Creamfields Explained

Creamfields
Location:Main location UK:
Winchester, Hampshire
(1998)
Liverpool, Merseyside
(1999–2005)
Daresbury, Cheshire
(2006–present)
For spin offs see here
Years Active:1998–present
Founders:Cream
Dates:North: August Bank Holiday Weekend
South: Late May Bank Holiday Weekend
Genre:Electronic dance music
Capacity:70,000[1]
Attendance:280,000[2]
Website:Official website

Creamfields is an electronic dance music festival series founded and organised by British club promoter Cream, with its UK edition taking place on August Bank Holiday weekend, with a number of international editions held across various territories worldwide.

First held in 1998 in Winchester,[3] the festival moved to Cream's home city of Liverpool the following year, taking place on the old Liverpool airport, before moving to its current location on the Daresbury estate in Cheshire.[4] The festival, having initially begun as a one-day event with 25,000 people in attendance, is now a four-day event with camping options hosting 70,000 per day.[5] The festival is the UK's most prestigious electronic dance music festival.[6]

In 2022, Creamfields celebrated its 25th anniversary by launching a second UK-based festival – Creamfields South. Creamfields South took place at Hylands Park, Chelmsford across the Platinum Jubilee weekend in June and is scheduled to return in 2023,[7] with the original Daresbury festival being renamed Creamfields North.[8]

History

Creamfields initially began in 1998 as a one-day annual event run by the Liverpool night club Cream.[9] This first edition was held in Winchester, Hampshire and attracted 25,000 people. The following year Creamfields moved to Liverpool, Merseyside, with the festival being on the old Liverpool Airfield. The move put the festival closer to its parent night club and the new site was able to hold 50,000 people for the festival. In 2002, Cream was demolished, however the brand continued to run the festival. 2006 saw the festival move outside the city to its current location in Daresbury, Cheshire.[10] The 10th anniversary of the festival saw it expanded to a two-day event with 50,000 people attending across the weekend. The festival saw its site expand over the next few years after its first sell out in 2009 of 60,000 across in weekend. In 2010, the site was expanded for extra tickets sales and growing demand for campers. In addition to this, the festival sold out 80,000 tickets and again in 2011 with 100,000.

In 2012 the festival ownership changed hands as Cream was bought out by Live Nation who are the current organisers of the event.[11] [12] The festival was also set to expand to a three-day event, however, on the final day the festival was abandoned due to heavy rain. The following year a £500,000 investment into the site was made to protect it against bad weather. The three-day event allowed an attendance of 150,000. 2014 saw the edition of a second primary stage, the North and South Stage; and in 2015, the festival was live streamed for the first time seeing 500,000 online attendees. 2016 saw the introduction of the Steel Yard stage which spawned a spinoff mini-festival with events held in Liverpool and London, it also saw the festival become a four-day event with site expansion in 2017 allowing for a maximum attendance of 280,000. In 2019, a £2,000,000 investment was made to improve security and safety as well as reducing environmental impact.[13] The festival itself saw Creamfields host Swedish House Mafia in their Save the World Reunion Tour. The show was the supergroup's first UK show since 2012 and saw the group as the sole occupiers of the festival's iconic Arc Stage on the day of the event.[14]

The 2020 edition of the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a virtual festival taking its place.[15] Following Boris Johnson's announcement on the 22 February regarding the road out of the UK's COVID-19 lockdown, Creamfields announced the 2021 edition would go ahead. Tickets for the event sold out in record time.[16]

2022 saw the introduction of a second UK-based festival - Creamfields South was held at Hylands Park in Chelmsford, hosting headline acts such as David Guetta and Calvin Harris. Organisers added they expect the festival to continue and become 'a solid and regular fixture on the UK festival circuit', with Creamfields South confirmed to be returning for 2023.[7]

Edition's summary

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Artists shown in the table below were headliners for the event. For full line-ups see List of Creamfields line-ups.

