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9th - 11th Aug 2012 Hop Farm Country Park, Paddock Wood, Kent, TN12 6PY, United Kingdom |
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One Love Festival 10th – 12th August 2012 The UK’s NO1 Reggae / Dub FestivalHop Farm – Paddock Woods – TN12 6PY
The One Love reggae festival, now in its fifth year, has moved to a new site this year – Hop Farm inKent, also the home of Vince Power's acclaimed new fest.
Amongst the top reggae acts – including Aba Shantiâ€I, Cornell Campbell, Dawn Penn, the Disciples, Dub Syndicate, Iration Steppas, King Tubby, Monkey Mafia, Macka B, Smith & Mighty, Michigan and Smiley – there are a whole raft of top quality electronic music acts playing the Lively Up Yourself marquee at the event.
Tailoring to an extent their sets to reflect One Love's vibe, some great dubstep and dance acts will be rolling up to throw down some big anthems.
Barry Ashworth from the Dub Pistols has curated the dance tent on the Saturday night, bringing some of his peers along to join his Dub Pistols Soundsystem. Breakbeat legend Krafty Kuts,acclaimed duo The Freestylers, Mooqee & Pimpsoul, aka the Bombstrikes Soundsystem, and the Drum Monkeys will be spinning dubwise breaks, electroâ€house and other sounds in keeping withthe event.
Meanwhile, on the Friday night, dubstep comes to the dub festival, which was set up in memory ofreggae legend Bob Marley. Curated by top dubstepâ€inclined audioâ€visual crew the Urban Knights,the lineâ€up is headed by dubstep pioneer Hatcha, one of the sound's pioneers since his days in Croydon with Skream & Benga and the like.
The Kiss FM DJ will be joined by Eddie K, Fonti & Bushkin (formerly the Heartless Crew), Killsonic, and the Urban Knights themselves.HMV new ticket Partner The second phase of the advanced sales for One Love Festival 2012 has just started. One weekend ticket for the whole festival costs just £100. With the Early Bird tickets selling out in record time this year, the second phase of advance tickets looks to be as popular.
With the announcement ticketing partner HMV selling tickets through their chain of shops NationWide and over the phone One Love Festival is looking like going to be a sell out event.
