Jungle, the celebrated London funk collective, and probably the hottest band in the UK right now, are set to join the Secret Garden Party 2015 line-up. Described by Time Out as a band who ‘make electronic music with a human heart, marry underground cool with main-stage appeal, and do it with vision and conviction,’ they released their self-titled debut album through XL Recordings in the summer to widespread acclaim.
Kate Tempest, who really needs no introduction, is officially added to the line-up this time round having busked at the Secret Garden Party a few years ago. Winner of the Ted Hughes Poetry Award for her narrative poem, ‘Brand New Ancients,’ she was also nominated for the Mercury Prize for her album ‘ Everybody Down.’ She will be performing her new poetry collection ‘Hold Your Own’ along with the current album.
French ensemble extraordinaire and long-time Garden Party favourites also join this first wave of bands. Renowned for their outstanding live shows Caravan Palace bring together elements of jazz, gypsy and dance music in a vibrant, upbeat and exhilarating fashion.
Rising stars Jack Garratt and Marika Hackman are also confirmed along with Flyte,Iyes, Jagaara, Elder Island and Menace Beach. New artists, who all possess excitingly unorthodox and distinctive styles.
The Secret Garden Party is very pleased to announce the launch of its new website today, illustrated by Dave Little www.secretgardenparty.com and its theme for 2015 which will be, ‘Childish Things.’
The Secret Garden Party has also been shortlisted for ‘Best Medium Festival’ and ‘Extra-Festival Activity’ awards at the forthcoming UK Festival Awards. It won Best Medium Festival’ at the UK’s Live Music Business Awards last month.
In addition, grant applications are now open for creative submissions and luxury camping is now on sale.
‘Childish Things’ theme…
Head Gardener, Fred Fellowes explains the thinking behind the ‘Childish Things’ theme for 2015……
‘Why are we encouraged so much to grow up and leave, what adults call, the best days of our lives? Not that we needed that much encouragement; we spent our time hurtling towards the 'next stage', determined to be bigger, more grown up, older, more mature and tall enough to take the ride. And what have we found? Certainly not all of the freedoms we thought we would.
"WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I SPOKE AS A CHILD, I UNDERSTOOD AS A CHILD, I THOUGHT AS A CHILD: BUT WHEN I BECAME A MAN, I PUT AWAY CHILDISH THINGS." Corinthians 13:11
Join us this summer as we’ve decided it's time to get those ‘Childish Things’ out of the box again and embrace them as this year’s theme. Escape the world that wants us to grow-up (and behave); and explore what we all left behind. Next July we will create for you a 100-acre toy box of a party, complete with jelly, ice cream and sprinkles, so you can release and realise your inner child. Remember youth is wasted on the young; so here’s your second shot at it.’
Over the past few years this fine Pagoda stage overlooking the Lake has played host to a first class array of disc jockeys, acts and artists; from Radio 1's Annie Mac & Toddla T to the mesmerising sounds of Matthew Johnson; from the NY groove of Kim Ann Foxman to the Eats Everything Bristol bounce. Remember the year Disclosure and Sam Smith performed 'Latch' at sunset? Or the time Skream went b2b with Zed Bias, Disclosure, Eats & Artwork?! T.E.E.D. dropping jungle? Jamie Jones & Seth Troxler b2b? Damn! that was the pure house party vibes right there!
This summer the Pagoda pays homage to resident djs from up & down our fair isle and beyond, representing nights such as Tief, Below, Circus, Rooty (RIP), Simple, Fleetmac Wood & Werk:It.
As well as the Top Secret special guests, The Pagoda also welcomes a sprinkling of headline talent along the course of the weekend for your listening pleasure .
Let's praise the residents. They are the ones who often dig deeper, the chosen ones who set the mood of an evening, that represent the club night, the ones who'll play you tracks you'll be pestering them about later, the guys with the biggest record boxes and an ability to take you into a trance like state.
Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome your Pagoda DJs for the weekend:
Aartekt – Adam Shelton – Aerial – Bill Brewster – Cat Lovers – Citizen – Clancy – Denney – Dia – Dom Chung – Emerson Twin – Em Williams – Fleetmac Wood – Frank Tope – Futureboogie – Head Gardener – Hilit Kolet – Huxley – James Vorres – Jay Karim – Johan Ten Houten – Lewis Boardman – Maribou State – Michael Palmer – Midland – Motty – No Artificial Colours – Richy Ahmed – Robert James – Sancho Panza – Shivas Regal & Mcculo – Sisterhood – Six Axle – Son Of Sun – Sophie Lloyd – Steve Huerta – T. Williams – Tayo – Urulu – Waze & Odyssey – Wild Fantasy – Wolf Music
Other stages additions include:
Artwork – Cherub – Danny Mathews & The Rustle – Geddes – Harry Wolfman – Jasper James – Mark Wells – Pardon My French – Real Connoisseur – Sarah Frenchy – Slim Howl – Tom Grainger –Zero 7 (dj)
With over 14 stages and 4 days of live music and dj sets 2014 promises to be one of the most music-packed Secret Garden Party’s ever…. add to the mix the renowned secret sets by some of the biggest names around and it is…game on!
