Bloc Festival

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Bloc Festival
GenreElectronic dance music, electro, hip hop, IDM, techno, house music, reggae, drum and bass and dubstep
LocationEngland
Years active2006-2016
WebsiteBloc 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] In 2017, Boiler Room released a documentary film on the history of the festival, entitled Dancing on Carpets[8]

History

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Year Location Capacity Notable artists Notes
2007 Pontin's Holiday Camp, Hemsby 2200[9] Autechre, Kool Keith, Basic Channel, Digital Mystikz, Robert Hood[10]
2008 Pontin's Holiday Camp, Hemsby 2200[11] Karl Bartos, Amon Tobin, Juan Atkins, Phuture & Skream[12]
2009 Butlin's Holiday Resort, Minehead 6400[13] Aphex Twin, Lee Scratch Perry, Afrika Bambaataa, Carl Craig, Modeselektor, Jamie Lidell, The Future Sound of London, Egyptian Lover[14]
2010 Butlin's Holiday Resort, Minehead 6400[15] Autechre, Salt n Pepa, Boy Better Know, Flying Lotus, Grandmaster Flash, Mixmaster Mike, Roots Manuva Derrick May, Adam Beyer[16]
2011 Butlin's Holiday Resort, Minehead 6400[17] Aphex Twin, Moderat, Apparat, Four Tet, Jamie xx, Laurent Garnier, LFO, A Guy Called Gerald[18]
2012 London Pleasure Gardens, London 30000[19] Snoop Dogg, Orbital, Richie Hawtin, Nicolas Jaar, Jeff Mills, Ricardo Villalobos, Gary Numan, Flying Lotus, MF Doom, Battles On Friday 6 July 2012, organisers took the decision to cancel and evacuate the festival during its first night due to 'crowd safety concerns'.[20]
2013 – – – Festival was not conducted.
2014 – – – Festival was not conducted.
2015 Butlin's Holiday Resort, Minehead 6400 Jon Hopkins, Ben Klock, Jackmaster, ESG & DJ Pierre, Jeff Mills, Marcel Dettmann, Moodymann[21]
2016 Butlin's Holiday Resort, Minehead 7000[22] Thom Yorke, Andrew Weatherall, Four Tet, Jeff Mills, Omar-S, Holly Herndon Goldie, Steve Davis[23]

See also

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References

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