The blissful Trent Country Park is situated in 413 acres of rolling meadows, enchanting brooks and lakes, ancient woodland and imposing historical sites. It is a rare bit of natural green belt beauty in London which offers a place to relax and chill right on the outskirts of the city, so is a perfect place for this one day celebration of house music. 2018 will see the team continue to develop the site further with more attractions, improved facilities and ever lager selections of mouthwatering street foods.

On top of that, the six different stages will all boast world class production including immersive themed stages, bigger arenas and structures, sharper sound systems and state of the art visuals as well as even better VIP and VVIP areas which will offer you and even more enhanced and high-end experience. All this will help ensure that no other festival comes close to offering as complete a snapshot of the global house music scene than 51st State Festival which explores the past, present and future of classic house, tech, afro, garage, soulful, dancehall, dub and disco.

Always championing true greats of the scene, the transatlantic 51st State Festival celebrates the roots of dance music with pioneers and players from all the key cities in the world. Stages are hosted by soulful champs Groove Odyssey as well as esteemed promoters Found, Backto95, We Love Soul, Hot Wuk and Studio 51.

Heading each of these stages are the biggest names from their respective genres such as New York house innovators Masters at Work aka Louie Vega and Kenny Dope, acclaimed and long runningaka Danny Krivit, Joe Claussell and François K and Body & Soul party crew long time hit maker Todd Terry. Then there is also the likes of French disco icon Dimitri From Paris and creamy Boston selectors Soul Clap, techno offerings from Detroit’s one and only Derrick May and boompty house from Chicago original Derrick Carter, contemporary sounds from Hot Creations man Lee Foss, extraordinary deck technician Karizma, deep house duo Session Victim plus garage great Todd Edwards, throwback stars DJ Luck & MC Neat, as well as r&b pin-up Trevor Nelson, the honourable Norman Jay, Jamaican dancehall star Mr Vegas and key disco figures John Morales, Late Nite Tuff Guy and Defected artist Eli Escobar with many more also lining up.

For lovers of all styles of house music, there is no other place to be this summer than 51st State Festival.
Links

Web & Tickets: https://www.51ststatefestival.com.

Line-up:

GROOVE ODYSSEY MAIN STAGE
Headline Act (Announced in June)
Masters at Work
– Louie Vega
– Kenny Dope
Body & Soul
– Danny Krivit
– Joe Claussell
– François K
Dimitri from Paris
Soul Clap
Bobby & Steve
Anane Vega
Lady T
Chuck Roberts – Live
Marc Evans – Live
Shaun Escoffery – Live
Host:
Barbara Tucker

FOUND
Derrick May
Lee Foss
Derrick Carter
Todd Terry
Karizma
Session Victim
2FOUR7
Lex Luca
Dominique Danielle

BACKTO95
India – Live
Todd Edwards
Matt Jam Lamont
DJ Luck & MC Neat
Norris Da Boss Windross
Scott Garcia
Jason Kaye
Masterstepz
Listener
Jason H
Jerry Rankin
Lonyo – Live
Memzee – Live
KP – Live
Hosts:
Creed
DT
PSG
CKP
Buzzhard
Blakey
Onyx Stone

WE LOVE SOUL
Trevor Nelson – MBE
Norman Jay – MBE
Lillo Thomas – Live
Loose Ends – Live
Ingrid Mansfield Allman – Live
Rose Windross – Live
Steve Sutherland
Jiggs
DJ Bigger
Aitch B & Jazzi Q
Sammy Confunktion & Chilli Source
Lloyd Life
Selly J
Colin Williams
Hosts:
Micro
Champain

HOT WUK
Mr Vegas – Live
The Heatwave
Stylo G – Live
Dawn Penn – Live
Demolition Man – Live
Fabio & Grooverider with GQ
Robbo Ranx
Firing Squad
DJ Alton

STUDIO 51
John Morales
Late Nite Tuff Guy
Eli Escobar
Opolopo
Dr Packer
The Reflex
Funkie P
Graeme P & Souldiva