The Summer Festival Guide is excited to you festival goers know about the latest Secret Garden Party lineup additions.
The lineup additions are as follows:
Submotion Orchestra – Gramatik – Dense & Pika – We Have Band – Kate Boy – Telegram – Kimberly Anne – Ezra Vine – Happyness – Movie – As Elephants Are – The Urban Voodoo Machine – Sebastian Leger – Brushy One String – The Struts – The Fontanas – Carnival Collective – Malphino – Future Dub Orchstra – Pachango – Eddy Temple Morris – Dubheart – Mojo Filter – Swell – Fragile Souls – All About Tobe – Onlyjoe – Danny And The Swampmen – 7Suns – Scarlett – Trojan Vinyl Explosionemily & The Woods – Sam Brookes – Hot Feet – Meadowlark – Coco & The Butterfields – The Intermission Project – Goldstar – Gerard & The Watchmen – Bucurasu – Elliott Morris – Joe Summers – Freya Roy – Oktoba – John Blood – James Brute – Oliver Daldry – Jennifer Left – Shambolique – The Inexplicables – Daisy & The Dark – The Crosstown Trio – Lily & Meg – Ilona – Mozzy Green – Opaque – Clutching At Straws – Emily Burns – Jack Wallen – Charlotte Carpenter – Tony Shelvin – Billican – Tom Heath – Tom Dibb – Nathan James King – Alice Walker – Will Varley – From The Sticks
Avant Garde, presents for the first time in the UK;
Wisdom of the Glove, a club night take-over where the glitterati of Studio 21 collides with the freaky oddballs of the underground for a whole lot of dance weirdness. Direct from Ibiza, this is a UK first & exclusive from ringmaster Guy Gerber featuring…
GUY GERBER THUGFUCKER BLOND:ISH KONRAD BLACK
Wall of Sound Records will be celebrating their 20 year fanniversary with a thursday night take-over in our 24 hour bar. Helping them recreate their legendary night HIPPIES USE SIDE DOOR will be Mekon, Killaflaw , Derek Dah Large, West London Deep, Mark Jones & more…
Check out the lineup of DJ's that will be performing over the weekend
MAYA JANE COLES JACKMASTER OPTIMO SUBB-AN (LIVE) BEN PEARCE DENSE & PIKA (LIVE) WAIFS & STRAYS WAZE &ODYSSEY ADAM SHELTON ALEX ARNOT GAVIN HERLIHY UONE(Cosmic Serpent, Australia) JESS LAMB DAX LEE …plus many more
The Labyrinth will also host a number of top acts. Mythical creatures and magic abound in this legendary hidden venue. Unexpected and unrivalled this is one of the garden's gems not to be missed. Featuring:
SUBBAN MAXXI SOUNDSYSTEM NO ARTIFICIAL COLOURS CITIZEN PBR STREETGANG WAIFS & STRAYS CHRISTOPH ADAM SHELTON LAURA JONES GAVIN HERLIHY LOWLIFE (BILL BREWSTER & FRANK BROUGHTON) RESIDENTS: ITCHY RICH, BOBBY PLEASURE & CHARLIE MACFARLEY …plus many more
Get your tickets now to one of this summers hottest festivals!
The Summer Festival Guide has another massive lineup announce from the Secret Garden Party's HQ.
This years Secret Garden Party have announced another headliner in the form of the legendary hiphop group Public Enemy who will be performing around Europe this summer.
