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04
Feb

The first 55 confirmations for Lowlands Festival are revealed

Posted by: Nikki in: Festivals , Lowlands 





Amelie Lens, The Chemical Brothers, Foals, Georgia, Lewis Capaldi, Liam Gallagher, London Grammer, Michael Kiwanuka, Octo Octa b2b Eris Drew, Sam Fender, Stormzy and more!





The first 55 confirmations for ‘A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise’ are revealed! The 28th edition of the festival will take place from 21st to 23rd August, featuring an impressive selection of over 250 artists covering a wide range of genres with something for everyone. Ticket sales will start on Saturday 8 February at 11:00 pm via Ticketmaster. 





The first 55 confirmations for ‘A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise’ are revealed! The 28th edition of the festival will take place from 21st to 23rd August, featuring an impressive selection of over 250 artists covering a wide range of genres with something for everyone. Ticket sales will start on Saturday 8 February at 11:00 pm via Ticketmaster. 





First Names;
 Amelie Lens | Angel Olsen | Ben Klock | BRING ME THE HORIZON | Caribou | Cavetown | The Chemical Brothers | CHROMATICS | City Morgue | Denzel Curry | DIE ANTWOORD | DROELOE | Dubioza kolektiv | Eefje de Visser | Ezra Collective | Fatima Yamaha | FEVER 333 | FJAAK live | Foals | Georgia | Glass Animals | GoldLink | Gotu Jim | Half Moon Run | Heilung | Hollywood Vampires | John Talabot | JPEGMAFIA | Kaytranada | Koffee | Lewis Capaldi | Liam Gallagher | London Grammar | Michael Kiwanuka | Noisia DJ-set | Noord Nederlands Orkest | Nu Guinea Live Band | Octo Octa b2b Eris Drew | The Opposites | Orla Gartland | Palaye Royale | Parquet Courts | Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band | Pendulum Trinity | Rex Orange County | Sam Fender | shame | Soulwax | Stormzy | Tash Sultana | The Teskey Brothers | Tom Walker | Trippie Redd | Typhoon | Yungblud | and many more to come…





Line up video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFZ9NQNuaUc&feature=youtu.be





Taking place at Walibi Holland in Biddinghuizen, A Campingflight To Lowlands Paradise is Hollands biggest most adventurous cultural outdoor event, that maintains an intimate vibe and friendly atmosphere as a township with thousands of inhabitants arises in the middle of the country for the festival.  





Just over an hour drive or train journey from Amsterdam A Campingflight To Lowlands Paradise is exactly what it promises to be: a true backpacker’s Garden Of Eden offering only the best in music, film, theatre, comedy, visual arts, literature and science.  As well as inviting the world’s biggest artists alongside an impeccably curated underground line-up, it doubles as a vast, shapeshifting installation, with stunning sculptures, visual artworks and performance art at every turn.  The festival has twelve stages (all covered in case it rains), including the renowned Armadillo featuring the iconic chimney stacks. 





Launched in 1993 — with its origins in a free love 1967 edition — Lowlands has for years been the Dutch answer to Glastonbury or Reading and Leeds. It has won numerous awards, and this year it’s been nominated for Best Line-up and Best Major Festival at the European Festival Awards.





Lowlands also prides itself in supplying top notch facilities for its visitors in a way UK festivals can’t seem to match. There’s a wellness village with saunas, hot tubs and sports facilities, dozens of restaurants from all corners of the globe, food and drink stalls, a large market with everything from clothes and vinyl stores to a barber’s shop, its own currency, a local radio station, a daily newspaper (Dutch only) and, last but not least: seven luxury campsites with flushable toilets, hot showers and dressing tables. You really can have it all and camp in comfort and style.





A Campingflight To Lowlands Paradise really is the ultimate summer holiday extravaganza!





Tickets
 Ticket sales will start on Saturday 8 February at 11:00 pm via Ticketmaster
 (and include festival entry, camping + shuttle bus from / to railway station or Dronten Lelystad). 
 A full festival ticket costs UKP 199 incl. service charge available at www.lowlands.nl/english 





Camping and Glamping
 Your festival ticket includes camping at the seven luxury campsites with flushable toilets and hot showers. There are also plenty of affordable camping and gllamping options from basic tent packages to teepees, wooden huts or caravans. Perfect if you don’t want to carry all your camping gear with you and for a stress free festival experience Book now here: http://gllamcamp.nl/en





LL20 Playlist
L20 Spotify playlist: https://spoti.fi/371ctdv





Lowlands App
More acts will be announced soon. Receive an alert via the Lowlands app and be the first to know! Download the app here: http://bit.ly/LL20-app





Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk

  

    






    

    
    



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SOLARFIELDS BUILDS THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOLAR CARPORT AT THE LOWLANDS FESTIVAL CAR PARK

  
   
  
 Posted by:    Nikki    
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Solarfields – producer of renewable energy – and MOJO – organizer of large-scale events – will start realizing the world’s largest solar carport in November this year. The solar park will be built in the Lowlands car park and will cover an area of 35 hectares. The solar carport will be operational in May 2021 and consists of 90,000 solar panels producing around 35,000,000 kWh of electricity annually.





