Dance Island set to take Clubland by storm
Five huge arenas, one massive outdoor stage, some of the world’s best DJs and live acts from the global dance scene and over 10,000 people are amongst the exciting new plans announced today for this summer’s newest dance festival – Dance Island 2008. (www.dance-island.co.uk)
Set in 120 acres of private land in the heart of East Anglia, just outside of Ely, Cambridgeshire, the outdoor festival will take place over the weekend of 5-6 July, 2008.
Billed as East Anglia’s biggest electronic music event of the year, Dance Island has teamed up with some of the UKs most prestigious club brands including (Kiss FM, BIG, Slinky, Natural Born Ravers, Raindance, Bedbug & Fierce Angel) who will deliver world class artists in their individual genre’s of dance covering across the board House, Hard Dance, Trance, Hardcore and Old Skool.
The festival will also feature a fun-fair, a food village, a chill-out area, trade stalls as well as a VIP area with exclusive entertainment hosted by the amazing Fierce Angels team.
Alastair Morbey from event organisers, Tiger Promotions Ltd, says, “We’re extremely excited to be making the first announcements for Dance Island 2008. The event is set to dwarf anything else seen in East Anglia and we’re hoping to make it an annual event and a prominent fixture in the music festival programme.”
Tickets have just gone on sale and are available now from www.dance-island.co.uk, including an ‘early bird’ discount offer. Check out the Dance Island website regularly for updates on DJs and further event information.
Official Website: http://www.dance-island.co.uk
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AXWELL AND UTAH SAINTS FOR DANCE ISLAND 2008
Dance Island 2008 | 5th July 2008 | Ely, Cambridgeshire
Axwell and Utah Saints are the latest acts to join the star studded line-up for Dance Island 2008.
Swedish house legend Axwell is the first among a list of names to be added to the Koolwaters house arena who will be joining Stonebridge along with Kate Lawler and local stars The BeatThiefs.
Dance music pioneers Utah Saints make a long awaited comeback to the festival circuit for 2008 and will be joining the already massive house line up.
As if this wasn’t enough, Judgement Sundays resident Micky Slim and Deepgroove join Koolwaters residents Marc Vedo and Jaxson have also been announced as additions to the Koolwaters arena.
TrackItDown.net are giving 15 DJs the chance to play at Dance Island. All you need to do is record a 20 minute DJ mix of the tracks that best represent your style, upload it to a file transfer website and email the link to danceisland@trackitdown.net
The competition closes on 6th June and all styles of dance music will be entertained.
Early bird tickets have already sold out and standard tickets are flying out of the door, so make sure you don’t miss out on Dance Island 2008 by getting your ticket from www.dance-island.com soon.
Dance Island 2008 is set to take place on 5th July near Ely, Cambridgeshire.
With a 10,000 capacity, 5 arenas hosted by BIG, Slinky, Natural Born Ravers, Raindance and Koolwaters, an outdoor stage hosted by Kiss FM and world class DJs, including Audio Bullys (Live), Stanton Warriors, Freemasons, Mauro Picotto, Agnelli & Nelson, Dave Pearce, Tidy Boys, Audio Surgery, Kutski, Dougal & Gammer, Baby D, Ratpack, Mark Doyle and Big Ben, this festival will be East Anglias biggest electronic music event of the year.
Dance Island is already making waves in its debut year, featuring as 13th best festival in the latest edition of clubbing bible Mixmag, ahead of the likes of Gatecrasher Summer Sound System, Escape in the park and many more established festivals.
Full Line up
Kiss Fm Arena - Audio Bullys / Stanton Warriors / Freemasons / Steve Smart / Nicky Elise / Ric Groves
BIG Arena - Mauro Picotto /Agnelli & Nelson / Dave Pearce (Radio 1) / Mark Sherry (Public Domain) / John O Callaghan / Lee Haslam / Ali Wilson / Big Ben / Dan Stone / Paul Wilkerson /Dave Horne
Slinky Hard Arena - Tidy Boys / Audio Surgery (Organ Donors vs Vinylgroover) / Kutski (Radio 1)
BK / Andy Farley / K-90 / Dark by Design / DJ-X Lab4 / Ed Real / Tidy Djs / Kym Ayres/ Mark Hughes / Dave Austin / Rodi Style
Natural Born Ravers Arena - Dougal & Gammer LIVE (Feat Cat Knight, Jenna & Lisa Marie) / Hixxy Vs Slipmatt / Darren Styles / SY / Squad-E vs Recon / Breeze / Supreme / Kev Energy vs Kutski (Radio 1) / JB Project / SHM /Kurt / Petruccio / Insane & Mind / Solution / Mc's Storm & Whizzkid (Both Exclusive all night) Odyssey, Scotti B, Spenno, Balzee, Tempo
Raindance Arena - Baby D Live PA / Ratpack / Slipmatt / Kenny Ken / Billy "Daniel" Bunter / Ellis Dee / Nicky Blackmarket / Seduction / DJ Unity / DJ Vibes & Livelee / Stuart Banks / Devious Dee / Isotonik Crew / Danny C / Mc's Charlie B, Five Alive, 3Flow, Ice
Koolwaters Arena - Axwell / Stonebridge / Kate Lawler / Micky Slim / Marc Vedo (Live sessions) / Deepgroove / The Beat Thiefs / Jaxson
Fierce Angel VIP Arena - Mark Doyle / Matt Collins / Dave Armstrong / JAC Project
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