BEINTHEKNOW: INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL GUIDE 2018

Melt Festival | 13 – 15 July 2018

Friday 13 July-15th
Get lost with The xx, Florence + The Machine, Fever Ray, Tyler the Creator, Nina Kraviz, Mura Masa, Odesza, Jon Hopkins and many more at Melt 2018.  Melt! Festival is one of the biggest open-air electronic music festivals in Germany. The festival takes place in Ferropolis open-air museum, near Gräfenhainichen. It has been organized since 1997.

⭐⭐⭐Made Festival

July 28, Birmingham, UK

July welcomes you Made festival! This year a new site at Perry Park in Birmingham, with bigger production and a massive line up including, Dizzee Rascal, DJ EZ, Andy C, Kurupt FM, Preditah, Camelphat, Culture Shock, Holy Goof, Chris Lorenzo, High Contrast, Detlef B2B Latmun and loads more.

Stages come from Ram Records, 02:31 and Portal alongside the main stage action, as well as the best of Birmingham’s creative culture, graffiti art, performance art and street foodWe cannot wait—> for tickets go to:

Made-festival.co.uk

 

Air Festival 2018 | 30 + 31. March + 1. April 2018

 30 march -1st April/ Bali, Indonesia

‘A festival set in paradise creating unforgettable memories with world class DJs and performers’

Now in its fourth year, The Air Festival has established itself as one of the foremost gatherings of visionaries, musicians, artists and dancers in the region. Its two stages merge underground dance music culture with ceremony and sacredness, creating an unforgettable three-day experience in which friendships are forged, hearts are opened and life is affirmed. Musically, many tasteful bases are covered including every shade of house from deep to afro, plus techno and plenty in between.

Acts: Fred P, Rampa, Boris Werner, Ata, Art Alfie, Mimi Love, Bas Ibellini, KMLN, Peak & Swift, Jonathan Kusuma, Esther Silex, Dave Dinger, Walker Barnard plus more.

Sziget Festival 2018

Dates8 Aug 2018 – 15 Aug 2018
Sziget Festival is a massive music and cultural festival taking place in Budapest. Sziget will celebrate her 26th anniversary this summer from 8 to 14 August 2018  and is not one to be missed! the lineup so far:
Kendrick Lemar, Artic Monkeys, Gorillaz, Shawn Mendez and more!!
Sziget can today reveal that Lana Del Rey will be bringing some glamorously melancholic pop to the 26th edition of Sziget. She’ll be joining the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Dua Lipa, Gorillaz, Mumford & Sons, and Kygo who are all headlining this unforgettable festival. Hosting some of the world’s biggest stars, Sziget has 50 stages, bringing together over 450,000 people and is tipped as the continent’s Glastonbury equivalent. Having won ‘Line-up of the Year’ in 2017, Sziget is back 8-15 August. Day tickets start at €70 with three, five and seven-day tickets also available. For more information and tickets, visit szigetfestival.com.

Reading & Leeds Festival

Leeds Festival | 24 — 26 August Bramham Park

https://www.leedsfestival.com/

Leeds Festival is the number one UK music festival taking place over August Bank Kings of Leon, Panic! at the Disco and Fall Out Boy are your 2018 headliners.

The full line-up for Reading & Leeds 2018 so far is:

Main Stage: Fall Out Boy / Travis Scott / The Kooks / The Wombats / Post Malone / Kendrick Lamar / Panic! At The Disco / Dua Lipa / Sum 41 / Mike Shinoda / Skindred / Proteje / Trash Boat / Kings Of Leon / The Courteeners / The Vaccines / J Hus / Krept x Konan / Shame / Billy Talent / The Joy Formidable / Dinosaur Pile-Up

Reading & Leeds Festival takes place from 24-26 August at Richfield Avenue in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds. For tickets and more information, visit here.

Free Your Mind Festival 2018

June 2/Arnhem, Holland

“Landmark episode of Free your Mind to launch June 2nd marking its 15th anniversary”

Free Your Mind festival is one of the first and most established dance festivals in The Netherlands. Next year on June 2nd we come together to create a magical experience celebrating its 15th year anniversary!

