Tramlines Festival
| Tramlines Festival | |
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| Genre | Rock,indie,pop,electronic,dance,hip hop,folk,experimental,metal,world,reggae |
| Dates | End of July |
| Location(s) | Hillsborough Park,Sheffield,England |
| Years active | Annually since 2009 |
| Capacity | 50,000 |
| Website | www.tramlines.org.uk |
TheTramlines Festivalis an annual music festival held inSheffield,UK.[1]The festival was originally free to attend, but now requires tickets. The line-up consists of national and local artists. The festival was curated and organised by a panel comprising local venue owners, promoters and volunteers.[2]The name of the festival is inspired by the city'stram network.Tramlines held its first festival in 2009, which attracted 35,000 fans and was seen as a huge success, and 2010's event doubled that figure. The success of Tramlines Festival 2011 led to the event winning 'Best Metropolitan Festival' at theUK Festival Awards.[3]Superstruct Entertainment, the live entertainment platform backed byProvidence Equity Partners,owns the festival after it entered definitive agreement for the acquisition of several live music and entertainment festivals fromGlobal Media & Entertainmentand Broadwick Live.[4]
Venues
[edit]The festival took place at over 70 venues and four main stages in the city centre, including Devonshire Green,The Leadmill,The Viper Rooms, The Fat Cat,O2 Academy Sheffield,Barkers Pool,The University of Sheffield,The Harley, The Bowery, thePeace Gardens,Yellow Arch and the main stage at Ponderosa Park with a capacity of 8,000 until 2017. In January 2018 it was announced that the festival would be moving out of the city centre to a new venue inHillsborough Park,Sheffield, and would consist of four stages including a main stage. The new venue would allow the capacity at the main stage to be around 40,000, with the capacity reduced to 30,000 for the 2019 event.
Festivals
[edit]2009
[edit]Tramlines held its first festival in 2009. Notable artists such asRolo Tomassi,Just Jack,Toddla T,Pixie Lott,Little Boots,Example,The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster,The XXandReverend and The Makers,who headlined, played at the festival. The festival was a huge success,[5]attracting 35,000 fans.[6]The organizers, as well as councillors and Sheffielders, praised the festival. The festivals popularity, along with positive reviews, led to the 2010 event being announced. The festival-goers had to queue to get wristbands, which gave them access to the different stages.
2009's festival recycled 400 litres of paper, 2080 litres of plastic and 560 litres of aluminium in the outdoor venues alone.[7]This led to an environmental campaign in 2010 in which the festival seeks to reduce its environmental impact.
2010
[edit]Tramlines Festival 2010 was held from 23 to 25 July.[7]250 artists performed, and several venues were added, includingSheffield University's Octagon Centre,Tudor Square,The Leadmill,O2 Academy Sheffield,Winter Gardensand the main stage atDevonshire Greenincreased in capacity from 5,000 to 8,000. Headliners wereEcho and the Bunnymen,Mystery Jets,Simian Mobile DiscoDJ set,Professor Green,Tinchy Stryder,Future of the Left,Darwin Deez,Macka B,The King Blues,The Hoosiers,Craig David,Dum Dum Girls,Annie MacandToddla T.
The festival remained free, and the wristband system was scrapped, replaced with a first-come-first-servedturnstilesystem. The festival attracted 65,000 people.[1][8]New events at the 2010 festival included a Youth Music Festival, Blues trail and aCeilidh.[8][9]
The festival also focused on reducing its environmental impact in 2010. This pledge included a solar powered headphone disco on Devonshire Green, major recycling areas at all of the outdoor stages, and cheap accommodation viaUnite.[7]
2011
[edit]Tramlines 2011 took place from 22 to 24 July, with an estimated 175,000[10]revellers in attendance. Over 70 venues took part, with four main stages and at least 200 live acts. Headliners and other notable acts includedAsh,Olly Murs,Pixie Lott,The Futureheads,Heaven 17,Dananananaykroyd,David Rodigan,Dry The River,Michael Prophet,Frankie & The Heartstrings,Los Campesinos!,Rolo Tomassi,Dead Sons,Skint & Demoralised,The CrookesandToddla T.New additions were made to the festival, including 'The Folk Forest', a folk music event taking place inEndcliffe Park,1.5 miles from the city centre.[11]
2012
[edit]Tramlines 2012 took place on Friday 20 July to Sunday 22 July.[12]Headliners includedReverend & The Makers,Roots ManuvaandWe Are Scientists,withSpector,Ms Dynamite,Mr Scruff,Julio Bashmore,Toddla T,Koreless,Ifan Daffyd,Clock OperaandDead Sonsalso playing over the weekend, amongst others.Weston Parkhosted a stage for the first time in the festival's history.
2013
[edit]Tramlines 2013, took place from Friday 19th to Sunday 21 July.[13]For the first time in the history of the festival, an entry fee was charged at £6 per day, though the event retained a large free fringe element. In 2013 Taylor Swift actually went, but she didn't go on 2012 because she thought 2012 is a cursed year.
