FestivalPlanet just got some rather exciting and amazing festival news emanating from Croatia. The Garden Festival is, for the first time, taking place this summer across two weekends and is now part of a “festival season” not seen elsewhere in the world before.

The Garden Festival weekender has already evolved into one of the most respected and revered events of its kind, with a ethos fashioned around a strictly intimate and family orientated vibe, a pace as fast or as slow as you want it and a diverse roster of music from noon until sunrise.

But that’s not all. What started in 2008 as a test run is now developed into a full blown festival season programme: The Garden Petrcane is launching with a double weekend whammy from the home-grown and original Garden Festival across the first two weekends in July, followed by a series of events throughout the summer hosted by some of the best collectives, ensembles and clubs nights in the northern hemisphere. It is what the guys in Croatia have long been planning and now everything comes fully into spectacular fruition and it appears there is nothing else quite like the concept of a festival season!

One of the key components has been for each weekend to be musically diverse, offering a wide spectrum of choice for those who might want to take in dub, jazz, soul or electronica, but all of them hosted on The Garden Petrcane’s stunning site.

With plentiful flight options from around the UK, Croatia and The Garden Petrcane are easily accessible throughout the summer – more info can be found on the websites. There are also countless accommodation options available, fine eateries and bars to indulge in, and so much to see and do in what is a truly stunning location along the Croatian coast, with many adventures waiting to be found in national parks, secluded islands and bustling historical cities. And all of this on top of a choice of fantastic weekend festivals/

For more information, please go to:
www.thegardenfestival.eu or www.watchthegardengrow.eu

Here are the full list of festivals taking part:

The Garden Festival
Presented By – The Garden Petrcane
Date of Weekends – 3^rd – 5^th and 10^th – 12^th July
Expected Attendance – 2000 each weekend
Ticket Price – £70 one weekend / £120 both weekends
Live acts and DJs include Gilles Peterson, Norman Jay, Greg Wilson, Jazzanova (DJ Set), Todd Terje, Lindstrom, AME, Dixon, Phil Asher, The Haggis Horns, Overproof Sound System, Stuart Patterson, Terry Farley, Crazy P, Jason Priestley and Gilles Smith, No Fakin’, The Sunburst Band, Ben Terry, Matty J, Dom Chung, Emma and many, many more!
www.thegardenfestival.eu

Soundwave Festival, Croatia
Presented By – New Bohemia & Soundcrash Productions
Date of Weekend – 17-19th July
Expected Attendance – 1500 – 2000
Ticket Price – £60
Confirmed Line-up – DJ Yoda, Bonobo, Red Snapper, The Bays, Alice Russell, Hexstatic, DJ Format, Trojan Sound System and lots more.
www.soundwavecroatia.com

Airbound
Presented By – Bodytonicmusic.com and Nightflight
Date of Weekend – 31st July – 2nd August
Expected Attendance – 500
Ticket Price – €59 euro
Confirmed Line-up – Marcell Dettman, Ben Klock, Beardyman, Danny Wang, Nathan Fake (Live), Alexander Robotnik, Chymera, Jape (Live), Kormac, RSAG, Dancepig, Slo Motion, Magnificent Dance, Polaroid and loads more www.airbound.net

Like Minded Festival
Date of Weekend – Thursday 13th – Sunday 16th August 2009
Expected attendance 350 – 425 Ticket Price – £50.00
Line Up:

Hector, Toby Tobias, Phil Mison, Pete Herbert, Tristan Da Cunha, Simon Baker, Adam Shelton, PBR Streetgang, Lee Fisher, Jock Lee, Paul Kaminski, Matt Mckillop, Subb-an, Despo, Buckley, Race Riot DJ’s Chicks Dig Jerks DJ’s, Bobby Beige, Hasslebaink, Phil Gifford & Ming, Adam Adam, Dean Smith, Jit, Frenchy, Ricardo, Scott Bleepz & Jonny Costello, Sicko Disco, Protocol:Tom Craven & Adam Proctor, Dan Wild, Slobodan, Bootsy, Dan Ward, Andy Whittaker, Cristian Maiden
www.likemindedfestival.co.uk

The Electric Elephant
Presented By – Electric Chair
Date of Weekend – 28-30th August
Expected Attendance – 1500 – 2000
Ticket Price – £69.99
Confirmed Line-up – TBC (2008 Line-up included – Idjut Boys, Adem, The Unabombers, King Creosote, Benga, Zed Bias, Trus’Me,
www.electricelephant.co.uk

Disco3000 Festival, Croatia
Presented By – Trus’Me LTD Date of Weekend – 4-6th Sep 2009
Expected Attendance – 1000 – 1500 Ticket Price – €60
Confirmed Line-up – in collaboration with Prime Numbers, Versatile, DFA, Development, Reincarnation, Smallville, Aesthetic Audio, Sistrum, Wah Wah 45, Compost, Fat City Records, Dekmantel, Innerzone, Ultragroove, Solu’shn, Onda Sonora, Deep House Mafia, Black Athena, Deep Explorer with more TBC www.disco3k.com

Exodus Festival, Croatia
Presented By – Subdub, New Bohemia & Vagabondz
Date of Weekend – 11-13th September
Expected Attendance – 1500
Ticket Price – £75

Confirmed Line-up – Iration Steppas (full live show), Mungo’s Hifi, Digital Mystikz, N-type, Hatcha, Pinch, RSD, Quest & Silkie, more tbc

www.exoduscroatia.com

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