Festivals

Amnesia Sunset Session event to be Held at 17th Century Fortress on Pag Island on 2nd July 2021  

BSH Island returns to the idyllic island of Pag for a 5 day open air music weekender from July 1st to July 5th 2021 with the Main Stage taking place at Noa Beach Club, one of the most impressive and stylish venues in the Adriatic region boasting epic views of the crystal blue sea.  The world-class BSH Island line up is to be announced soon with Do Not Sleep, Under No Illusion Recordings and Pablo’s House all set to host stages at Noa Beach Club with after hours sessions at the equally essential Kalypso Club.

The Fortress of Pag welcomes Amnesia, one of Ibiza’s most iconic brands, this magical off-location sunset showcase will take place at the spectacular Fortress on Friday July 2nd from 4pm to 11pm as the highlight of the BSH Island music weekender. The Ibiza superclub will set-up at the breathtaking 17th century Fortress, which was established to monitor the sea on what used to be a very busy route vulnerable to pirates. It has uninterrupted views of the sea, with historic architecture and a real old-world feel that makes it an unforgettable setting and backdrop for the a fitting lineup and soundtrack from Ukranian melodic techno innovators ARTBAT, Italian duo Mathame who always bring real emotion to their sets, as well as Brina Knauss and Amnesia mainstay Luca Donzelli.

Tickets for this one-off limited capacity Amnesia sunset party located at the Fortress are limited and are available as a single event ticket, or as a part of a package with the rest of BSH Island program, https://www.croatia.amnesia.es 

Says Amnesia of this link-up: “The Fortress is a truly stunning setting and we will bring with us all the party know-how and unique atmospheres that make our events the most talked about in the world and cannot wait to meet you all.”

BSH Island is famous for organising one of the very few European events that went ahead on the famous Zrce beach last summer “Keep The Distance”. It successfully followed all epidemic rules and safety measures in the famous location which usually hosts the likes of Sonus and Hideout festival. Now it has evolved into a huge open-air weekender with a reputation to match. This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to dance in a historic setting during the much anticipated main BSH Island in July.

Noa Beach Club states “We are very proud to combine our expertise with the world-famous Amnesia, the fortress event will undoubtedly be something you cannot miss out on this summer.”  BSH say, “We have worked hard to build a proper party for proper music lovers and so this is a real recognition that we have done things right, and it feels super special that we have managed to secure this out of the world setting for such a magical occasion.”

AMNESIA SUNSET FORTRESS 2021

2^ND JULY 2021 16:00HRS TO 23:00HRS

PASKI MOST FORTRESS, PAG, CROATIA

18:30HRS

18+

ARTBAT, Mathame, Brina Knauss, Luca Donzelli

The Amnesia sunset session is headlined by Artbat, Mathame, Brina Knauss, Luca Donzelli as an off-location event at the 17th Century Fortress, Pag Island on 2nd July 2021 

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BSH ISLAND 2021

1ST JULY 2021 16:00HRS TO 5TH JULY 10:00HRS

NOA BEACH CLUB, ZRĆE BEACH, ISLAND PAG, CROATIA

18+

TBA

Mesmerizing 4 days and night of festive vibes taking place on beautiful Island of Pag.

BSH Island takes place at famous Zrće Beach with MainStage at Noa Beach Club, official after-hours at Kalypso Zrće, special off-location showcase, and much more.

Headlined by world class DJs, BSH Island will also feature off-site events like boat sessions, and secret pop up parties.

This summer Noa Beach Club will become an oasis for all house music lovers from 1st till 5th of July.

The shows will take place across some of London’s best venues including Loft Studios, Village Underground and The Cause

Labyrinth Sessions is a series of shows that allow artists to dig deep into their record collection, showcase the full range of their DJ skills and build an energy from the start of the evening to the final track. 

The events are spread across some of London’s leading clubs and focus on intimacy between the artist and the audience. A level of intimacy that we’ve all missed so much over the past year. 

Every event will see Labyrinth work closely alongside their in-house visual production team, to create a new lighting experience for each party, designed in close collaboration with the artist on each show. 

Labyrinth returns to the West London studio space of Loft Studios, for the full August Bank Holiday Weekend, with Sunday 29th August date to be announced soon. Those who attended the sold out Keinemusik 10×10 party on the August Bank Holiday Sunday of 2019, will know just how special this space is. 

Pre-sale sign up for the full series is now live and tickets go on sale to pre-sale sign ups at 10am BST on Friday 30th April. General release tickets will then go on sale at Midday BST on Friday 30th April.  

