The Press and Journal (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
Cultivate club culture to get city bouncing
Cultivate will bring some of the most popular acts in electronic music to Aberdeen this weekend. The festival is organised by Rory Masson who runs RARE Club at The Tunnels and Scott Forrest who is behind Let It Bleed at Unit 51.
“We’ve been working on this festival for eight months, so it’s been long time coming,” said Rory.
“The acts that we’ve got are some of the biggest DJs in the world – it’s amazing we’re able to bring them to Aberdeen.”
Glasgow-based producer and DJ Denis Sulta will play the main stage from 7-9pm on Saturday.
Barry Can’t Swim, Dance System, Ross From Friends and many more will also take to the Cultivate stage this weekend.
Rory said finding a rightsized venue in Aberdeen was quite difficult, but he’s excited to once again host the festival at the inflatable theme park, Innoflate, on Beach Esplanade.
“It’s quite a big process to get the venue ready,” he said.
“They had to close for a full week for the event to go ahead.
“They spent the day rolling everything up, putting it away and clearing the upstairs.
“The axe throwing cages upstairs will be turned into cages for dancers – we’re making do with what’s there.”
In addition to enriching Aberdeen’s music scene, Rory is certain Cultivate will also support the local economy.
He said: “People will be travelling from all over the UK and Europe to come to Aberdeen.
“Most people are from Aberdeen, but a lot of them are also from Inverness, Glasgow, Edinburgh, English towns and there are also people coming from Italy.
“It’s a weekend festival, so they’ll be staying in hotels and going to bars and restaurants in the city.
“They’ll all be benefiting from Cultivate festival being here and injecting 3,000-4,000 people into the city.
“We think it’s great for the city and we plan to host the festival twice a year.”
Cultivate will take place tomorrow and Sunday at Innoflate.
A limited number of tickets is still available.
Rory revealed the next Cultivate festival will take place from Saturday September 24 to Sunday September 25.
The line-up will be revealed in the coming months.