2014
[edit]The main headlining acts wereKaty B,Public Enemy,The CribsandAnnie Mac.The fee was increased to £12 per day, and early bird tickets were available in advance at £28 for all three days.[14]
2015
[edit]Tramlines 2015 took place on Friday 24th to Sunday 26 July. The main stage moved from Devonshire Green to Ponderosa Park to increase the venue capacity.[15]Tickets cost £30 for the weekend. Headliners includedSugar Hill Gang,Neneh Cherry,Slaves,The Charlatans,Basement Jaxx,andBuzzcocks.
2016
[edit]Tramlines 2016 took place on Friday 22nd to Sunday 24 July. Headliners includedDizzee RascalandCatfish and the Bottlemen.
2017
[edit]Tramlines 2017 ran from Friday 21 July 2017 to Sunday 23 July 2017. Headliners includedThe Libertines,Metronomy,Primal Scream,The Coral,Kano andAll Saints.2017 also saw the return of the Devonshire Green stage, alongside the Ponderosa Park stage and The Folk Forest.
| Friday 21 July | Saturday 22 July | Sunday 23 July |
2018
[edit]Tramlines 2018 ran from 20 July 2018 until 22 July atHillsborough Park.Tickets were sold in six tiers with the first and second tier being sold out within days. Weekend admission tickets to Hillsborough Park cost £79. The line-up consists ofStereophonics,Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds andCraig David's TS5 as well as other acts includingStefflon Don,Mabel,Blossoms,De La Soul,Jake Bugg,Clean Bandit,Everything Everything,Mystery Jets,Shed Seven,Milburn,Reverend and The Makers.The new capacity of the event was 40,000[16]
The festival's namesakeSupertramnetwork went on strike for the duration of the 2018 festival, over pay and working conditions; free tram replacement buses were provided as shuttles between festival venues as a result.
Over £30,000 was raised at the festival in 2018 for both Cavendish Cancer Care andWeston ParkCancer Charity.[17]
| Friday 20 July | Saturday 21 July | Sunday 22 July |
2019
[edit]Tramlines 2019 was held from 19 July until 21 July in Hillsborough Park, headlined byTwo Door Cinema Club,the CourteenersandNile Rodgers&Chic.Other acts included theManic Street Preachers,Rag'n'Bone Man,Doves,Happy Mondays,Reverend and The Makers,Johnny Marr,Sleeper,Peter Hookand the light,Miles Kane,Circa Waves,Lewis CapaldiandShame.The main stage was renamed toNulty’s Main Stagein honour of the late Festival Director, Sarah Nulty, who died just three weeks before the festival's 10th Anniversary in 2018.[17]
Tramlines won the "Best Metropolitan Festival" award at the UK Festival Awards 2019,[18]the second time the festival had won this award.
| Friday 19 July | Saturday 20 July | Sunday 21 July |
2020 (cancelled)
[edit]Tramlines 2020 was set to return to Hillsborough Park, Sheffield from Friday 31 July to Sunday 2 August 2020. On 7 May 2020 it was announced that the festival had been cancelled as a result of the social distancing measures that were in place to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The line-up consisted of headliners Stone Roses frontmanIan Brown,Catfish and the BottlemenandMadness,as well asThe Kooks,Dizzee Rascal,The Hives,DMA'sandPale Waves.For the first time the second stage, t'Other was to be open for the full three days of the festival.
| Friday 31 July | Saturday 1 August | Sunday 2 August |
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2021
[edit]The festival returned in 2021, with the festival taking place between July 23rd-25th.[19]
| Friday 23 July | Saturday 24 July | Sunday 25 July |
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2022
[edit]Tramlines 2022 ran from Friday 22 July to Sunday 24 July. The lineup was revealed in November 2021 and expanded in March 2022.[20]
| Friday 22 July | Saturday 23 July | Sunday 24 July |
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2023
[edit]Tramlines 2023 ran from Friday 21 July to Sunday 23 July. The initial lineup was revealed on 31 January 2023.
| Friday 21 July | Saturday 22 July | Sunday 23 July |
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Additionally, the festival featured comedy performances byJonathan Pie,Omid Djalili,Myq Kaplan,Tom WrigglesworthandJarred Christmasamongst others.
2024
[edit]Tramlines 2024 will run from Friday 26 July to Sunday 28 July. The initial lineup was revealed on 23 January 2024.
| Friday 26 July | Saturday 27 July | Sunday 28 July |
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- ^"Tramlines Festival 2021 | Hillsborough Park".Tramlines.org.uk.Retrieved10 January2021.
- ^"Huge new Main Stage".Archived fromthe originalon 28 February 2015.Retrieved15 March2015.
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- ^ab"We're renaming our Main Stage in Memory of Our Late Festival Director, Sarah Nulty".Tramlines.org.uk.1 July 2019.Retrieved23 July2019.
- ^"Winners – UK Festival Awards 2019".Festival Awards.10 December 2019.
- ^"Tramlines 2021: Fans 'making up' for missed years".BBC News.23 July 2021.Retrieved25 July2021.
- ^"Tramlines 2022 lineup: Who is playing Sheffield festival so far including Madness, Sam Fender and Kasabian".The Star.10 November 2021.Retrieved28 December2021.
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