Laurent Garnier for BLOC weekend

plus Matthew Dear also confirmed

By Scott Williams | Published: Mon 10th Jan 2011

BLOC weekend 2011 - Laurent Garnier
Photo credit: Pete Smith

BLOC weekend 2011

Friday 11th to Sunday 13th March 2011
Butlins Resort, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5SH, England MAP
from £140 per person - SOLD OUT
Daily capacity: 5,000

Laurent Garnier, and Matthew Dear are the latest acts confirmed for BLOC Weekend 2011.

Laurent Garnier
Laurent Garnier, and Matthew Dear will appear at Bloc's closing party, which is being co-hosted by Belfast's Shine.

Matthew Dear will set the mood with a a DJ set, and Laurent Garnier will perform with L.B.S., his live/DJ hybrid with Benjamin Rippert and Stephane 'Scan X' Dri.

The event promises a line-up of something like 60+ international acts. Acts confirmed include Aphex Twin, Magnetic Man, Mary Anne Hobbs, LFO, Moderat, Vitalic, Joy Orbison, Seth Troxler, Claude Von Stroke, Beardyman, Dopplereffekt, Digital Mystikz, Four Tet, Speedy J, Drop The Lime, Toddla T, L-Vis 1990, Roska, Al Tourettes, Mary Anne Hobbs, Venetian Snares, King Midas Sound, Daedelus, Seth Troxler, Lee Curtiss, Joy Orbison, Soul Clap, Floating Points, B12, Legowelt, and many more. For the line-up details as available please click here.

There will be two stages plus a pub stage, an Un:BLOC stage offering a range of non-electronic acts, and an interactive arts arena.

BLOC weekend sees the festival celebrating their first five years with three days of independent electronic music from Friday 11th to Sunday 13th March 2011 at Butlins Resort, Minehead, in Somerset.

Ticket bookings are done per chalet. Tickets have to be bought in groups of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 (8 berth has sold out) according to the size of the apartment wanted. 'Self-Catering' apartments have a kitchen and a separate living room, and 'Room-Only' apartments do not. A room only ticket is priced at £140 per person, including festival passes. A self catering apartment is priced at £160 per person, including festival passes.

To buy tickets, click here.

For each of the previous four years BLOC weekend has sold out and expect 2011 to be no exception.

Butlins @ Minehead


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