Belfast looks set to be the place to be in summer 2010, with more exciting music and festivals being lined up every day.
This week, Stormzone were announced to headline the third Summer Rocks festival, a small hard rock festival presented by SO:NI (Sounds of Northern Ireland) at the Empire Music Hall on this Thursday June 17th. They'll play alongside Trucker Diablo, Bandwago and Last Know Addiction, with admission a mere £5.
Meanwhile, White Lies, Iron & Wine and Modest Mouse were among announcements for the Open House Festival made this week. The festival takes place in the Cathedral Quarter from September 7th to 12th. The full line up looks like this:
Tuesday 7th September
White Lies + Panama Kings + ExLovers @ Festival Marquee, Custom House Square, Belfast - Access to bar & food from 6pm // Tickets £18.00
Wednesday 8th September
Iron & Wine + Low Anthem + Nathaniel Rateliff @ Festival Marquee, Custom House Square, Belfast - Access to bar & food from 6pm // Tickets £18
Lissie + Napoleon @ McHughs Basement Bar, Belfast - Doors 8pm // Tickets £10.00
Thursday 9th September
Modest Mouse + Kowalski + Morgan O' Kane & Ferd 4 @ Festival Marquee, Custom House Square, Belfast - Access to bar & food from 6pm // Tickets £22.50
Villagers @ Black Box, Hill Street, Belfast - Doors 8pm // Tickets £9.50
Friday 10th September
Wilco + The Felice Brothers + Field Music @ Festival Marquee, Custom House Square, Belfast - Doors 8pm // Tickets £32.50
Nathaniel Rateliff + Captain Cameron + Matrimony @ McHugh's Basement Bar, Queen's Square, Belfast - Doors 8pm // Tickets £10
Saturday 11th September
ChilliFest @ Festival Marquee, Custom House Square, Belfast. 12 - 5pm // Tickets £5.00 // Kids Free
Old Crow Medicine Show + Dave Rawlings Machine @ Festival Marquee, Custom House Square, Belfast - Marquee Doors 8pm // Tickets £20.00
Sunday 12th September
ChilliFest (Hayseed Dixie headline) @ Festival Marquee, Custom House Square, Belfast. 12 - 5pm // Tickets £5.00 // Kids Free
Seasick Steve + Peggy Sue @Festival Marquee, Custom House Square, Belfast - Marquee Doors 8pm // Tickets £35.00
And today, news comes of Planetlove WKD, as Fatboy Slim, Calvin Harris and Armin Van Buuren have just been announced to top the bill. The huge dance fest will take place at King's Hall Showgrounds on Friday 10th and Saturday 11th of September, and will also feature sets from Eric Prydz, Sander Van Doorn, Judge Jules, Lisa Lashes, Chris Liebing, Alex Kidd and Dave Spoon, while global music brands including Toolroom Knights, Pryda, Q-Dance and Goodgreef will host arenas.
The full line up for Planetlove WKD so far is below, with more to be announced over the summer.
Fatboy Slim
Calvin Harris
Armin van Buuren
Ferry Corsten
Above & Beyond
Eric Prydz
Example
Sander van Doorn
John O’Callaghan
Slam
Sidney Samson
Judge Jules
Gareth Emery
Marco V
Mark Knight
Sander Kleinenberg
Lisa Lashes
Showtek
Technoboy
Chuckie
Funkagenda
Dash Berlin (Irish Exclusive)
Chris Liebing
Alex Kidd
Silicone Soul
Scot Project
Chris Lake
Kutski
Dave Spoon
Headhunterz
FunkD’void
Luna
Organ Donors
Zany
Simon Patterson
Bootek
Mallorca Lee
Noisecontrollers
