Dizzee Rascal, Maximo Park and The Cribs to headline Split Festival

Split Festival 2014

Saturday 9th to Sunday 10th August 2014
Mowbrey Park, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, SR1 1PP, England MAP
weekend £55, or £33 per day

Split Festival takes place earlier in the year this time on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th August 2014 and at a new home Mowbrey Park, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear with Dizzee Rascal headlining on Saturday, and Maximo Park, and The Cribs jointly topping the bill on Sunday.

Ross Millard, who programmes the music at Split, spoke about the three headliners, saying, "Dizzee Rascal is a British institution, a household name, with countless hits and who has fans across the genres.

"It's fantastic to have Maximo Park, a North East based band, as a main stage Sunday headliner. They have a big back catalogue of singalong hits, perfect way to end the festival. We've been courting The Cribs for quite a few years and we're made up to get them to Sunderland. They are raw, exciting and unpredictable, and again they have a lot of releases to draw a festival set list from."

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Early bird tickets are on sale priced at £50 for a weekend ticket, and £30 for a day ticket.

This event does not have camping but there are a number of hotels, hostels and guest houses in the area.

Split Festival's Barry Hyde said of the venue and date change, "By bringing Split into the summertime and changing the site as well, we're looking at it as a fresh start. We are extremely excited about bringing the festival to the City Centre, Mowbray Park is one of the icons of Sunderland, and it will be a beautiful venue.

"The line-up reflects this as well because we're bringing Dizzee Rascal, a genuine household name to Sunderland, a British institution and someone who will kick the Saturday night off in style. We're delighted that all of our headliners have taken an interest in what we're doing in Sunderland with Split Festival and hopefully this year's event can inspire and support more local musicians and music lovers than ever before."

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