Homelands (festival)
Homelands was a British music festival which consisted mainly of dance music, both live acts and famous DJs. The event was held at Cheesefoot Head near Winchester, Hampshire, and was one of the most popular British festivals of this genre. It was run by the Mean Fiddler. The organisers of Homelands were also behind the Home Nightclubs chain including Home Nightclub in London and Sydney.
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| Genre | Electronic music, dance music |
| Dates | 1999 - 2005 |
| Location(s) | Matterley Bowl near Winchester, Hampshire Scotland Ireland |
| Founded by | Mean Fiddler |
| Capacity | 50,000 |
A Scottish edition of the Homelands festival also existed. In 1999 a Homelands Scotland occurred at the Royal Highland Showground near Edinburgh. In 2000 a similar event occurred close to New Cumnock in the south of Scotland.
Yearly editions
1999
Homelands festival was on 29 and 30 May 1999. It took place in 'The Bowl', Matterley Estate near Winchester, Hampshire – the site of the 'Creamfields' festival the previous year.
There were nine themed arenas, as follows, with an amazing mix of performers. There are a few acts [Roni Size, Basement Jaxx, Jungle Brothers] that I cannot recall where they performed.
The Home Arena – had the first live Chemical Brothers plus Asian Dub Foundation, Monkey Mafia, Paul Oakenfold, Fatboy Slim, DJ Shadow and Paul Van Dyke.
The MixMag Arena – had a live set from Underworld, plus Faithless, Red Snapper, Dope Smugglaz, DJs Carl Cox, Deep Dish, Gilles Peterson and Darren Price.
The Essential Mix Arena – featuring Radio 1 DJs Pete Tong, plus Paul Oakenfold, Sasha & John Digweed. Radio 1 did a live broadcast from this tent featuring Judge Jules, Danny Rampling and a 4-hour Essential Mix.
The End – hosted by the London club – had two arenas.
The End 01 – a deep house tent, featuring Terry Francis and The End Sound System (Mr C, Layo and Mathew B) plus Darren Emerson, Dave Angel, Stacey Pullen, Laurent Garnier and Carl Cox.
The End 02 – a drum’n’bass arena with DJ Hype, Andy C, Krust, Bryan Gee, Fabio & Grooverider.
Slinky - Bournemouth's "superclub"
US house club Lyall - featuring New York DJ Danny Tenaglia playing a 10-hour set
There were also two arenas hosted by alcohol sponsors
2000
The 2000 festival took place on a very wet Saturday 27 May 2000. The line included BT, Moby, Public Enemy and Leftfield.
Tents
- Ericsson @ Home Arena
- Leftfield
- Ian Brown
- Moby
- Public Enemy
- BT
- Paul Oakenfold
- Armand Van Helden
- Paul Van Dyk
- Scratch Perverts
- David Holmes
- Dope Smugglaz
- Dave Seaman
- Meeker
- Jeremy Healy
- Johnny Moy
- Adam Freeland
- Dan & Jon Kahuna
- Jason Bye
- Alfie Costa
- Manchild
- Radio 1 Essential Mix Arena
- Pete Tong
- Sasha
- John Digweed
- Nick Warren
- Lee Burridge
- Craig Richards
- Parks & Wilson
- Col Hamilton
- Stewart Rowell
- Alex Taylor
- Slinky & MTV Dancefloor Chart Show Arena
- Judge Jules
- Paul Van Dyk
- Brandon Block
- Alex P
- Graham Gold
- Hybrid feat. Chrissie Hynde
- Ferry Corsten
- Luke Neville
- Lisa Lashes
- Garry White
- Tim Lyall
- Gordon Kaye
- Guy Ornadel
- Subterrain & Ultimate Base Arena
- The End's Drum & Bass Arena
- Reprazent
- Fabio
- Grooverider
- Andy C.
- Ed Rush
- Optical
- DJ Hype
- Razor
- Zinc
- Pascall
- Randall
- MCs Fats, Dynamite, Moose & Rage
- Back2Basics/Deep South/Highrise Arena
- Romanthony
- Danny Rampling
- Jon Carter
- Justin Robertson
- Junior Sanchez
- Steve Lawler
- Ralph Lawson
- Adam Freeland
- Jacques Lu Cont
- Rebel Crew (Scott & Robbie Hardkiss)
- Tayo
- Jenga Heads
- James Holroyd
- Ministry House Party
- Darren Emerson
- Davie Reid
- Nick Warren
- Danny Howells
- Lottie
- Gareth Cooke
- Yousef
- Future Shock
- Bent
- Barry Ashworth
- Ericsson MYH Arena
- Robert Owens
- Juan Atkins
- Kevin Saunderson
- Sister Bliss
- Groove Amada (DJ set)
- L.E. Bass
- Evil Eddie Richards
- Dave Mothersole
- T Joy
- Richard Grey
- J Jeff
- DJ Vee
- Bud Ice Bus
- Richard Fearless
- Norman Jay
- Jon Carter
- Bob Jones & Justin Robertson
- Tim Carbutt (Utah Saints)
- Jools Butterfield
- J. Swinscoe & Tom Chant
- Robin Lurie (percussion)
- Bacardi B-Bar
- Gilles Peterson
- Faze Action
- Patrick Forge
- Ross Allen
- Stuart Patterson
- Radio 1 Outdoor Sound Stage
2005
Officially called "We Love... Homelands" it took place on 28 May 2005 from 1pm to 5am, and had a capacity of 50,000. Headliners included The Streets, Beck, Roots Manuva, Mylo, The Bravery, Audio Bullys, Babyshambles, John Digweed and Dimitri from Paris. Medicine 8 performed in the festival's 'Strongbow Rooms'.[1][2]
See also
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References
- "2005 line up". Archived from the original on 18 January 2006. Retrieved 29 August 2005.
- "We Love... Homelands 2005". eFestivals. Retrieved 13 December 2020.