound Festival has revealed the entire line-up for its 15th anniversary event, which will take place from May 25 – 31. The list of announced acts is as follows: The Strokes, the Replacements, The Black Keys, Belle and Sebastian, Ride, Sleater-Kinney, Patti Smith (performing Horses in full, plus an acoustic set), Run the Jewels, Foxygen, Interpol, the Julie Ruin, James Blake, Panda Bear, the New Pornographers, Death From Above 1979, Spiritualized, tUnE-yArDs, Twin Shadow, Mac DeMarco, Swans, Iceage, the Juan MacLean, Jose Gonzalez, Dan Deacon, Viet Cong, Sun Kil Moon, Antony, Hiss Golden Messenger, Fucked Up, Kelela,…
MONTENEGRO: Following last week’s Best Medium-Sized Festival Award win for Sea Dance at the European Festival Awards, it has been revealed that the event will be partnering with London-based media company AEI and its global music brands UKF and TheSoundYouNeed. The team behind Exit Festival’s success will be working with AEI across the planning, artist line-up, ticketing and marketing of their beach event that is a part of 10-day Exit Adventure package that begins at Exit Festival in Serbia. Founded originally as YouTube channels both UKF and TheSoundYouNeed boast impressive fan engagement figures, with masses of experience in electronic music…
UK: Glastonbury Festival has opened its Emerging Talent Competition, giving up-and-coming artists in the UK and Ireland an opportunity to submit their work in the hopes of securing a slot on one of Glastonbury 2015’s main stages. The winner will also take home a £5000 PRS for Music Foundation Talent Development prize, while two runners-up will get £2,500 PRS prizes. In addition to submitting a track – in any genre – each artist will be required to send a video of themselves performing, even if it’s in their bedroom. The 120-act longlist will be drawn up by a panel of…
ICELAND: The full line-up for the third edition of Sónar Reykjavík, taking place February 12-14, is now completed. A total of 64 live bands, solo artists and DJs will be performing across the five stages of Harpa, Reykjavik’s unique concert house located in the heart of the city. Skrillex, the young producer from Los Angeles that has revolutionized electronic dance music, will headline Sónar Reykjavik with the Germany’s dance music iconic star, Paul Kalkbrenner, along with the Nordic disco king Todd Terje and one of the most sought after female DJ´s in the world, Nina Kraviz. Between the latest headliners…