Festival No. 0000677 · Est. 2010
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Somewhere in Lancashire
Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- Dockber Farm
- Address
- Sawley BB7 4LF
- City
- Lancashire, UK
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Where to stay
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For the record
About the artists
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Banco de Gaia was born in London, United Kingdom, in 1964. Plays ambient. -
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Beans on Toast was born in Braintree, United Kingdom, on 1 December 1980. Plays folk.
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Bondax plays electronic, future garage.
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Booka Shade plays dance, electronic, house, techno.
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China Shop Bull formed in Leeds, United Kingdom, on 11 May 2006. Plays punk.
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Clean Bandit formed in Cambridge, United Kingdom, in 2008. Plays dance, dance-pop, electronic, electropop, house, pop, tech house.
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Club Smith formed in York, United Kingdom, in January 2009.
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Cut La Roc was born in Brighton, United Kingdom, in January 1972. Plays big beat, funky breaks.
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Dan Croll was born in Newcastle-under-lyme, United Kingdom, on 18 July 1990.
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Dizraeli and the Small Gods formed in 2009.
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Doctor and the Medics formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1981. Plays glam rock, psychedelic rock.
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Eddy Temple Morris was born in Cardiff, United Kingdom, on 26 April 1965. Plays rock.
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Extra Curricular formed in 2009. Plays electronic, rock, soul.
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Gentleman's Dub Club formed in 2006. Plays 2 tone, dub, dubstep, reggae, ska.
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Grinny Grandad was born in November 1982.
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Idjut Boys formed in London, United Kingdom.
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Jimmy Cliff was born in Adelphi, Jamaica, on 30 July 1944, and died on 24 November 2025, aged 81. Plays jamaican ska, reggae, reggae-pop, rocksteady, roots reggae, ska, soul.
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Jon Carter was born in 1970.
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Justin Robertson was born in Walton-on-Thames, United Kingdom, on 11 June 1968.
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Kissy Sell Out was born in Huntingdon, United Kingdom, on 18 June 1984.
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Kymberley Kennedy plays pop.
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Mistajam was born in Nottingham, United Kingdom, on 19 January 1983.
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Mumbai Science formed in Leuven, Belgium, in 2010.
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Norman Jay MBE was born in Notting Hill, United Kingdom, on 6 November 1957.
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Paul Taylor plays electronic.
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Public Service Broadcasting formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2010. Plays alternative rock, electronic, electronica, indie rock, indietronica, instrumental, krautrock, post-rock.
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Random Hand formed in Keighley, United Kingdom, in 2002. Plays punk, ska.
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Rennie Pilgrem was born in Canvey Island, United Kingdom, on 15 January 1965. Plays breaks.
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Roni Size was born in Bristol, United Kingdom, on 29 October 1969. Plays big beat, drum and bass, electronic, electronica, hip hop, jungle.
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Shackleton was born in Lancashire, United Kingdom. Plays dubstep, post-dubstep, tribal ambient.
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Skinny Lister formed in Greenwich, United Kingdom, in 2009. Plays folk.
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Stanton Warriors formed in Bristol, United Kingdom. Plays breakbeat, breaks.
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Temples formed in Kettering, United Kingdom, in 2012. Plays neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock.
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The Ragamuffins formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 2008. Plays indie pop.
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To Kill a King formed on 1 September 2009. Plays indie pop, indie rock.
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Toy formed in 1992. Plays electro-industrial, electropop, futurepop, synth-pop.
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Utah Saints formed in 1991. Plays dance-pop, electronic, house.