It will be no surprise to many of you that festivals are often a huge part of any student’s summer plans so here at LSi over the next few weeks and months, we’re going to take you through what we think are the must attend festivals. We’ll point out what to see and where to see it, making sure you get the pointers on the very best happenings at home and further afield.
This week, we turn our attention to Field Day Festival which takes place in Victoria Park, London over the weekend of the 7th and 8th of June. Since 2007, when Battles, Erol Alkan and Justice headlined, Field Day has grown massively and this year’s line-up perfectly illustrates this growth in its reputation.
Specifically, Saturday’s line up is an impressive one which will surely be attractive to plenty of students in Leeds. Metronomy headline on the back of their soon to be released and much anticipated fourth album ‘Love Letters’ and they are joined by SBTRKT who will be returning to Field Day to treat the crowd to a new live set. Other notable performers on Saturday include Mercury Music Prize Nominee Ghostpoet, Australian dance/neo psychedelic duo Jagwar Ma and super artist/producer/songwriter and Field Day alumni Blood Orange aka Dev Hynes.
If that wasn’t enough, Sunday night sees seminal band Pixies headlining their only London show and they will be joined by the brilliant psychedelic-voyagers The Horrors, who are currently completing final mixes for their elevating, fourth album, to be released this spring. British trippy retro-futurists Temples and psych-rocking Australian act POND are also included with more acts to be added very soon.
The full line-up so far includes:
SATURDAY
Metronomy
SBTRKT – live
All We Are
Blood Orange
Charlotte OC
Courtney Barnett
Danny Brown
DJ Barely Legal
Dusky
East India Youth
Eclair Fifi
Erol Alkan b2b Daniel Avery
Evian Christ (DJ)
Fat White Family
George Fitzgerald
Gerd Janson
Ghostpoet
Huw Stephens
Innervisions: Dixon & Ame (b2b)
Jaakko Eino Kalevi
Jackmaster & Oneman present Can U Dance
Jagwar Ma
James Holden – live
Jessy Lanza
John Wizards
Jon Hopkins
Lunice
Money
Moxie
Omar Souleyman
Oneohtrix Point Never
Pawws
Ryan Hemsworth
Seun Kuti & Fela’s Egypt 80
Simian Mobile Disco
Sky Ferreira
Slackk b2b Samename
SOHN
SOPHIE
Teleman
The Temper Trap
Tim Burgess (DJ)
Todd Terje – live
Vessel
Warpaint
SUNDAY
Pixies
The Horrors
Temples
POND
Drenge
It is sure to be a fantastic event and as an festival which is widely regarded as one of the trendiest in the UK, you’ll be lucky to snap up a ticket before they’re all out. You can get one at http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/fieldday and keep locked in to LSi Music for more of our festival features in the future too.