PierJam returns to Blackpool’s North Pier for the eighth yr on Saturday twenty ninth April 2023
ANDY C, EXAMPLE, HOLY GOOF, TONN PIPER, DARKZY, FLAVA D, JAMIE DUGGAN, LAZCRU, SKEPSIS, WINDOW KID, ZERO, MC AD AND MANY MORE
Tickets on sale from 10am Wednesday seventh December here.
Organisers of Blackpool’s common dance occasion, PierJam, have immediately revealed the primary wave of acts for its return on Saturday twenty ninth April 2023, which is shaping as much as be one of many city’s greatest occasions of the yr.
Set on the iconic seaside venue of Blackpool North Pier, PierJam is all about high quality digital music in an outside setting full with hard-to-beat sea views. Celebrating its eighth yr, 2023’s occasion will see a number of the greatest dance acts come collectively throughout two levels to create a one-off clubbing expertise for followers.
The primary of the huge headliners introduced is D&B heavyweight Andy C, who makes his debut on the occasion following a profitable yr of milestones together with asserting his personal present at Wembley’s OVO Area; the primary ever drum and bass occasion for the venue which offered out in only a few days. An underground icon, Andy C is likely one of the world’s most revered DJs and producers and has performed an important position within the capital’s digital music scene for over twenty years. He has collected over forty awards so far, with 2018 accolades together with Greatest British DJ (DJ Magazine), Greatest DJ (DNBA), Highest Drum & Bass DJ (High 100 DJs Ballot) and Greatest Bass DJ (Ibiza DJ Awards). His MC Tonn Piper will even be part of Andy on the Sundown Stage.
Subsequent up is Instance, who has made a comeback on the digital scene this yr together with his eighth studio album We Might Develop Previous However We By no means Develop Up. Sustaining years of momentum with chart topping singles, profession defining pageant units, offered out excursions and a number of platinum information, the brand new album is about to embody his youthful nature while pushing a contemporary vary of rising expertise throughout pop and dance spectrums. Having spent nicely over a decade within the sport, the UK mainstay has crafted a profession drenched in accolades and his UK headline tour earlier this yr offered over 25,000 tickets.
Holy Goof, Coventry’s famend DJ/producer who has emerged as one of many UK’s hottest newcomers over the previous couple of years, shall be becoming a member of them to deliver his fluid, bass-house hybrid sound to the Pier. He has already made notable appearances on the likes of cloth, Detonate and bass festivals together with Nass and Sidewinder in addition to showing recurrently on BBC 1Xtra, Kiss FM and Rinse FM with a number of visitor mixes.
The occasion will even host a takeover from one of many greatest impartial dance music labels within the nation, Crucast, which has supported the rise of a few of bass music’s most gifted names together with Darkzy, Window Child and Skepsis.
Darkzy, who shot to prominence within the 2010s as a part of the UK’s altering bassline scene, has developed his personal distinctive sounds taking influences from the UK’s underground, drum and bass, dubstep, storage and dirt scenes and has earned himself a fame as one of many trade’s finest abilities. Becoming a member of him on the Crucast stage is Window Child, who has been described as the brand new ‘one to look at’ on the UK MC scene. He now stands tall amongst his Crucast mates Darkzy and Bru-C, the latter who he varieties a difficult double act with. Because the big success of the duo’s ‘BITS’, it is a collaboration positive to blossom even additional.
Skepsis, considered one of Crucast’s frontmen, will even deliver his energetic and bass pushed type to the stage. He has impressed a wave of upcoming producers to show their hand on the UK bass sound, serving to the style develop, acquire extra publicity and attain a extra mainstream demographic.
The trio shall be joined by storage legends Flava D and Jamie Duggan, Crucast founder Lazcru, Zero, MC Advert and lots of extra.
With extra nonetheless to be introduced, PierJam 2023 is about to be the last word social gathering for these wanting to usher in the Spring financial institution vacation in type.
Tickets for £25 go on sale at 10am Wednesday seventh December at www.pierjam.com
VIP tickets will even be out there for £45.
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