| Bloc Festival | |
| Location: | England |
| Years Active: | 2006-2016 |
| Genre: | Electronic dance music, electro, hip hop, IDM, techno, house music, reggae, drum and bass and dubstep |
| Website: | Bloc website |
Bloc Festival was an electronic music festival in England which began in 2006.[1] It was devoted to electronic music of all genres including electro, hip hop, IDM, techno, house music, reggae, drum and bass and dubstep, and incorporated both DJ sets and live shows.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Following a return of the festival in 2015, it was announced that the 2016 edition of the festival would be the last.[7]
| 2007 | Pontin's Holiday Camp, Hemsby | 2200[8] | Autechre, Kool Keith, Basic Channel, Digital Mystikz, Robert Hood[9] | ||
| 2008 | Pontin's Holiday Camp, Hemsby | 2200[10] | Karl Bartos, Amon Tobin, Juan Atkins, Phuture & Skream[11] | ||
| 2009 | Butlin's Holiday Resort, Minehead | 6400[12] | Aphex Twin, Lee Scratch Perry, Afrika Bambaataa, Carl Craig, Modeselektor, Jamie Lidell, The Future Sound of London, Egyptian Lover[13] | ||
| 2010 | Butlin's Holiday Resort, Minehead | 6400[14] | Autechre, Salt n Pepa, Boy Better Know, Flying Lotus, Grandmaster Flash, Mixmaster Mike, Roots Manuva Derrick May, Adam Beyer[15] | ||
| 2011 | Butlin's Holiday Resort, Minehead | 6400[16] | Aphex Twin, Moderat, Apparat, Four Tet, Jamie xx, Laurent Garnier, LFO, A Guy Called Gerald[17] | ||
| 2012 | London Pleasure Gardens, London | 30000[18] | Snoop Dogg, Orbital, Richie Hawtin, Nicolas Jaar, Jeff Mills, Ricardo Villalobos, Gary Numan, Flying Lotus, MF Doom, Battles | On Friday 6 July 2012, organisers took the decision to cancel and evacuate the festival during its first night due to 'crowd safety concerns'.[19] | |
| 2013 | – | – | – | Festival was not conducted. | |
| 2014 | – | – | – | Festival was not conducted. | |
| 2015 | Butlin's Holiday Resort, Minehead | 6400 | Jon Hopkins, Ben Klock, Jackmaster, ESG & DJ Pierre, Jeff Mills, Marcel Dettmann, Moodymann[20] | ||
| 2016 | Butlin's Holiday Resort, Minehead | 7000[21] | Thom Yorke, Andrew Weatherall, Four Tet, Jeff Mills, Omar-S, Holly Herndon Goldie, Steve Davis[22] |