Bloom festival are ecstatic to announce their first wave of show-stopping headline acts. Esser, Noah and the Whale, Tom Middleton, The Filthy Dukes, Loose Cannons, The Whip and Part Time Heroes all make it on to the strongest line up ever to grace Bloom festival’s beautiful stages.
Describing itself as ‘the ultimate house party in a field’, Bloom festival is an exciting fusion of up-and-coming and established acts, blending music from a plethora of genres including electro, house, hip hop, funk, drum ‘n’ bass and anything else you can raise a warm can of Strongbow to. With its biggest and best line-up to date, this year’s event is shaping up to be one to remember.
Now in its fourth year Bloom has grown from a modest 1,500 capacity party with 2 tents to a fully-fledged boutique extravaganza with six brimming stages. In the spirit of getting more bands for your buck, organisers have introduced a further four arenas and are selling weekend tickets for a mere £75 – one of the cheapest festival tickets available this year!
These include The Folk Stage -run by the guys behind the famous folk night Communion), The Media Mix Tent -showcasing short films, audio-visual performances, live scores, classical music and performance artists, The Groove Garden -including garden gnomes, garden games, a garden shed and garden tunes from the Shed DJs as well as The Bloom Bus -a converted, lush DJ bus!
Last year’s popular stages will also be running in full effect, including The Main Stage, Beats Bubble -drum & bass, breaks, dubstep, booty bass, Lost Disco -house & electro, Funk Tent -funk, hip hop, soul, disco and the Cabaret Tent -burlesque, cabaret, bingo and lots of random and saucy fun!.
And if that doesn’t whet your voracious appetite they’ve even introduced a Workshop tent including knitting, burlesque strip tease, kung fu, tai chi, mask making, recyclable art and flamenco classes, The Diary Bloom -a video diary shed! and Kids Zone -a dedicated area for kids including activities and games and a library corner.
Set in stunning grounds in West Littletown Down, near Bristol, Bloom hand picks healthy and organic food and drink to perfectly suit the scenic surroundings and chilled out vibe that this fresh faced boutique festival exudes.
Run by a bunch of lovely people, the festival also likes to make sure you get a good night’s sleep. The highly popular Tangerine Fields return to Bloom this year so leave your camping gear at home and start the party early. Festival goers can book a ready-pitched and fully equipped tent choosing from 2, 4 and 6 man tents and all the kit you camping kit you could possible need. Visit www.tangerinefields.co.uk <http://www.tangerinefields.co.uk/> for more information and bookings.
Bloom’s previous line-ups have included the likes of Moloko’s Roisin Murphy, Zero 7, Stereo MC’s, Roni Size Reprazent and Soul II Soul. Last year’s festival also saw 2009 favourite Florence & The Machine performing, proving that Bloom well and truly have their finger on the pulse.
For more information please visit www.bloomfestival.com
Bloom Festival 2009 is to be held at West Littleton Down, South Gloucestershire, SN14.
Other acts confirmed to play at Bloom this year include:
Altern8, Alessi’s Ark, Ten Bears, The Agitator, The Beautiful Word, The Big Fibbers, The Black House, Charlotte Webster, Chase & Status, Dark Captain Light Captain, Deadkids, Domino State, Drums of Death, The Dub Pistols, Heavyfeet + Switch MC, IDC, Jack Beats, Kidda, The Listening Device, Lo-fidelity Allstars, Correspondents, Echaskech, Elena Tonra, F.O.E, The Fabulous Lounge swingers, Gabriel Burne, The Gadjo Club, Gigi Brown, Henry Brill, House Of Brothers, Hugh Gavin, Jake Morely, James Moss, Jamie Ley, Jamie N Commons, Josh Weller, Lee Harris meets River Styx, Left Step Band, Lemanis, Lights, Linda Wood, Los Pachucos, Luke Leighfield, Mankala, Mary Spender, Miners Club, My First Tooth and the Rubies, Nicky Swann, Nimmo and the Guantletts, Panic Attract, Pete Roe, Ryan O Rielly, Sam Beer, Sam Eason, Sarah Dickson, Sean Taylor, Thomas J Speight, The Title Sequence, Vinnie and the Stars, The Walking Birds, Will White, Yearner Babies, You And Me and Yunioshi.
Dates and times to remember:
Thursday 13th August
From 6pm, Thursday, 13th August you will be permitted into the campsite area.
Friday 14th August
Campsite opens 08:00
Festival Gates open 10:00
Box Office closes 00:00
NB There will be no admittance to the festival site after 23:00.
Saturday 15th August
Campsite reopens 08:00
Festival Gates open 10:00
Box office closes 22:00
NB There will be no admittance to the festival site after 23:00.
Sunday 16th August
Campsite reopens 08:00
Festival Gates open 10:00
Box Office closes 22:00
NB There will be no admittance to the festival site after 23:00.
Monday 17th August
All guests must vacate the site BEFORE 12:00 noon.