YearVenueDatesAttendance[17] HeadlinersRef.
1998Winchester, Hampshire2 May25,000Sasha, Paul van Dyk, Daft Punk, Tony De Vit.
1999Liverpool, Merseyside28 August50,000Pet Shop Boys, Basement Jaxx.[18]
200026 August50,000Judge Jules, Groove Armada, Basement Jaxx, Moloko, Laurent Garnier.[19]
200125 August50,000[20]
200224 August50,000Faithless, Underworld, Kosheen.[21]
200323 August50,000Paul Oakenfold, Erick Morillo, Harry Romero, Audio Bullys.[22]
200428 August50,000The Chemical Brothers, Goldfrapp, Mylo, Scratch Perverts.[23]
200527 August50,000Basement Jaxx, Faithless, Caged Baby.[24]
2006Daresbury, Cheshire26 August50,000The Prodigy, Gnarls Barkley, Goldfrapp, The Zutons.[25]
200725 August50,000The Chemical Brothers, Groove Armada, Kelis, Mark Ronson, Carl Cox.[26]
200823 and 24 August50,000Fatboy Slim, Ian Brown, Gossip, Paul van Dyk, Kasabian, Tiësto, Paul Oakenfold, David Guetta.[27]
200929 and 30 August60,000Tiësto, Mylo, Basement Jaxx, Paul van Dyk, Dizzee Rascal.[28]
201028 and 29 August80,000David Guetta, deadmau5, Leftfield, Tiësto, Calvin Harris, Paul van Dyk, Swedish House Mafia.[29]
201127 and 28 August100,000The Chemical Brothers, Tiësto, Paul van Dyk, David Guetta, Swedish House Mafia[30]
201224, 25, and 26 August100,000Avicii, David Guetta, Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello, Skrillex, deadmau5, Tiësto, Calvin Harris, Axwell.[31]
201323, 24, and 25 August150,000The Prodigy, Avicii, Tiësto, David Guetta, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, Above & Beyond, Paul van Dyk.[32]
201422, 23, and 24 August150,000Aly & Fila, Armin van Buuren, Avicii, deadmau5, Steve Aoki, Calvin Harris, Hardwell, Paul van Dyk, Tiësto.[33]
201528, 29, and 30 August150,000[34] Armin van Buuren, Hardwell, Jamie Jones, Martin Garrix, The Chemical Brothers, Avicii, Knife Party, Alesso.[35]
201625, 26, 27, and 28 August200,000Armin van Buuren, Chase & Status, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Axwell Λ Ingrosso, Avicii, Martin Garrix, Calvin Harris.[36]
201724, 25, 26, and 27 August280,000deadmau5, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Armin van Buuren, Axwell Λ Ingrosso, Eric Prydz, Tiësto, Martin Garrix, Hardwell[37]
201823, 24, 25, and 26 August280,000Carl Cox, Armin van Buuren, The Chainsmokers, Axwell Λ Ingrosso, Giggs, Tiësto, Hardwell, Eric Prydz, Fatboy Slim, Adam Beyer.[38]
201922, 23, 24, and 25 August280,000[39] deadmau5, Martin Garrix, Carl Cox, Calvin Harris, The Chemical Brothers, Swedish House Mafia.[40]
2020
202126, 27, 28, and 29 AugustDavid Guetta, Carl Cox, Eric Prydz, Martin Garrix, Adam Beyer, Tiësto, Laidback Luke[41]
202225, 26, 27 and 28 August TBACalvin Harris, David Guetta, Martin Garrix, Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Camelphat, Carl Cox, Nina Kraviz, Belters Only, Above and Beyond, Scooter, Charlotte de Witte[42]

Album

See main article: Creamfields (2004 album). On 9 August 2004, British DJ Paul Oakenfold released his fifteenth DJ Mix album entitled Creamfields. The album was released in advance of the sixth edition of the festival in 2004 of which Oakenfold was due to perform. The album itself is third in a series of remix album with the other two being made by other DJs. In 2019, Oakenfold released a further DJ mix album to celebrate the festival's twentieth anniversary.[43]

