Y Not Festival
The Y Not Festival is an annual music festival held in Pikehall, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. It first took place in 2005, at a disused quarry site as a party for around 120 people organised by Ralph Broadbent who was planning a party in the garden of his parents' house but had to relocate when his parents didn't go away as planned. For the first year it went under the name of the Big Gin Festival (a play on its location near Biggin in the Peak District). The main stage at the festival has retained this name as The Big Gin Stage. The following year it was renamed Y Not Festival with the public being invited and with attendances increasing year on year (to 15,000 in 2015) and eventually relocating to its current site at Pikehall in Derbyshire. As a small independent festival the event has won many awards and accolades such as best small festival in 2012 and the prize for best grass roots event and best toilets at the 2011 UK Festival Awards. In 2016 it was sold to Global Radio's festival division, Broadwick Live, along with Truck Festival and the rest of Broadbent's company (Count of Ten) portfolio. 2017 was the first year under the new management.
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| Genre | Rock, alternative rock, indie rock, dance, world, punk rock, electronic music, reggae, folk, hip hop |
| Dates | Last weekend in July/first weekend in August, usually |
| Location(s) | Peak District, England |
| Years active | 2006 – present |
| Website | ynotfestival.com |
Y Not Festival 2019
Y Not Festival 2019 was held on the 25th-28th July 2019. Two Door cinema Club played a headline set on the Saturday Night, two years after their set was cancelled in 2017. Other notable performances included a special guest slot from IDLES on Saturday afternoon, Gerry Cinnamon's packed out Friday teatime session and after-headliner DJ slots from Mike Skinner from The Streets and Jax Jones. Despite it being announced that the festival arena would be opened at 4 pm, the gates were not opened until approximately 6:20 pm. Because of this The Wired and Airways did not perform due to time.
Line up
Big Gin Stage
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| White Lies
Lucia Airways (did not perform due to late opening) The Wired (did not perform due to late opening) |
Elbow
Laurel Zuzu Wolf Club |
Two Door Cinema Club
Reverend and the Makers (replaced Demort Kennedy) IDLES (special guests) |
Foals
King Pleasure & the Biscuit Boys Patawawa Ronald Raygun |
The Quarry Stage
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Redlight (After Headliner Slot)
Sports Team Cassia Casey Lowery Children of the State The Rooves The Headspace |
Jax Jones (After Headliner Slot)
The Slow Readers Club (Replacing Reverend and the Makers after they were moved to the Main Stage) Pip Blom Sophie and the Giants Deco Do Nothing The Honeymoon Suite The Levis |
Echo and The Bunnymen
Ady Sulieman Only The Poets Age of L.U.N.A Soft Boys and Girls Club Reflekter Holly Humberstone |
The Giant Squid
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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| The Subways
Puppy TBA Indoor Pets October Drift Fuzzy Sun Lion Superego |
The Damned
Orchards Bitch Falcon Dancehall Spun Dirty Little Liars Flares |
Band of Skulls
YAK (replacing Fontaines D.C.) Allusinlove Heavy Rapids Hotel Lux Raised By Owls Candid |
Y Not Festival 2018
As a result of the 2017 cancellation, in 2018 Y Not relocated to Aston Hill Farm, close to the old site of Mouldridge Lane. 2018 hosted such bands as The Libertines, Manic Street Preachers, Seasick Steve and Jamiroquai.