Eric van Eerdenburg, director at Lowlands explains: “Without swift and concrete measures our young visitors will experience the effects of climate change and environmental pollution in their daily lives.





As a festival organization we want to be part of the solution and contribute to an optimistic view of the future. We hope to be a source of inspiration for our visitors to play their part – no matter how small – in making the world more sustainable.





About 12 years ago we started research on how improve sustainability within our business operations. Actualizing this together with Solarfields on a large scale is a long-held dream come true.”

Jelmer Pijlman, director at Solarfields, adds enthusiastically: ”Over the past 2.5 years, we have worked hard with MOJO to address all challenges involved in a project of this magnitude. We were fortunate to get a great deal of authority support along the way and think it is fantastic that we can announce this now. The location is perfect for making The Netherlands more sustainable and this project is a wonderful example of multiple land use: parking and sustainable energy production in the same space!”

Ton van Amerongen, alderperson in the Dronten city council, is proud to host the world’s largest solar carport in his municipality. “Lowlands has already proven to be an event with enormous social commitment. The fact that we can contribute to meeting our climate objectives with the festival organization and Solarfields is fantastic.” 

Watch video here: https://youtu.be/1xY3lhX8TfU





Sustainable Festival
The Lowlands Festival takes place annually at a fixed location in Biddinghuizen. For years now, the organization has worked hard to make the festival more sustainable. Energy consumption has proven to be a particular challenge. A single Lowlands edition demands approximately 300,000 kWh of electricity, most of which is currently produced by generators. With the construction of the solar carport the festival is making huge progress in boosting sustainability.

Largest sustainable car park
The surface area of the sustainable car park covers a total of 35 hectares, offering space for 15,000 cars. Through 90,000 solar panels the system delivers a capacity of 35 MWp, enough to supply around 10,000 households with green energy. This is equivalent to the energy consumption of roughly 100 festival weekends annually. The solar carport will be a permanent asset at this location.





Dal Land Use
The solar-paneled roof will provide cover for parked cars and generate sustainable energy at the same time. An important aspect of the design process of the carport was ensuring full parking capacity, a focus that resulted in optimal dual land use for this location.

Solarfields
Solarfields is a renewable energy producer and realizes solar-energy systems. The company is market leader in large-scale land-based solar parks. Solarfields realizes solar projects at various types of locations such as land, roofs, former landfill sites and parking areas. It aims to make The Netherlands more sustainable and supply 1 million households with clean energy by 2030.

Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
Nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk


  

    






    

    
    



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Lowlands is gearing up for it’s 27th edition this month.

  
   
  
 Posted by:    Nikki    
        in:    Festivals , Lowlands    
          

  
    
 
                     

     
  
    

    

Priding itself in supplying top notch facilities for its visitors in a way British festivals can’t seem to match, Lowlands has a wellness village with saunas, hot tubs and sports facilities, dozens of restaurants from all corners of the earth, food and drink stalls, a large market with everything from clothes and vinyl stores to a barber’s shop, its own currency, a local radio station, a daily newspaper and, last but not least: seven luxury campsites with flushable toilets, hot showers and dressing tables. You really can have it all and camp in comfort and style.  





The line ups pretty damn good too! Tame Impala, Twenty One Pilots, De Staat, A$AP Rocky, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, The National, New Order, Royal Blood, Anne-Marie, Bear’s Den, Billie Eilish, Franz Ferdinand, Giorgio Moroder, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, James Blake, Jon Hopkins and many more.





Holland has no shortage of festivals packing out the summer season, but Lowlands is the country’s most iconic music event that’s been delivering lost weekends since 1993.  The festival takes place in the northern rural area of Biddinghuizen, roughly an hour by train from Amsterdam’s super-connected Schiphol Airport, so it scores plenty of extra bonus points for being one of Europe’s easiest festivals to plan logistically.





A Campingflight To Lowlands Paradise — to give it its full celebratory name — is one of Europe’s premier festivals, an expressive, open and creative adventure with a wildly diverse line-up of musicians, artists, thinkers and dreamers pitching together for the biggest weekend of the year.





The festival takes place in the northern rural area of Biddinghuizen, roughly an hour by train from Amsterdam’s super-connected Schiphol Airport, so it scores plenty of extra bonus points for being one of Europe’s easiest festivals to plan logistically.





From the main arenas to pop-up stages, installations and other one-off happenings, hundreds of performers are on site to steer Lowlands campers in all manner of left-field directions over a giddy four days. This year a few big headline acts include Tame Impala, The National, Billie Eilish, New Order, A$AP Rocky and Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals, but there’s so much more to discover below the surface.





Here are six reasons to pack your tent and take a flight to Lowlands Paradise…





1.They’re smooth operators

We’ve already mentioned Schiphol Airport’s convenience as a hub flying from anywhere in Europe, and the 70km to Biddinghuizen is just a short train and shuttle bus away (and the shuttle bus to nearby Lelystad runs all day for supplies).

Once you’re in, forget about previous horror stories of missing bands while standing in half-hour queues for gruesome portaloos or having your buzz drained in a bar queue that lasts as long as a DJ set. There’s virtually no queues at Lowlands for food, drink or toilets. It’s not exactly a hot take — they simply hire enough bar staff and make sure there are enough bars and toilets around.

