Like you needed any more reasons to pack your bags and head out of the city on the weekend of March 9th to 11th, the second round of live acts and DJs has now been announced for the forthcoming Playground Weekender. New additions to the fold include NZ’s the Black Seeds, The Cops, Poxy Music and Deepchild, while DJs like Ajax, Kid Kenobi, the Bang Gang posse, Love Tattoo and Riot In Belgium have also been added.
Also announced, Future Classic, Filth and Monkey Tennis will host stages and tents of their own on the Saturday, while on Sunday they’ll hand over to Boundary Sounds, Reckless Republic and Mr Scruff, who’ll all host their own respect areas. So, take a deep breath, and feast your eyes on the current Playground Weekender lineup, listed below!
Live: Elbow, The Dears, !!!, The Presets, Who Made Who, Bugz in the Attic, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Incognito, Mad Professor, Dappled Cities, The Valentinos, Resurrectors, The Cops, Pty LTD, Pivot, The Ghosts, The Hate Game, Bridezilla, Sparkadia, Poxy Music, Mercy May, Beau Monde, Stick Figures, Little Beasties ,Winston Giles Orchestra, Teenagers In Tokyo, Moscow Schoolboy, Fait Accompli, Bird Automatic, The Holidays, Cut Off Your Hands, Deepchild, Describe Eliza, The Bird, The Mares, Soft Tigers, [love] Tattoo, Richard in Your Mind, Bright Yellow, Wons Phreely, and Martini Club
DJs: Laurent Garnier, Mr Scruff (5-6 hour set), Tom Middleton, The Avalanches, Tayo, Black Grass, Ajax, Kid Kenobi and MC Shureshock, John Glover, Nathan Mclay and Steve Spacek, DJ Regal, Mark Pritchard, Fire in the Disco, Lovertits, Telefunken, Jamie Lloyd & Jimi Polar, Danny Bass, Mo’ Funk, John Devecchis, Banshee, Purple Sneakers DJs, Bad Kids Recreation Club Sound System, Da Sunlounge, Lamanex, Synik, Lummy & Broadband, Kyla Sexton, Stu Kelly & Ploppy, Marina, Tom Da Silva, Simon Ramsey, Pete Dot, Steve Corfield, Senior Spitch, The Potbelleez feat MC Blu, Emerson, Mur@t, Sam Serene vs Jay Smalls, Dolls House feat Keli Hart & Miss Match, Trinity, Alex Coops, Kidd Frisco and Brynstar
For the full rundown on the Playground Weekender head to FasterLouder’s full coverage here