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Festival No. 0000498 · Est. 2007

Field Day 2016

Field Day 2016

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Victoria Park - London, UK
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Venue
Victoria Park
Address
223A Grove Rd E3 5SN
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London, UK
Capacity
20,000

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About the artists

  • Adam Green
    Adam Green was born in Mount Kisco, United States, on 28 May 1981. Plays anti-folk, folk, rock, singer-songwriter.
  • Air
    Air formed in Versailles, France, in 1995. Plays alternative rock, ambient, ambient pop, chillout, downtempo, electronic, electronica, experimental.
  • Arthur Beatrice
  • Astronomyy
  • Ata Kak
    Ata Kak plays electronic.
  • Avalon Emerson
    Avalon Emerson was born in San Francisco, United States, on 10 November 1988. Plays downtempo, electronic, indietronica, melodic techno, tech house, techno.
  • Bad Sounds
    Bad Sounds plays indie pop.
  • Beach House
    Beach House formed in Baltimore, United States, in 2004. Plays dream pop, indie pop, pop, shoegaze, slowcore.
  • Bernard Butler
    Bernard Butler was born in Stamford Hill, United Kingdom, on 1 May 1970. Plays rock.
  • Bicep
    Bicep formed in 2009. Plays club, edm, electronic, house, leftfield, stutter house, techno.
  • Blossoms
    Blossoms formed in Stockport, United Kingdom, in 2013. Plays alternative pop, alternative rock, indie pop, indie rock.
  • Cass McCombs
    Cass McCombs was born in Concord, United States, on 13 November 1977. Plays rock.
  • Champion
    Champion formed in 2012.
  • Coves
    Coves formed in 2011. Plays indie pop, indie rock.
  • Danny L Harle
    Danny L Harle plays electropop, hyperpop.
  • Daphni
    Daphni was born on 29 March 1978. Plays electronic, house.
  • Dean Blunt
    Dean Blunt was born on 8 February 1984. Plays art pop, avant-garde, psychedelic pop.
  • Declan McKenna
    Declan McKenna was born in Enfield, United Kingdom, on 24 December 1998. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, singer-songwriter.
  • Deerhunter
    Deerhunter formed in Atlanta, United States, in 2001. Plays ambient, indie rock, lo-fi, neo-psychedelia, noise pop, noise rock, post-punk, shoegaze.
  • DIIV
    DIIV formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2011. Plays dream pop, indie rock, jangle pop, krautrock, neo-psychedelia, post-punk, rock, shoegaze.
  • Dilly Dally
    Dilly Dally formed in 2009, and split up in 2023, after 14 years. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, pop.
  • DJ Koze
    DJ Koze was born in Flensburg, Germany, in 1972. Plays deep house, electronica, house, melodic house, melodic techno, microhouse, minimal techno, peak time techno.
  • Dusky
  • Empress Of
    Empress Of was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 19 October 1989. Plays alternative pop, electropop, pop, synth-pop.
  • Fakear
    Fakear was born in Caen, France, on 13 May 1991. Plays ambient, deep house, downtempo, electronic, indietronica, wonky.
  • Fickle Friends
    Fickle Friends formed in Brighton, United Kingdom, in 2013. Plays electropop, indie pop.
  • Floating Points
    Floating Points was born in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 1986. Plays dubstep, electronic, electronica, house, microhouse, post-dubstep, progressive house, tech house.
  • Formation
    Formation formed in May 2013.
  • Four Tet
    Four Tet was born in Putney, United Kingdom, in September 1977. Plays club, dance, downtempo, dubstep, electronic, electronica, folktronica, future garage.
  • Gerd Janson
  • Gillbanks
    Gillbanks formed on 1 January 2015.
  • Girl Band
    Girl Band formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 2011. Plays industrial, no wave, noise, noise rock, post-punk.
  • Goat
    Goat formed in Pajala Municipality, Sweden. Plays acid rock, afrobeat, experimental rock, hard rock, jazz fusion, noise, psychedelic, psychedelic rock.
  • Gold Panda
    Gold Panda was born in Peckham, United Kingdom, in 1980.
  • Harry James
    Harry James was born in Albany, United States, on 15 March 1916, and died on 5 July 1983, aged 67. Plays jazz, swing.
  • Holly Herndon
    Holly Herndon was born in 1980. Plays electronic, experimental, experimental electronic, pop.
  • Indoor Pets
    Indoor Pets formed on 30 August 2013.
  • Jackmaster
    Jackmaster was born in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on 1 November 1986, and died on 12 October 2024, aged 37. Plays house.
  • James Blake
    James Blake was born in Enfield, United Kingdom, on 26 September 1988. Plays electronic, experimental, post-dubstep, singer-songwriter, soul.
  • John Grant
    John Grant was born in Buchanan, United States, on 25 July 1968. Plays alternative rock, folk, folk rock, indie rock.
  • Johnny Lloyd
  • Junior Boys
    Junior Boys formed in Hamilton, Canada, in 1999. Plays downtempo, electronic, electronica, electropop.
  • Kelela
    Kelela was born in Washington, D.C., United States, on 6 June 1983. Plays alternative r&b, grime.
  • Kero Kero Bonito
