WIDE AWAKE 2022 ANNOUNCEMENT

We’re expanding to two days! ⁰@ScreamOfficial headline Sat May 28, playing Screamadelica in full live for the first time in a decade, with @feelmybicep headlining Fri May 27!

SNAP UP TICKETS NOW https://t.co/hBAurFOxS5 pic.twitter.com/XO6VUkJvnk

— Wide Awake (@wideawakeldn) December 7, 2021

The festival has now expanded to two days, as opposed to the inaurgural one-day fixture from last years iteration. Bicep are set to be the headline act for the Friday night, with Primal Scream closing the Saturday, treating us with a perfomance of their iconic Screamadelica in full.

Wide Awake boasts a musically diverse lineup, spanning genres with artists including Caribou, Leon Vynehall, Fat White Family, Connan Mockasin, The Comet is Coming, and Kevin Morby. Organised by the co-founders of Field Day, Wide Awake maintains the same ethos of musical diversity, appealing to fans from across the spectrum. Last years iteration, however, was more rock oriented, with acts such as IDLES and Goat Girl.

In a four-star review of last years event, NME wrote: “Though the music at Wide Awake largely skew towards the recent trend of bands with sardonic, sprechgesang vocals and wiry guitars, there are some welcome – and necessary – detours across the day’s programme.” 

The progressively-minded festival stresses the importance of environment consciousness and gender equality. On their website, they write: “We strive to have an equitable gender split across our line-up and 2022 will see the continuation of our ‘Positive Policy’, set up to help change the way in which live music events take responsibility for actions towards our planet.”

In tandem with this social interest, they are additionally adopting a Positive Policy which debuted at last years festival. “The positive policy aims to build action, change and partnerships in climate, carbon, local causes and air pollution. The Positive Policy debuted at the 2021 festival created positive actions in an effort to help our ecosystem and change the way in which live music events take responsibility for actions towards our planet.”

The set of ground rules for the Positive Policy are as follows:

• Bury zero waste in landfill
• Leave no trace of litter
• Ban single use plastic across the site
• Only use compostable plastic and cutlery
• Only provide ethically sourced food
• Operate a cup deposit scheme that doesn’t rip fans off
• Recycle all trader & back of house waste
• Only permit biodegradable stage effects
• Eco-toilets
• HVO Fuel

+ much more

Tickets are starting at £39.50 and can be purchased here.