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[2] The festival was primarily pop, folk, indie, rock, and dance orientated and is attended by families as well as younger music fans.

as Stereo MC's were the main headliners, whilst other acts playing that year included Band of Skulls, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, Dub Pistols, James Yuill, and Kill It Kid.

A week before the festival it was announced that Charlotte Church would also join the line-up as a surprise mid-afternoon guest on the second stage previewing new material.

Headline acts included Mystery Jets and Bastille returning after the previous year, as well as Fenech-Soler (whom played at the 2011 festival), Mike Skinner performing with Rob Harvey as The D.O.T., Theme Park, and Marika Hackman.

Live acts included 2manydjs the live side project of producers Soulwax, Sleigh Bells, Wolf Alice, Snakehips, tUne-yArDs, Years & Years, Laurel, Dub Pistols, Hercules And Love Affair, Spector, Bipolar Sunshine, Chloe Howl, Dan Croll, Luke Sital-Singh, Nick Mulvey, Gentleman's Dub Club, Melt Yourself Down, Monki, Gypsy Disco, Ry X, Famy, Subgiant, Cosmo Sheldrake, Flyte, Gypsy Disco, TCTS, Chris T-T, Electric Swing Circus, Beans on Toast, Kyan, Johnny Flynn, Kidnap Kid, and Thumpers.

The festival line-up included The Horrors, Simian Mobile Disco, John Grant, Glass Animals, Public Service Broadcasting, Grandmaster Flash, Ibibio Sound Machine, Songhoy Blues, Mele, The Correspondents, Novelist, Ghostpoet, DJ Yoda, Akala, Rhodes, Beans on Toast, Madam X, Tambour Battant, Missill, Cosmo Sheldrake, Gengahr, Loyle Carner, Kiko Bun, We Have Band, Dub Pistols, Alex Adair, Eton Messy DJs, Subgiant, The Mispers, Flo Morrissey, Palace, Spring King.

The Angel Gardens family area, in 2015 given a political angle with workshops on how to form protests, was ranked second on The Guardian's "Summer Checklist" article, below seeing Kanye West at Glastonbury.

The festival line-up included Dizzee Rascal, Everything Everything, Swim Deep, Honne, Melt Yourself Down, Norman Jay, Roni Size, Sundara Karma, Dub Pistols, Beans on Toast, Shy FX, Loyle Carner, Drones Club, Blaenavon, Frances, Billie Marten, Rationale, Spring King, Barely Legal, Isaac Gracie, Mary Miss Fairy, Mini Da Minx, and Molotov Jukebox.

It was announced in December 2016 that the theme for 2017 would be "The Bizarre", using imagery and wording from popular culture including Stranger Things and Twin Peaks.

Other acts due to perform include Sundara Karma, Lady Leshurr, Delta Heavy, The Japanese House, Tom Grennan, Pumerosa, DJ Luck & MC Neat, and Bonzai.