Full lineup announced for En Masse Festival 2023
Posted on: 08 Sep 2023Bristol’s beloved multi-venue electronic music festival, En Masse, returns in November with yet another exceptional lineup showcasing the city’s burgeoning music scene.
This year’s En Masse Festival runs from Wednesday 15 until Sunday 19 November 2023.
Four days of programming (and an extra day of radio) will be spread across some of Bristol’s favourite underground venues, providing a platform for the city’s thriving community of live performers, DJs, artists and more, in addition to various collaborations and daytime workshop activities.
Tickets are already shifting fast with some passes already sold out – head to the festival website to secure yours.
En Masse is multi-venue electronic music festival that focuses on the contemporary sound of Bristol. The four-day event is curated by members of the community and aims to highlight local underground heroes, alongside some favourite acts from further afield.
Partnered with Carhartt, Youth Music and Arts Council England, this year’s edition focuses heavily on live performers, collaboration and elevated technical production. The venues taking part in the festival are The Cube on Wednesday, Loco Klub on Thursday and Strange Brew on Friday and Saturday.
Wednesday will see lo-fi glitch pop artist play a set at The Cube alongside a collaboration between electronic instrumentalist Memotone and Bristol dub-pop trio Jabu. On Thursday, Loco Klub will be taken over by Barcelona industrial synth duo Dame Area, rapper-producer Iceboy Violet and Avon Terror Corps graduate, Dark IDL.
Friday and Saturday at En Masse revolves around Strange Brew. On Friday, Italian techno artist Donato Dozzy will make way for festival creator and Bristol and Timedance record label legend, Batu.
Saturday will see sets from Bristol based DJ i-sha, a collaboration with local drumming extraordinaire Dan Johnson and fellow multi-genre percussionist Valentina Magaletti, Rotterdam based electronic artist mad miran and Tokyo DJ LIL MOFO.
En Masse Festival runs from Wednesday 15 until Sunday 19 November 2023.
Festival passes are available for £45, granting access to Thursday, Friday and Saturday’s events, as well as tickets to each individual venue. Sunday will see a En Masse X NOODS Radio takeaway, to which entry is free. Grab your tickets HERE.
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Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.
