We're very excited about the Big Chill line-up.
Say what you like about The Big Chill, after 16 years it's now as integral a part of the English Summer as Glastonbury, or Wimbledon, or pictures of someone in the Trafalgar Square fountains as soon as it's hot for a day. What Big Chill has first and foremost is one of the most pleasant sites in the festival calendar, even if, after 3 days of hiking up and down it, you'll swear it should be called The Big Hill instead. What Big Chill also has in its favour is a consistently fantastic and balanced line-up. This year looks like being no different.
Bristolian legends Massive Attack cosy up to the polymathic M.I.A as headliners. We get the chance to see the ageless and utterly brilliant Roy Ayers perform Everybody Loves The Sunshine in (hopefully) the August sunshine. Mellow Austrian drum and bass dons, Kruder and Dorfmeister, sound like a very good idea for a sunny day too.
Other highlights of a seriously tasty looking line-up include: Mad Professor, Terry Callier, Easy Star All Stars, The Bug, Alice Russell, Little Dragon, Bebel Gilberto, and Dam Funk. There's a whole host of top DJs too, from Martyn to Toddla T, Zero 7 to Breakage. Big Chill favourites such as Mr Scruff, Norman Jay, and The Disco Shed will also be there, so make sure you are too.
The line-up so far:
Massive Attack, M.I.A, Theo Parrish, Roots Manuva, Roy Ayers, Mr Scruff, Matthew Herbert's One Club, Bebel Gilberto, Starsmith, Layo & Bushwacka, Dãm-Funk, Foreign Beggars, The Heatwave, Ashley Beedle & Darren Morris present Mavis, feat. Candi Staton, Cherilyn McNeil Kurt Wagner, John Turrell, Chris Coco and more TBC, 2020Soundsystem, The Shoes, The Leisure Society, Tensnake, Hospital Records present Danny Byrd, Gilles Peterson, The Keyboard Choir, The Black Seeds, The Bug (Live), Seth Troxler & Jamie Jones, Joker, Kelis, The Craig Charles Fantasy Funk Band, Futureboogie, Jose Padilla, Daniel Wang, Hospital Records present High Contrast, Toddla T & MC Serocee, Mad Professor, Plan B, Norman Jay, N-Type, Andrew Weatherall, Disco Shed, Little Dragon, Cringe, Alice Russell, Hospital Records present London Electricity, John Harris, Tinie Tempah, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Hospital Records present Netsky, John Hegley, El Diablo’s Social Club, Zero 7 (DJ set), Taylor McFerrin, Easy Star All-Stars, The Fisherman's Friends, Crazy P (DJ Set), Mixmaster Morris, Fluidnation, PBR Streetgang, Breakage, Terry Callier, Martyn, Kirsty Almeida, Redlight, Magnetic Man, Appleblim, Nicole Conti Jazz Combo, Gaggle, DJ Derek, Greg Wilson
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