Labyrinth’s full 2021 season of events has now been announced and will feature over 30 artists playing across 7 venues and 11 events this year, including the following: 

• Axel Boman 
• Alex Medina 
• Âme b2b Dixon
• Carista 
• DJ Koze
• Elder Island Live 
• Fideles
• Fred again…
• Gerd Janson 
• Jennifer Cardini 
• Jimi Jules
• José González Live 
• Josey Rebelle 
• Kornél Kovács
• Lola Haro 
• MCDE / Danilo Plessow
• Nabihah Iqbal 
• Nick Castle 
• Pedrodollar 
• Perel 
• Sedef Adasi 
• Sofia Kourtesis
• Suze Ijó
• Terr 
• Todd Terje 
• Trikk
• Trikk 
• TSHA

Fully announced dates are as follows:

• Friday 27th August – Todd Terje (Olsen Records) – Extended DJ Set at Loft Studios 
• Saturday 28th August – Gerd Janson (Running Back) – All Night Long at Loft Studios
• Saturday 18th September – Fideles (Afterlife) – All Night Long at Village Underground 
• Saturday 9th October – Perel (DFA) – All Night Long at Orange Yard 
• Friday 22nd October – Trikk (Innervisions) – All Night Long at The Theatre at The Cause 
• Friday 3rd December – Nick Castle (Labyrinth) – All Night Long at Secret Location TBA
• Saturday 18th December – Studio Barnhus (Axel Boman b2b Kornél Kovács b2b Pedrodollar) – All Night Long at Village Underground 

Series pre-sale link: https://ra.co/pre/1441806 

City Splash 2021

A festival celebrating the influence of reggae music, food and culture in South LDN

Website: www.city-splash.com

1 Day • 4 Stages • 40 + Artists • 8000 People • 15 + Food Traders

Reggae

The City Splash mission is to celebrate the impact and importance of reggae music on British culture, birthing everything from Ska, Rocksteady, Dub, Roots, Dancehall, Lovers Rock to its UK ancestors of UK Reggae, Jungle, Hip Hop, Garage, Grime and  Drum and Bass; the influence of Reggae has been a constant in the UK for 50 years. Not only has it brought us the riddims and the lifestyle influence, but it’s a genre that expresses and addresses social issues and their solutions through the music’s messages.

Food

We will be hosting London’s finest Carribean street food vendors in collaboration with London Jerk Fest; sampling favourite delights from jerk chicken to vegan ital stew, fried plantains and much much more. For those of you looking for a more liquid lunch, expect an unparalleled rum vendor selection and locally brewed craft beers, stouts and spirits to add a little fyah to the day.

Culture

Reggae’s influence on youth culture in London runs deep, the genre’s heartbeat rhythm and lyrics about love, redemption and natural living deeply affect fashions, lifestyles, friendships and unify strangers internationally. We believe such an important genre musically and socially deserves a prominent place on the annual live music calendar in London and we’re hyped to be bringing it to South London this September.

Location 

The festival is located in the beautiful Beckenham Place Park near to Crystal Palace and is home to ancient woodland and rolling grassy hills. With FOUR music stages dedicated to the biggest of reggae acts, you can happily bop around between the unique production sites to catch your favorites.

Lineup 

Mainstage

Barrington Levy

Lila Iké

Hollie Cook

Twinkle Brothers

Kiko Bun

Dawn Penn 

Ras Kwame

Rasites

Marla Brown

Teshay Makeda

Rampage Carnival Stage (A-Z)

Alicai Harley

Heartless Crew

Kenny Ken & Ragga Twins

Rampage Sound

Robbo Ranx

Seani B

Shola Ama

Sticky & MC Creed

Channel One Presents Stage (A-Z)

Channel One

Eva Lazarus

General Levy

Iration Steppas

jah youth

King Shiloh 

Mad Professor

Sattamann & Ramon Judah

Woodland Stage (A-Z)

Bossy LDN

Mixmaster J

Nia archives

Rompa’s Reggae Shack

Sisters of Reggae

Date: Sunday, 12th September 2021 

Times: 12pm – 9:30pm  / Last Entry 6pm

Venue: Beckenham Place Park, BR3 5BS

Website: www.city-splash.com

Tickets: https://link.kaboodle.co.uk/City-Splash-21

£25 – Early Birds

£33 – General Admission 

£50 VIP Early Birds

£60 VIP

‘Experience Commerce’ Platform EASOL Shares Findings From The First Ever In Trend Report.

PDF Report:

Easol is the first of its kind – an all-in-one ‘experience commerce’ platform that offers everything experience creators (across wellness, sports, adventure, festivals, F&B and more) need to take control of all aspects of their business. 

