Summer Festival Season Is Over
Well, the summer festival season is over. I spent this summer in London and managed to hit four festivals, all of which were quite unique in terms of genre and demographic. Long summer days with the Hackney Hipsters and Wooks in the park definitely made this a summer for the books. As usual, the weekends were filled with mishaps, lost friends in large crowds and drinks, but at the end of the day we all survived (even if Jack is still missing part of his ear).
Citadel Festival
Held in Gunnersbury Parks, Citadel has been going strong since 2015.
Bringing in big names from the Indie/Rock scene such as Catfish and the Bottleman, Bastille and DMA’s, it’s no wonder it manages to attract thousands of people to West London every year.
Starting the day with a bottle of pear vodka, two good friends, and a heat wave, we set off for the park.
Although we mostly stayed attracted to the main stage, we ended up in a smaller tent to watch a techno brass band for a few hours.
Citadel offers a wide array of not only musical acts but enough food to send you straight to Hell for gluttony.
I’ll definitely be there next year.
SW 4
I’m not even going to get into my personal experience at SW4, but I’m sure a lot of other people had a good time.
Nonetheless, I’ll be there and more prepared next year. Since I ended the night surrounded by wayward souls needing chargers and phones, I did make a lot of new friends at the very least.
Held in Clapham Common, SW4 has been going strong for 16 years. Hosting a tremendously wide array of artists such as
Martin Garrix, Devlin, Example, Idris Elba and Tinie Tempah, it’s no surprise that a sea of ravers rock up to the park for it every year.
Maiden Voyage Festival
Maiden Voyage fest in Three mills island was great and a tremendously nice break from the shit show that is Bank Holiday weekend.
As a brand new festival hosting talent such as Madlib and Roy Ayers, it attracted a decent crowd of Jazz lovers and moderate bass junkies alike.
With great drinks in a nice environment and a lovely atmosphere, I’m definitely looking forward to next year.
Hospitality In The Park
What can I say about my first Drum n Bass festival?
12,000 people
LSB, MetriK, Dirty Dike.
Vodka redbulls, lots of friends and a newfound adoration for DnB.
Aside from the general love of it all, I really appreciated their cup deposit system at the bars. The kids just want to dance while saving the environment.
I’ll be going to every hospitality event I can from this point on, because it was one of the greatest days of my life.
I’m very bitter saying goodbye to my beautiful English summer, but overall I had a great fucking time. Thank you London; looking forward to next year to see if I can survive Creamfields.