Basket of Light at Tambourine Hands
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"Basket of Light is possibly the best small (400 cap) festival to crop up in Wales (via Bristol). Boasting lighting installations, waged tickets + diverse sounds from the jazz / fusion / funk realms (like Etuk Ubong and Snazzback) to hi-NRG club DJs (like Manuka Honey and Princess Koko). It’s clear the attention here is on the experience, not the profit margin - so you’re in for a good time."

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A event on Thursday 9th June. The event starts at 18:00.


Thursday 9 June 18.00 - Sunday 12 June 12.00

Basket of Light is a 400-strong dance in Wales featuring the very best live music and DJs from around the world, alongside light installations, projections and mixed reality explorations. In our second year, and we're going to be going deeper into light explorations, with more live music, more different music. We make our dancefloors for everyone. Here's the line up:

Alexanderos
Alvarezz
Auka
Austin
Colectiva
Dar Disku
Dasa
D.Vyzor
Edna Martinez
Esa
Etuk Ubong and the Etuk Philosophy
GAVIN FAIRHALL LEVER
HOWL
Jackson Worm
Karl FM
Manuka Honey
Miia
Plumm
Poly-Ritmo
Princess Koko
Representasian
Rishi
Snazzback
Tahira
Tambourine Hands
Vandorta
Volta 45
Yusuf Suave

This year we're introducing ticket pricing based on earnings. If you earn over £30,000 a year, we're asking you to pay an extra 20 quid for your ticket. Please be honest about this, as all the funds from this will go towards covering unwaged tickets to enable people who aren't in work to come to the festival.

If you're unwaged or on a low wage which doesn't allow you to buy a full price ticket, drop us a line at [email protected]

We welcome all ages - and under 12s come free - please purchase a free ticket for under 12s so we know how many children to expect on site. If you're planning to bring anyone between the ages of 12 and 21, please get in touch too. We're also working to make the festival site as accessible as possible, so please let us know if you have any specific requirements.

The location of the festival site close to the English/Welsh border will be released to ticket holders nearer the time!

Camping:
There is a lovely campsite in which you can pitch your own tent, and we also have furnished bell tents available for £170 (sleeps 4). Please email us - [email protected] - if you would like to book a bell tent.

If you've got any questions at all, drop us a line at [email protected]

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