Line up
Big Gin Stage
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| Razorlight
Reverend and the Makers
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The Libertines
Manic Street Preachers Circa Waves The Sherlocks Fickle Friends The Orielles King No-One Nelson Can Becky Kuek Prose |
Catfish & The Bottlemen
Kaiser Chiefs Seasick Steve The Amazons Pale Waves Maricka Hackman Superfood RedFaces Sly Digs Mr Motivator |
Jamiroquai
The Wombats The Go! Team Tom Walker King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys Bad Sounds Haus Bryde |
The Quarry Stage
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| Kurupt FM
Lady Leshurr Nadia Rose The Lancashire Hotpots Easy Life Everly Pregnant Brothers Anteros DJ Luck & MC Neat Oddity Road Vega Bay The Time Sellers
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Wilkinson
Tom Grennan Blaenovon Jade Bird Beans on Toast Mullally Paris Youth Foundation Sheafs Ashfields Ava Saint Shadow Child |
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Peace Coasts Lucy Spraggan Sam Fender Husky Loops Rosborough Soft Boys & Girls Club Alex Ohm Daisy Godfrey |
The Giant Squid
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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| Moose Blood
Mallory Knox Turbowolf Astroid Boys Milk Teeth Hellions Holding Absence Press to Meco Anavae Groundculture I Cried Wolf |
Buzzcocks
Spector Jaws Goat Girl Estrons Fizzy Blood When Young Yassassin Gaffa Tape Sandy Afterbloom |
The Fat White Family
Shame Yak Gallops Bloody Knees Crows Menance Feet Black Futures Leader |
Y Not Festival 2017
In 2017 the festival was affected by adverse weather conditions from the Friday and was eventually cancelled by the organisers on the final day.
Line up
Big Gin Stage
| Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday (Cancelled) |
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| Feeder
The Skints Liam Bailey Courts White Room |
The Vaccines (Cancelled)
Clean Bandit Nothing But Thieves The Hunna Sundara Karma Haus King No-one Matt Wills Sugarthief |
Stereophonics
Jake Bugg Slaves DMA'S Declan McKenna Clean Cut Kid Dan Caplan Outlya Deco |
Two Door Cinema Club
The Happy Mondays Maxïmo Park Deaf Havana Fickle Friends King Pleasure And The Biscuit Boys Catherine McGrath Bad Sounds Afterbloom |
The Quarry Stage
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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| Jaguar Skills
Frank Turner Cast Jaws Matt Wills Tom Grennan Everly Pregnant Brothers The Rhythm Method Oddity Road One Giant Causeway Chroma Bay |
Idris Elba
Example & DJ Wire Lethal Bizzle Sheafs Palace Beans On Toast Banfi Eyre Llew Unknown Era Bud Easy Life |
Twin Atlantic
Kate Nash Cabbage Honeyblood Will Varley Off Bloom Sonny Rob Green Vega Bay Daisy Godfrey |
Y Not Festival 2016
The 2016 festival was held between 28–31 July. It was headlined by Editors, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Madness, The Hives, Catfish and the Bottlemen and The Cribs.
Line up
Big Gin Stage
| Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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| The Coral
Milburn By The Rivers |
Editors
The Cribs Everything Everything The Lancashire Hot Pots Sam Henshaw Kloe Kassassin Street |
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Catfish and the Bottlemen Circa Waves Rat Boy Eliza and the Bear Jodie Abacus The Amazons NGOD New Desert Blues Mr Motivator |
Madness
The Hives Fun Lovin Criminals Milky Chance Sunset Sons King Pleasure & The BB Vant Will Joseph Cook Kagoule |
The Quarry
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| DJ Fresh
Coasts JP Cooper Ferocious Dog Beans on Toast White Inheaven Rob Green Silver Wilson Suspect Alibi |
Nice Like Rice
Band of Skulls Peter Hook and the Light Pretty Vicious The Sherlocks Sundara Karma Lucy Spraggan The Mirror Trap RedFaces Afterdark Movement The Tin Pigeons |
Blossoms
Lucy Rose Seafret The Magic Gang Dagny Louis Berry Vaults Toby Johnson Deco Ellie Keegan |
The Giant Squid
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| Deap Valley
Eagulls Yak Public Access TV Trams Nai Harvest Black Foxxes Cassels Beasts |
Kneck Deep
Moose Blood Dinosaur Pile Up Black Peaks Heck Milk Teeth Blood Youth Dead! Francobollo |
Sikth
Lonely the Brave Arcane Roots Gnarwolves Creeper Reigning Days Queen Kwong Shame The Decoy |
Y Not Festival 2015
The 2015 festival was held between 31 July and 2 August. The festival was headlined by Snoop Dogg, Basement Jaxx and Primal Scream. Ash, Beans on Toast, Asylums and Bloxed Beats played the festival on Thursday 30 July as the early entry acts.[1]
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Big Gin Stage
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Y Not Festival 2014
The 2014 festival was held between 1–3 August. The festival was headlined by White Lies, Dizzee Rascal and Frank Turner.[2]
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Big Gin Stage
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The Quarry
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The Giant Squid
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The Allotment
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Y Not Festival 2013
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Big Gin Stage
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Y Not Festival 2012
The 2012 festival was held between 3–5 August. The festival was headlined by The View, The Wombats and We Are Scientists. The festival returned to its usual site in Pikehall.