And their ‘Munten’ token system makes things even easier – you just buy tokens from dozens of vending machines around the festival and campsites and use them at bars and food stalls so there’s no waiting for change. And you’ve probably guessed, you won’t have to queue for these vending machines either.





2.Happy campers everywhere

Campsites at all the major UK festivals have slowly been getting better over the years, but the bar was set pretty low, from horror stories of tents being set on fire, mile-long queues for meagre facilities and trash piles that would cause Wall-E to short circuit.





Even though Lowlands has 60,000 party heads roaming around, the campsites have a more boutique festival vibe, with an emphasis on ample space and well-tended facilities. There’s no drudgery involved after your wake-up – there’s an abundance of toilets, showers and food stalls, and even art installations and games areas. And very importantly, there are plenty of bins and everyone gets a recycle bag – there’s virtually no litter.





And this is only the ‘regular’ campsites. If you want next-level treatment, the Gllamcamp area has you covered, with a range of canvas tipis, yurts and bell tents, mini cabins, quirky wooden ‘motels’ and even a welcome lobby with a fire pit. And even if you’re traipsing back in the early hours after a rave you’ll have relative silence to drift off.





3.The lost weekend inclusive atmosphere

The Dutch are famed for their work ethic and unwavering ability to make things run smoothly, but they’re also European league leaders in partying, illustrated by their huge number of festivals and famous clubbing scenes in cities like Amsterdam and Rotterdam.





There’s a rule at Lowlands and that’s once you’re in, you’re in — it’s an inclusive party to let off steam for four days. You can’t buy day tickets, so when you get your wristband and walk through the gates on Thursday you’re there with everyone for the long haul until Monday morning — no giddy fresh faces gatecrashing on Sunday and taking over.





Organiser Eric van Eerdenburg says: “If you come to Campingflight you come in on Thursday and leave on Monday, there are no fresh virgin spirits coming in! On Sunday, people may be going berserk, but people are connected all over the field — it’s a dream place.”
 And even if everyone’s going berserk, you won’t find any marauding belligerent drunkenness – maybe due to the Dutch liberal drug laws.





4.Higher learning

All too often music festivals are an arms race to see how many brain cells you can blitz before Monday morning, but Lowlands is one festival that might send you home smarter than when you arrived.





It’s a true music and arts festival, with sculptures, installations and performance art on display at all times. Music is also only one of the categories on the programme, which also includes comedy, theatre, dance, literature, philosophy and arthouse cinema. It’s hardly recommended, but you could theoretically go to Lowlands and have a fulfilling weekend without seeing any bands.





The non-music programme isn’t relegated to the sidelines, but the activism, debates, seminars, workshops, lectures and readings are an integral part of the whole Lowlands experience.





5.Strike a pose at the vogue performance workshop

To dive in feet first at Lowlands it’s better to recalibrate your body clock and flip to nocturnal mode, if only to catch the early hours electronic artists DJing at various corners of the site. And chances are, if you’re not Dutch you may already feel like you’re lagging behind with your dancing when you spot the locals’ famous shuffle-step ‘Konijnendans’ techno steps.





But Dutch dance pioneers House of Vineyard are at Lowlands this year to welcome you into the ballroom community and reprogram your two left feet with a vogue performance workshop. Vogueing was created by gay and transgender people in the 70s and 80s in New York black and Latino communities as a form of escapism from discrimination through flamboyant dance battles. Popularised in the mainstream by Madonna’s 1990 hit, Vogue culture has been a huge influence on artists such Beyonce, Rihanna and FKA Twigs, while scene terms like ‘throwing shade’ are part of the everyday youth culture lexicon.





Here’s a chance to engage with a vibrant, defiant, inclusive subculture, and look good while doing it.





6.A sense of history

The current incarnation of Lowlands has evolved from its beginnings in 1993, with a line-up crammed with crucial alt-rock acts such as Smashing Pumpkins, Jesus Lizard, The Breeders, Tool and Rage Against the Machine. After a break, the festival returned in 2000 and has returned every year since.





Since the turn of the millennium, Lowlands has helped shape and reflect popular underground music, from blockbuster headliners to catching acts on their way up. The list of iconic acts to play Lowlands is staggering, and includes The Sex Pistols, Grace Jones, Faith No More, Nick Cave, Iggy Pop, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Prodigy, Arcade Fire, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Nine Inch Nails, LCD Soundsystem, The Knife, Portishead, Kendrick Lamar, Noel Gallagher, Philip Glass, Solange, Patti Smith and literally thousands more.





And let’s not forget that the whole magic was started in the late 60s with a Flight To Lowlands Paradise, with Dutch acts playing the first edition in 1967 and a little upcoming British act by the name of Pink Floyd headlining in 1968…





A Campingflight To Lowlands Paradise really is the ultimate summer holiday extravaganza!





Line up includes; Tame Impala, Twenty One Pilots, De Staat, A$AP Rocky, Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, The National, New Order, Royal Blood, Anne-Marie, Bear’s Den, Billie Eilish, Franz Ferdinand, Giorgio Moroder, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, James Blake, Jon Hopkins and many more. For full line-up check lowlands.nl

  

    






    

    
    



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We’re going Dutch – 6 reasons to hit Lowlands festival in 2019

  
   
  
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        in:    Festivals , Lowlands    
          

  
    
 
                     

     
  
    

    

Holland has no shortage of festivals packing out the summer season, but Lowlands is the country’s most iconic music event that’s been delivering lost weekends since 1993.





