The Hide & Seek festival is returning to the beautiful grounds of the Capesthorne Hall estate in Cheshire. The electronic music festival brings some of the biggest names in underground dance music to the countryside just outside Macclesfield, as well as promoters from some of the city’s best parties.
It happens on September 3 and 4, and the first wave of DJs and live acts have just been revealed. They include Zip, Todd Terje, Arapu, Traumer, Gene on Earth playing back-to-back with The Ghost, the Crazy P DJs, Binh back-to-back with DJ Masda, Chris Stussy, Dungeon Meat, Jamie 3:26 and Marcel Vogel.
Among those returning to the event are the likes of Apollonia, Raresh, Josh Baker, Sonja Moonear, Spokenn, Sugar Free, Sweely, Voigtmann, Sam Bangura, Laidlaw and Ingi Visions. The theme of the event will be ‘electric dreams’.
Festival co-founder Josh Baker said: "As we enter year 3, we couldn't be more excited to showcase what's in store. We are taking huge steps to continue to both entertain and educate the dance floor.
“We have spent endless hours considering the programme to offer an optimal experience over two days which allows ravers to discover new names whilst being blown away by legends of the scene. For 2022, our mission is to offer an experience you never knew you needed.”
Fellow co-founder Kurt Hurst added: "The development from our first edition in 2019 to the 2021 festival was clearly a huge step up, and as per our marketing and messaging this was always part of the vision. However there is still further room for growth and this will be evident on arrival to Capesthorne Hall on September 3rd and 4th.
“After 2021 we received such incredibly overwhelming feedback in regards to stage concepts, entertainment, audio and production, but we can assure that all of these elements will continue to evolve and allow us to deliver an even better 'dreamlike' experience.”
Among those curating will be the likes of Manchester party folk You&Me, Animal Crossing, Surco, Arcadia, Tranquil and God Made Me Funky, along with Automatic Writing from Paris, Liverpool's MODU:LAR and Zuku, Bizarre Trax, Beeyou and Appetite from London, SetOneTwenty and Magnetic from Leeds and Real Gang from Ibiza.
Tickets are on sale now, with weekend passes costing £80 plus booking fee. Day passes are £45 plus booking fee, with payment plans also in place to spread the cost. You can check the Hide & Seek website for details.
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