A trio of intimate London live shows have been announced to take place. All Points East Festival has partnered with Ray-Ban to host the upcoming gigs. The series of gigs, Ray-Ban X APE present The Summer Sessions, will serve as a prelude for the festival’s 2022 event.
AEG Presents have given the following statement, “Ray-Ban has been a partner of Luno presents All Points East since its launch in 2018 and we’re really pleased to develop our relationship further with these intimate shows this summer. The festival is going to be a huge celebration of music and we’re delighted to have Ray-Ban partner with us again on the West Stage across both weekends.”
The first of the live shows is scheduled to take place on 26th May 2022; Sherelle will kick off the live sessions with a headlining show at Hackney Wick’s Colour Factory. The British DJ will also be joined by Nia Archives, the multi-talented artist who was awarded the Best Producer accolade at this year’s BandLab NME Awards ceremony. Two more artists are also billed to perform at the opening concert, “Almost Blue” singer LCY and Foundation FM will also take to the Hackney stage.
The second gig of the upcoming summer session will take place on 9th June 2022 at Camden’s iconic venue KOKO. Formally known as Camden Palace, the venue will play host to Kenny Beats and his friends. The Berklee College of Music alumni first found success within the EDM group Loudpvck; the American producer and songwriter left to follow a solo career and made a name for himself in the genre of Trap music. British artist Knucks has also been announced to perform alongside Beats; the 27-year-old rapper is set to bring his unique sound to the Camden stage.
The third and final concert is set to be held on 14th July 2022 at Dalston’s multi-arts space Earth. Headlining the series’ concluding show is Self Esteem, otherwise known as Rebecca Lucy Taylor. The Sheffield born artist was previously part of the folk duo Slow Club. The group released their debut album Yeah So in 2009, the album was released on vinyl in 2010 by Moshi Moshi Records in celebration of Record Store Day. The group disbanded in 2017 due to musical differences and Taylor’s solo project Self Esteem was born. Last year the singer released the single “You Forever“, a track taken from her second studio album Prioritise Pleasure. Further acts to perform alongside Self Esteem will soon be announced.
The festival’s upcoming series of spin-off events have promised that the concerts will be organised and produced in an environmentally friendly fashion, a press release confirms the approach, “Each night, BMW will be plugging into All Points East’s sustainability policies, with a fleet of all-electric BMW iX providing artist transportation, actively reducing each event’s carbon footprint.”
Luno presents All Points East festival is set to return to Victoria Park this summer for its 2022 event. Set to take place from 19th-28th August the festival will host a collection of influential headlining acts including two of electronic music’s biggest names; The Chemical Brothers and Kraftwerk are billed to headline APE Presents Field Day on 20th August 2022.
Tickets for Ray-Ban X APE present The Summer Sessions go on sale from 10am 12th May 2022, click here for ticket information.
