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Built entirely and lovingly by hand over 12 months, Beat-Herder is quite literally a world like no other. Nestled in a beautiful valley in the heart of Lancashire, the site encompasses rolling hills, stone circles, fire pits, a network of secret underground tunnels accessed through telephone boxes, a working men's club, 10 foot high wicker foxes, giant lizards made from hollowed out old fighter planes and dozens of stages and soundsystems - some where you least expect them.
At the heart of the site lies a copse known as the Toil Trees, inside which all manner of surprises and curiosities await. Winding through the trees is a built-to-scale, fully functioning Victorian Street housing a sweetshop, a record shop, an Irish pub, the Hotel California saloon bar and a solid wood parish church complete with pews and altar, whose regular services are less about prayer and repentance and more about good times, disco and debauchery.
Venture deeper into the woods, past the vintage car converted into a DJ booth where anyone is welcome to come and spin vinyl, and the trees open up into a magical woodland clearing in which an impressive tulip lipped stage sits, and where DJs play day and night.
A fantastic weekend with something for everyone!
Please visit www.beatherder.co.uk for more information.
Beat-Herder Stage
- Basement Jaxx
- Leftfield
- Levellers
- Martha Reeves
- Nightmares On Wax
- Parov Stelar Band
- Crazy P
- Dreadzone
- Dub Pistols
- K-Klass
- Freestylers
- The Lancashire Hotpots
- The Mouse Outfit
- 47SOUL
- Afriquoi
- By The Rivers
- Cable Street Collective
- Grinny Grandad
- Jeramiah Ferrari
- K.O.G & The Zongo Brigade
- Lumberjack Cowboy Heartbreak Trucking Co.
- Mr Benn
Toil Trees
- Erol Alkan
- Shiba San
- 8:58
- Andrew Weatherall
- Catz N Dogz
- Daniel Avery
- Krysko
- Greg Lord
- Mr Scruff
- Paul Woolford
- PBR Streetgang
- Ralph Lawson
- Tim Sheridan
- Vanilla Ace
- Where's North?
- Father Funk
- Fusion Brothers
- James Holyroyd
- Lukey P
- Madame Electrifie
- Magic Island DJs
- Mat Playford
- Miss MCQ
- Mr H's
- Pocket Size Dave
- Russ Cuban
- Shaka Loves You
- The Farmer
- The Snug Allstars
Maison D'Etre
The Fortress
The Ring
- MistaJam
- Bombstrikes Soundsystem
- Brookes Brothers
- Dutty Moonshine
- Feature Cast
- Loo & Placido
- Mele
- Slick Don
- Sugabeat Residents
- Tantrum Desire
- Utah Saints
- Zion Train
Trailer Trash
- Greg Wilson
- Maurice Fulton
- Trevino
The Beat-Herder & District Working Men's Social Club
Smoky Tentacles Shisha Lounge
Jagerhaus
The Perfumed Garden
Bushrocker Hifi
- Jah Youth Roots Ambassador
- Neil Perch
- MC Jonno aka Dub Dadda
Comedy In The Maison
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