Jersey Live
Music festival n Jersey, Channel Islands
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Jersey Live Music Festival (alternatively Jersey Live) was a music festival held annually at The Royal Jersey Showground in the parish of Trinity, Jersey between 2004 and 2016.
Overview
Jersey Live started out as a 4,000-capacity, one-day event in 2004 with music across two stages. The festival took place over two days and grew in size each year, with six stages featuring live music, DJs and as of 2013, comedy and spoken word. Jersey Live had capacity for an attendance of 10,000 people per day, selling out at that capacity for the first time in 2010.
The festival was sponsored each year by local telecommunications company JT, who host the JT Stage at the festival. The other five stages are the Main Stage, Dance Stage, Family Field Stage, Hospitality Stage and Full Flow Locale DJ Tent. The festival had featured performances from a number of major stars of indie and dance music since 2004 including Paul Weller, The Prodigy, Kasabian, Dizzee Rascal and Chase & Status. The festival's line up was typically composed of established mainstream indie and dance acts on the Main and Dance stages, with up-and-coming artists of a wide range of genres spanning folk, hip-hop, punk, ska and reggae, as well as a number of local acts, making up the lineup elsewhere at the festival. Amongst the artists to have performed at Jersey Live in the early stages of their careers before going on to become considerably higher in profile, are Foals, Tinie Tempah, Jake Bugg, Ed Sheeran and Razorlight.
Stages
Since 2009, the festival typically had the following stages;
- Main stage
- Dance stage
- Family Field stage
- Hospitality stage – entry restricted to specific ticket types.
- JT stage
- Fullflow Locale DJ stage
2014
A festival was held on the weekend of 30 August and 31 August 2014.
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| Main Stage | Dance Stage | JT Stage in Par 4 | Hospitality Stage | Fullflow Stage |
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| Saturday 30 August | ||||
| Sunday 31 August | ||||
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2013
A festival was held on the weekend of 31 August and 1 September 2013. For the first time, the festival was granted permission to provide a campsite. However, the provision of camping was cancelled by the festival organisers due to a lack of demand.
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| Main Stage | Dance Stage | JT Stage | Folklore Stage | Hospitality Stage |
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| Saturday 31 August | ||||
| Sunday 1 September | ||||
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2012
The festival was held on 1 and 2 September 2012.
The table below lists the acts that performed.
In May, Trinity's Constable John Gallichan declared that festival goers below the age of 16 would have to be accompanied by an adult, at the 2012 event, as measure to reduce underage drinking.
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| Main Stage | Dance Stage | JT Stage | SoBe Stage | Hospitality Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 September | ||||
| Sun 2 September | ||||
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2011
The 2011 festival was held on 3 and 4 September 2011, and sponsored by Jersey Telecom.
The attendance was 10,000 per day.
There were disputed reports of excessive drinking by under-age people.
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| Main Stage | Dance Arena | Sobe Stage | Tease Stage | Hospitality Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 September | ||||
| Sun 4 September | ||||
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2010
Jersey Telecom renewed their sponsorship agreement of Jersey Live for a fifth year.
Main Stage hosted by Mani (Stone Roses/Primal Scream).
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| Main Stage | Dance Arena | Hospitality Stage | Les Inrocks Magic Stage | Wild West Tease Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 4 September | ||||
| Sun 5 September | ||||
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2009
Around 9,000 people attended in 2009.
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| Positiv Main Stage | Theory Dance Arena | Les Inrocks Stage | VIP Spiegel Tent | The Big Tease Tent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 5 September | ||||
| Sun 6 September | ||||
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2008
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| Positiv Main Stage | Theory Dance Arena |
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| Sat 30 August | |
| Sun 31 August | |
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2007
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| Positiv Main Stage | Theory Dance Arena |
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| Sat 1 September | |
| Sun 2 September | |
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2006
In 2006, 7,500 people attended the festival.
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| Positiv Main Stage | Theory Dance Arena |
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2005
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| Positiv Main Stage | Theory Dance Arena |
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2004
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| Positiv Main Stage | Theory Dance Arena |
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References
References
- (26 January 2017). "Jersey Live Axed: Island's Biggest Music Festival Ends After 13 Years".
- (11 August 2011). "Jersey Live Festival of Music 2011 Official Programme". Issuu.com.
- "Jersey Live Festival of Music 2014".
- "Jersey Live Festival of Music 2013".
- (19 June 2013). "Jersey Live festival gets camping approval". BBC News.
- (2013-08-22). "Change of plans for Jersey Live « Jersey Evening Post". Jerseyeveningpost.com.
- (12 April 2013). "Jersey Live headliner confirmed as Fatboy Slim". BBC News.
- (2012-09-04). "Thousands see Noel Gallagher and others at Jersey Live 2012". BBC.
- (2012-05-18). "Stricter rules at this year's Jersey Live says Constable". BBC.
- (2012-06-01). "Rizzle Kicks to perform at Jersey Live music festival". BBC.
- (2012-05-18). "Jersey Live announce James Zabiela for the Dance Arena". BBC.
- (2012-06-01). "New Additions to the Jersey Live Line Up: Rizzle Kicks, David Holmes and many more". Jersey.com.
- (2012-05-11). "Noel Gallagher to headline Jersey Live music festival". BBC.
- (5 September 2011). "Move to expand Jersey Live to three days". BBC.
- (8 September 2011). "Jersey Live organisers dispute drinking comments". BBC.
- (2011-04-22). "Little Big Band and Bloody Battle win festival slot". BBC.
- "JT to sponsor Jersey Live for fifth year". Channelonline.tv.
- "More Acts Added To Jersey Live Line Up!". Jersey.com.
- Howells, Max. (7 September 2009). "Curtain falls on Jersey Live". BBC News.
- (2007-08-24). "Fratellis". BBC.
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