Today, as consumers race to book a range of experiences as stay at home orders are lifted, the platform announces fascinating findings from their all-new in-depth experience economy trend report ‘Better Days Are Coming,’ which was commissioned to investigate trends around consumer travel and experiences in 2021 and beyond. Despite an extremely challenging 12 months for the experience economy, there is a positive outlook for what the future holds in what is set to be a decade like no other in demand. 

The ‘Better Days Are Coming’ experience economy report saw more than 3000 consumers surveyed across Europe and North America on their travel intentions. It offers comprehensive analysis of the sector and provides valuable insights to those operating in the experience economy on how the world is going to travel in 2021 and beyond. It also features interviews and case studies from Easol’s community of experience creators and industry experts from the worlds of wellness, festivals, surf and sports, including global wellness platform Wanderlust, Transformational Travel Council, festival organisers Mustard Media and many more.

The comprehensive report was launched at the Easol online showcase event on April 15th to demonstrate the ‘new way to sell experiences online’ that gives the power back to experience creators with Easol’s experience commerce platform. The showcase also gave ideas and recommendations for how businesses can respond to these trends. 

Key predictions found in the report include an enormous pent up demand for travel, that consumer confidence in group travel is certainly up and that experience businesses who adapt and evolve will fare the best. 

Key findings:

85% of travellers would choose to go on an experience holiday if they could take only one trip in 2021

86% of travellers are planning to go on an experience holiday in 2022

77.4% of travellers would feel comfortable in a group holiday with people from outside their household

59% of people would prefer groups of up to 10 people

81% of North American travellers would consider sharing a room with another participants

70% of European solo travellers would consider sharing a room with another participant

75% of creators feel optimistic about their experience business in 2021

Before the pandemic, 40% of people took three to five trips a year. As many as 33% of us now plan to spend more on travel in 2021 than in previous years. 

The report also highlights case studies from experience creators such as Envision Festival as a way of highlighting how the sector has been adapting and thriving despite the pandemic. The wellness and surf festival set in Costa Rica has already recorded an impressive triple digit growth in ticket sales for their 2022 event. 

Ben Simpson, CEO of Easol said: 

“It is an unprecedented time for experience creators who have seen huge challenges, but as we emerge from lockdown, this new-era holds enormous opportunity for experience businesses. We are only on the cusp of what is the greatest demand we have ever seen to travel and have these ‘kinetic’, ‘in real life’ experiences we have been craving for what feels like a lifetime! Experience creators have never had to be so agile and adapt for their businesses to survive and we hope this report provides some hope and useful insights to anyone operating in the experience economy and we look forward to sharing more insights and positive stories in the near future.”  

Easol is the new way to sell experiences online. For the first time ever, experience businesses from yoga retreats, surf camps, festivals, sports trips and adventure tours will never have to outsource their business to traditional e-commerce platforms (WordPress, Shopify, Squarespace, Wix), booking platforms (Eventbrite, active.com) or experience marketplaces (GetYourGuide, Airbnb) which are not viable solutions, offering ineffective services that are more costly, vulnerable to errors, significantly more time consuming with more manual processes and ultimately cap the business’ potential growth. 

Despite an extremely challenging year for the experience economy, Easol has seen staggering growth after recently securing more than $4.5m in funding from world-class technology investors like Notion Capital with participation from Y Combinator, Foundation Capital, Slow Ventures and Micheal Zeisser – former Chairman of US investments at Alibaba. After the initial vaccine announcement, the company also saw its largest ever month in booking and processing volume, which was up 25% from pre-pandemic figures. 

Easol supports creators all over the globe across all experience sectors including festivals, wellness retreats, F&B, sports, adventure trips and more. Clients include major industry players such as Ibiza Rocks, Global Cycle Network, The Sunday Times. The platform has secured these high end clients by providing them with complete control of all aspects of their experience business. In turn, this allows them to focus on driving more direct sales, retain more revenue, own their data and run their business on their terms. 

‘Labyrinth Launch New Open Air Festival w/ DJ Koze, Jozé González and many more and new venue Tofte Manor’ 

Elder Island, Motor City Drum Ensemble + more all set to play 

Saturday 7th August 

12.00 – 22.00

Tofte Manor, MK44 1HH

Pre-sale sign up: https://ra.co/pre/1440304

Lineup

DJ Koze 

José González Live 

Elder Island Live 

FRED AGAIN..

Josey Rebelle

MCDE / Daniel Plessow 

Nabihah Iqbal 

Nick Castle 

Sedef Adasi

Suze Ijó

DJ Koze has been one of the most adventurous and constantly entertaining producers of the 20th century. His latest studio album Knock Knock featured numerous greats including Róisín Murphy, Bon Iver and José González. The album scored an 8.8/10 on Pitchfork and the lead hit ‘Pick Up’ is a timeless classic that will be heard on radio and dancefloors for many years to come. 

