Bloc Festival

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]

Bloc Festival
Genre	Electronic dance music, electro, hip hop, IDM, techno, house music, reggae, drum and bass and dubstep
Location(s)	England
Years active	2006-2016
Website	Bloc website

History

Year	Location	Capacity	Notable artists	Notes
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]

See also

• List of electronic music festivals