The Downs Festival unveil huge 2019 lineup featuring Ms Lauryn Hill, Grace Jones, IDLES and more
Posted on: 28 Feb 2019Bristol's favourite one-day festival is back in 2019 with a huge lineup confirmed for its fourth edition on The Downs on Saturday 31st August. Set your alarms for the ticket release on Friday 8th March, they won't be around for long!
* DOWNS TICKET ALERT - ON SALE 9AM FRIDAY 8TH MARCH *
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No strangers to big bookings, festival connoisseurs Team Love have pulled out all the stops to bring yet another showstopping lineup to The Downs. Expect the very best in R&B, soul, UK hip-hop, punk, funk and more from the likes of Ms Lauryn Hill, Grace Jones, Loyle Carner, IDLES, Neneh Cherry, The High Contrast Band, Nightmares On Wax and Crazy P.
A founding member of pioneering group The Fugees, Ms Lauryn Hill is one of the standout voices of the golden era of hip-hop. Her 1998 debut and to date only solo studio album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, was released following the group's split in the mid-90s and is still a standard-setter for the genre today having received widespread critical acclaim and several awards over the years.
Singer-songwriter, actress, model and all-round pop culture icon Grace Jones will also be taking the stage in August to showcase her legendary sound for a Bristol crowd, delving into disco, funk, pop, reggae and more to deliver a live experience like no other.
Homegrown Bristol group IDLES will be playing their biggest-ever show in the city at The Downs this year, and we certainly recommend catching them if you haven't already. Their stock has risen massively in the last year or two thanks to two well-received album releases in 2017 and 2018, and you get the feeling that there's still much more to come from the all-conquering punk outfit.
Celebrated London hip-hop artist Loyle Carner will be performing his second Bristol show in 2019, as will prolific electronic producer Nightmares On Wax, with renowned party collectives Crazy P and High Contrast also confirmed as well as Swedish singer-songwriter and stepdaughter of jazz icon Don Cherry, Neneh Cherry. With a blockbuster lineup already locked in and more acts still to be announced, this year's Downs Festival is certainly set to be one of the biggest yet!
* DOWNS TICKET ALERT - ON SALE 9AM FRIDAY 8TH MARCH *
Ticketmaster : https://bit.ly/2Hl9q6p or
Seetickets : http://tidd.ly/efe2709d
Tickets for The Downs Festival 2019 are on sale on Friday 8th March through SeeTickets and the Bristol Tickets Shop. For more information on The Downs Festival or to follow lineup updates, visit their website or check out their Facebook Page.
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