A Campingflight To Lowlands Paradise — to give it its full celebratory name — is one of Europe’s premier festivals, an expressive, open and creative adventure with a wildly diverse line-up of musicians, artists, thinkers and dreamers pitching together for the biggest weekend of the year.





The festival takes place in the northern rural area of Biddinghuizen, roughly an hour by train from Amsterdam’s super-connected Schiphol Airport, so it scores plenty of extra bonus points for being one of Europe’s easiest festivals to plan logistically.





From the main arenas to pop-up stages, installations and other one-off happenings, hundreds of performers are on site to steer Lowlands campers in all manner of left-field directions over a giddy four days. This year a few big headline acts include Tame Impala, The National, Billie Eilish, New Order, A$AP Rocky and Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals, but there’s so much more to discover below the surface. 





Here are six reasons to pack your tent and take a flight to Lowlands Paradise…





1.They’re smooth operators





We’ve already mentioned Schiphol
Airport’s convenience as a hub flying from anywhere in Europe, and the 70km to
Biddinghuizen is just a short train and shuttle bus away (and the shuttle bus
to nearby Lelystad runs all day for supplies).





Once you’re in, forget about previous horror stories of missing bands while standing in half-hour queues for gruesome portable loo or having your buzz drained in a bar queue that lasts as long as a DJ set. There’s virtually no queues at Lowlands for food, drink or toilets. It’s not exactly a hot take — they simply hire enough bar staff and make sure there are enough bars and toilets around. 





And their ‘Munten’ token system makes things even easier – you just buy tokens from dozens of vending machines around the festival and campsites and use them at bars and food stalls so there’s no waiting for change. And you’ve probably guessed, you won’t have to queue for these vending machines either. 







2. Happy campers everywhere





Campsites at all the
major UK festivals have slowly been getting better over the years, but the bar
was set pretty low, from horror stories of tents being set on fire, mile-long
queues for meagre facilities and trash piles that would cause Wall-E to short
circuit. 





Even though Lowlands has
60,000 party heads roaming around, the campsites have a more boutique festival
vibe, with an emphasis on ample space and well-tended facilities. There’s no
drudgery involved after your wake-up – there’s an abundance of toilets, showers
and food stalls, and even art installations and games areas. And very
importantly, there are plenty of bins and everyone gets a recycle bag – there’s
virtually no litter. 





And this is only the ‘regular’ campsites. If you want next-level treatment, the Gllamcamp area has you covered, with a range of canvas tipis, yurts and bell tents, mini cabins, quirky wooden ‘motels’ and even a welcome lobby with a fire pit. And even if you’re traipsing back in the early hours after a rave you’ll have relative silence to drift off.





3. The lost weekend inclusive atmosphere





The Dutch are famed for
their work ethic and unwavering ability to make things run smoothly, but
they’re also European league leaders in partying, illustrated by their huge
number of festivals and famous clubbing scenes in cities like Amsterdam and
Rotterdam. 





There’s a rule at
Lowlands and that’s once you’re in, you’re in — it’s an inclusive party to let
off steam for four days. You can’t buy day tickets, so when you get your
wristband and walk through the gates on Thursday you’re there with everyone for
the long haul until Monday morning — no giddy fresh faces gatecrashing on
Sunday and taking over.   





Organiser Eric van
Eerdenburg says: “If you come to Campingflight you come in on Thursday and
leave on Monday, there are no fresh virgin spirits coming in! On Sunday, people
may be going berserk, but people are connected all over the field — it’s a
dream place.”





And even if everyone’s going berserk, you won’t find any marauding belligerent drunkenness – maybe due to the Dutch liberal drug laws.










4. Higher learning





All too often music
festivals are an arms race to see how many brain cells you can blitz before
Monday morning, but Lowlands is one festival that might send you home smarter
than when you arrived. 





It’s a true music and
arts festival, with sculptures, installations and performance art on display at
all times. Music is also only one of the categories on the programme, which
also includes comedy, theatre, dance, literature, philosophy and arthouse
cinema. It’s hardly recommended, but you could theoretically go to Lowlands and
have a fulfilling weekend without seeing any bands. 





The non-music programme isn’t relegated to the sidelines, but the activism, debates, seminars, workshops, lectures and readings are an integral part of the whole Lowlands experience.  










5. Strike a pose at the vogue performance workshop





To dive in feet
first at Lowlands it’s better to recalibrate your body clock and flip to
nocturnal mode, if only to catch the early hours electronic artists DJing at
various corners of the site. And chances are, if you’re not Dutch you may
already feel like you’re lagging behind with your dancing when you spot the
locals’ famous shuffle-step ‘Konijnendans’
techno steps.   





But Dutch dance
pioneers House
of Vineyard are at Lowlands this year to
welcome you into the ballroom community and reprogram your two left feet with a
vogue performance workshop. Vogueing was created by gay and transgender people
in the 70s and 80s in New York black and Latino communities as a form of
escapism from discrimination through flamboyant dance battles. Popularised in
the mainstream by Madonna’s 1990 hit, Vogue culture has been a huge influence
on artists such Beyonce, Rihanna and FKA Twigs, while scene terms like ‘throwing
shade’ are part of the everyday youth culture lexicon. 





