The Garden Festival
2-11th July 2010
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A fabulous 70s designed complex, set on a pine tree covered peninsula with a circular nightclub, large outdoor terrace and a circular beachfront cocktail bar sets the scene for this intimate European boutique festival which is held near the seaside town of Petrcane, Croatia.
It's been running since 2006 and numbers are limited to 2,000, the festival is being held over two weekends 2ndto 4th July and 9th to 11thJuly, organisers are also launching a wider range of events to be held later in the year at the same venue.
Revelers can swim in the glistening Adriatic, relax beneath the pines and dance under a canopy of stars. The 3 main areas are: The terrace hosting the main live stage, Tiki Bar, also with its own dance floor terrace overlooking the sea and then there is Barbarella’s Discotheque for the after-parties.
The festival also runs the legendary Argonaughty Boat Parties which set sail twice daily for more fun and frolics on the open sea.
The festival is a great start to this quite unique festival season on the beautiful Croatian coastline. Set on a narrow peninsular which juts out into the azure waters of the Adriatic, the Garden Festival nestles in an idyllic location close to a 900 year old village which is hard not to fall in love with.
With the strictly limited capacity creating an intimate atmosphere, world class DJs and live acts along with people from all over Europe and beyond - flock every year to soak up the sun, listen to beatific beats during the day and party into the night.
You can enjoy high sea-jinks on daily boat parties, relaxing massages and fantastic food and drink. The site is hosting The Garden Petrcane, a full festival season with a variety of weekends programmed by leading UK music collectives running throughout the whole blissful summer.
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Line up includes
Live Acts2020 Soundsystem Breakestra feat Chali 2na Crazy P Henrik Schwarz Hercules & Love Affair Killer Whale (The Arthur Russell Project) MasterMan Mayer Hawthorne Soul Jazz Sound System Tensnake The Phenomenal Handclap Band
DJ Sets
Adam Regan Adam Shelton Alex from Tokyo Ame Basement Boogaloo Bobby Beige Bonobo Bootsy Borka Christophe (Redux) Dave Beer Dave Jarvis Dean Smith Deano Ferrino Discomendments Dixon DJ Lenny (OPM) DJ Strangefruit Dolan Bergin Dom Chung El Diablos El Harvo Emma Chibuku Faze Action Felix Dickinson Filthy Dukes Florian Keller Gadi Mizrahi Geddes Glimpse Greg Wilson Hang The Dj Harri and Domenic Horse Meat Disco Hot Toddy Ichisan & Nakova Ilija Rudman Itchysoul James Hillard James Holroyd Jamie Jones Jim Stanton Jimpster Joe 90 Jogarde Karen P Kelvin Brown Kid Bongo Matty J & Ben Terry (Tirk Records) Maxxi Soundsystem Metro Area (Darshan Jesrani) Mr Scruff Nightflight No Fakin DJ's Norman Jay Ole Smokey Paddy Freeform PBR Streetgang Pete Herbert Phat Phil Cooper Phil Mison Qool DJ Marv Red Rack Em Rob da Bank Ron Basejam Rub n Tug Sam Redmore Sean Brosnan Sebo K Seth Troxler Shur-i-kan Simon Morrell Ste Hodge Stu Patterson Subb-an Terry Farley The Revenge The Roller Boys Thomas Brunner Tristan Da Cunha Trout Yam Who?
Argonaughty Boat Parties
Tirk AhoyThurs 1st July - Boarding 13:30
Greg Wilson
Rub N Tug
Matty J
Terry
The Sub-marine Club
Thurs 1st July - Boarding 18:30
Harri
Domenic
Junior
Telford
Mulletoverboard
Fri 2nd July - Boarding 13:30
Geddes
Jamie Jones
The Pirates Revenge
Fri 2nd July - Boarding 18:30
The Revenge
Kazeem
PBR Streetgang
Andy Lemay
Crazy P v El Diablos
Sat 3rd July - Boarding 13:30
Crazy P
El Diablos
Faith Houseboat
Sat 3rd July - Boarding 18:30
Stu Patterson
Terry Farley
Dave Jarvis
Below v Basics
Sun 4th July - Boarding 13:30
Adam Shelton
Sub An
Tristan Da Cunha
Dave Beer
James Holroyd
Futureboogie
Sun 4th July - Boarding 18:30
Joe 90
El Harvo
Kid Bongo
Christophe
Voyage still tbc 1
Mon 5th July - Boarding 18:30
Crew still tbc
Dubsco Dingy
Thurs 8th July - Boarding 13:30
Earl Gateshead & Andy Blake
The Futuredisco Dingy
Thurs 8th July - Boarding 18:30
Dom Chung
Emma Chibuku
Sean Brosnan
Electric Minds
Fri 9th July - Boarding 13:30
Faze Action
Yam Who?
Dolan Bergin
Boogaloo v Nightflight
Fri 9th July - Boarding 18:30
Nick Shaw
Ed Cotten
Irish crew still tbc
No Fakin v Sick Trumpet
Sat 10th July - Boarding 13:30
No Fakin DJ's
Phat Phil Cooper
Ste Hodge
Resident Advisor’s All @ Sea
Sun 10th July - Boarding 18:30
Seth Troxler
Sebo K
Webfoot
Sun 11th July - Boarding 13:30
Daddy G
Adam Regan
Bobby Beige
Innervisions Ahoy
Sun 11th July - Boarding 18:30
Ame
Dixon
Henrik Schwarz
Voyage still tbc 3
Mon 12th July - Boarding ?
Crew still tbc
Barbarellas Discotheque Parties
Tickets for this year's after hours shenanigans in Barbarella's Discotheque are now on sale for a fiver. The hosts and confirmed line-ups are listed below.
Weekend 1 Club Hosts
Mulletover - Fri 2nd July
Geddes
Jamie Jones
Sub Club - Sat 3rd July
Harri
Domenic
Junior
Telford
Horse Meat Disco - Sun 4th July
Jim Stanton
James Hillard
Weekend 2 Club Hosts
Backroom Entertainment - Thurs 8th July
Metro Area
Alex from Tokyo tbc
Freerange - Fri 9th July
Jimpster
Shurikan
Resident Advisor Night - Sat 10th July
Sebo K
Seth Troxler
Futureboogie - Sun 11th July
Joe 90
El Harvo
Kid Bongo
Ticket Info
Click here to go to the official festival website ticket page
£80 one weekend
£130 both weekends
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