When the frost is still crunching at your feet and the dark nights are looming around short, sharp days, it’s good to have something planned for the softer skies of summer to keep your mind sane, which is why festival news is such a good distraction around this time of year. The latest announcement has come from the mystery men and women of The Secret Garden Party, with the first acts on the 2013 line up being released and new details on what other delights the festival has got planned for this year’s festivities.
Running from the 25th to the 28th July 2013, The Secret Garden Party has become well known for featuring undercurrent gems on their decorated stages, along with an array of wonders in the woods and fields in and around the festival. This year’s theme is superstition, so expect things to be psyched up and spooked out. See the festival site for a taster of what there is to look forward to.
First up on the grid is Django Django, who burst onto the music scene in 2012 with their self titled debut album. Their mix of pop, funk and jungle beats is entrancing so it’ll be interesting to hear how cool they sound on the big stage of the festival.
The Secret Garden Party headline act this year will be Belguike brother combo Soulwax, who will be casting out their electro-love into the night sky of the festival.
Here’s the full line-up for the festival as it stands, but there are plenty more bands still to be added.
Great Stage / Where the Wild Things Are / Crossroads
Soulwax – Django Django
Bastille – The Strypes
Big Youth – Wolf Alice – London Grammar – Childhood – Eliza and The Bear
Public Service Broadcasting – Rodigan
Findlay – Mø – Roo Pains – Dan Croll
Lee Fields & The Expressions – Winston Francis
Skip ‘Little Axe’ McDonald – Son of Dave
Ava Leigh – The Family Rain – Ben Caplan
Deep Sea Arcade – Big Boy Bloater – Treetop Flyers
Annie Eve – The Ladykillers – Steve Hooker – Blackbombers
Unkle (DJ set) – Embrace (DJ set) – Evil Nine (DJ set)
The Temple of Boom
Lovingly curated by Eddy Temple-Morris
James Lavelle (special UNKLE DJ set)
Embrace (DJ set) – The Correspondents (Live)
Evil Nine (DJ set) – Loadstar (DJ set) – The Other Tribe (Live)
Wilkinson (DJ set) – Foamo (DJ set)
Never Say Die Allstars (DJ set) – Josh Butler (DJ set)
The party line-up announcement has also been accompanied by details for new additions to the festival. 2013 will see the creation of a dedicated amphitheatre for the Artful Badgers to conduct games, theatrical antics, nighttime gatherings and wild parties in. There will also be the Black Cat bar for cocktails and cabaret, an improved Pagoda Stage and what sound like a brilliant inclusion for the newly built Yacht Club Bar for lakeside drinks and boat rides.
Tickets for the 2013 Secret Garden Party are selling fast, with the tiered pricing for early birds. However, there are still some tier 3 tickets available at the time of writing, but visit SGP Tickets for the latest availability.