Joining them on the lineup announcement today as well are New York based collective Hercules & Love Affair as well as the following:
Foreign Beggars – King Charles – Alabama 3 – Big Deal – Say Lou Lou
Big Gigantic – Rae Morris – The Skints – Thumpers – Koven – John Fullbright – The Hics
Lxury – TCTS – Jacob Plant – Josef Salvat – Eagles For Hands
Nimmo And The Gauntletts – Ted Zed – Mad Professor – Coves – Jon Batiste – Melt Yourself Down – The Ramona Flowers
Losers – Arkon Fly – Ekkah – Killsonik – Wara – Plump Djs – Too Many T's
Max Cooper – Miraculous Mule – Rag 'N' Bone Man – Norma Jean Martine
Devon Sproule – Gorgeous George – Si Cranstoun
Palace – Dandaluz – Cable Street Collective – Longy – The Future Dub Project – Beans On Toast
Animanz – Feral Mouth – The 45's – Cut Capers – The Meow Meows – Crinkle Cuts – Alexia Coley – Myles Sanko – General Skank
Having 14 music stages, the award-winning Secret Garden Party now incredibly in its 12th year, offers a kaleidoscopic pick ‘n’ mix of music – from indie to dance, folk to reggae, party good- times to down-and-dirty rhythm ‘n’ blues – whatever the genre there’s a tick-list for all. Celebrate the diversity of our current musical culture, hear the stars of tomorrow and dance ‘til dawn, all in a beautiful lakeside location. Time to experience a lost weekend somewhere in Cambridgeshire…
The Secret Garden Party is pleased to announce a further line up of artists for 2014. New additions are as follows and more to be announced shortly:-
FOXES – MAYA JANE COLES
SUB FOCUS DJ SET + ID – MØ – KWABS
ROSIE LOWE – WOLF ALICE – YEARS AND YEARS – GORGON CITY
DENAI MOORE – BIPOLAR SUNSHINE – THE AMAZING SNAKEHEADS – KYLA LA GRANGE – LE GALAXIE – TELEMAN – SUPERFOOD – MATRIX & FUTUREBOUND – DAVID RODIGAN – TUNNG – ZERVAS & PEPPER – JACK GARRATT -MY NU LENG –KINDNAP KID – TOURIST – ULTERIOR MOTIVE – WOZ – THE MISPERS – MAUSI – PETE MOLINARI – FICKLE FRIENDS – BIG BOY BLOATER – DVWLX – COCO AND THE BUTTERFIELDS – BEECH – MARCUS BONFANTI – IMPERIAL LEISURE – THEY SAY JUMP – TANTZ – DANNI NICHOLLS -PLANETMAN & THE INTERNATIONALZ MY DARLING CLEMENTINE – GECKO – UZIMON – GHOULS – ALISON & THE EARTHQUAKES – JOHN CRAMPTON – THE DAMN JAMMAGE – DELANEY – BLUES BUSINESS
They will be joining, as previously announced:
LITTLE DRAGON – FAT FREDDY'S DROP
CLEAN BANDIT
MARTHA REEVES AND THE VANDELLAS – DEAP VALLY – MORCHEEBA – JAGWAR MA –
MAX RAABE AND PALAST ORCHESTRA – FAT WHITE FAMILY – DUB PISTOLS – SOUTHERN – CHAMPS – HONEYBLOOD – THE CORRESPONDENTS – BAT AND BALL – MT
As ever, we will still be holding back a bundle of secret performances to serve you at unexpected moments. Who can forget some of last year's; 'Latch' being performed live on the Pagoda last summer, Jarvis joining 2manydjs in the Black Cat bar or Disclosure on the Drop? So keep your ears pricked for any rustles in the hedgerow as the rumours could well be true!
Bathing Under The Stars
Everyone at a busy action-packed party weekend requires those valued moments of reflection and relaxation and this summer the Secret Garden Party is offering even more luxurious ways to spend that essential down time. Here is early news on how to pamper yourself…
Join Bathing under the Stars for an affordable & unforgettable hot tub & sauna experience. Spend two blissful hours recharging your party feet and soothing your soul. Enjoy some R&R alone or round up some friends (private group bookings available for 6-8 people) and enjoy the delights of these beautiful wood fired hot tubs and dry Finnish saunas – complete with refreshing cold showers (hot showers also available). The area comes with its very own private bar (free water & hot tub service included) and deck chairs so you truly can kick back and relax in style.
Soul Fire Restaurant Presents "Trattoria al Giardino"
For 2014, The Soul Fire Restaurant brings you fine dining with an Italian twist. Stone baked oven pizzas made in our own clay oven, antipasti to die for, and as for the gelato…? Bellissimo! Sourcing artisan products from Italy whose provenance we know and trust, we'll be using only the finest quality ingredients to create a truly gastronomic experience. Think long wooden tables, warm candlelight, proper cutlery, crockery, and of course glassware – it's all the luxury you'd expect from Soul Fire – with a vibe that can only be found in the Garden. We'll have an incredible handpicked wine list, so whether it's a crisp Soave or a full-bodied Chianti, grab some bruschetta and enjoy the view over the lake.
