Escape Into The Park - Swansea
Escape
Wales largest, wildest and award winning outdoor dance festival returns June 17th for its 7th year running. With the likes of Goldie Lookin' Chain, Mylo and The Shapeshifters gracing the main stage, plus a star studded line-up hitting the decks across 5 arenas, catering for all your dance tastes, this year is sure to keep the characteristic awesomeness that is Escape to the Park.
Over 20,000 summer loving festival heads will descend on Swansea's Singleton Park with it's scenic backdrop, to enjoy the very best of today’s dance music. With sets spanning from the pounding beats of the likes of Eddie Halliwell, Mixmag's two time crowned “World Number One Dj”. To the Turntablist sounds of the Scratch Perverts mixing it up in the Urban Arena, right through to downright dirty Drum n Bass, with a Dj set from Planet Pendulum, followed by Radio One's Fabio and Grooverider in the Raveology Arena, to keep you buzzing hard into the night. Radio One will be joining the evenings delights on their own stage, boasting the Netherlands Armin Van Buuren. He is sure to be one of my personal highlights of the night, ranked at no. 3 in the public-voted DJ Top 100, he is one of the leading lights in the genre and the atmosphere is sure to alive and electric, guaranteed to put you into a State of Trance. Simply Unmissable.
Now for a little peek at the main stage, which is throwing out a whole host of stars over the day.
Headlining will be Wales very own track-suit clad super stars, who need absolutely no introducing. Yes, Goldie Lookin' Chain, will be entertaining us all in their oh so unique style. I've seen them a few times before and they get better everytime, here's what they have to say:
"This summer will see the second coming of love. We’re more than overjoyed to be appearing at this year’s Escape in the Park event. Not only for the amazing women and tearing party atmosphere, but because we get to party in Wales and also get to stay at the Pantycelyn guesthouse on Oyster Mouth road. We also want to see sixty thousand ravers on the beach at 5am, just like Ibiza, but with better pubs."
A brief recap, yes there will be “amazing women” a “tearing party atmosphere”, and world class acts for 12 jam packed hours. How can you not come now?
Also on the Main stage, yet from slightly further afield than Newport (Washington DC in fact), the incredible, Grammy winning Iranian-American House duo Deep Dish will be leading up to Goldie Lookin' Chain. A mash up of various genres into their very own deep house sound, makes Deep Dish stand out in the crowd as an original and hugely popular act. They've gone from strength to strength since their amazing debut album in 1998, a definite one to see.
As well as the non stop music there will be other attractions throughout the day, notably a selection of white knuckle thrill rides, dazzling displays and dancers. As well as this, there will be Karaoke. That's only if you feel the urge and/or are really drunk.
Having only mentioned a few of the world class artists performing (and very briefly at that) I feel guilty for leaving this preview of what is going to be a truly class A, 12 hours of musical madness. All I can do is urge you to rock on down and join the party, what better way is there to end the exam season. For more information or tickets go to http://www.escapefestival.com .
