2016: The year in festivals
Dekmantel, Glastonbury, Dimensions and more
March 11-13: Bloc Weekender
It was all going so well. Bloc had topped off its last ever event and our scribe Patrick Hinton was just about to hit publish on his glowing review of the weekend. Then co-founder and organiser George Hull decided to take a steaming shit on social progress. In an article for The Spectator published days after the festival wrapped, Hull took aim at “wimpy” hipsters who apparently can’t rave anymore, and more problematically, safe spaces. What a way to undo all the goodwill fostered by an excellent festival.
Read the full review here.
