HogSozzle Music Festival
HogSozzle Music Festival is an annual music festival held near Stevenage, England over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend in May.[1] HogSozzle focuses on unsigned bands, artists and comedians, as well as featuring a hog roast and pigment paint fight.
The festival
The festival takes in 3 days and 3 nights of live bands, DJs, comedians and much more. The acts encompass a range of genres, including indie, reggae, ska, house, breaks and electro swing. There is a hogroast on Saturday. A large powder paint fight, akin to a mini Holi festival takes place on Sunday.[2] Festival-goers are encouraged to wear fancy dress.
The site
The festival site consists of a main outdoor stage, dance tent, chill out yurt, hog roast area, bar, campsite and food vendor area. It is the same site used for the Wilkestock Charity Music Festival.[3]
History
The festival began in 2010 as a back garden birthday party amongst friends with just fifty people, one hogroast and five DJs.[4] The following year it grew to 180 people and 40 acts in Sherwood Forest. In 2012 it found a new site near Stevenage, and continues to grow.
2014 Line up
Main Stage
JoCee; Babilondon; Cousin Avi; Sacha Schwarz; 4oz of Groove; Muff Said; Youth Club; Stained Glass Alice; High Tyde; Snooty Bobs; Concrete Disco; Gypsy Dynamite; LostBoyBeat; Mirrored Theory (with live drummer); DJ Earthpipe; Tommy K; Two Hogs One Stick.
Dance Tent
Friday Takeover by "Undiluted", feat. Warren Xclnce; Ditto & Faust; DJ Omah; DJ Faid; Your Dad's Disco.
Saturday Takeover by "Schwein", feat. Ketoloco DJs; Nest DJs; Dirty Analogue DJs; Maison DJs; David Moran; Roya Brehl; Andy Moody; Peter Wallace-Armstrong; Rich King; Tim Rial; Shep DJs; Kitchens Inc; Tony Cooper.
Sunday Takeover by "Denture Disco", feat. Stewart Noise; Soothsayer; Beaton; No Requests; Ferme la Bouche; Bristow.
Comedy by Sh!ts N G!ggles; Phil Johnson; Ben Randm. Magic by Magic Magic Wood.