Brighter days with city festival
House and techno favourites including Patrick Topping, Mella Dee and Sorley will perform at a huge new festival set to bring 10 hours of dancing to Sunderland this summer.
Brighter Days Festival will takeplaceatHerringtonCountryParkonJuly42021,andwill also feature Mele, Jaguar and Alex Virgo with support from Meg Ward, Ammara, Jordan, Curtis Graham and more.
It will be one of the first large-scale events to take place in the city following the planned lifting of social-distancing restrictions on June 21, 2021.
Topping the bill is North Shields’PatrickToppingwho’s becomeoneoftheleadingfaces of British house and techno in recent years, not only as a DJ but also as a world-renowned producer.
Soundtracking countless sunrise memories as resident of Jamie Jones’ famed Paradise parties at Ibiza’s DC-10, Patrick’snow50-releasestrong back-catalogueisburstingwith iconic dance-floor records.
MellaDeealsojoinsthelineupandisknownforhiswillingnesstoexperimentwithawide range of sounds, concepts and
landscapes.Thebreakthrough success of his Techno Disco Tool reached number 1 in BBC Radio1’sDanceMusicchart,as well as Nick Grimshaw’s Tune of The Week and went on to be chosen as one of the Tracks of the Decade by Annie Mac and Pete Tong.
His Warehouse Music imprint won the Best Breakthrough Label award at the DJ Mag awards and he was also named one of Mixmag’s Stars of the Year.
Since then Mella Dee has delivered his debut Essential Mix for the legendary BBC Radio 1 series.
AddingtotheheadlinelineupisSunderlandDJSorley,anotherproducerwhoburstonto thescenebeforebeingstopped in his tracks by the pandemic.
BrighterDaysFestivalisbeing brought to the city by the people behind Kubix Festival which will take place in Herrington Country Park with a rescheduled date of July 2-3. Artists are to be confirmed for Kubix soon.
*Brighter Days Festival is at Herrington Country Park on July 4, 2021. Tickets start from £32.50, with a VIP offering from only £40. Pre-register for early access to tickets at www.brighterdaysfestival. co.uk
Pre-sale tickets become available from Wednesday, May 12, at 10am and general release from Thursday May 13.Gatesarefrommiddaywith a 10pm close.