Of course, Soul Fire wouldn't be complete without the now legendary brunches. Known for the finest Eggs Benedict, Florentines and Royales, as well delicious healthy options, you'll also get killer Bloody Mary's and of course the signature Elderflower Champagne.
Tables for evening bookings are now available for 2 to 30 people.
We can announce the initial lineup of artists that will bring musical entertainment to the masses at Secret Garden Party in 2014. They include favourites Little Dragon, Martha Reeves & Morcheeba as well as Fat Freddys Drop, Jagwar Ma and more!
Little Dragon – Fat Freddy's Drop
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas – Deap Vally – Morcheeba – Jagwar Ma – Clean Bandit
Max Raabe and Palast Orchestra (as previously announced) Fat White Family – Dub Pistols – Southern – Champs – Honeyblood – The Correspondents – Bat and Ball – MT
Boutique Camping now on sale…..
For those who desire a tranquil haven of luxury and convenience Boutique Camping will be on sale from today. http://store.secretgardenparty.com
An oasis of upper class values; Boutique offers you your own gate direct into the party, a private car park, busboys with barrows, and waiters and butlers to await your command.
With all of the exclusive and premium services you have grown to expect you will also find dedicated therapists to pamper you in every way; and, as if that weren’t enough, we are proud to announce that London’s premium cocktail bar, Quo Vadis, will be setting up shop in the middle of Boutique to ensure all you libations are legendary.
Applications for funding for Action Camps and Participation now open…
The Action Camps are the lifeblood of Secret Garden Party. A record number of applications were received in 2013. Action Camps can include: workshops for teaching, tents for talks, craft spaces, poetry corners, karaoke dens or something quite quite different. From penguin detective agencies to carving your own gravestone – we’ve had it all and said yes! So twist your creative noggins together and bring us what we’re missing; your ideas.
If you’d like to apply click here: http://www.secretgardenparty.com/2014/forms/SGP_Participation_2014.pdf
As the warmth of a wonderful summer begins to fade and the afterglow of the Secret Garden Party 2013 is still a visceral memory, we offer you this: a missive of joy, musical memories and hope for the future because……The Secret Garden Party is pleased to announce its Art & Expression Theme for 2014 will be…
"Goodbye Yellowbrick Road"
Sickened by commercial gigolos and the false promise of fame and Fortune achievable only through wearing the right deodorant? Well then,join us in saying "Goodbye (to the) Yellow Brick Road" and its promise of (social/financial) redemption. Within the shelter of the Garden, where the dogs of society's howl is inaudible, we are exploring the more positive visual imagery in our favourite songs – so dust off your old LPs say an oh my and a boo hoo to the 9 to 5… Dance with us beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free; because, in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
New official video…..
As a reminder of last summer here is the wonderful brand new official video – hot from the editing room – by our friends at Ju Ju Films. Relive those magical moments and come dance with us again next summer.
First artist announced…..
1930s rave culture? Oh yes, long long before Spiral Tribe (or even Wigan Pier) there were all-nighters that were 'threatening to the very fabric of society'. But these were not taking place in a field somewhere in Hampshire nor on a draughty ballroom over the North Sea; rather they were in the music halls of the Weimar Republic. Suppressed by society, criminalised by the Nazis, yet beloved by the Bright Young Things, the music and style of this time has been painstakingly researched and recreated by Max Raabe & The Palast Orchester.
And after chasing them for almost two years we are proud to announce that they will be bringing you this most original of counter-culture music:
Max Raabe & Palast Orchester:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlUPqR3Cy5c
Arts applications now open…..
For super creative Gardeners, Grant Applications are now open for those who wish to submit their proposals to the Secret Garden Party 2014. Whether it is producing an art installation, running an action camp, curating a parade, building an art boat or a tree house, devising a fire show, hosting a workshop, making an art car …we want to hear from you and help your wildest dreams come true.
Our number one rule is that the party must facilitate participation. To ensure that this principle is upheld, Secret Garden Party gives over half of all programming money back to the gardeners, in the form of arts and expression grants.
For more information on participation or for an application form please visit:
After what was a deemed a classic Secret Garden Party organisers are pleased to announce Early Bird tickets for 2014 have already sold out.
Full price tickets are now on sale, and for 2014, will be at a flat rate of £175 plus booking fee.
To simplify payments and to provide better value organisers have decided to price tickets for 2014 at £175 across the board, with extra options available to Gardeners who wish to spread the cost. In addition to paying for the full priced ticket in one go, there will be three payment plans available – pay half now and half later, or spread the cost over three months – therefore tailoring payments to suit your needs.
