This year, we saw Brownstock’s 10th
Birthday on Morris Farm, Essex. Starting off as a small family event of 150
people, the event is continuously growing year upon year. Starting with a tailor
and 150 people, it has now grown to a massive 6,000 people and the Brown family
plan on growing even more. Dizzee Rascal, De La Soul, Razorlight and P Money
headlined the festival. This year was a complete sellout of 6,000 people and safe
to say that it was its best year yet. It was BONKERS.
The site in terms of festivals is on the
small side, which is great as the festival has a great boutique feel. You can
walk from camping to the main stage within 5 minutes. This year, Brownsock
hosted an even wider variety of music and entertainment which spread across 5
stages; The main stage The Tree House, The stumble in, Saddle saloon, The Tree House
and finally, The good shed. The Tree House
featured bands, the good shed saw numerous DJ’s and the main stage was for the
headliners and more established acts.
With so much variety of acts and
entertainments, I have simply picked out my seven highlights.
The food,
Yeah may sound crazy but everyone deep down is a foodie and the food selection for a festival was great and wasn’t too pricey either. The Brown Family had their very own burger shack (made with their livestock from the Morris farm itself) and later on hosted an eating competition. For the 10th birthday there was a gigantic birthday cake amongst the food. And even sushi, which I must say was delicious.
Yeah may sound crazy but everyone deep down is a foodie and the food selection for a festival was great and wasn’t too pricey either. The Brown Family had their very own burger shack (made with their livestock from the Morris farm itself) and later on hosted an eating competition. For the 10th birthday there was a gigantic birthday cake amongst the food. And even sushi, which I must say was delicious.
Dizzee Rascal
Starting the weekend with Dizzee on the
Friday was great. He started off with his famous hit ‘here to china.’
Throughout his performance, Dizzee and his two friends did not fail to impress,
preforming everyone’s favorites and even stopping to instagram a picture of the
crowd.
Longy
A small but brilliant essex bred band that pride themselves on being a gospel trash band with a rock and roll attitude. With Noel Gallagher-esque raspy vocals and a great trumpet I doubt the band will go unsigner much longer. Keep your eyes peeled for #whoislongy.
A small but brilliant essex bred band that pride themselves on being a gospel trash band with a rock and roll attitude. With Noel Gallagher-esque raspy vocals and a great trumpet I doubt the band will go unsigner much longer. Keep your eyes peeled for #whoislongy.
Mak & Pasteman
A DJ duo- Matt and Craig have been breaking
out across the house music scene since 2011. The two were on Redlight’s label Lobster boy and Breach’s
label Naked Naked. Having been so successful with their EP’s in the past few
years the two have just started up their very own label- Materials, which
brings their history of underground music together with their jungle and techno
roots. Currently touring Australia and New Zealand, they are soon to release a
new album alongside quite a few tracks so keep your eyes peeled.
Bipolar sunshine
Known by most for his recent single
‘Deckchairs on the moon’, or for being the vocals in the six-piece Kid British. Adio has a great stage
presence, with his great voice and attitude, he got many tired Brownstocker’s
back onto their feet on the Sunday evening. Having not long released his third
EP, Adio is currently also working on his debut Album and is hoping to mix up
the Manchester music scene.
The Good Shed
It was really more of
a tent, but they certainly got the ‘good’ bit down to a t. This stage featured
a great host of DJ’s such as Shy FX, Claude VonStroke, Doorly, Jack Beats and
many more. And its great to have these acts doing B2B sets as it keeps the
crowd going and allows you to see different DJ’s come together.
Of the evening, the tent was so full, but in a good way. The music was great. Must have to say that Route 94, Sigma and P Money were not up to standards, but the rest of the acts without a doubt made up for it.
Of the evening, the tent was so full, but in a good way. The music was great. Must have to say that Route 94, Sigma and P Money were not up to standards, but the rest of the acts without a doubt made up for it.
And finally, The Paint fight
Because, why not? It’s great fun, and no
one is clean at a festival.
Run by the Brown family it is great to see
that the festival still has its original roots still well in touch. Each year,
the festival had organically grown as people return and more people become
interested. Having been and experienced it, I can now understand why. It has a
great ‘Vibe’ as Dizzee put it on twitter. The festival feels like you’re at a
great family party but with talented acts rather than some dodgy karaoke. With
a mix of up and coming acts running alongside big names, the festival is at
such great value costing only £80. I would highly recommend it for groups or
friends or even families. There is a funfair, food and great music which makes
it a pretty cheap and fun filled weekend away with plenty to do and see.
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