Field Day (festival)
Field Day is a yearly outdoor music festival in London. It was first held in Victoria Park in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets on 11 August 2007 and returned there each year until 2017. The 2018 festival moved to Brockwell Park, and in 2019 it was held at Meridian Water in Enfield, with a capacity of 25,000.[1]
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| Genre | Various, primarily alternative rock |
| Dates | Friday 7 - Saturday 8 June 2019 |
| Location(s) | Victoria Park, London Borough of Tower Hamlets (2007-2017) Brockwell Park (2018) Meridian Water (2019) |
| Years active | 2007 - present |
| Founded by | Tom Baker (Eat Your Own Ears) and Marcus Weedon |
| Capacity | 25,000 |
| Website | http://www.fielddayfestivals.com/ |
It has continuously expanded, and since its inception, has sold out yearly.[2]
Village mentality
The festival hosts an annual village fete titled Village Mentality. Beginning in 2008, the area includes a sack race, tug of war and egg and spoon race.[3] In 2008, the events took place until 5pm, finishing earlier than the rest of the festival.[4] In 2009, the area was extended to include its own musical line-up, playing on the Village Mentality Stage. Acts included Mumford & Sons, Toumani Diabaté and Malcolm Middleton. The area is handled by organiser Tom Baker's partner Natalie Silk. Village Mentality was formerly known as Homefires,[5] who hosted their own London festival until 2007.[6]
Field Day radio
Field Day and Eat Your Own Ears founder Tom Baker, together with radio production company Folded Wing, recorded a series of radio shows in the run up to Field Day festival in 2012. It features sessions and interviews with the performing artists and has been a regular feature of the festival since. Episodes include exclusives interviews and mixes from the likes of Pixies, Grimes, Solange, Mulatu Astatke, Panda Bear, Caribou, Omar Souleyman, Metronomy, John Cooper Clarke, Four Tet, Kurt Vile and many more.
Lineups
2007 festival
The inaugural Field Day festival took place on 11 August 2007, with the first Underage Festival taking place the same weekend. Over fifty artists featured across four stages, as well as a musical bandstand.[7] Artists included the 1990s, Absentee, Adem, Alberta Cross, Andrew Weatherall, Archie Bronson Outfit, Bat for Lashes, Battles, Caribou, Casper C, The Cock N Bull Kid, Crispin Dior, El Plate, Electrelane, Erol Alkan, Euros Childs, Fanfarlo, Filthy Dukes, Florence and the Machine, Foals, Four Tet, Fridge, GoodBooks, Gruff Rhys, Hannah Holland, James Yorkston, Jo Jo de Freq, Justice, Kid Harpoon, Late of the Pier, Laura Marling, Liars, Matt Walsh, Matthew Dear, Miss Odd Kidd, Mystery Jets, Nadia Ksaiba, Patchwork Pirates, The Pictish Trail, Pull Tiger Tail, Skull Juice, The Aliens, The Concretes, The Earlies, The Lovely Jonjo, Vetiver, Warboy, White Rabbits, Young Turks and Zombie Disco Squad.[7][8] Originally being billed as a capacity of 6,000, the amount was increased to 10,000 shortly before the festival.[9]
2008 festival
The 2008 event took place on 9 August 2008, with the Underage Festival taking place the previous day. The entire site was redesigned by Vanguardia Consulting, who provide specialist advice on sound control. Capacity was increased to 20,000, and bars and toilets across the site were doubled.[10] More than fifty artists were again billed for the festival, including Simian Mobile Disco, Les Savy Fav, Mystery Jets and Laura Marling. The event was headlined by Foals, in what was their first UK headline festival performance.[11][12] A 25-member brass band was also added as a final addition to the line-up.[13] The event now featured five stages, an increase from the previous year. The main stage was retitled the "Converse Century Stage", to reflect the company's 100-year anniversary in 2008.[14] A similar stage was used at Underage Festival the previous day.[15]
| Converse Century Stage | NME Stage | Homefires Stage | Bugged Out! Stage | Bloggers Delight Stage |
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- Dan Deacon had been due to play on the NME stage, but was later forced to pull out due to passport issues.[12] Mystery Jets also pulled out due to illness.[17] They were later replaced by Lightspeed Champion.