Co-headlining the show is Swedish solo phenomenon José González, who has become globally recognized for his indie pop and intimate acoustics. He recently released his first single in 5 years, ‘El Invento’, his first Spanish song, written with his daughter. The connection with the show comes from his collaboration with DJ Koze on ‘Music On My Teeth’. This will be González’s first show in the UK since 2019. 

Playing the penultimate slot on the labyrinth stage before DJ Koze, is none other than everyone’s favourite selector Motor City Drum Ensemble. MCDE’s eclectic taste in music and impeccable DJ skills see him move from techno to disco to soul to house. His eclectic sets have made him become one of the most favoured DJs of our time. MCDE at this magical venue, is set to be nothing but utter euphoria. 

Having won the BRIT Awards Producer of 2020 after producing over 30% of 2019’s #1 hits, FRED AGAIN.. has, in no time at all, solidified himself as one the most exciting producers of our time. The list of profound artists he’s worked with goes on and on – Stormzy, Ed Sheeran, George Ezra, Eminem, FKA Twigs and more. Now, his debut album ‘Actual Life (April 14th – December 17th 2020)’ will be released on April 16th. ‘Marea (We’ve Lost Dancing)’ which features vocal samples from the Blessed Madonna, is already set to be a hit of the summer and was released the day lockdown lifting was announced in the UK. His solo career is about to pop and this is his only announced UK summer show other than All Points East. With an eagerly anticipated third album ‘Swimming Static’ soon to be released, Elder Island joins the event with their house infected dance music. The album was recorded in their Bristol basement studio during quarantine and is a ten-track dance album. If ‘The Omnitone Collection’ was anything to go by, Swimming Static will be one of the albums of the summer. 

Opening the Labyrinth Stage is Amsterdam based radio DJ, record enthusiast and party-starter Suze Ijó, who brings her eclectic range of music to the show. Whilst the Labyrinth Stage stage features a mix of live shows and DJ performances, the Treehouse Stage will feature DJ sets throughout the day. London favourite Josey Rebelle will close out the intimate treehouse stage with her genre-bending sets. Musician, producer, broadcaster, DJ and one of Ninja Tune’s favourites Nabihah Iqbal brings her wide ranging sounds that draw on her experiences in her native Pakistan to the treehouse stage a DJ set. Sedef Adasi, a resident DJ of the notorious Blitz Club in Munich bounces in between euphoric techno, house classics, space disco and tough electro with elegance and ease. She debuted on Permanent Vacation in 2020, a label that is familiar to the Labyrinth fans. Labyrinth’s curator and resident DJ Nick Castle will play an extended opening set on the Treehouse Stage. 

This year’s much anticipated Moovin Festival in August is fast approaching, but who can wait that long after nearly two years apart? No one, so to keep you entertained in the run up to the main event, the team are putting on a very special 12 hour “Barn party” down at the farm on July 10th . The line up is BIG ! But the capacity is limited with tickets available for just £35. 

The line up sees some of the acts that have come to define Moovin’s musical vibe including Congo Natty, Norman Jay, Mr Scruff, General Levy, Krafty Kuts, DJ Woody, Henge, Stereo MC’s ,Graeme Park, DJ Paulette, and plenty of other amazing live acts & Djs amongst many more woodland surprises and boutique offerings. 

The famously inviting and intimate Moovin Festival is a real jewel in the UK festival calendar. It has an organic, friendly vibe with cutting edge music, as well as a world of immersive extras, fantastic stage designs and offerings such as gong baths, harpists, poetry, beatboxing harmonica performers and much more. It all plays out in a perfectly naturalistic setting amongst woodlands, rolling green hills and proper working barn spaces. This year you can enjoy some wild adventures in the field not once but twice thanks to this impossibly good value warm up. 

The Main Stage for this cosy and personal gathering is the iconic barn that forms the centrepiece at the main festival. There is also a second stage of music along with plenty of the Moovin crew’s usual perks, surprises and entertainments, a wide selection of caterers serving up delicious food and plenty of chances to gather round the campfire for a jolly old knees up. 

Lne up:

Congo Natty

Norman Jay

Mr Scruff

General Levy

Krafty Kuts

DJ Woody

Henge

Stereo MC’s

Graeme Park

DJ Paulette

Musically, a fine list of Moovin family favourites old and new will come to serve up their best sets with Congo Natty celebrating his 30 Year Anniversary, Norman Jays Good Time Vibes, the one and only Mr Scruff, A Bit On General Levy & Krafty Kuts, DMC Scratch Champion DJ Woody, Henge, Graeme Park, DJ Paulette, and plenty of amazing bands amongst much more. 

So get the date in your calendar and secure tickets fast for more adventures in the fields!