Bloc Festival

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Bloc Festival
Genre Electronic dance music, electro, hip hop, IDM, techno, house music, reggae, drum and bass and dubstep
Location(s) England
Years active2006-2016
Website Bloc website

Bloc Festival was an electronic music festival in England which began in 2006. [1] It was devoted to electronic music of all genres including electro, hip hop, IDM, techno, house music, reggae, drum and bass and dubstep, and incorporated both DJ sets and live shows. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Following a return of the festival in 2015, it was announced that the 2016 edition of the festival would be the last. [7]

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History

YearLocationCapacityNotable artistsNotes
2007 Pontin's Holiday Camp, Hemsby2200 [8] Autechre, Kool Keith, Basic Channel, Digital Mystikz, Robert Hood [9]
2008Pontin's Holiday Camp, Hemsby2200 [10] Karl Bartos, Amon Tobin, Juan Atkins, Phuture & Skream [11]
2009 Butlin's Holiday Resort, Minehead 6400 [12] Aphex Twin, Lee Scratch Perry, Afrika Bambaataa, Carl Craig, Modeselektor, Jamie Lidell, The Future Sound of London, Egyptian Lover [13]
2010Butlin's Holiday Resort, Minehead6400 [14] Autechre, Salt n Pepa, Boy Better Know, Flying Lotus, Grandmaster Flash, Mixmaster Mike, Roots Manuva Derrick May, Adam Beyer [15]
2011Butlin's Holiday Resort, Minehead6400 [16] Aphex Twin, Moderat, Apparat, Four Tet, Jamie xx, Laurent Garnier, LFO, A Guy Called Gerald [17]
2012 London Pleasure Gardens, London30000 [18] Snoop Dogg, Orbital, Richie Hawtin, Nicolas Jaar, Jeff Mills, Ricardo Villalobos, Gary Numan, Flying Lotus, MF Doom, BattlesOn Friday 6 July 2012, organisers took the decision to cancel and evacuate the festival during its first night due to 'crowd safety concerns'. [19]
2013Festival was not conducted.
2014Festival was not conducted.
2015Butlin's Holiday Resort, Minehead6400 Jon Hopkins, Ben Klock, Jackmaster, ESG & DJ Pierre, Jeff Mills, Marcel Dettmann, Moodymann [20]
2016Butlin's Holiday Resort, Minehead7000 [21] Thom Yorke, Andrew Weatherall, Four Tet, Jeff Mills, Omar-S, Holly Herndon Goldie, Steve Davis [22]

See also

References

  1. "REVIEW: BLOC, MINEHEAD 11-13 MARCH 2011".
  2. Hancox, Dan (11 March 2016). "The Tumultuous True Story of Bloc Festival". The Fader . Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  3. "Bloc festival organisers row over 'dull hipsters'". BBC. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  4. Quinn, Ben (6 July 2012). "Bloc Weekend shut down amid chaotic scenes". The Guardian . Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  5. Gamp, Joe (10 February 2016). "Bloc Weekend shut down amid chaotic scenes". NME . Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  6. Paine, Andre (9 July 2012). "'Worst festival ever': two-day Bloc 2012 is shut down as overcrowding turns into calamity". London Evening Standard . Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  7. Coultate, Aaron. "Bloc festival to end after 2016 edition". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  8. "BLOC weekend 2007".
  9. "BLOC weekend 2007 full lineup".
  10. "BLOC weekend 2008".
  11. "BLOC weekend 2008 full lineup".
  12. "BLOC weekend 2009".
  13. "BLOC weekend 2009 full lineup".
  14. "BLOC weekend 2010".
  15. "BLOC weekend 2010 full lineup".
  16. "BLOC weekend 2011".
  17. "BLOC weekend 2011 full lineup".
  18. "BLOC weekend - CANCELLED 2012 - eFestivals.co.uk". www.efestivals.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  19. Quinn, Ben (7 July 2012). "Bloc Weekend shut down amid chaotic scenes". The Guardian.
  20. "BLOC weekend 2015 full lineup".
  21. "BLOC weekend 2016".
  22. "BLOC weekend 2016 full lineup".