Bloc Festival

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]

Bloc Festival
GenreElectronic dance music, electro, hip hop, IDM, techno, house music, reggae, drum and bass and dubstep
Location(s)England
Years active2006-2016
WebsiteBloc website

History

Year Location Capacity Notable artists Notes
2007 Pontin's Holiday Camp, Hemsby 2200[8] Autechre, Kool Keith, Basic Channel, Digital Mystikz, Robert Hood[9]
2008 Pontin's Holiday Camp, Hemsby 2200[10] Karl Bartos, Amon Tobin, Juan Atkins, Phuture & Skream[11]
2009 Butlin's Holiday Resort, Minehead 6400[12] Aphex Twin, Lee Scratch Perry, Afrika Bambaataa, Carl Craig, Modeselektor, Jamie Lidell, The Future Sound of London, Egyptian Lover[13]
2010 Butlin's Holiday Resort, Minehead 6400[14] Autechre, Salt n Pepa, Boy Better Know, Flying Lotus, Grandmaster Flash, Mixmaster Mike, Roots Manuva Derrick May, Adam Beyer[15]
2011 Butlin's Holiday Resort, Minehead 6400[16] Aphex Twin, Moderat, Apparat, Four Tet, Jamie xx, Laurent Garnier, LFO, A Guy Called Gerald[17]
2012 London Pleasure Gardens, London 30000[18] 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'.[19]
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[20]
2016 Butlin's Holiday Resort, Minehead 7000[21] Thom Yorke, Andrew Weatherall, Four Tet, Jeff Mills, Omar-S, Holly Herndon Goldie, Steve Davis[22]

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