Underage Festival

infobox music festival
music_festival_name = Underage Festival


caption = The Domino 15th Anniversary Stage at Underage Festival 2008
location = Victoria Park, London
years_active = 2
founders = Sam Kilcoyne
Eat Your Own Ears
dates = Early August (8th/10th)
genre = Various, primarily Rock, Pop, Indie
website = [http://www.underagefestivals.com/ Official Website]

The Underage Festival is a music festival which takes place in Victoria Park, London. It is open to 14-18 year olds, and only those within this age limit are allowed entry to the festival. In the two years since its creation, the festival has taken place at the beginning of August each year. There are five main stages, the Converse Century Main Stage, the NME Stage, the Topman New Music Stage, the Domino Stage (aptly named the "Domino 15th Anniversary Stage" for the label's 15th anniversary of creation in 2008), and the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage. As well as this, some of the smaller features included the Habbo Dj Tent, the CM Tower Hamlets Music Space Stage, and the Artrocker Signing Tent. 2008's event also included a MySpace bus, where secret sets and interviews with bands took place.

The festival evolved out of a series of club nights held in the Elephant and Castle area of South London, hosted and organised by Sam Kilcoyne, the teenage son of Barry 7 from Add N to (X) after Kilcoyne was refused admission to a Buzcocks gig due to his age (he was fourteen years old at the time). These grew popular with preteens and teenagers, even receiving press coverage in broadsheet national newspapers (The Manchester Guardian, to name one) and the BBC's arts programmes who reported this as a "youthquake".

2008 Festival

The 2008 festival took place on August 8th, 2008. The event was a success, with around 10,000 fans attending. Many queued for hours prior to the gates opening to gain entry.cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/gallows/38787|title=Foals, Gallows, Glasvegas play Underage festival|publisher=NME.com|accessdate=2008-08-05] Headliners included Gallows, Dizzee Rascal, Foals, and The Dykeenies.

*Also featured was the Artrocker Signing Tent, which allowed fans to have merchandise signed by bands such as The Maccabees, Foals and Bombay Bicycle Club.
*The MySpace bus featured an acoustic set by Bombay Bicycle Club, as well as an interview with Dizzee Rascal for website [http://www.need2know.co.uk need2know] .citeweb|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV3OTAhRaEs|title=need2know interviews Dizzee Rascal at the Underage Festival 2008|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=2008-08-05]

2007 Festival

The 2007 festival took place on August 10, 2007.

*Blood Red Shoes
*Tiny Masters of Today
*Patrick Wolf
*Kid Harpoon
*Cajun Dance Party
*The Young Knives
*Boy Kill Boy
*Crystal Castles
* Errorplains
*Erol Alkan
*Fear of Flying
*GoodBooks
*Foals
*I Was a Cub Scout
*Jack Penate
*Johnny Flynn
* Kitty, Daisy and Lewis
*Pull Tiger Tail
*The Teenagers
*Tiny Dancers
*The Rumble Strips
*The Metros
*The Displacements
*The Pigeon Detectives
*Late of the Pier
*Lethal Bizzle
*Matt & Kim
*Mumm-Ra
*Mystery Jets
*Laura Marling
*Vincent Vincent and the Villains

Competitions

Artrocker, a magazine which sponsors the festival, together with Converse held a competition for five readers aged 14-18 to attend the festival to report for them and feature in their magazine. The winners were announced on July 30, 2007 as follows:

* Ollie Savage - videographer
* Jeremy Cave - photographer
* Louise Lazell - photographer
* Nathan Lyttle - journalist
* Hannah Platt - journalistcite web|url=http://artrocker.com/node/552|title=Artrocker & Converse Under 18 Media Team Winners!|publisher=Artrocker Magazine|accessdate=2008-08-05]

The competition was held again for the 2008 festival, ending on July 31, 2008. Five winners were announced on August 1, 2008 again as follows:

* Kayleigh Jones - photographer
* Nick Burman - journalist
* Henry Graham - journalist
* Madeleine Maria Grossi - journalist
* Marlowe Tatiana Granados - journalist

References

External Links

* [http://www.underagefestivals.com Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/underage_club Underage Club] at MySpace