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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS: Found presents Moondance Festival 2016

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FOUND presents Moondance Festival.
Hopkins’s Fields, North Park,
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Stratford, London, E20 3ZH
Sunday 18th September 2016
11AM – 10PM / Last entry 6PM

https://www.deftickets.co.uk/events/found-presents-moondance-festival-18-09-2016

Celebrating rave culture from its roots to the innovators of today!

OVER 180 ACTS / 9 STAGES / 12 BRANDS / 1 EXCITING NEW LOCATION

*VIP ARENA ANNOUNCED – LIMITED VIP TICKETS NOW ON SALE* Due to the huge amount of requests and high ticket sales, we have decided to extend the site and are happy to announce we will now have a VIP area hosted by House FM.
VIP tickets include fast track entry, music area hosted by House FM, chill out area, luxury facilities including food stall, bar, toilets and seating. Limited £50 vip tickets on sale now.

Following the success at Finsbury Park and the road-block tie up on NYE, we’re excited to announce we’re linking up once again with United on Sunday 18th September to bring you London’s biggest celebration of rave culture. What more could you want than all your favourite rave brands at the spectacular Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. All this for just £30, why pay more for less.

Found presents Moondance Festival unite with some of the UK’s most prestigious, independent promoters to celebrate the pioneers of dance music, showcasing the best in old skool, drum & bass, garage, house, jungle and grime. Taking place at a new location, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London on Sunday 18th September 2016, Moondance Festival will be one of the first electronic music events hosted on the iconic site.

Following four sold out festivals at Finsbury Park, the promoters who have been behind these festivals feel it’s time to take you on a new adventure to an exciting, previously unused London site…

FOUND: Over the last 4 sold out summer seasons Found have successfully booked, operated and promoted 10 large-scale festivals on a variety of London sites including Brockwell Park, Finsbury Park, Haggerston Park and Trent Park.

MOONDANCE: Celebrating 21 years of sold out shows this year, Moondance is one of London’s biggest promoters running successful shows at some of London’s most iconic venues including Astoria, Bagleys, Canvass, Coronet, Crystal Palace Sports Centre, Great Suffolk Street Warehouse, Koko, Roller Express, Scala and the SeOne Complex.

We’re also very excited to announce the stage hosts for Found presents Moondance Festival: United, Garage Nation, Breakin Science, Epidemik, Jungle Mania and Roast, Promised Land, Analog, Stush and House FM are some of the UKs most prestigious independent promoters, who have been running successful shows in the UK & Abroad for over 25 years.

The main stage will be hosted by Moondance & United, who have assembled a lineup that spans some of dance music’s most influential figures. Highlights include a headline set from The Freestylers Full Live Band, US house and garage producer Todd Terry, leading techno artist and dance music pioneer Joey Beltram. Garage extraordinaire Matt Jam Lamont, A Guy Called Gerald will play an exclusive ‘Evolution of dance music’ Live set from acid house to jungle, with further performances from notorious figures of club culture including live sets from Livin Joy, Altern8, Angie Brown, Channel One, General Levy and Ratpack vs SL2.

As the biggest garage brand on the planet, Garage Nation are also to host an arena. Drawing on 18 years of experience, they have assembled a lineup that includes a collaborative performance from legendary garage personalities Artful Dodger and DJ Luck & MC Neat, notorious garage acts Oxide & Neutrino, Mike Delinquent and DJ Cartier as well 90s garage pioneers Sticky and Scott Garcia playing as Foundation.

Award winning drum & bass promoters Breakin Science will be ramping things up in their arena with a headline set from Virus Recordings’ Ed Rush & Optical. Showcasing Ram Records will be Hamilton & Frankee plus from the Playaz camp Sub Zero, as well as performances from Mampi Swift, Shadow Demon Coalition and the New Breed Crew.

Jungle Mania and Roast join forces to host an arena that will satisfy even the most harden of junglists. With highlights including Dillinja & Randall, Micky Finn, DJ Ron, Kenny Ken, Brockie, Bryan G & Jumpin Jack Frost and a classics set from Shimon.

Bringing classic house jams to the party, Promised Land have secured Chicago house legends Fast Eddie and Marshall Jefferson to headline their stage. Further sets will come from the likes of Nicky Holloway, Terry Farley, Brandon Block & Alex P, Huck Finn and more.

Upfront House from Analog & Stush with SKT, Mark Radford, Sam Supplier, Booker T, DJ S and more.

With plenty of surprises still to come, Moondance Festival’s final arena are still to be revealed as well as further headline acts to be announced for the Garage Nation & Promised Land arenas.

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