Creamfields: Steel Yard

The 2016 edition of Creamfields saw the debut of the Steel Yard stage at the main event in Daresbury, Cheshire. The stage is a 15,000 capacity super structure designed and built by Acorn Events.[44] Steel Yard Liverpool made its debut in 2016 at the city's Clarence Graving Dock, and now occurs annually in late November or early December.[45] Steel Yard London initially took place in late October at Victoria Park, London in 2017,[46] before moving to Finsbury Park for 2018 and 2019 respectively, with a new date on the late-May bank holiday weekend.[47] In 2018, Steel Yard Liverpool partnered with Tomorrowland and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike to bring "Garden of Madness" to the UK for a special one-off event.[48]

Creamfields International

In addition to the two main UK events, Creamfields also operates a number of international spin offs including:[49]

Awards and nominations

DJ Awards

See also: DJ Awards.

DJ Magazines top 50 Festivals

See also: DJ Mag.

International Dance Music Awards

See also: International Dance Music Awards.

YearCategoryWorkResult
2011Best Music EventCreamfields – Liverpool, UK[54]
2016[55]

UK Festival Awards

See also: UK Festival Awards.

YearCategoryWorkResult
2004Best Dance FestivalCreamfields UK
2005Best Dance Festival
2008Best Major Festival
Best Dance Festival
2009Best Dance Festival
2010Best Dance Festival
2011Best Dance Festival
2013Best Dance Festival[56]
2014Best Dance Festival[57]
2015Best Major Festival[58]
Best Dance Festival
2016Best Major Festival[59]
[60] [61]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Top 10 largest music festivals in the UK. 16 June 2017.
  2. Web site: WE GO BEHIND THE SCENES AT CREAMFIELDS – PART 1. 22 March 2017. Flowmusic.one. 9 January 2021.
  3. News: Flashback: os Flyers usados na divulgação das festas nos anos 90 – Eletro Vibez. 2018-06-28. Eletro Vibez. 2018-10-31. pt-BR.
  4. Web site: Travel to Creamfields.
  5. Web site: Creamfields 2021 | Festival Line up & Info . Ticketmaster.co.uk.
  6. Web site: Top 10: Electronic Music Festivals in the UK 2020 – Festicket Magazine.
  7. Web site: Woolston . Hope . 2022-06-07 . Creamfields South will return to Chelmsford next year . 2022-06-09 . EssexLive . en.
  8. Web site: Rice . Elle May . 2022-02-17 . Calvin Harris joins Creamfields 2022 line up for 25th anniversary . 2022-03-06 . Liverpool Echo . en.
  9. Web site: A history of Creamfields festival. 22 August 2015.
  10. Web site: Creamfields quits Speke airport site . 22 February 2006 .
  11. Live Nation Buys EDM Entertainment Company Cream Holdings LTD, Owner of Creamfields Festivals. . 9 May 2012.
  12. Web site: Creamfields invests £2m in festival site. 25 September 2019.
  13. Web site: Creamfields will invest £2 million into site improvements. 24 September 2019.
  14. Web site: Watch Swedish House Mafia at Creamfields UK 2019 [Full set]]. 26 August 2019. thegroovecartel.com.
  15. Web site: Creamfields Announces August Virtual Event Featuring Never-Before-Seen Performances. 3 August 2020. Billboard.com. 9 January 2021.
  16. Web site: Creamfields sells out and set to go ahead in Daresbury in August to be 'party of summer'. Warrington Guardian.
  17. Web site: Creamfields History. Skiddle.com.
  18. Web site: A Brief History of the Creamfields Festival. 25 February 2018. Tvovermind.com.
  19. Web site: Creamfields UK 2000 . eFestivals.co.uk.
  20. Web site: Creamfields UK 2001 . eFestivals.co.uk.
  21. Web site: Creamfields 2002 . eFestivals.co.uk.
  22. Web site: Creamfields 2003 . eFestivals.co.uk.