    Kero Kero Bonito formed in Bromley, United Kingdom, in 2011. Plays bubblegum pop, electropop, indie pop, j-pop, pop, pop rap, synth-pop.
  • Kink
  • Kiwi
    Kiwi plays ambient, breakbeat, breaks, dance, deep house, disco, drum and bass, edm.
  • Let’s Eat Grandma
    Let’s Eat Grandma formed in Norwich, United Kingdom, in 2013. Plays alternative pop, art pop, dream pop, indietronica, pop.
  • Little Simz
    Little Simz was born in Islington, United Kingdom, on 23 February 1994. Plays hip hop, pop rap.
  • Loyle Carner
    Loyle Carner was born in Lambeth, United Kingdom, on 6 October 1994. Plays hip hop, jazz rap.
  • Mabel
    Mabel was born in Alhaurín el Grande, United Kingdom, on 20 February 1996. Plays contemporary r&b, electropop, pop, r&b.
  • Mbongwana Star
  • Meilyr Jones
  • Metz
    Metz formed in 2008, and split up on 29 November 2024, after 16 years. Plays alternative rock, grunge, noise, noise rock, post-hardcore, punk, punk rock, rock.
  • Mind Enterprises
    Mind Enterprises formed in 2012. Plays electronic, italo-disco.
  • Molly Nilsson
    Molly Nilsson was born on 14 December 1984. Plays electronic, hypnagogic pop, leftfield, minimal synth, minimal wave, pop, singer-songwriter, synth-pop.
  • Moon Duo
    Moon Duo formed in San Francisco, United States, in 2009. Plays neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock, rock, space rock.
  • Moscoman
    Moscoman plays dance, electronic.
  • Motor City Drum Ensemble
  • Moxie
    Moxie was born on 6 November 1981.
  • Mura Masa
    Mura Masa was born in Guernsey, United Kingdom, on 5 April 1996. Plays alternative r&b, contemporary r&b, dance, downtempo, electronic, future bass, hip hop, hyperpop.
  • Mystery Jets
    Mystery Jets formed in Twickenham, United Kingdom, in 2004. Plays indie rock, pop, post-punk revival, rock.
  • NAO
    NAO was born in Noda, Japan, on 26 January 1985.
  • Nicholas Allbrook
    Nicholas Allbrook was born in Perth, Australia, on 23 November 1987.
  • Nimmo
  • NZCA LINES
    NZCA LINES plays synth-pop.
  • Optimo
    Optimo formed in 2003, and split up in 2010, after 7 years.
  • Orchestra Baobab
    Orchestra Baobab formed in Dakar, Senegal, in 1970.
  • Parquet Courts
    Parquet Courts formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2010. Plays art punk, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, post-punk, post-punk revival, punk, rock.
  • PJ Harvey
    PJ Harvey was born in Bridport, United Kingdom, on 9 October 1969. Plays alternative rock, art rock, chamber folk, electronic, electronica, experimental, folk rock, grunge.
  • Plastician
    Plastician was born on 30 October 1982. Plays chillwave, downtempo, dubstep, future garage, grime, speed garage, uk garage, wave.
  • Psychemagik
  • Red Axes
    Red Axes formed in 2010. Plays electronic.
  • Rejjie Snow
    Rejjie Snow was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 27 June 1993.
  • Roman Flugel
    Roman Flugel was born on 5 May 1970. Plays electronic.
  • Roots Manuva
    Roots Manuva was born in Stockwell, United Kingdom, on 9 September 1972. Plays dancehall, dub, hip hop.
  • Royce Wood Junior
  • Shearwater
    Shearwater formed in Austin, United States, in 2001.
  • Shock Machine
    Shock Machine was born on 25 August 1983.
  • Skepta
    Skepta was born in Tottenham, United Kingdom, on 19 September 1982. Plays grime, hip hop, house.
  • Sleaford Mods
    Sleaford Mods formed in Nottingham, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays art punk, electronic, grime, hip hop, minimal wave, political hip hop, post-punk.
  • Special Request
  • Steve Mason
    Steve Mason was born in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, in 1975.
  • Tale of Us
    Tale of Us formed in Milan, Italy, in 2010. Plays electronic.
  • The Avalanches
    The Avalanches formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1997. Plays alternative dance, big beat, breakbeat, club, dance, disco, downtempo, electronic.
  • The Brian Jonestown Massacre
    The Brian Jonestown Massacre formed in San Francisco, United States, in 1990. Plays neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock.
  • The Fat White Family
    The Fat White Family formed in Peckham, United Kingdom, on 1 April 2011. Plays garage rock revival, lo-fi, neo-psychedelia, post-punk.
  • The Temper Trap
    The Temper Trap formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2005. Plays alternative dance, indie pop, indie rock, new wave, pop.
  • Thurston Moore Group
    Thurston Moore Group formed in 2017.
  • Tourist
    Tourist was born in London, United Kingdom, on 12 February 1987. Plays chillwave, deep house, downtempo, electronic, future garage, indietronica, melodic house, progressive breaks.
  • Wild Nothing
    Wild Nothing was born in Blacksburg, United States. Plays dream pop, indie pop, indie rock, shoegaze.
  • Yeasayer
    Yeasayer formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2006, and split up on 19 December 2019, after 13 years. Plays alternative rock, electropop, experimental rock, indie rock, indietronica, lo-fi, neo-psychedelia, post-rock.
  • Yorkston Thorne Khan
    Yorkston Thorne Khan plays folk.
  • Youth Lagoon
    Youth Lagoon was born in Boise, United States, on 18 March 1989.