Here’s a chance to engage with a vibrant, defiant, inclusive subculture, and look good while doing it. 





6. A sense of history





The current
incarnation of Lowlands has evolved from its beginnings in 1993, with a line-up
crammed with crucial alt-rock acts such as Smashing Pumpkins, Jesus Lizard, The
Breeders, Tool and Rage Against the Machine. After a break, the festival
returned in 2000 and has returned every year since.





Since the turn of
the millennium, Lowlands has helped shape and reflect popular underground
music, from blockbuster headliners to catching acts on their way up. The list
of iconic acts to play Lowlands is staggering, and includes The Sex Pistols,
Grace Jones, Faith No More, Nick Cave, Iggy Pop, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Prodigy,
Arcade Fire, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Nine Inch Nails, LCD Soundsystem, The Knife,
Portishead, Kendrick Lamar, Noel Gallagher, Philip Glass, Solange, Patti Smith
and literally thousands more.





And let’s not
forget that the whole magic was started in the late 60s with a Flight To
Lowlands Paradise, with Dutch acts playing the first edition in 1967 and a
little upcoming British act by the name of Pink Floyd headlining in 1968…





Line up includes; Tame Impala, Twenty One Pilots, De Staat, A$AP Rocky, Anderson .Paak  & The Free Nationals, The National, New Order, Royal Blood, Anne-Marie, Bear’s Den, Billie Eilish, Franz Ferdinand, Giorgio Moroder, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, James Blake, Jon Hopkins and many more.  For full line-up check lowlands.nl

Contact
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk




  

    






    

    
    



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Not going to Glastonbury? Try one of these exciting overseas festivals instead

  
   
  
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        in:    Exit Festival , Festivals , Lowlands , OFF Festival , Sea Dance Festival , Secret Solstice    
          

  
    
 
                     

     
  
    

    

Experience something new this festival season with a once in a  lifetime trip to a festival abroad. From partying in a 17th century  Balkan fortress or an Icelandic glacier, to pool parties, beach raves or lakeside gigs, there’s something here for everyone where you can combine music with local culture, sightseeing and gastronomic delights.





SECRET SOLSTICE – GLACIER RAVES AND SURREAL MIDNIGHT SUNSHINE IN ICELAND
 June 21-24 | secretsolstice.is
Acts announced: Black Eyed Peas, Robert Plant and the Sensational  Spaceshifters, Yxng Bane, Martin Garrix, Hatari, Rita Ora, Patti Smith,  Morcheeba, The Sugarhill Gang with Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio,  Foreign Beggars, Pussy Riot, Kerri Chandler, MK, Mr.G,  ALXJ, Ari Árelíus, Árstíðir, Ása, Auður, BenSöl, Birgir Hákon, Birnir,  Boy Pablo, Captain Syrup, Carla Rose, Chris Hirose, Clint Stewart,  ClubDub, Dilivius Lenni,Dillon Cooper, Doctor Victor, Exos, Floni,  Grúska Babúska, Högni, Ingi Bauer, Jeremy Underground,  Joey Christ , Johann Stone, JóiPé & Króli , KrBear, Logi Pedro,  Mike The Jacket, Monello, Night Lovell, Nitin, Oktavdj, Pink Street  Boys, Ragga Holm, Ricoshëi, Rokky, Séra Bjössi , Skaði, Sólstafir,  Sprite Zero Klan, Sturla Atlas, Svala, The Vintage Caravan,  Una Stef, Vibes, Vök, Vom Feisten, Warmland.

Secret Solstice is all about unique experiences – the most obvious being the fact that the sun doesn’t set for the whole 96 hours, so get used to midnight pool parties in bright sunshine. As well as an eclectic line-up of US, European and local acts, Iceland’s premiere music festival is a bucket list party in the capital Reykjavik during the magical summer solstice. The carbon-neutral festival prides itself on using Iceland’s stunning natural spaces and rugged landscape as a backdrop – while the main stage hosts many of the blockbuster acts, you can literally have an underground vibe, at exclusive raves in a glacier and a 5,000-year-old lava tunnel.  Back above ground, catch DJ sets in naturally heated lagoons or at boat parties in the midnight sunshine – and marvel at glistening waterfalls, black sand beaches, caves and vast volcanic fields on special day trips. Secret Solstice is celebrating its fifth anniversary, and 2019 is set to be its biggest edition yet.