The festival saw the return of its three music stages, the "Big Gin Stage", "The Quarry" and "The Allotment", plus the introduction of a new stage "The Giant Squid".
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Big Gin Stage
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Y Not Festival 2011
The 2011 festival was held between 5–7 August. The festival was headlined by The Go! Team, Feeder and Maxïmo Park. The festival was once again located in Pikehall.
The festival had three music stages:
- The main stage called "Big Gin Stage" named after the first festival
- A smaller stage called "The Quarry" named after the location of the 2006 festival
- "The Allotment" was a new addition to 2011 which hosted a variety of local bands. "The Allotment" stage was named after a competition was held on Facebook and Twitter.
The festival won two categories at the UK Festival Awards, the grass roots festival award and the prize for the best toilets.[3]
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2010
The Y Not Festival in 2010 was headlined by The Futureheads, The Subways and The Mystery Jets. Other acts included Blood Red Shoes, Los Campesinos, Darwin Deez, King Pleasure and the Bisuit Boys, OK Go, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Twisted Wheel, Turin Brakes, Rox, Little Comets, Kid British, Daisy Dares You, Slow Club, Goldheart Assembly, Jim Lockey & The Solemn Sun, Tubelord, Foy Vance, Max Raptor, Fenech Soler, Sparrow and the Workshop, THePETEBO, Doll & The Kicks, Sketches, Matthew P, Morning Parade, 51/50s, Kill It Kid, and North Atlantic Oscillation.
2009
The Y Not Festival sold out in 2009. The line up on the main stage included The Sunshine Underground, The King Blues, Noah and the Whale, Young Knives, Nine Black Alps, Shotshotstacy, and Esser. Beardyman and Frank Turner were on the acoustic stage. The festival featured many other artists and DJs over the three days of live music.
2008
The third Y Not Festival was again held at Pikehall, Derbyshire. The festival expanded agfurtherain and around 2000 people attended over three days. Bigger and more well known acts such as the Mystery Jets, Cage the Elephant, and Frank Turner were on the bill, though neither the Mystery Jets or Cage the Elephant turned up.
2007
The Second Y Not Festival was at held at a new venue, Pikehall, Derbyshire. This allowed the festival to sprawl over a larger area. Around 1000 people attended over the three days.
2006
The first Y Not Festival was held in a quarry in Derbyshire. Around 500 people attended over three days. Many of the bands that played were unsigned or local. A DVD documentary was made about this festival.
Big Gin
Before it was even known as Y Not Festival it was a small gathering of sixth form pupils from Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Ashbourne. The gathering had a few local bands and a couple of DJs played on two nights.
References
- http://www.ynotfestivals.co.uk/line-up-2015/
- http://www.ynotfestivals.co.uk/line-up-2014/
- "Glastonbury, Bestival and Y-Not festival are big winners at industry awards - Eighth annual UK Festival awards also sees Ed Sheeran named breakthrough artist of the year". The Guardian - Music. Guardian News and Media. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2012.