The one day festival, Community Festival will be returning, after two successful years, to Finsbury Park on the 30th of June 2019 and organisers have released the fist wave of performers. The organisers of Community Festival announced, on the 26th of October 2018, the first series of acts. Tickets for the festival can be purchased here.
The first line-up announcement for the Community Festival 2019 have been revealed with, indie rock legends, The Kooks being revealed as the headliners, and support from Blossoms. Completing the first series of announcements are Kate Nash, BLOXX, Gerry Cinnamon, Sea Girls, The Academic, The Amazons, and The Night Café, with more expected to be announced soon.
Organisers of Community Festival, in a press release, said: “After two hugely successful years,Community Festival returns toFinsbury Park on the 30th of June 2019 with The Kooks,Blossoms, The Amazons, Kate Nash, Gerry Cinnamon and The Night Café amongst the first acts announced for the defining summer celebration of guitar music. Tickets for Community are on sale now for just £40.
“Marking itself out in the calendar for an entire generation of indie fans, Community Festival hosts an unmissable festival line up of the biggest and best loved British guitar bands going following in the footsteps of legends like Oasis, The Stone Roses and The Sex Pistols to play the iconic park. Headlining its third year are indie royaltyThe Kooks.”
Continuing, they said: “Community Festival is a one-day celebration of the best in new music. Last year’s event was headlined by Two Door Cinema Club and saw 37,500 music fans enjoy one of the hottest music shows of the summer. Catfish and the Bottlemen also headlined the debut sold out show in 2017. With even more memories set to be made in 2019, Community Festival is the go-to destination for a summer celebration of indie.”
Speaking about their Community Festival headline slot, The Kooks frontman , Luke Pritchard, said: “It’ll be 15 years since we first formed as a band next year, and I can’t think of any better way to celebrate than headlining our biggest show to date at Community 2019. It’s been an incredible journey that’s taken us around the world, playing to so many of you and changing our lives completely – we can’t wait to have the biggest party of the summer. See you there x”
Talking about Community 2019, Blossoms said: “We love a good, big, London outdoor show … . what a line-up! We had a blast playing with The Kooks in Europe a few years back … but this’ll be even better … mark our words … ” An unstoppable live prospect, The Amazons will demonstrate why they are beginning to
