Wakestock (Wales)

infobox music festival
music_festival_name = Wakestock
location = flagicon|UK United Kingdom
*Abersoch, North Wales (since 2005)
*Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire (since 2008)
years_active= 2005-present
founders =
dates = June/July
genre = Indie rock, Dance, Rock
website = [http://www.wakestock2007.co.uk/

Wakestock is Europe's largest wakeboard Music Festival. [cite web | title= BBC.co.uk article | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northwest/sites/festivals/pages/wakestock.shtml | format = HTML | accessdate=2007-07-10 ] It is held on the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales. The festival is split over three sites – the main festival site at Penrhos, Pwllheli Marina hosts the main wakeboard competition and Abersoch Bay hosts the Big Air Classic competition is held. The festival was founded in 2000. At present it is the biggest wakeboard music festival in Europe, with 25,000 people attending the festival in 2007, which will be held from 20 July - 21 July. The festival was cancelled on 21 July after severe weather conditions affected both the campsite and stages, though the wakeboarding continued as normal. Most people were told to leave the campsite, but the wakestock staff managed to find a new field for the remaining people who could not leave to stay the remaining night.

2008 Acts

2007 Acts

*Ferry Corsten
*Yousef
*Mark Ronson
*Just Jack and the Shapeshifters
*Dirty Pretty Things
*Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly
*Brandon Block
*Perfedau Crafu

Previous acts

*Eddie Halliwell
*John 00 Flemming
*Feeder
*The Zutons
*The Automatic
*Carl Cox & Friends
*Athlete
*Kosheen
*Agnelli and Nelson
*Soul II Soul
*The Ordinary Boys
*Goldie Lookin’ Chain
*Hundred Reasons
*Judge Jules
*Seb Fontaine
*Jon Carter
*Adam Freeland
*High Contrast
*Pocket Venus
*DJ Yoda
*The Undertones
*Reef
*The Cuban Brothers
*Roni Size
*Norman Jay
*The Bodyrockers
*Layo and Bushwacka
*Wheatus
*Fergie
*Tall Paul
*DJ Format
*13 Senses
*Kano
*Scratch Perverts
*The Upper Room
*Stanton Warriors
*Future Funk
*Chris Weston
*The Crimea

Wakestock 2008 - Blenheim Palace

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.wakestock.co.uk/ Wakestock Website]
* [http://myspace.com/wakestockfestival Wakestock Myspace]