They can be purchased now from Ticket link: http://sgp.seetickets.com
Poland's Tauron Nowa Muzyka is nigh and anticipation rising as organisers release day-to-day breakdowns of the festival's thrilling live and DJ performances. Opening the festival on Thursday night will be master producer Vladislav Delay and jazz/hip-hop trio BadBadNotGood, who both pave the way for a myriad of explosive electronica acts over the four days including Moderat, Skream, Squarepusher, Jamie Lidell, Jon Hopkins, Venetian Squares, LFO, Zebra Katz, Deptford Goth, Omar Souleyman, Jackmaster and so much more. Tauron Nowa Muzyka has also revealed a host of alternative excursions for festival-goers to take advantage of as well as exhibitions and an incredible one-off sound installation set up by Red Bull Music Academy that will premiere at the Closing Down Concert on Sunday 25th August. Running from 22nd-25th August, Tauron Nowa Muzyka is an unmissable experience for electronic music fans everywhere with one of the most pioneering electronic music line-ups on the festival calendar. Limited one-day, two-day and three-day tickets and travel packages are available now from the Tauron Nowa Muzyka website starting from an incredible £30.
Voted the ‘Best Small Festival’ at the European Festival Awards 2012, Tauron Nowa Muzyka is getting ready for another amazing year as the festival rapidly approaches. With an already mind-blowing calibre of leading electronic artists on the line-up, the Polish festival still has a few surprises left up its sleeve as it reveals three exciting excursions, designed to give revelers the opportunity to explore the culture and history of Katowice and the surrounding area. Trips run during the day on Friday and Saturday and include an insight into life of 19th and 20th century coal miners in the eerie 320 meter deep GUIDO coal mine in Zabrze, a guided journey around Katowice on the city's special melex electric carts, and a trip to the Tyskie and Civic Brewery's for a taste of beer history and production, with a well deserved pint at the end of the tour. Excursions are affordable and start at just 10 Euros. For further information and tickets head here.
Tauron Nowa Muzyka will display an incredible series of exhibitions and design projects curated by European creatives. Premiering over the weekend will be KOD/Y, the collaborative photography project by photographer Pawel Fabianski, graphic designer Michael Okraj and modern artist Natalia Mleczak, looking at symbols and the human form. Julia Dauksza challenges perceptions of art with the Grey Motors exhibition, displaying her vivid and unfinished paintings, and elsewhere the Design Silesia Cafe, specially built for Tauron Nowa Muzyka, will centre around the world of modern design with talks, book meetings and movie screenings. There will also be a screening of a 48 hour film project, which will see film makers writing, shooting, editing and scoring an original movie in just two days.
As well as hosting a stage at Tauron Nowa Muzyka, Red Bull Music Academy is collaborating with two local Silesian musicians and producers to create a unique and one off sound installation that will focus on the Upper Silesian Region. Exploring music concrete by taking recordings from the region, the project is an hour long musical picture of Silesian culture and premieres at the Katowice Evangelical Church, on the final evening of the festival.
Tauron Nowa Muzyka now heads back to the impressive Dolina Trzech Stawow as government funded construction on the proposed 2013 coal mine site continues. Determined not to let this spoil the amazing experience and line-up that Tauron Nowa Muzyka has in store, organisers are hosting the festival at last year's site. A handy ten minutes down the road, Dolina Trzech Stawow is a huge park boasting three lakes and its very own beach.
With easily the most pioneering and exciting electronic music line-up on the European festival calendar, this year's Tauron Nowa Muzyka will be unforgettable. Achieving recognition at the European Festival Awards, having been voted the ‘Best Small Festival’ in 2012, Tauron Nowa Muzyka prides itself on curating a festival experience like no other. The festival will feature special live performances, A/V shows, label showcases, design exhibitions and movie screenings scattered around the beautiful Dolina Trzech Stawow. The music line-up features the likes of Moderat, techno pioneer LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator), British producer Skream! accompanied by Sgt. Pokes. Also joined by Venetian Snares, Squarepusher, JETS – a joint project by Jimmy Edgar and Travis Stewart plus a phenomenal 20th Anniversary showcase from the esteemed German label Kompakt records, consisting of a DJ set from DJ Koze, Sid le Rock and Coma, Mathias Aguayo and Spanish duo ZA! Also Zebra Katz and Njena Reddd Foxxx, London Grammar, Jon Hopkins, Holly Herndon, Mmoths, Darling Farah, BadBadNotGood, Adrian Sherwood, Darkstar and Dawn Day Night.
