Fusion Festival UK

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Fusion Festival
Genre Pop
Dates31 August & 1 September 2019
Location(s) Sefton Park, Liverpool
Years active2013–2019
Website thefusionfestival.co.uk

Fusion Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in Sefton Park, Liverpool in the United Kingdom. [1] The event has been running since 2013 and was previously held at Cofton Park, Birmingham. In February 2016, the organisers announced the move to Liverpool on Capital FM.

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Festival line-ups by year

Fusion Festival 2013

Main Stage - SaturdayMain Stage - Sunday

Jessie J
JLS
McFly
Amelia Lily
Naughty Boy
Union J
Wiley
Charlie Brown
A.M.E
The Vamps
Ed Drewett

Ne-Yo
The Wanted
Labrinth
The Saturdays
Wretch 32
Conor Maynard
James Arthur
Jacob Banks
Ollie Marland
Issac Elliot
Neon Jungle

Fusion Festival 2014

Main Stage - SaturdayMain Stage - Sunday

Pitbull
Dizzee Rascal
The Vamps
Ella Henderson
Rizzle Kicks
Wilkinson
Neon Jungle
Becky Hill
Elyar Fox
The Loveable Rogues
M.O

Jessie J
The Wanted
Lawson
Union J
Pixie Lott
Foxes
Fuse ODG
Luke Friend
Nina Nesbitt
Ollie Marland
charlilui (Aidan Davis)

Fusion Festival 2015

The 2015 edition of the festival expands to a 3-day festival and took place over the weekend of 28–30 August 2015. Justin Bieber was originally scheduled to headline Friday but withdrew [2] and was replaced by Ed Sheeran. [3]

Main Stage - FridayMain Stage - SaturdayMain Stage - Sunday

Ed Sheeran
Tinie Tempah
Rixton
DJ Fresh
Fuse ODG
Aston Merrygold
Shift K3y
Luke Friend

Rudimental
Labrinth
Clean Bandit
Ella Henderson
Sigma
Becky Hill
Dappy
MNEK
M.O

McBusted
The Vamps
Jess Glynne
Adam Lambert
Union J
Conor Maynard
Karen Harding
HomeTown
Alexa Goddard
Gorgon City

Fusion Festival 2016

The 2016 edition took place on the weekend of 2–3 September.

SATURDAY LINE UPSUNDAY LINE UP
Jason Derulo Olly Murs
Tinie Tempah Busted
Labrinth The Vamps
Craig David's TS5 Ella Henderson
Sigala Jamie Lawson
Fleur East Nathan Sykes
Krept & Konan Lawson

The line up for 2016 was announced on Monday 4 April 2016 on Capital Radio, an official partner for the festival [4] who also announced the move of the Festival to Liverpool in February, 2016.

Fusion Festival 2017

The line up was originally scheduled to include Ella Henderson, who was replaced with Naughty Boy due to unforeseen circumstances and Louisa Johnson, who had to pull out due to illness.

SATURDAY LINE UPSUNDAY LINE UP
Little Mix Take That
Tinie Tempah The Vamps
John Newman Anne-Marie
Naughty Boy Ella Eyre
5 After Midnight JP Cooper
Starley Jax Jones
M.O Raye
Club Drive New Hope Club

Fusion Festival 2018

The 2018 edition took place on the weekend of 1–2 September.

SATURDAY LINE UPSUNDAY LINE UP
David Guetta Shawn Mendes
Jess Glynne Years & Years
Sigala James Arthur
MNEK Zara Larsson
Becky Hill Jax Jones
Raye Louisa Johnson
Yungen The Vamps
Ally Brooke
Grace Carter

Fusion Festival 2019

The 2019 edition took place on the weekend of 31 August & 1 September.

SATURDAY LINE UPSUNDAY LINE UP
Rudimental Little Mix
Dizzee Rascal Anne-Marie
John Newman Clean Bandit
Jonas Blue Mabel
Sigala Rak-Su
Nina Nesbitt HRVY
Anton Powers New Rules

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References

  1. "Info - Fusion Festival" . Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  2. "Sad News - Justin Bieber Has Had To Cancel His Headline Performance At Fusion Festival" . Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. "Ed Sheeran replaces Justin Bieber at Birmingham's Fusion festival" . Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. "Fusion Festival 2016 heading to the city". Capital FM. Retrieved 6 April 2016.