EXIT FESTIVAL – PARTY IN A 17th CENTURY FORTRESS OVERLOOKING THE DANUBE IN SERBIA
 July 4-7 | exitfest.org
Acts announced: The Cure, Skepta, Dj Snake, The Chainsmokers, Greta Van  Fleet, Chase & Status Rtrn II Jungle, Desiigner, Dimitri Vegas &  Like Mike, Amelie Lens, Boris Brejcha, Carl Cox, Charlotte De Witte,  IAMDDB, Jeff Mills, Lost Frequencies, Maceo Plex, Paul  Kalkbrenner, Peggy Gou, Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals, Sofi  Tukker, Solomun, Tale Of Us, Tarja, Tom Walker, 1991, 65daysofstatic,  999999999 Live, Adriatique, Atheist Rap (30 Years), Bad Copy, Bassivity  Showcase, Blawan, Boston 168 Live, Brockie & Diet,  Dax J, Dub Fx, DVS1, Eyesburn, Frenkie, Kontra, Indigo, Giorgia Angiuli  Live, Gydra, Hazze, Helem Nejse, HIgh5, I Hate Models, Jasss, Johannes  Brecht Live, Kabaka Pyramid, Krankšvester, Krešo Bengalka, Lag +  Monosaccharide Live, Monika Kruse, Peter And The  Test Tube Babies, Renato Ratier, Sajsi MC, Satori Live, Shdw &  Obscure Shape, Smoke Mardeljano, Soilwork, Spermbirds, Svemirko,  Technimatic, The K’s, The Selecter, Turno, Two Pauz, Van Gogh, VojkoV,  Whitechapel, Who See, Zvonko Bogdan, 30Zona, Abop, Afro Tribal  Integration, Afrodizijak, Akioki, Arabic Duo Franolić-ćulap, Al Cape,  Ana Rs, Arcturus, Arxiva, Asphalt Chant, Atlas Erotika, Atomski Rat,  Baboon, Bajko Felix, Bane, Bass Fighters, Bekfleš, Black Lotus, Black  Serbs, Blancah, Blend Mishkin, BoBadu, Bo Jah Mc,  Bokee, Booze & Glory, Branko Isaković & Divine Sound, Branko  Potkonjak & Traveler Vibes, Bronze, Buntai, Bush Mad Squad, Butchaa,  C:Critz, Cake Boys, Chakra Kirtan Band, Codex, Coeus, Critical Bass,  Crnila Remix, Dadub Live, Damar, Dark Dizkobar, Das Ich,  Deadly Hunta, DJ/Mc Killo Killo, DJ Danjahras, DJ Euphorics & Edge  Mc, DJ Laki & DJ Rokam, DJ One, DJ Spery, DJ Verso, Dfndr, Don Dada  Mc, Drop Sensei, Dub Duba, Duc in Altum, Dunkelbunt, Eisclub Berlin,  Elioh, Elvis Jackson, Elon, Enforcer, Entombed A.D.,  Fa11Out, Fam, Friski, Frozen Moonlight, Global Village People, Goran  Kan, Grade 2, Green, Grimegod, Heart of Gaia Vibes, Herbal Queen,  I.N.D.I.G.O, Ilija Djokovic, In Da Klub, Inspiration Flames, Irie  Scratch & Shorty P, Ital Vision, Jahmessenjah Sound System,  Jamaican Drummers, Joma Maja, Kk Banda DJ’s, Kal, Kaoz, Katja Rubikova,  Kawiar Mangueira, Kayda May, King Calypso, Klaus, Klinac, Kojot,  Lawrence Klein B2b Forniva, Lil Yung, Little Shuja, Lower Parts of Human  Sludge, Luka Brasi, Maha Kirtan Band, Management,  Marko Vuković, Martina Hilber, Martyrium, Miloš Vujović B2b Ranchatek,  Minimalist, Missin, Mladen Tomić B2b Siniša Tamamović, Mongooz and the  Magnet, Musicalchimia, NDRX, Neki, Nemy, Nevena Jeremić, New Wave, Nina  Davis, Nobru, Ns Acrobalance, October Tide,  Ognjen, Palace, Pale Origins, PLYZ, Ponor, Raiven, RTC, Roir, Runy,  Sacred Earth Vibes, Siberian Meat Grinder, Samostalni Referenti, Satori  Junk, Scandal, Selecta Irie Vibes, Selecta Mix, Senshi, Shi-cu, Shoica  Chautauqua Ansambl, Shuba Ranks, Sid Data, Sixth  June, Skadam, Smut, Soft 85, Sorriso, Splash Heads, Stas, Steppa Style,  Sur Austru, Synchronicity, Thundersteel, Tommy T., Total Chaos,  Traples, Trepaj Il Krepaj, Trio Tica, Twisted Dolls, Vaske, Vatra,  Vitamin X, Waggles, Werundis Dance Community, Xena, Xox,  Yan Dusk. Yung Rosh, Zguubi Dan, Zimski, Zitto.

