Il Field Day è un festival musicale organizzato ogni anno al Victoria Park di Londra, in Inghilterra. Fondato nel 2007 da Tom Baker e Marcus Weedon, l'evento promuove principalmente artisti indipendenti e appartenenti alla scena alternative rock.
Il primo festival si svolse l'11 agosto 2007, durante il quale si esibirono oltre cinquanta artisti attraverso quattro palchi, tra cui Florence and the Machine, Liars, Bat for Lashes, Foals, Justice, Erol Alkan, Battles.
L'edizione del 2008 vide la partecipazione di gruppi come Of Montreal, White Lies, The Notwist, Noah and the Whale, Crookers. Nel corso delle varie edizioni si sono esibiti artisti come Patti Smith, Pixies, Ride, Mogwai, The Horrors, Little Boots, Santigold, Mystery Jets, The Temper Trap, Phoenix, Caribou, Duologue, The xx.
Edizione 2007
Artisti/ band che si sono esibiti: 1990s, Absentee, Adem, Alberta Cross, Andrew Weatherall, Archie Bronson Outfit, Bat for Lashes, Battles, Caribou, Casper C, The Cock N Bull Kid, Crispin Dior, El Plate, Electrelane, Erol Alkan, Euros Childs, Fanfarlo, Filthy Dukes, Florence and the Machine, Foals, Four Tet, Fridge, GoodBooks, Gruff Rhys, Hannah Holland, James Yorkston, Jo Jo de Freq, Justice, Kid Harpoon, Late of the Pier, Laura Marling, Liars, Matt Walsh, Matthew Dear, Miss Odd Kidd, Mystery Jets, Nadia Ksaiba, Patchwork Pirates, The Pictish Trail, Pull Tiger Tail, Skull Juice, The Aliens, The Concretes, The Earlies, The Lovely Jonjo, Vetiver, Warboy, White Rabbits, Young Turks e Zombie Disco Squad.
Edizione 2008
Artisti, band, dj che si sono esibiti: Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve, El Guincho, Foals, Howling Bells, Huw Stephens (DJ set), Laura Marling, Les Savy Fav, Lightspeed Champion, Noah and the Whale, Of Montreal, The Field, Wild Beasts, Filthy Dukes, Magistrates, Simian Mobile Disco, The Emperor Machine, The Notwist, White Lies, Benga, Crispin Dior, Matt Helders (DJ set), Stopmakingme (DJ set), The Mae Shi, Alasdair Roberts, Efterklang, Emma Pollock, Fionn Regan, Jeffrey Lewis, King Creosote, One Little Plane, The Pictish Trail, Rob da Bank, Tunng, Brodinski, Crookers, Disco Bloodbath DJs, Hannah Holland e MC Chickaboo, James Holden, Matt Walsh, Modeselektor, Richie Hawtin, Casper C, Corman, Heartbreak, Ian Robinson, Jacob Husley, Matt and Olly, Mikki Most, Peter Pixzel, Primary 1, Rory Phillips, Skull Juice, The Lovely Jonjo.
Edizione 2009
Artisti, band, dj che si sono esibiti: Eat Your Own Ears DJs, Errors, Fanfarlo, Fennesz, Final Fantasy, Gaggle, Mogwai, Santigold, Skream, The Horrors, The Temper Trap, Allez Allez, Crispin Dior (DJ Set), Devil Made Me Do It, Four Tet, King Charles, Micachu and the Shapes, Mystery Jets, Plugs, S.C.U.M, Sian Alice Group, Stopmakingme (DJ Set), The Big Pink, Wild Beasts, First Aid Kit, James Yorkston, Jon Hopkins, Juana Molina, The Local DJs, Malcolm Middleton, Mumford & Sons, The Thing, Toumani Diabaté, Twisted Folk DJs, Wet Paint, Woodpigeon, Aeroplane DJs, Audion, Delphic, Erol Alkan, Fake Blood, JD Twitch (Optimo), Little Boots, Wild Geese DJs, Casper C, Dave I.D., Drums of Death, Greco-Roman Soundsystem, No Pain in Pop DJs, Rusko (DJ set), Skull Juice, The xx, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Work It.
