Moor Music Festival

Moor Music Festival

The Moor Music Festival is an annual music festival held on a farm in Addingham Moorside, near the town of Ilkley, West Yorkshire.

The festival has artists playing from the local area and beyond, many being prominent artists in the New Yorkshire music scene. In 2006, bands appearing included The Lodger, Monkey Swallows the Universe, Black Wire, Middleman and iLIKETRAiNS.

2007 saw new additions such as the electronic music tent The Twisted Ballroom hosted by Leeds collective Gonzo and a dub, jungle and dubstep tent called The Trench run by Leeds soundsystem High Pressure.

The event is free from corporate sponsorship and promotes green action and other environmental causes, with stalls at the event on trade justice, climate change, third world development and other social issues.

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