De La Soul, Lightspeed Champion, for Beachdown Festival

The first artists have been announced for Beachdown Festival, which will take place on the South Downs near Brighton this August bank holiday weekend from Friday 22nd to Monday 25th August.

The first names include hip-hop legends De La Soul, Devonte Hynes of Test Icicles, new lo fi folk project Lightspeed Champion, Sheffield electro-indie boys Reverend and the Makers and the critically acclaimed Terry Callier.

Other confirmed artists for the main stage include Roy Ayers, Infadels, The Hat and Freak Power. The announcement also includes artists for the Inspirations Stage. First up there's Russ Dewbury who will present the return of Jazz Bop. There will also be a special performance from Bah Samba. Other acts include Azymuth, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Jah Wobble All-stars, and Amp Fiddler, with more artists for both stages to be confirmed in coming weeks.

A day pass will cost £30 and a full weekend pass will be priced at £85 and go on sale this weekend priced at £85. There will limited number of day tickets will be on sale as well as weekend tickets, whilst camping facilities will be available and shuttle buses running every hour running from Brighton to the festival site and back from 10am until 1am which means all local festival goers should leave their cars at home.

The parking facilities will be located off site, so as not to disturb or damage the natural environment of the south downs. Car parks will be utilised at the nearby Hickstead Showground and at Shoreham Airport, where buses will ferry festival goers from their car directly to the camp site.

The food stalls on site will offer locally sourced and organic menus, some provided by local brand name restaurants. The event is also aiming to be carbon neutral.

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