For four days every summer, the 17th century Petrovaradin Fortress opens  its gates for EXIT – the award-winning music festival in Serbia’s second city, Novi Sad. EXIT began in 2000 as a student protest fighting for political change, and over the years it’s grown into one of Europe’s biggest festivals, with [thousands] partying in the stunning citadel perched high on a cliff overlooking the River  Danube. The positive activism remains in the air, and each year has a  specific theme (it was ‘Freedom’ in 2018). EXIT  has possibly the most diverse line-up of any European festival, with 20  outdoor stages that feature everything from death metal to pop, indie,  reggae and techno – among cobbled paths, courtyards, grass verges,  ramparts and underground tunnels. The Dance Arena is the festival’s energetic hub, with 20,000 raving in the fortress moat waiting for the awe-inspiring moment when the sun rises above the ancient walls. Many DJs say the Dance Arena is the greatest place in the world to play, and after Nina Kraviz closed  EXIT 2018 with an extended set until 9am, she called it “one of the most special places on Earth”.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE – WHERE YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE WHEN NO ONE CAN SEE YOU
 July 5 – 7 July | rabbitresort.nl
Acts Announced: Editors, Janelle Monáe, Underworld, Thom Yorke –  Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes, Foals, Vampire Weekend, De Staat, Balthazar,  dEUS plays The Ideal Crash, Grace Jones, Robyn, The Roots, Ronnie Flex  & Deuxperience, Rosalía, Skepta, AURORA, Beirut, Cory  Henry & The Funk Apostles, Daniel Avery, David August, Kamasi  Washington, Khruangbin, Lewis Capaldi, LP, Mahalia, Maribou State, Matt  Corby, Ólafur Arnalds, Parquet Courts, RY X, Porto Parties X Desperados,  Sofi Tukker, The Hacker, Amber Arcades, Donny Benet,  Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, HENGE, Jordan Rakei, Low, Nona,  Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, slowthai, The Comet Is Coming, 10weeks,  Afra, Agar Agar, Altin Gün, Amy Root, Anna Leone, Arlo Parks, Benny  Sings, Bonxo, Borokov Borokov, Chamber Music – Veenfabriek,  Cosmic Force, DāM-FunK (DJ-set), De Sluwe Vos & Sjamsoedin Live,  Donaldo, Dr Moon, Ezra Collective, Fab X Paans, Fiesta Macumba  Soundsystem, Flavien Berger, Flonti Stacks, FS Green, FULCO, George  FitzGerald, Goedemorgan Down the Rabbit Hole, Gwyneth Wentink,  IDER, Job Sifre, Jonathan Wilson, jongNBE, Jungle Moto, Kampire,  Liniker e Os Caramelows, Lion Kojo, Luc, Mairo Nawaz, Mattheis (live),  Nederlands Kamerorkest + Niek Baar, Niels Broos, Odin, Orpheu The  Wizard, Peaking Lights, Picture Me Rollin’, Sam Fender,  Sampa The Great, Sassy J, Sef & Souf, Sho Madjozi, SIROJ, Smerrig  Diskjochies, Smerrig, SONS, Sylvie Kreusch, Ragazze Quartet, Tom Trago,  Top Ark DJ Team, Tshegue, Venz & Pim’s Pick, Vic Crezee, Vieze Vedi,  Wilde Haren, Working Titles.

Down The Rabbit Hole says adventure, confusion, surrealism and psychedelics, which has been an inspiration for (psycho) rockers, DJs,  artists, designers and filmmakers ever since the rise of the pop culture in the uncurbed 1960s… Good company, so get ready to tumble! We have all the time in the world, there’s no rush. Take your time to dine in dozens of restaurants from all corners of the earth, go meditate in the forest, lie down in the green pasture, swim for a bit, strum by the campfire, discover hidden discos…  Have a ball with brand-new bands or finally see that classic artist in full swing. We’re out and we’re loose! Build your own party and celebrate, enjoy what you do, all with an open mind and in a sustainable way: we’ll keep it green & clean. A trip to Down  The Rabbit Hole is a perfect summer getaway! Bring your own camping gear or rent luxurious accommodations at our Rabbit Resort at Groene  Heuvels – Beuningen (near Nijmegen).

OFF FESTIVAL  – A VOYAGE OF UNDERGROUND DISCOVERY IN POLAND
August 2-4 | off-festival.pl
Acts Announced: Foals, Suede, Jarvis Cocker introducing JARV IS…, Stereo  Lab, Neneh Cherry, Aldous Harding, The Comet Is Coming, Superorganism,  Electric Wizard, Lebanon Hanover, Daughters, Loyle Carner, OM, Zespół  Pieśni i Tańca „Śląsk”, Durand Jones & The  Indications, Perfect Son, Superorganism, Dezerter gra „Underground out  of Poland”, Octavian, Tirzah, Hania Rani, Honey Dijon, Lotic: Endless  Power, The Body, slowthai, Black Midi, Juan Wauters, Tęskno, SAMA’,  Jakuzi, Phum Viphurit, Tuzza, Soccer Mommy, Veronica  Vasicka, Pablopavo i Ludziki z Naprawdę Dużym Zespołem, Trio Jazzowe  Marcina Maseckiego, Emerald, Ammar 808, Boogarins, Dr. Rubinstein, VTSS,  Bamba Pana & Makaveli, P.Unity, EABS feat. Tenderlonious, Wczasy,  Entropia, The Real Gone Tones.

OFF is a unique boutique festival that values experimentation and diversity above everything else – with founder and organiser Artur  Rojek’s hands-on vision an inspiration to ambitious promoters and dreamers worldwide. OFF takes place in ‘Valley of Three Ponds’,  Katowice – a beautiful green hideaway in the industrial Silesia region,  with a huge choice of bars, restaurants and cultural centres to explore in the city close by. OFF ignores popular trends in favour of an expertly curated programme of esteemed artists  – with the festival bringing many acts to Poland for the first time. It was created in 2006 as a way for Rojek to indulge his “dreams and passion for sharing music”, even if that means a black metal band can play next to a techno DJ, a post-punk act, avant-garde noise-rock, hip-hop, jazz, post-rock and beyond. From the greatest international underground heroes to essential forward-thinking Polish artists, OFF is an inspirational meeting of minds.

