SATURDAY 8TH AUGUST AT THE MILTON KEYNES NATIONAL BOWL

Elec­tric Par­adise arrives this sum­mer as a brand-new open-air fes­ti­val expe­ri­ence. An era-span­ning blend of dis­co, funk, soul and house plays out across mul­ti­ple stages of this inau­gur­al edition,.

Elec­tric Par­adise will wel­come up to 50,000 atten­dees to the Bowl’s nat­ur­al amphithe­atre, which boasts high-spec pro­duc­tion, pre­mi­um sound and large-scale staging.

The Main Stage brings togeth­er glob­al­ly influ­en­tial live artists includ­ing Grace Jones, Can­di Sta­ton, UB40, Kool & The Gang and Sis­ter Sledge fea­tur­ing Kathy Sledge. The Big Love Stage con­tin­ues the feel-good ener­gy with Cameo, Earth, Wind & Fire (by Al McK­ay), Sha­la­mar, Joce­lyn Brown and Heather Small among others.

House and dis­co cul­ture is rep­re­sent­ed via the Glit­ter­box Stage, fea­tures house heroes Armand Van Helden, Dim­itri from Paris and Roger Sanchez, Lon­don par­ty leg­end Fat Tony, cel­e­brat­ed house vocal­ists Bar­bara Tuck­er and Julie McK­night, eclec­tic and Balearic beats from Colleen Cos­mo Mur­phy and more from Ella Knight.

The Fool’s Par­adise Stage show­cas­es time­less house in all its styles from Mark Knight, Todd Ter­ry, Dave Lee (JN) and Michael Gray, soul selec­tions from Nor­man Jay and more from Fleet­mac Wood. Com­plet­ing the pro­gramme, the Clock­work Orange Stage deliv­ers clas­sic dance her­itage with Graeme Park, Dan­ny Ram­pling, Ali­son Lim­er­ick, Baby D, K‑Klass ft. Bob­bi, Livin Joy ft. Luzuahnn, Roza­l­la, and Andy Manston & Dan­ny Clock­work all tap­ping into the classics.

The Data Trans­mis­sion and Dis­co Infil­tra­tors stage will fea­ture the var­ied sounds of Ron Mex­i­co, Hobbs, Car­los Van D, Slick Pete Flash, Oh! L’Amour, The God­dess Music and Lizzie Curious.