Jersey Live

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Jersey Live Festival
GenreRock, Alternative rock, Indie rock, Dance.
DatesFirst weekend following the August Bank Holiday (2 days)
Location(s) Jersey, Channel Islands
Years active2004–2016 [1]
Founded byWarren Le Sueur
Website http://www.jerseylive.org.uk

Jersey Live Music Festival (alternatively Jersey Live) was a music festival held annually at The Royal Jersey Showground in the parish of Trinity, Jersey between 2004 and 2016.

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Overview

Jersey Live started out as a 4,000-capacity, one-day event in 2004 with music across two stages. The festival took place over two days and grew in size each year, with six stages featuring live music, DJs and as of 2013, comedy and spoken word. Jersey Live had capacity for an attendance of 10,000 people per day, selling out at that capacity for the first time in 2010.

The festival was sponsored each year by local telecommunications company JT, who host the JT Stage at the festival. The other five stages are the Main Stage, Dance Stage, Family Field Stage, Hospitality Stage and Full Flow Locale DJ Tent. The festival had featured performances from a number of major stars of indie and dance music since 2004 including Paul Weller, The Prodigy, Kasabian, Dizzee Rascal and Chase & Status. The festival's line up was typically composed of established mainstream indie and dance acts on the Main and Dance stages, with up-and-coming artists of a wide range of genres spanning folk, hip-hop, punk, ska and reggae, as well as a number of local acts, making up the lineup elsewhere at the festival. Amongst the artists to have performed at Jersey Live in the early stages of their careers before going on to become considerably higher in profile, are Foals, Tinie Tempah, Jake Bugg, Ed Sheeran and Razorlight.

Stages

Since 2009, the festival typically had the following stages; [2]

2014

A festival was held on the weekend of 30 August and 31 August 2014. [3]

Main StageDance StageJT Stage in Par 4Hospitality StageFullflow Stage
Saturday 30 August
  • Steve Ferbrache
  • Carl Scott
  • Jon Peacock
  • Ross Hunter
  • Craig Alder
  • Griff
  • Tony Safe
  • Rory Neil
  • Del McKeown
  • Paul Shoer
  • Colin Moore
  • Double P
  • Ben Newman
Sunday 31 August
  • Mark Knight
  • Catz 'N' Dogz
  • Redlight
  • Pete de Momme
  • Stuart King
  • Ben Rocksteady
  • Dreadzone
  • Billy Rowan
  • Sergeant Pipon
  • Shlomo beatbox Adventure for Kids
  • Anna the Hulagan
  • Schema
  • Terminal State
  • Spim
  • Simon Gasston
  • Ben Newman
  • Ryan Herve
  • Hannah Jacques
  • John O'Connell
  • Andy Manson
  • Colin Moore & Double P

2013

A festival was held on the weekend of 31 August and 1 September 2013. [4] For the first time, the festival was granted permission to provide a campsite. [5] However, the provision of camping was cancelled by the festival organisers due to a lack of demand. [6]

Main StageDance StageJT StageFolklore StageHospitality Stage
Saturday 31 August
Sunday 1 September
  • Lewis Watson
  • Wolf People
  • Teddy
  • Bob Baker
  • Alfresco Bandits
  • Billy Rowan (The Undercover Hippy)
  • Neville Staple
  • Howard Marks
  • Simon Evans
  • Monty Taft

2012

The festival was held on 1 and 2 September 2012. [8]

The table below lists the acts that performed.

In May, Trinity's Constable John Gallichan declared that festival goers below the age of 16 would have to be accompanied by an adult, at the 2012 event, as measure to reduce underage drinking. [9]

Main StageDance StageJT StageSoBe StageHospitality Stage
Sat 1 September
  • Friends
  • Bwani Junction (UK band)
  • The Valentines
  • The Bloody Battle
  • The Centeniers
  • U.G. & B-Eazy
  • BBC Jersey Live Show
Sun 2 September
  • The Janice Graham Band
  • Bwani Junction
  • Brave Yesterday
  • Ed & BJ
  • Monty Taft
  • Jake Bugg
  • Nina Nesbitt
  • The Recks
  • Badlabecques
  • Rosie Barrett

2011

The 2011 festival was held on 3 and 4 September 2011, and sponsored by Jersey Telecom.

The attendance was 10,000 per day. [14]

There were disputed reports of excessive drinking by under-age people. [15]

Main StageDance ArenaSobe StageTease StageHospitality Stage
Sat 3 September
Sun 4 September

2010

Jersey Telecom renewed their sponsorship agreement of Jersey Live for a fifth year. [17]

Main Stage hosted by Mani (Stone Roses/Primal Scream).

Main StageDance ArenaHospitality StageLes Inrocks Magic StageWild West Tease Stage
Sat 4 September
  • Jamaica (Headline)
  • Here We Go Magic
  • Rubin Steiner
  • We Are Enfant Terrible
  • Muchuu
  • The Valentines
  • Pirate Video Company
  • The Hats
  • Bones
  • The Valentines
  • Dinosaur Collective
  • Quick & The Dead
  • Last of the Light Brigade
  • The Wizz
  • The Midnight Expresso
  • Lloyd Yates Band
  • The Centeniers
  • Benny The Moth
  • Clockwork Sodomy
  • Tom Butel
Sun 5 September
  • Count Sizzle
  • Darwin Deez
  • Rubin Steiner
  • We Are Enfant Terrible
  • Hip Hoperation
  • Lloyd Yates
  • Comedy
  • Sound of Guns
  • Brave Yesterday
  • The Bloody Battle
  • Hold Your Fire!
  • Lizzard Channel
  • Little Big Band
  • Kevin Pallot & The Pinnacles
  • All in Human Trainwreck
  • The Mulburys
  • The Hype
  • Didgeridoo Bruce

2009

Around 9,000 people attended in 2009. [19]

Positiv Main StageTheory Dance ArenaLes Inrocks StageVIP Spiegel TentThe Big Tease Tent
Sat 5 September
  • Marvel
  • Black Stats
  • The Valentines
  • The Speedways
  • The Little Big Band
  • Kevin Pallot & The Pinnacles
  • Banquet
  • The Blind Drivers
  • The Freewheelers
  • Off Limits
Sun 6 September
  • Emily Loizeau
  • Gablé
  • Cocoon
  • The Valentines
  • Bruce Carnegie
  • Oneofakind
  • Count Sizzle
  • Brave Yesterday
  • The Dirty Aces
  • Celadores
  • The Centeniers
  • Lloyd Yates
  • The Porcupine Effect
  • Benny The Moth
  • Laurel Canyon
  • The Empty 7
  • Annie Law

2008

Main stage in 2008. Jersey Live Festival of Music 2008.JPG
Main stage in 2008.
Positiv Main StageTheory Dance Arena
Sat 30 August
Sun 31 August

2007

Main stage in 2007. JerseyLiveCrowd.jpg
Main stage in 2007.
Positiv Main StageTheory Dance Arena
Sat 1 September
Sun 2 September

2006

In 2006, 7,500 people attended the festival.

Positiv Main StageTheory Dance Arena

2005

Positiv Main StageTheory Dance Arena

2004

Positiv Main StageTheory Dance Arena

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