first acts announced for Rise in the French Alps

Rise (France) 2016

Saturday 10th to Saturday 17th December 2016
Les Deux Alpes, Livet-et-Gavet, Isere, France MAP
from £239

Daily capacity: 3,000

The first wave of acts have been announced for Rise Festival, in the mountains of Les 2 Alpes ski resort, in the French Alps in December.

The 3,000 capacity event will host Kano, Seth Troxler, Metrik, Monki, My Nu Leng, Artful Dodger, Midland, Artwork, Bondax, Fred V and Grafix, and Jackmaster.

This year is set to expand with more arenas and an even bigger line-up. Already confirmed to appear from Saturday 10th to Saturday 17th December 2016 are High Contrast, Skream, London Elektricity, Jackmaster, Blonde, Alex Boman, Artwork, Eton Messy DJs, The Goldenboy, Toyboy & Robin, Waverley, Etherwood, Metrik, S.P.Y, Lowqui, and Dynamite MC, with more acts to be announced.

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Tickets for are priced from £199.

Flights from London to Grenoble are currently as low as £50 return.

Les Deux Alpes is a ski resort in the French Isère département. The village sits at 1,650 m (5,413 ft) and lifts run to 3,600 m (11,811 ft). It has the largest skiable glacier in Europe and is France's second oldest ski resort behind Chamonix, where the largest mountain in western Europe is located, Mont Blanc. It has the longest, normally open full on-piste vertical available in the world. It is a 71 km (44 mi) drive southeast of Grenoble.

Rise is teaming up with leading promoters and labels to host parties throughout the week including Rinse FM, Tweakaholic, Ibiza Rocks, prosRegression sessions, Hospitality Records, Percolate, Shorebitch and We Are Rockstars (W.A.R).

Also bringing their parties to the alps are Applebum, Rum and Bass, Triple Cooked, Shorebitch, Cirque Du Soul, Apex and Ibiza Rocks the Snow plus more.

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