  23. Web site: More Added to Creamfields uk 2004 Line-up. Skiddle.com.
  24. Web site: Creamfields 2005 Announced!. Skiddle.com.
  25. Web site: Creamfields 2006 Announced. Skiddle.com.
  26. Web site: Creamfields 2007: Lineup and Tickets. Skiddle.com.
  27. Web site: Creamfields 08' Celebrates 10th Anniversary. Skiddle.com.
  28. Web site: Basement Jaxx + Tiesto Headline Creamfields 2009. Skiddle.com.
  29. Web site: Creamfields 2010 Lineup Released!. Skiddle.com.
  30. Web site: Creamfields 2011 Line-Up Announced. Skiddle.com.
  31. Web site: Creamfields 2012 now on sale with Skiddle!. Skiddle.com.
  32. Web site: Creamfields 2013 lineup announced. Skiddle.com.
  33. Web site: Creamfields 2014. Festicket.com.
  34. Web site: From Nation to Daresbury: A history of Creamfields festival. Kirsty McHale. 26 February 2015. Liverpool Echo. 9 January 2021.
  35. Web site: Creamfields 2015. Festicket.com.
  36. Web site: Creamfields 2016. Festicket.com.
  37. Web site: Creamfields 2017. Festicket.com.
  38. Web site: Creamfields 2018. Festicket.com.
  39. Web site: ERIC PRYDZ TO UNVEIL V O I D STAGE SHOW AT CREAMFIELDS 2019.
  40. Web site: Creamfields 2019. Festicket.com.
  41. Web site: Creamfields 2021. Festicket.com.
  42. Web site: The latest additions to Creamfields North 2022 line-up . 2022-06-09 . Knutsford Guardian . en.
  43. Paul Oakenfold's Mix for Creamfield's 20th Year: Listen | Billboard. Billboard. 18 December 2019.
  44. News: 50m Super Structure ⋆ Acorn Events. Acorn Events. 2018-10-31. en-GB.
  45. Web site: Creamfields Steel Yard comes to Central Docks. September 2016.
  46. Web site: Creamfields' Steel Yard to Make its London Debut - Festicket Magazine.
  47. News: Steel Yard London — Creamfields 2019. Creamfields 2019. 2018-10-31. en-GB.
  48. Web site: Tomorrowland & Creamfields Join Forces for Steel Yard Event This December . 1 May 2020 . 29 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180929233202/https://nextfest.co.uk/tomorrowland-creamfields-join-forces-steel-yard-event-december/amp/ . dead .
  49. Web site: Creamfields International widens its reach. 22 August 2017.
  50. Web site: Eventpop | Creamfields Thailand 2022 .
  51. Web site: 2014: 17th Edition (Love).
  52. Web site: DJ Mag's Top 50 festivals 2019. 16 May 2019.
  53. Web site: Festicket Awards 2016 Winners: Tomorrowland, Martin Garrix, Radiohead and More - Festicket Magazine.
  54. Web site: 31st Annual International Dance Music Awards - Winter Music Conference 2018 - WMC 2018 . 3 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180918012056/https://wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/index.php?wmcyear=2011#idmanominees . 18 September 2018 . dead .
  55. Web site: 31st Annual International Dance Music Awards - Winter Music Conference 2018 - WMC 2018 . 15 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180915192421/https://wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/index.php?wmcyear=2016#idmanominees . 15 September 2018 . dead .
  56. Web site: Creamfields gets nominated for four UK Festival Awards. Bbc.co.uk. 11 June 2013.
  57. Web site: Creamfields and Glastonbury win at UK Festival Awards. Bbc.co.uk. 12 January 2014.
  58. Web site: UK Festival Awards 2015 – The Shortlists. Festival. Insights. 30 October 2015.
  59. Web site: All the winners from the 2016 UK Festival Awards. Musicweek.com.
  60. Web site: Creamfields and Download amongst winners at UK Festival Awards 2016. Skiddle.com.
  61. Web site: Creamfields Home. Creamfields.com.

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