Music / preview
Preview: En Masse Festival
Returning for its second year, En Masse is the multi-day and multi-venue music festival, running from 19 to 24 September. The festival was founded by Omar McCutcheon AKA Batu, renowned DJ and producer based in Bristol.
The venues included in this years festival are Mickey Zoggs, home of Noods Radio, The Cube, Loco Klub, Strange Brew, Trinity Centre and Black Swan.
The festival will be running each evening in the week as well as hosting a day party at Black Swan on Saturday 24 September with the after party being held at Strange Brew later that night.
is needed now More than ever
This year lineup boasts a range of local and national DJs and artists including Batu himself, Ben UFO, dream pop duo Robbie & Mona, resident DJ on SWU.FM Chloe Sage, musician Bruce who will be showcasing his debut live set and amongst others.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Chm3KDktfXX/?hl=en
In a statement released by the festival, the founders and curators explain what makes En Masse unique: “En Masse was born out of the desire for more festivals which have a clear and unique identity.
As the founder Batu began playing more festivals over the world as a DJ he discovered the power of certain environments and ambitions for some music festivals. He also noticed how some others didn’t connect with him so well. This planted a seed to create something new, which represented his vision of a festival which represents local talent, sustainable growth and programming as a composition.
As the En Masse idea evolved and more people got involved, it shifted from a camping festival back into Bristol. We look to represent Bristol wide range of talent and also bring different musical communities together as one.”
Tickets can be brought seperatley for each event and they can be found on Headfirst.
Main photo: Alisha Harrison
Read more: Review: Batu: A Long Strange Dream, Strange Brew – ‘Both transcendent and heady’
Listen to the latest Bristol24/7 Behind the Headlines podcast:
Our top newsletters emailed directly to you
