Gottwood Festival Final Lineup Additions!

Gottwood Festival announce the final additions to a lineup that brings together a whole host of underground talent for an unforgettable experience. Among the latest additions are Manchester club brand Drop the Mustard, who host hot property Ejeca and Urulu, plus find Pedestrian, Zero 7 vocalist Sophie Barker and Bournemouth’s Zoo Look, among others. And […]

Gottwood Festival Reveals Full Lineup

Imagine this; you’re rolling around on the mossy floor of a lush forest. You look around and a multitude of greens dazzle your mortal eyes. The smell of wild garlic fills your nostrils and as you gaze through the canopy above, a thought hits you. Holy Cow! You’re in Narnia! But not cold scary Narnia. […]

Festival Preview – The Big Chill

We’re now well in to festival season and there are plenty of treats still to choose from. One that keeps grabbing our attention this year is The Big Chill. Alongside the label and the bars (The Big Chill bar on brick lane being a perfect Sunday hang out) as of the original boutique festivals this […]

Tom Middleton to host his own stage at this year’s Big Chill Festival

Tom Middleton, one half of Global Communication and a DJ in his own right, will be an integral part of The Big Chill this year. Having performed at every year of the festival for the last 16 years, 2011 sees Middleton host a stage of his own to build on that experimental, progressive and ambient […]

Bloc Weekender Mixes now online.

If you’re a regular reader of Plain and Simple, you’ll know that we’re pretty big fans of Bloc Weekender. The Weekender, which takes place at Butlins in Minehead, enjoyed its 5th year this year, and the sell out event presented one of the finest line-ups of techno and electronica that you could lay your mits […]

Chris Cunningham to close this year’s Big Chill Festival.

The Big Chill festival has built a reputation for delivering cutting edge music, not afraid to take things of the beaten track they have played host to some of the most eclectic and visionary artists around, with cutting edge audio visual showcases being at the heart of some of the stages. Big Chill festival regulars […]

Glade Festival Reveals Location

Glade have now revealed the location for this years stripped back and thoroughly more exclusive rave up as The Mansion House, Old Warden Park, Biggleswade Bedfordshire. Conveniently situated for festival goers travelling from all directions  this location is an ideal site, close to all major routes,  in a beautiful landscaped park, and the festival organizers […]