Wide Awake 2023

[lessthanwill1]

New Arooj Aftab album coming out in March next year - “Love in Exile” 

[Enkidu]

If you subscribe to Dazed (costs £5) you can get half price tickets for this.

[gfa]

22 minutes ago, Enkidu said:

If you subscribe to Dazed (costs £5) you can get half price tickets for this.

6 month early 50% off tickets, must be a new record! Wonder why - surely they have more to announce that they reckon will sell? bit weird

[Enkidu]

1 hour ago, gfa said:

6 month early 50% off tickets, must be a new record! Wonder why - surely they have more to announce that they reckon will sell? bit weird

Yeah it's definitely a bit strange to have deals like that so early. More info here anyway :

https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57676/1/win-tickets-to-see-caroline-polachek-wide-awake-festival-dazed-club?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-dazed&utm_content=later-31469203&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkin.bio

[jannybruck]

It's probably selling poorly but also I'm sure most festivals are aware that they want to get as much cash in and tickets out before January and people start tightening their belts. Imagine there'll be one or two others trying this sort of thing before the year's out.

[Field Commander Jefferson]

Can't imagine the choice of headliner has pushed many sales, nobody I know out of 20 that went last time have bought one yet.

 They've hopefully got another bigger name to come and one makes a bit more sense and fits in a bit better.

Its been a great little festival so don't want to see it fail

[scatteredscreens]

Whilst I love Caroline as a booking they need a better 'get' in terms of an artist who hasn't really been active. Now that the primavera line up is out it adds a few more artists into the mix.

Out of Primaveras line up I think the following might be good bookings:

Death grips, Swans, Julia Holter, JPEGMAFIA, Crack Cloud, BEAK, Built to Spill

[pedrogooch]

I'm not too worried. It's always been a festival that didn't really rely on big names/headliners, instead just having a long tail of great acts. Oneohtrix, Osees, Ty Segall and The Bug Club are great for me.

It does seem a little weaker than previous years, but I imagine there's a decent amount left to announce still.

 

[scatteredscreens]

More line up additions next week

[Fleetwood_Mac_And_Cheese]

I'm assuming (hoping) we might get another hyperpop name or two to go with Caroline! 

[collectivisedfarming]

Alex G, BCNR, Viagra Boys and some others added. Email says they're not quite done and there's a DJ announcement to come which suggests that's it for live acts. Not a lot there for me this year but I will go to support it. 

[scatteredscreens]

Great announcement for me. Just wanted to point it out to those who were interested in seeing him, Ty Segall is out.

[pedrogooch]

32 minutes ago, collectivisedfarming said:

Alex G, BCNR, Viagra Boys and some others added. Email says they're not quite done and there's a DJ announcement to come which suggests that's it for live acts. Not a lot there for me this year but I will go to support it. 

Same. Been every year, so will go again with my cheap ticket, but this lineup feels very....budget and one-note? Really not impressed with much on there. Oneohtrix, The Bug Club and Osees are the only ones I'm really that bothered about.

Feels like there's space for a few more names, surely a headliner above Caroline Polachek, but I think I'm been hopeful there....

[suttttttt]

29 minutes ago, scatteredscreens said:

Great announcement for me. Just wanted to point it out to those who were interested in seeing him, Ty Segall is out.

Had missed that! That sucks, had a ticket for Fuzz in Birmingham that got cancelled and now he’s pulled out of this. Been trying to see him in some capacity for years now, not meant to be!

 

other than that some pretty cool names have been dropped on

[scatteredscreens]

7 minutes ago, pedrogooch said:

Same. Been every year, so will go again with my cheap ticket, but this lineup feels very....budget and one-note? Really not impressed with much on there. Oneohtrix, The Bug Club and Osees are the only ones I'm really that bothered about.

Feels like there's space for a few more names, surely a headliner above Caroline Polachek, but I think I'm been hopeful there....

Caroline is headlining and has been listed as a headliner under numerous articles/press releases.

Don't think it's one note at all, quite a lot of variety across the line up.

[jannybruck]

I would have loved a second headliner and think they could have done with one to boost sales, I wonder how Primavera's additional weekend and the glut of mainland EU festivals around then has affected their ability to pull acts over here. It's a pretty good lineup but there's not a huge amount of "wow" for me, and 90% of these acts basically tour annually now.

Edited January 24, 2023 by jannybruck

[scatteredscreens]

1 hour ago, jannybruck said:

I would have loved a second headliner and think they could have done with one to boost sales, I wonder how Primavera's additional weekend and the glut of mainland EU festivals around then has affected their ability to pull acts over here. It's a pretty good lineup but there's not a huge amount of "wow" for me, and 90% of these acts basically tour annually now.

2023 festivals in a nutshell

[churlie100]

I understand why some folks aren't happy, but this festival has really nailed it for me personally with the latest line-up. It's a one-dayer, so as long as there's no clashes between Jockstrap, Viagra Boys, BCNR and Caroline Polachek I'm gonna have a cracking day out before I hotfoot it up to Leeds for Slam Dunk North the next day.

[NWUYC]

8 hours ago, churlie100 said:

I understand why some folks aren't happy, but this festival has really nailed it for me personally with the latest line-up. It's a one-dayer, so as long as there's no clashes between Jockstrap, Viagra Boys, BCNR and Caroline Polachek I'm gonna have a cracking day out before I hotfoot it up to Leeds for Slam Dunk North the next day.

Clashes between Jockstrap and BCNR would be a sight as Georgia Ellery is in both!

[Dancers Stand Very Still]

10 hours ago, NWUYC said:

Clashes between Jockstrap and BCNR would be a sight as Georgia Ellery is in both!

True but Nina Lim often plays in her place in BC,NR when commitments overlap.

[MadDog29]

On 12/6/2022 at 4:28 PM, Enkidu said:

If you subscribe to Dazed (costs £5) you can get half price tickets for this.

Is this still the case?

[DarthSaul]

21 minutes ago, MadDog29 said:

Is this still the case?

ended dec 18th

[MadDog29]

9 minutes ago, DarthSaul said:

ended dec 18th

Ah ok, thanks man. Getting a ticket regardless.

[evilduck]

Pre-party for wide awake, excited to hopefully see Psychedelic Porn Crumpets and Slift!

[benali]

7 hours ago, evilduck said:

Pre-party for wide awake, excited to hopefully see Psychedelic Porn Crumpets and Slift!

I've wanted to see Slift for ages so really hope they play the actual festival.