Back 2 Festival Returns To Catton Park With A Steller Final Lineup Of 00s Classics
Published On Saturday 4 Feb 2023 by Sticky Beak
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Back for the 7th year running, the UK’s most nostalgic festival, Back 2 Festival, is proud to announce the final lineup for this year’s throwback extravaganza. Superstar DJ Example and pop rock band The Hoosiers among others will join headline acts Boyzlife and Basshunter on Thursday 30th June – Sunday 3rd July 2023 for a riotous celebration of 00s finest.
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Savers tickets are on sale now here before the final ticket release later this year. Early bird tickets are now sold out.
Adding to a weekend of banging head-bobbers, Back 2 Festival’s epic lineup of childhood sweethearts will blast gems across the park from the vibrant 80s, 90s and 00s music scene. New on the bill, Example is the multi-talented singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer behind global hits like ‘Changed the Way You Kissed Me’ and ‘We’ll Be Coming Back’. Also familiar with chart-topping success, The Hoosiers inject bright and bold tunes before delivering their fourth studio album, and first in eight years, in 2023.
Joining the lineup for the festival’s largest year yet are Bristol’s Showhawk Duo, Spanish DJ and Record Producer DJ Sammy, the world’s number 1 Whitney Houston tribute Belinda Davis, British radio and TV presenter Pat Sharp, local singer Kelly Llorrena, Italian Eurodance group Livin Joy, TV talent Gareth Gates, impersonators Kevin & Perry, drum and bass’ Nicky BlackMarket, singer Marcella Woods, the godfather of oldskool Slipmatt and much more alongside forty of Bristol’s elite DJs.
Combined with a lineup that has already won the hearts of a generation, Boyzlife make audiences swoon with their highly-anticipated collaboration: Boyzone and Westlife. Phone torches will be ablaze for their roster of heart-throbbing ballads. Returning to the stage for another weekend at the park are two of Back 2 Festival’s most-loved artists: dance legend Basshunter and energetic German trio Cascada will deliver an array of much-requested dancefloor anthems. These musical pioneers joined the first phase lineup with pop favourites A1 and 911, Welsh comedy rap group Goldie Looking Chain and much more.
With four monumental stages in total, including two brand-new stages for 2023, Back 2 Festival is welcoming its biggest year yet in style. Whether you are hunting out the hidden entrance to The Secret Rave Arena, falling into a thumping dance tent hosted by Birmingham’s biggest LGBTQ+ night club, or finishing on a high at Saturday’s Passion tent and the longest-running trance brand in the UK, this year is set to smash expectations like never before.
Catton Park, located next to local gem Catton Hall, is in the heart of the National Forest and equidistant from London, Manchester and Norwich, making it the ideal location for festival goers from across the UK.
Tickets are available to buy now from www.back2festivals.co.uk/tickets and extra 5% off with Attractiontix Voucher Codes. For a short time only, you can buy a Saver ticket for all four nights at £129.99 before the final ticket release later this year. Early Bird tickets are sold-out.
The full lineup is as follows:
EXAMPLE
BOYZLIFE
BASSHUNTER
BLUE
CASCADA / THE HOOSIERS / DODGY / MARTIN KEMP - 80s DJ SET / SHOWHAWK DUO / PHATS & SMALL / DJ SAMMY / ULTRABEAT / BELINDA DAVIDS / PAT SHARP / DJ QUICKSILVER / TECHNOTRONIC / 911 / A1 / 2FUNKY2 / KELLY LLORENNA / LIVIN JOY / GOLDIE LOOKIN’ CHAIN / ALEX PARTY / GARETH GATES / KEVIN & PERRY / BETTY BOO / DJ HYPE / FABIO & GROOVERIDER / NICKY BLACKMARKET / RATPACK / BRYAN KEARNEY / LANGE / THE THRILLSEEKERS / JFK / MARCELLA WOODS / K KLASS / ALEX P / PIANOMAN / VINYLGROOVER / CHARLIE BOSH / MICKY MODELLE & SIMONE / HIXXY - BONKERS SET / BILLY DANIEL BUNTER / SLIPMATT / KISSY SELLOUT
FORTY MORE LOCAL DJs
THURSDAY DANCE TENT HOSTED BY - THE NIGHTINGALE
SATURDAY DANCE TENT HOSTED BY - PASSION
TWO NEW STAGES - THE STEEL YARD AND THE SECRET RAVE ARENA
Back 2 Festival will take place between Thursday June 30th - Sunday July 3rd 2023 at Catton Park, Derbyshire. For more information, please visit the Back 2 Festival website, or follow Back 2 Festival on Instagram and Facebook and Twitter
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