Lazydays Festival – Southend’s newest summer festival offering has announced the full lineup of acts for their first ever event. Lazydays promises the perfect weekend mixer of drink discovery with exceptional local and independent craft producers, topped off with a powerful music lineup.
Added to the impressive lineup are Sundara Karma, Mystery Jets, The Hoosiers, Newton Faulkner, Girl Ray, DJ Yoda, and The Cuban Brothers, who will now join previously announced legends Craig Charles, David Rodigan, Sleeper and The Futureheads.
Essex act, Rounds, as well as local DJs, Gully B, Danny Blanco, Ollie Winiberg and Al – L.A. Boxers, will join them on the bill. A further wave of local artistes is still to be announced, completing the lineup over two stages.
The festival consists of four sessions across the weekend, kicking off on Friday night, followed by two sessions on Saturday, and closing with an extended Sunday session. Following the festival’s launch announcement at the end of December, Early Bird tickets were quick to sell out in January.
Rising indie-disco group, Girl Ray, hot off the back of supporting Ben Howard at his huge Alexandra Palace show, join BBC 6 Music funk & soul DJ, Craig Charles on Friday night’s opening session, with a special guest still to be announced. What a way to kick-start the weekend!
Saturday afternoon’s lineup packs a punch, with Ivor Novello Award-nominated Mystery Jets, double-platinum-sellers, and number-one-selling The Hoosiers joining Sunderland’s post-punk quartet, The Futureheads.
DJ Yoda, dubbed by Q Magazine as ‘one of the ten DJs to see before you die’ and funk-fuelled, party-starting The Cuban Brothers will get the crowd ready for BBC Radio 1Xtra legend, David Rodigan on Saturday night.
Rounding off the weekend, on Sunday afternoon, Sundara Karma top the bill fresh off the back of their charting album ‘Better Luck Next Time’ and sell-out UK headline tour. Joining them is another double-platinum-selling artist, Newton Faulkner, as well as local band Rounds, returning for their first performance in 10 years, with the previously announced ‘90s album charting brit-pop band, Sleeper.
The festival is also announcing its first of 10 drink partners to be showcased across the weekend, with Legra Tap owners and one of southeast Essex’s finest purveyors of beer Leigh-on-Sea Brewery (LOSB). Having started brewing in 2017, they’ve become a regular in pubs across the county, particularly known for its award-winning Legra Pale.
The full lineup of craft drink producers will be announced in the coming weeks bringing more than fifty signature tipples, alongside lively demonstrations, talks, tastings and food experiences.