2009 festival
The 2009 festival took place on 1 August 2009, one day prior to Underage. The first line-up announcements were made on 28 January 2009, when NME announced that Mogwai would headline the event. Four Tet, James Yorkston, Apes and Androids, Malcolm Middleton, Fennesz, Errors and Skream were also announced.[18] Further line-up additions were announced on 7 April 2009, including The Horrors, Little Boots, Santigold and Mystery Jets.[19] Other line-up announcements have been sporadically announced through the festival's Twitter account.
| Eat Your Own Ears Main Stage | Adventures in the Beetroot Field Stage | Village Mentality Stage | Bugged Out! Stage | Bloggers Delight Stage |
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2010 Festival
The 2010 event was confirmed to take place on 31 July 2010,[21] in their fourth annual outing in Victoria Park.[22] On 9 February 2010, it was announced that Phoenix would headline the event, with Amiina, Beth Jeans Houghton, Caribou, Esben and the Witch, Chilly Gonzalez, Corsano and Flowers, Gold Panda, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, James Holden, Joker & MC Nomad, Max Tundra, Memory Tapes, Mouse on Mars, Pantha Du Prince and Silver Apples also announced to perform.[23] Further acts were announced on 12 March 2010, when Babeshadow, Carte Blanche (DJ Mehdi & Riton), Chapel Club, Hudson Mohawke, Lightspeed Champion, No Age, Simian Mobile Disco, Tamikrest, The Fall, These New Puritans and YucK were added.[24][25] The festival is set to expand further to six stages, including the Outdoor live stage, Adventures in the Beetroot Field arena, Homefires stage, Bugged Out! arena, Bloggers Delight stage, and the musical bandstand.[26]
For the first time in 2010, Field Day is to take part in a festival 'twinning' scheme, organised by the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF). The initiative encourages twinned festivals to swap artists and cross promote each other's events.[27] Field Day was 'twinned' with the Øya Festival in Oslo, Norway.[28]
| Eat Your Own Ears Stage | Adverntures in the Beetroot Field Stage | Bugged Out! Stage in association with Full Circle and Dummy | XOYO / Lock Tavern Stage | Bloggers Delight Stage | Village Mentality Stage in association with The Quietus |
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2011 Festival
The 2011 event took place on 6 August 2011. The next day, a companion festival took place, with the same organisers and similar stages at the location, under the name The Apple Cart festival.
| Eat Your Own Ears Stage | Bugged Out! Stage in association with Resident Advisor | Village Mentality Stage in association with The Quietus | Bloggers Delight / Lanzarote Stage | Laneway Festival Stage in association with Last.FM | Shacklewell Arms / Lock Tavern Stage | Do You Come Here Often? Stage |
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2012 Festival
The 2012 festival date moved from the traditional August month to Saturday 2 June 2012 (bank holiday weekend). This was due to Victoria Park being used for events to celebrate the London Olympics. The Apple Cart festival took place again on the next-day Sunday.
| Eat Your Own Ears Stage | Bugged Out! Stage | Laneway Festival Stage in association with Last.FM | Village Mentality Stage in association with The Quietus | Bleed / Lanzarote Stage | Shacklewell Arms | Red Bull Music Academy Stage |
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2013 Festival
Following on from 2012's change in date, Field Day 2013 took place on Saturday 25 May (bank holiday weekend).
| Eat Your Own Ears Stage | Bugged Out! Stage | Laneway Festival Stage in association with Last.FM | Village Mentality Stage in association with The Quietus | Bleed / Lanzarote Stage | Shacklewell Arms | Red Bull Music Academy Stage | Back Stage Area |
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2014 Festival
In 2014, Field Day expanded to a two-day event. It took place on the weekend of 7–8 June 2014, headlined by Pixies and Metronomy.
Appearing were:
| RA Stage | Eat Your Own Ears | Bugged Out | Crack Magazine | Shacklewell Arms | Red Bull Music Academy | Red Stripe Bandstand |
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FunkinEven James Holden (live) Oneohtrix Point Never George FitzGerald Todd Terje (live) Daniel Avery |
Tom Baker
Arthur Beatrice Phil Taggart Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80 Huw Stephens Blood Orange Marc Riley |
Volte-Face
Eclair Fifi Gerd Janson Dusky Jackmaster & Oneman Dixon Âme |
Crack Magazine DJs
Lo Fang Thurston Moore Marika Hackman SOHN Last fm DJs Ghostpoet Neneh Cherry Tim Burgess Jagwar Ma Tourist |
Shacklewell Arms DJs
PAWS Becoming Real Charlotte OC Only Real Jaakko Eino Kalevi Transgressive Soundsystem All We Are Teleman Dry the River John Wizards Woman's Hour Jen Long M O N E Y |
Moxie
DJ Barely Legal Slackk b2b Samename Vessel Sophie Jamie Isaac Evian Christ Jessy Lanza Ryan Hemsworth Lunice |
Charli Avery
Morgan Hammer Lemmy Ashton Justin Robertson Jonjo Jury Transgressive Soundsystem |
2015 Festival
The 2015 festival took place on the weekend of 6–7 June 2015, and was headlined by Caribou, Ride and Patti Smith.
