The Domino 15th Anniversary Stage at Underage Festival 2008 |
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| Location(s) | Victoria Park, London |
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| Years active | 4 |
| Founded by | Sam Kilcoyne Eat Your Own Ears |
| Date(s) | Early August (2nd/8th/10th) |
| Genre | Various, primarily Rock, Pop, Indie |
| Website | Official Website |
The Underage Festival is a music festival which takes place in Victoria Park, London. It is open to 13 to under 17 year olds, and only those within this age limit are allowed entry to the festival. In the two years since its creation, the festival has taken place at the beginning of August each year. There are five main stages, the Converse Century Main Stage, the NME Stage, the Topman New Music Stage, the Domino Stage (aptly named the "Domino 15th Anniversary Stage" for the label's 15th anniversary of creation in 2008), and the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage. As well as this, some of the smaller features included the Habbo Dj Tent, the CM Tower Hamlets Music Space Stage, and the Artrocker Signing Tent. 2008's event also included a MySpace bus, where secret sets and interviews with bands took place.
The festival evolved out of a series of club nights held in the Elephant and Castle area of South London, hosted and organised by Sam Kilcoyne, the teenage son of Barry 7 from Add N to (X) after Kilcoyne was refused admission to a Buzzcocks gig due to his age (he was fourteen years old at the time). These grew popular with preteens and teenagers, even receiving press coverage in broadsheet national newspapers (The Guardian, to name one) and the BBC's arts programmes who reported this as a "youthquake".
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The event is scheduled to be held on 5 August 2011 at Victoria Park, London and tickets for the event went on sale in January 2011. The first line-up of this year's acts was announced on 8 March by Huw Stephens live on BBC Radio 1.[1] Huw Stephens announced that Yasmin, Frankie & The Heartstrings, The Midnight Beast, Yaaks, Spark, Roll Deep, Giggs, Janelle Monae, Devlin, Fugative The Chapman Family, Maverick Sabre, Brother, Cocknbullkid, Florrie, Crystal Fighters, with Bombay Bicycle Club headlining. The Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage is to be headlined by My Passion, whilst other acts on the stage include Page 44, Blitz Kids And Autumn In Disguise, as well as many more. The New Roundhouse Rising stage was opened by Younghearts, an up and coming London based indie band with a forthcoming single "Isolation" due to be released soon.[2]
The tickets for this year's festival first went on sale in early January, where it took place in Victoria Park, London, on 1 August 2010. The line-up consisted of newly famous acts such as Ellie Goulding, Tinie Tempah and Chiddy Bang, as well as some acts such as Hadouken! and Tinchy Stryder returning for their second Underage Festival.
| Tango Stage | Converse Stage | Topman CTRL Stage | Youth Music Stage | Red Bull Bedroom Jam | Community Music Stage |
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Soon after the 2008 festival, Eat Your Own Ears announced in an email to fans that the 2009 festival would again take place in Victoria Park in east London, on 2 August 2009. Tickets for the event were available from early February. During his BBC Introducing... show for Radio 1, Huw Stephens announced some of the acts playing the festival, including headliners, The Pigeon Detectives.[3]
| Converse.co.uk Stage | Artrocker Stage | Topman CTRL Stage | Youth Music Stage |
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The 2008 festival took place on 8 August 2008. The event was a success, with around 10,000 fans attending. Many queued for hours prior to the gates opening to gain entry.[4] Headliners included Gallows, Dizzee Rascal, Foals, and The Dykeenies.
| Converse Century Main Stage |
NME Stage | Topman New Music Stage | Domino 15th Anniversary Stage |
Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage |
CM Tower Hamlets Music Space Stage |
Habbo Dj Tent |
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The 2007 festival took place on 10 August 2007, and featured the following artists-