LOWLANDS – MUSIC, ART AND CULTURE CLASH AT THE DUTCH CAMPING PARADISE
August 16-18 | lowlands.nl
Acts Announced: Tame Impala, Twenty One Pilots, A$AP Rocky,  Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, The National, New Order, Royal  Blood, Anne-Marie, Bear’s Den, Billie Eilish, Franz Ferdinand, Giorgio  Moroder, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, James Blake,  Jon Hopkins, Jorja Smith, Jungle, Lil Uzi Vert, Paul Kalkbrenner,  Ronnie Flex & Deuxperience, Agoria (live), Antal, Camo &  Krooked, Colin Benders, Denis Sulta, Dermot Kennedy, Donnie, FKJ, Frank  Turner and the Sleeping Souls, The Growlers, Helena Hauff, Honey  Dijon, Hunee, IAMDDB, Jarreau Vandal Live, Joep Beving, Johnny Marr,  Julia Jacklin, Jungle by Night, LL Science – De Dooie Hoek, LL Science –  The Pulse of Change, LL Science – Lowlands Whispers, LL Science – How  Does a Language Arise and Change, LL Science  – We Need Your P(EE)!, LL Science – Digital Confessional, LL Science –  Lowlands Saves Lives, LL Science – What Do You Have In Your Pants?, LL  Science – Meet a Stranger, LL Science – The Lowlands Consciousness Field  Project, LL Science – Put on your best poker  face, New Scientist Live – Music and the Brain, The National Science  Quiz, Loyle Carner, Macky Gee, Mall Grab, Marcel Dettmann, Matrixxman,  Fashion Selector Live, My Baby, Parcels, Rimon, Sango, Sharon van Etten,  De Sluwe Vos Live, The Streets, Tamino, Tim  Knol & The Blue Grass Boogieman, Thomas Azier, The Vaccines, Weval,  Willem, Ziggy Marley, Ares, Bamba Pana & Makaveli, Black Midi,  Bodega, Boy Pablo, The Chats, Code Orange, Courtesy, Dimension, DJ Bus  Replacement Service, DJ Marcelle, Dub Inc., Eskorzo, Flohio,  Girl in Red, Bjarki Happy Earthday AV, Franky Nuts, Identified Patient,  I Dont Know How But They Found Me, Idles, AI/ AI, Legowelt Presents  Gladio Live, Mad Miran, Marc Rebillet, Matteo Myderwyk, Moonlight  Benjamin, Morgane Jr, Neuromonakh Feofan, Out of Control  Army, LB, Pup, Rolando Bruno Live, Ross From Friends Live, Sea Girls,  SG Lewis, Slaves, This is Lovski, Tirzah, Tommy Genesis, Two Feet,  Upsammy, Whitney , Yang Yang – YPF., Yele, Yin Yin, Pregnant Guy.

A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise is the Netherlands’ most prestigious music festival that’s been a rite of passage for the Dutch since 1993. It takes place in rural Biddinghuizen – only an hour away from Amsterdam, so there’s even a chance to add in a city break either side.  It’s true music, arts and culture weekender,  featuring the world’s biggest headliners on the circuit, as well as installations, theatre, comedy, film, debates and even science workshops.   Each of the uniquely designed stages are covered so you can party rain or shine, and the iconic ‘Armadillo’ area is the festival’s power station, quirky bars, DJ booths and artisan restaurant areas that surpass regular festival food stalls. The Dutch are world-renowned as expert festival organisers, and  Lowlands is a perfect smooth operator, from the intuitive layout to the lack of queues for bars, food and bathrooms – with the best campsite facilities of all the big European festivals.  It’s a proper lost weekend too – Lowlands doesn’t do day tickets, so once you arrive on the Thursday you’re on a journey with your fellow happy campers until Sunday. This vibe was picked up by 2018 headliner  Nile Rodgers, who posted: “Lowlands was fire! This was an amazing f-ing  crowd! Truly insane, and that’s how we like it!”

SEA DANCE FESTIVAL – PARTY ON THE STUNNING ADRIATIC COAST IN MONTENEGRO
August tbc | seadancefestival.me
Acts announced: David Guetta, Sven Väth, Robin Schulz, Ofenbach, Darko  Rundek & Ekipa, Senidah, Surreal, Fox, Kuku$, Hazze, Bekfleš + Many  More Coming Soon.

Sea Dance in Montenegro is an extension of the EXIT family – a gold  standard guarantee in the festival world. Like EXIT, Sea Dance is also an award-winner, and was voted Best Medium Sized Festival at the  European Festival Awards after its first edition in 2014.  The festival bottles some of the magic of EXIT’s dance stages and transports it to the alluring golden sand beach of Budva on the Adriatic coast, with narrow medieval streets just a short walk away. EXIT’s  famous No Sleep Novi Sad stage is repackaged for Sea  Dance, with over 100 performers shared around numerous other stages.  Evan as a relatively new addition to the festival scene, Sea Dance already has a reputation for securing the biggest names in electronic music. Montenegro was recently listed by Skyscanner as the number one cheap holiday destination, with mountain biking,  hiking and watersports available for those with energy left after dancing all night to the world’s biggest DJs.





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