Preview: Beacons Festival

Beacons Festival change their venue but keep the cutting edge line-up it boasts. This year sees Ark Preston dot com favourites Ghostpoet and MAZES playing in the Yorkshire dales along with Junior Boys, Roots Manuva, Errors, Factory Floor, Peaking Lights and much more (rest of line-up below).

The new setting will be the picturesque setting of the Funkirk Estate in Skipton from 17^th August to the 19^th August, which if you’re in Preston, you can reach via bus. A further 40+ acts will be announced in mid-March, including Saturday’s headline.

Beacons is a three-day, four-night festival and for a short period, tickets are available at just £60 for the weekend, including camping (£55 for students). A limited number of early bird weekend tickets are available now.

Tickets can be purchased via the Beacon’s temporary website.

Last years festival was sadly cancelled due to flooding on the site and the organisers have had this to say: “Last year, due to extreme flooding, Health and Safety Executives made the decision to cancel Beacons Festival. We were devastated to have to cancel your party but were left with no choice. This year, we have moved the site away from any potential flood areas, still in the fantastic setting of Carleton.  The new location is even more picturesque than the previous site and we feel it can only enhance people’s experience of what will be a truly amazing festival.”

Line-up so far:

ROOTS MANUVA / JUNIOR BOYS / GHOSTPOET / ERRORS / FACTORY FLOOR / PEARSON SOUND / CASS MCCOMBS / WILLY MASON / D/R/U/G/S / PEAKING LIGHTS / XXXY / STAR SLINGER / SUBMOTION ORCHESTRA / BOK BOK / 2:54 / JAM CITY / KING KRULE / MAZES / STILL CORNERS / STAY+ / GROSS MAGIC / BOS ANGELES /GRASS HOUSE