This next edition will feature an extra quality DJ line-up. The Festival has been famous for the best in underground/techno/house, making it one of the most renowned festivals in The Netherlands. We invite everyone to check it out and enjoy this new edition and our “15th year anniversary” of Free Your Mind Festival. Celebrate Freedom. We hope to see you all in Arnhem on the first weekend of June 2018.

LAST YEAR’S LINEUP: Sven Vath, Jamie Jones, Seth Troxler, Joris Voorn, Hot Since 82, Marco Carola, Paul Kalkbrenner, Speedy J

 

Balaton Sound | The Beach Festival – July 2018

4 Jul 2018 – 8 Jul 2018

We are super pumped for this, one of the biggest open air electronic music festivals in the world, EDM, house and techno festival on Lake Balaton, Hungary. You cant ask for much more! with an EPIC lineup to match we cannot wait. 5 days of unforgettable experience

Artists: The Chainsmokers, David Guetta, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Martin Garrix, DJ Snake + more

Web & tickets: #BALATONSOUND  https://en.balatonsound.com/

Airbeat One 2018 – Dance Festival | 11.-15.07.2018

July 11 – 15/ Germany

“EDM extravaganza announces initial lineup of its 17th soiree”

Airbeat-One Festival is back big and better than ever in 2018. 45, 000 people from 45 countries are all set to descend upon the airfield outside Neustadt-Glewe from 11th – 15th July, when over 150 acts will play five stages at the 17th edition of the festival. These include the likes of superstars Steve Aoki, Tiesto, Hardwell, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Armin van Buuren and many more including at least seven DJs from the top ten of the celebrated DJ Mag Top 100 poll.

Acts: Steve Aoki, Tiesto, Hardwell, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Armin van Buuren plus more.

 

51st State Festival

 August 4th/ London, UK 

51st State Festival celebrates the roots of House music pulling together the threads of this hugely influential sound, exploring classic house, garage, disco, soul, dub, dancehall and more. Led by pioneers from Chicago, New York and beyond, the 51st State Festival programme is truly transatlantic, joining the dots between the US, the UK and the Caribbean.

2018 Lineup: Masters at Work, Body & Soul, Soul Clap, Dimitri From Paris, Derrick May, Derrick Carter, Todd Terry, Todd Edwards, Trevor Nelson, Mr Vegas, Norman Jay & many more

Web & Tickets: Buy 51st State Festival 2018 tickets

 

Nova Batida Festival 2018- Brand New

September 14 – 16/ Lisbon, Portugal

“Nova Batida is a brand new city festival for Europe blending together the freshest music, art, culture and lifestyle from all corners of the world in one of the most exciting creative hubs”

Nova Batida is a brand new festival for Lisbon and Europe blending together the freshest music, art, culture and lifestyle from all corners of the world. We at Soundcrash, promoters of some of the finest London events plus creators of Soundwave, Paradise Island and Funk & Soul Weekender festivals have gone out to create something really unique and special.

Set in possibly the most exciting city in Europe right now Nova Batida encompasses all that this great and beautiful city has to offer as well being 15 mins from some of the best surf beaches in the world!

Acts: Mount Kimbie, Gilles Peterson, Maribou State, Mndsgn, George Fitzgerald, Max Cooper, Owiny Sigoma Sound System and more TBA in February.

 

Mint Festival 

September 22/ Leeds

One of the nation’s best-loved dance music events, Mint Festival, has announced details of the next event, which will return on Saturday 22nd September 2018.

With arenas from system, Knee Deep in Sound, Bitch and others, this year the Mint Festival line up boasted Loco Dice, Seth Troxler, Eats Everything and Hannah Wants, with every year collaring together a brilliant ensemble of the leading names in house, techno, bass music and much more.

Mint Festival tickets are now on sale via the box below, with earlybird prices offering them for a mouth-watering £30.

Line up – Previous guests include Ricardo Villalobos, Craig Richards, Loco Dice, Skream, Jamie Jones, Steve Lawler

 


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