Homelands was an electronic dance music festival held near Winchester, Hampshire between 1999 and 2005, with spin-off editions at locations in Scotland and Ireland. The festival was run by Mean Fiddler Music Group, and the owners of the Home nightclub chain.
The festival was held at Cheesefoot Head near Winchester, Hampshire, and was one of the most popular British festivals of this genre. The land was previously the site of Creamfields in 1998, and Boomtown from 2010.
Homelands Scotland was held in Royal Highland Showground near Edinburgh from 1999. The festival moved to New Cumnock in the south of Scotland, for its final year in 2001.
Between 1999 and 2000, Homelands Ireland was held at the Butlin's Mosney in County Meath.
Yearly editions
1999
The 1999 festival took place on 29 and 30 May 1999, at Cheesefoot Head on the Matterley Estate near Winchester, Hampshire – the site of Creamfields the previous year. The festival also saw the first public screening of Human Traffic.
There were nine themed arenas, as follows. There are a few acts [Roni Size, Basement Jaxx, Jungle Brothers] that I cannot recall where they performed. (Edit to add Roni Size performed on The End 02, Basement Jaxx on Mixmag Arena and Jungle Brothers on Home Arena)
The Home Arena – had the first live Chemical Brothers plus Asian Dub Foundation, Monkey Mafia, Paul Oakenfold, Fatboy Slim, DJ Shadow and Paul Van Dyke.
The MixMag Arena – had a live set from Underworld, plus Faithless, Red Snapper, Dope Smugglaz, DJs Carl Cox, Deep Dish, Gilles Peterson and Darren Price.
The Essential Mix Arena – featuring Radio 1 DJs Pete Tong, plus Paul Oakenfold, Sasha & John Digweed. Radio 1 did a live broadcast from this tent featuring Judge Jules, Danny Rampling and a 4-hour Essential Mix.
The End – hosted by the London club – had two arenas.
The End 01 – a deep house tent, featuring Terry Francis and The End Sound System (Mr C, Layo and Mathew B) plus Darren Emerson, Dave Angel, Stacey Pullen, Laurent Garnier and Carl Cox.
The End 02 – a drum’n’bass arena with DJ Hype, Andy C, Krust, Bryan Gee, Fabio & Grooverider.
Slinky - Bournemouth's "superclub"
US house club Lyall - featuring New York DJ Danny Tenaglia playing a 10-hour set
There were also two arenas hosted by alcohol sponsors
2000 The 2000 festival took place on a very wet Saturday 27 May 2000. The line included BT, Moby, Public Enemy and Leftfield.
Tents Ericsson @ Home Arena Leftfield Ian Brown Moby Public Enemy BT Paul Oakenfold Armand Van Helden Paul Van Dyk Scratch Perverts David Holmes Dope Smugglaz Dave Seaman Meeker Jeremy Healy Johnny Moy Adam Freeland Dan & Jon Kahuna Jason Bye Alfie Costa Manchild
Radio 1 Essential Mix Arena Pete Tong Sasha John Digweed Nick Warren Lee Burridge Craig Richards Parks & Wilson Col Hamilton Stewart Rowell Alex Taylor
Slinky & MTV Dancefloor Chart Show Arena Judge Jules Paul Van Dyk Brandon Block Alex P Graham Gold Hybrid feat. Chrissie Hynde Ferry Corsten Luke Neville Lisa Lashes Garry White Tim Lyall Gordon Kaye Guy Ornadel
Subterrain & Ultimate Base Arena Carl Cox Sven Vath Mr. C Darren Emerson Layo & Bushwacka! DJ Sneak Jim Masters Trevor Rockcliffe
The End's Drum & Bass Arena Reprazent Fabio Grooverider Andy C. Ed Rush Optical DJ Hype Razor Zinc Pascall Randall MCs Fats, Dynamite, Moose & Rage
Back2Basics/Deep South/Highrise Arena Romanthony Danny Rampling Jon Carter Justin Robertson Junior Sanchez Steve Lawler Ralph Lawson Adam Freeland Jacques Lu Cont Rebel Crew (Scott & Robbie Hardkiss) Tayo Jenga Heads James Holroyd
Ministry House Party Darren Emerson Davie Reid Nick Warren Danny Howells Lottie Gareth Cooke Yousef Future Shock Bent Barry Ashworth
Ericsson MYH Arena Robert Owens Juan Atkins Kevin Saunderson Sister Bliss Groove Armada (DJ set) L.E. Bass Evil Eddie Richards Dave Mothersole T Joy Richard Grey J Jeff DJ Vee
Bud Ice Bus Richard Fearless Norman Jay Jon Carter Bob Jones & Justin Robertson Tim Carbutt (Utah Saints) Jools Butterfield J. Swinscoe & Tom Chant Robin Lurie (percussion)
Bacardi B-Bar Gilles Peterson Faze Action Patrick Forge Ross Allen Stuart Patterson
Radio 1 Outdoor Sound Stage Judge Jules Danny Rampling Seb Fontaine Dave Pearce Daniel Bailey
2005 Officially called "We Love... Homelands" it took place on 28 May 2005 from 1pm to 5am, and had a capacity of 50,000. Headliners included The Streets, Beck, Roots Manuva, Mylo, The Bravery, Audio Bullys, Babyshambles, John Digweed and Dimitri from Paris. Medicine 8 performed in the festival's 'Strongbow Rooms'.
See also
List of electronic music festivals List of music festivals in the United Kingdom Workers Beer Company
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