Edizione 2010
Artisti, band, dj che si sono esibiti: Andrew Weatherall DJ, Anna Calvi, Bethan Elfyn * The Vinyl Vendettas, Caribou, Erland and the Carnival, Gilles Peterson, Holly Miranda, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Lightspeed Champion, Phoenix, Ramadanman, Steve Mason, The Fall, The Invisible DJ, Atlas Sound, Cate Le Bon, Chapel Club, Egyptian Hip Hop, Is Tropical, Last.FM DJ, No Age, Now Wave DJ, Our Girls DJ, The Kissaway Trail, These New Puritans, Carte Blanche (DJ Mehdi & Riton), Chilly Gonzales, Fake Blood, James Holden, Joker & MC Nomad, Memory Tapes, Moderat, Rory Phillips, Simian Mobile Disco DJ, Tensnake, The Golden Filter, Babeshadow, Club.The.Mammoth DJ, Dam Mantle, Don't Die Wondering DJ, Factory Floor,Hounds of Hate, Leather Boy DJ, MIM (Black Cab Sessions), No Pain in Pop DJ, Prizes, Sexbeat DJ, Sunday Girl, Toro Y Moi, Von Haze, Walls, Yuck, Bloggers Delight (Casper C, NikNikNik, Skull Juice), Dam Funk & Master Blazter, Deadly Rhythm DJ, FACT DJ, Feeding Time DJ, Gold Panda, Hudson Mohawke, Mount Kimbie, Night Slugs (L-Vis 1990 & Bok Bok), Off Modern DJ, Pantha Du Prince, Amiina, Archie Bronson Outfit, Beth Jeans Houghton, Double Denim DJ, Esben and the Witch, Flower Corsano Duo, Gruff Rhys vs Tony Da Gatorra, Max Tundra, Mouse on Mars, Runners, Shula Wigwam DJ, Silver Apples, Thisaintnodisco.
Edizione 2011
Artisti, band, dj che si sono esibiti: 2.54, About Group, Actress, Alitrec, Anika, Anna Calvi, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Baio (Vampire Weekend), Benga & Youngman, Bloggers Delight DJs, Born Ruffians, Carl Craig Presents 69, Casper C, Chad Valley, Chimes, Clock Opera, Cloud Control, CocknBullKid, Connan Mockasin, Creep, Darkstar, Dollop, Double Denim Records, Ducktails, Echo Lake, Eat Your Own Ears Djs, Electrelane, Erol Alkan, Factory Floor, Farnborough Concert Band of the Royal British Legion, Faust, Givers, Glasser, Greenwich Tea Party, Gruff Rhys, Huw Stephens, Hype Williams, James Blake, Jamie Woon, Jamie XX, Jen Long, John Cale, John McIvor, Jon Hopkins DJ Set, Junip, Justin Spear, Kieran Hebden B2B James Holden, Konono No.1, Leather Boy, Mark Kozelek, Martin Creed, Matthew Dear, Matt Walsh, Michael Mayer, Mount Kimbie, NikNikNik, No Pain In Pop, Omar Souleyman, Oneohtrix Point Never, Pearson Sound, Roska, SBTRKT, S.C.U.M., Skull Juice, Spectrals, Stanley Schtinter, Star Slinger, Still Corners, Sun Ra Arkestra, The Bookhouse Boys, The Coral, The History of Apple Pie, The Horrors, The Sea and Cake, Tribes, Trophy Wife, Twin Shadow, Veronica Falls, Villagers, Visions of Trees, Warpaint, Wild Beasts, Willy Mason, Zola Jesus.
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Categoria:Festival musicali britannici