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2016 Festival
2016 was the 10th anniversary edition of Field Day. It took place on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12 June 2016. The line up was:
| Air Adam Green Ata Kak Avalon Emerson Baio (DJ set) Beach House Ben Watt Band feat. Bernard Butler Bicep - live Blossoms Brian Jonestown Massacre Cass McCombs Champion Coves Danny L Harle Daphni Dean Blunt Declan McKenna D.D Dumbo |
Deerhunter DIIV Dilly Dally DJ Koze Dusky Empress Of Fakear Fat White Family Fickle Friends Floating Points - live Formation Four Tet Frisco Gillbanks Girl Band Goat Gold Panda Greco-Roman Soundsystem Happy Meal Ltd. |
Holly Herndon - live Jackmaster b2b Gerd Janson James Blake |
Motor City Drum Ensemble Mount Kimbie DJ Set Mura Masa PJ Harvey |
Slimzee Steve Mason Special Request |
2017 Festival
The festival was reduced to one day and was on Saturday 3 June. This was the last year in Victoria Park.
| The Barn | Crack | Bugged Out | Eat Your Own Ears | Moth Club | Resident Advisor | Shacklewell Arms | Bleep presents the Bandstand |
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| Aphex Twin
Jon Hopkins (DJ) Dekmantel Soundsystem |
Slowdive
Esther Joy Kite Base |
Hunee
Fatima Yamaha - live Job Jobse Overmono Lena Willikens Midland Tom Demac |
Run The Jewels
Whitney Manuela Tom Baker Soundsystem |
Omar Souleyman
PC Music presents Danny L Harle, A.G. Cook & More Clams Casino Beak> Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids |
Flying Lotus
Âme (live) Lena Willikens Machinedrum ABRA Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Siren DJs |
Thee Oh Sees
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Kevin Morby Flamingods |
E. Myers
Mike Paradinas Kode9 Raime b2b Yally Ikonika Wallwork Tsvi |
2018 Festival
The 2018 festival moved to Brockwell Park in Herne Hill and took place on 1 and 2 June. The headliners were Erykah Badu, Four Tet, Thundercat and Fever Ray.
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Dimensions
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Shacklewell Arms
x London In Stereo |
MOTH Club
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Superdry Sounds |
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x The Quietus |
The Hydra
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CRACK | Bugged Out!
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Resident Advisor | Superdry Sounds |
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2019 Festival
The 2019 festival was at Meridian Water in Enfield on 7 and 8 June. The headliners were Skepta and Jorja Smith. There was a new system in place for the festival; a Day part and a Late Night part; the Day part of the festival finished around 10.30 pm and the Late Night part of the festival finished around 3 am. The line up was:
Friday 7 June
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References
- "Field Day 2019". eFestivals. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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- "Field Day - Village". Field Day official website. Archived from the original on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
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- "Homefires IV line-up announced". NME. 20 March 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
- "FIELD DAY - 11TH AUGUST - LAST FEW TICKETS ON SALE". Eat Your Own Ears official website. 6 July 2007. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- "Field Day 2007 Lineup". Virtual Festivals. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- Kharas, Kev (13 August 2007). "Exclusive: Field Day organiser answers festival criticism". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- "Field Day 2008". Virtual Festivals. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- "Foals play first UK festival headlining show". NME. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- "Foals bring soggy Field Day to sizzling close". Virtual Festivals. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- "UPDATED: Downloadable Field Day stage times HERE". Drowned in Sound. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- Matheson, Whitney (3 November 2008). "That iconic Converse shoe steps into centennial". USA Today. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- "Foals, Gallows, Glasvegas play Underage festival". NME. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- "Field Day 2008 Lineup". Virtual Festivals. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- "Mystery Jets cancel more festival appearances". NME. 6 August 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- "Field Day Festival headliner announced". NME. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- "The Horrors, Little Boots, Mystery Jets join Field Day line-up". NME. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- "Field Day - Lineup". Field Day official website. 15 April 2009. Archived from the original on 30 July 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- "Field Day". Field Day official website. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- "Field Day announces headliners for 2010 including main act Phoenix". The Independent. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- "Phoenix to headline Field Day festival 2010". NME. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- "Simian Mobile Disco, The Fall, These New Puritans added to Field Day 2010 line-up". NME. 12 March 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- "The Fall, and These New Puritans for Field Day". eFestivals. 10 March 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- "Field Day Festival (UK)". Gigwise.com. 12 April 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
- "AIF Launch New Initiative To 'Twin' Independent Festivals". The Association of Independent Festivals. 1 March 2010. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- Parkinson, Ben (1 March 2010). "AIF launches festival 'twinning' scheme". Virtual Festivals. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
External links
Media related to Field Day (London festival) at Wikimedia Commons- Field Day official website
- The Line of Best Fit - 2012 festival photo gallery