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Festival line-up update – 8 Feb 2013

By Aly Barchi | Published on Friday 8 February 2013

Lots of FLUUs to mention, so I’ll just start at random (well, alphabetically) with Britain’s only festival to feature a ski lift, the Winchester-based Boomtown Fair. As per the first-published phase of its artist additions, it’ll this year star the likes of The Parov Stelar Band, Ozomatli, Mad Caddies, Richie Spice, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry. A nice array, I’m sure.

Moving to new roll-call revelations at other festivals; you can read on to find info on new consignments to Croatia’s Electric Elephant and Echo fests, Serbian sortie EXIT, Dorset folk hoopla Larmer Tree, The London International Ska Festival, Dutch sleep-over Motel Mozaique, extreme ‘action sports and music’ festival NASS, Norfolk pop party Sundown and the still-secretly-sited Sunrise Celebration.

BOOMTOWN FAIR, Matterley Bowl, Winchester, 8-11 Aug: The Parov Stelar Band, Ozomatli, Mad Caddies, Richie Spice, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Arrested Development, Toots And The Maytals, King Prawn, The Neville Staple Band (The Specials), The Selecter, The Wurzels, The Skints, Demented Are Go, Orkestra Del Sol, Hoffmaestro, Ska Cubano, Les Hurlements D’ Leo, Suicide Bid, The Creepshow, Flap!, Babyhead, Molotov Jukebox, Random Hand, Collie Buddz And The New Kingston Band, Dub Inc., Million Stylez, Gentleman’s Dub Club, Necessary Mayhem Showcase feat Tippa Irie & Mr Williamz, Mungo’s Hi Fi, YT & Mr Williamz, Musical Youth, Iration Steppas meets Channel One in a Dubwise Fashion, Robbo Ranx (BBC Radio 1xtra), I-Fire, Dreadsquad feat Dr Ring Ding & Kasia Malenda & El Fata, Foreign Beggars, Redlight, Chinese Man, Digital Mystikz, Koan Sound, Calyx & Teebee, Zinc, South Central Live LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad, Opiuo, B Triats, Mak & Pasteman, Reso, Rack N Ruin, Woz (Black Butter Special), Sticky, Randomer, Slipmatt b2b Billy Bunter. www.boomtownfair.co.uk

ECHO FESTIVAL, Kanegra, Umag, Croatia, 6-9 Jun: Petre Inspirescu, Nick Hoppner, Delano Smith, Fred P aka Black Jazz Consortium, Space Dimension Controller, xxxy, Locked Groove, South London Ordnance, Youandewan, dBridge, Marcus Intalex, Lenzman, Synkro, Kasra, Braiden, October, Djrum, Xtrah, Stray, Versa, SP:MC, Anthea, BLM, Christopher Rau, Ian F, Aneuria, Evano, DoubtingThomas, Rico Casazza, CITIZEN, Outboxx, James Fox, Donga, Lakosa, Hodge. www.echofestival.com

ELECTRIC ELEPHANT, The Garden, Tisno, Croatia, 11-15 Jul: Frankie Knuckles, Doc Martin, Joe’s Bakery, Craig Bratley, Rob Mello. www.electricelephant.co.uk

EXIT FESTIVAL, Petrovaradin Fortress, Novi Sad, Serbia, 10-14 Jul: DJ Fresh, Friction & Linguistics, SkisM, The Prototypes, Inspector Dubplate, Brookes Brothers, Dub Phizix, Strategy. eng.exitfest.org

LARMER TREE, Larmer Tree Gardens, Salisbury, Dorset, 12-21 Jul: Bellowhead, The Beat, Sam Lee & Friends, Lau, Clinton Fearon, Blair Dunlop, Marc O’Reilly Treetop Flyers, Moscow Drug Club, Chris Woods, Flats & Sharps, Larkin Poe, Molotov Jukebox, Moscow Drug Club return, with Keston Cobblers Club, We Used To Make Things, Curtis Eller, The Severed Limb, Three Cane Whale, The Kilcawley Family, Thomas Ford, Still Moving DJs. www.larmertreefestival.co.uk

LONDON INTERNATIONAL SKA FESTIVAL, various venues, London, 28-31 Mar: Ken Boothe, Rico Rodriguez MBE, DJ Derek, Freddie Notes, Bb Seaton, Owen Gray, Vin Gordon aka Don Drummond Jnr, Pama International, 100 Men feat Mik Whitnall, Intensified, Buster Shuffle, The Sidewalk Doctors , Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra, The Upsessions, Mr T Bone & The Young Lions, Bombskare, Razika, Cartoon Violence, The Splitters, Robb Blake, Maddy Carty, Gladdy Wax, Ras Digby, Jumbo, Metro & Eddie Regal, Chris Peckings, Tighten Up Crew, Champian, Rhoda Dakar, Mungos Hi Fi, Potato 5, David Katz, Cellos Coast To Coast, Count Skylarkin, Phil Bush, Little Dianne, Time Tunnel, Kris Tebbutt. www.londoninternationalskafestival.co.uk

MOTEL MOZAIQUE, various venues, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 5-6 Apr: Josephine, Lapalux. www.motelmozaique.nl/en

NASS FESTIVAL, Royal Bath & West Showground, Somerset, 11-14 Jul: Andy C, Calyx & Teebee, Wilkinson, Culture Shock, Mind Vortex, Gorgon City, Kidnap Kid, WOZ, DJ NoisseS. www.nassfestival.com

SUNDOWN, Norfolk Showground, Norfolk, 30 Aug – 1 Sep: Rita Ora. www.sundownfestival.co.uk

SUNRISE CELEBRATION, secret location, Bath & Frome, 30 May – 2 Jun: Gadjo, Gentle Mystics, The Dirty Gentlemen, Gideon Conn, Cosmo Sheldrake, B-Sides, DJ P, Father Funk, DJ Si Goodgroove, Hong Kong Ping Pong, Will Streetwise, Scour Records DJs, Luke Stereo, DJ Detta, Spinforth, Waggles, WBBL, J-Sound, Sammy Senior. sunrisecelebration.com