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After a year out, The Magic Lounge about is set to return in 2010 at a brand new venue. Broughton Hall in Skipton, Yorkshire will house the festival, which will also extend to two days. The full weekend will now include a speaker’s tent featuring literary stars, travellers and foodies along with a cinema, restaurant, old school games room and more. Speaking about the festival’s return, organiser Simon Adamson said: “We took 2009 as a sabbatical, to distil everything we gleaned from last year’s festival. For us the key element is listening to the people who attended in 2008 and we had plenty of great feedback.
“There are going to be lots of exciting developments announced in the coming weeks, but already we have added a speaker’s tent, a cosy cinema, a restaurant, a tea shop and an old school games room.
Hannah Holland is among the names confirmed for London’s first winter techno festival, Rabid.The event, which is taking place at the SEone Club will also feature performances from Umek, Paul Ritch, Matthias Tanzmann, Ambivalent, Fabrizio Maurizi, Peter Van Hoesen, Mike Dehnert, Andre Kraml and Silversufer.
Mikki Most and FB Julian will also appear at Raid which boasts five rooms of music from some of London’s best underground promoters including Wet Yourself, Lost Souls Ketoloco, Trailer Trash and DJ MAG.Rabid Festival 2010 will take place on 7 November and run from 8pm until 8am.Tickets are on sale now priced at £25 for the event and the after party.
Early bird tickets for WOMAD, The Wickerman Festival and The Magic Lounge about have go on sale today (Friday).
The price of passes for WOMAD 2010 remain unchanged for a third year running and festival-goers can pick up early bird tickets for just £110. Passes for The Wickerman Festival in Scotland are also available from 9am priced at £85 for an adult weekend ticket, with other prices available. Tickets will also be available for MAGIC ROUNDABOUT SHOW, which is set to return after a year out in 2008. Passes for the festival, which will now take place in Yorkshire, are priced at £76.80 for early birds.
Festival Annual and the UK Festival Awards have teamed up to find the winner of the Festival Fan Photo Award for 2009 and here you can see the shortlist…
Throughout the summer thousands of people have been submitting photos to Festival Annual for inclusion in Festival Annual 09 (a glossy 312 page coffee table book which is out now and features iconic photography from 21 festivals including Glastonbury, T in the Park, Reading, Leeds, The Big Chill and Bestival).
After days of careful scrutiny of each and every photo, the Fan Photo Award judging panel, which consists of picture editors from all leading UK newspapers, has narrowed down the selection and 30 photos have now been short listed.
The winning photo will be announced at the UK Festival Awards 2009 on the 19 November at Indigo2, 02 Dome, London and you and a friend could win tickets to the legendary UK Festival Awards ceremony.
Green Day have announced two large outdoor shows in the UK next summer. The pop-punk trio will play Manchester Lancashire County Cricket Ground (June 16) and Wembley Stadium (19) next June, fuelling rumours that they’re for a festival return in 2010 as well. Download Festival 2010 looks to be the most likely destination for the ‘Dookie’ band, but following Foo Fighters’ appearance at the Isle of Wight Festival a few years ago, Green Day could also be a target for John Giddings and Co as well. Speaking to NME, front man Billie Joe Armstrong said, “It’s going to be great because Wembley has a long tradition of rock concerts with the likes of U2, Foo Fighters and Muse playing here in the past and we’re just happy to be part of that.
The Association of Independent Festivals has announced that six new festivals have signed up for 2010. Get Loaded in the Park, SW4, Nozstock, Endorse it in Dorset, Standon Calling and Glastonbudget have pledged to improve security, reduce their carbon footprint and provide a united front in dealing with big business and the government. Speaking about the AIF’s next event on the 18 November, co-founder Ben Turner said, “AIF has taken on leading roles in key issues facing the sector, and we have a very exciting initiative to announce before Christmas. The networking event is the first time we’ve opened our doors for people to come and meet the faces and promoters behind our great festivals.
“It’s a chance for us to display to people what we do, and to encourage others to join us as the festival sector gets smaller in terms of ownership.
Ian Carroll, author of The Reading Festival: Music, Mud and Mayhem, is looking for your favourite Download Festival stories to publish in his new book.
The writer needs your best stories, memories, standout performances, moments, photos and tales about meeting famous people in the crowd to for his Donington memoirs. The book, From Donington to Download: The Official History of Rock at Donington Park, already features over 300 artist and band anecdotes, tells tales and praise for one of the greatest rock festival on the planet. Fans can submit anecdotes of any size with most submissions so far between 150-300 words, but some are as little as 20 words and others as big as 2000.
The voting stage of the UK Festival Awards has closed for another year.
It is too late for people to register their opinions on their favourite festivals, bands and songs of the past 12 months. The ballots are being counted and the gongs are getting inscribed before the winners get announced at the IndigO2, London on 19 November. Acts who are favourite for awards include: Lady Gaga, JLS, Cheryl Cole and David Guetta. The event is a yearly arranged festival and the main focus is to allow the general public to voice their opinion on who does and who doesn’t deserve an award this year.
Hip hop group De La Soul are among the first names announced for Snowbombing 2010.The rappers will be joined by Editors, Doves, The Enemy and Friendly Fires as the first acts set to play live are confirmed by organisers.
Vitalic, Adam Beyer, Andy C and MC GQ, Scratch Perverts and James Zabiela are also set to perform alongside the likes of Slam, Fake Blood, Brodinski, Skream, Stanton Warriors and Plump DJs.
Other names announced include Krafty Kuts, Subfocus, DJ Yoda, Mistajam, Skepta, Jack Beats, Riva Starr, Alix Perez, Tayo, Todd Terje, Kris Menace and more.
As usual, the Cuban Brothers will be making their way out to the Austrian event along with Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip.