Electric Gardens, (Electric Gardens Festival), sometimes abbreviated to 'EGFestival', or 'EGFest', or sometimes simply 'EG', was a medium-sized 'Boutique' Music Festival situated at Mount Ephraim,Electric Gardens Info ; retrieved on [2007-12-23] Faversham in Kent. The event was held on a weekend in early August in 2006Kirky, Tom;Kent's Electric Weekend; retrieved on [2007-12-23] and 2007.Electric Gardens; BBC Kent; [2007,07,30]; retrieved on [2007-12-22]An Electric Weekend; BBC Kent; [2007,08,08]; retrieved on [2007-12-22]
Electric Gardens 2008 was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. In February 2008 a key player in organising the event was taken to hospital with a life-threatening illness. With no foreseeable date as to when he would be allowed home, let alone back to work, the organisers were forced to cancel.
In 2016, Electric Gardens Festival was launched in Sydney, Australia - only connected in name to the original festival in the UK. The festival was on Saturday 23 January and featured International DJs across 3 stages in Centennial Parklands, headlined by Fatboy Slim with smaller events held in Brisbane and Perth. In 2017, the festival returned, this time headlined by Eric Prydz with events in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. In 2018, Fatboy Slim once again headlined with events in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and, for the first time, expanding to Adelaide and Auckland, New Zealand. In 2019, the festival returned to its home in Sydney, headlined by Sigma (DJs). On Saturday 22 February 2020, it once again returned to Sydney, headlined by Craig David, weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic would cancel events in the proceeding 3 years. After a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2024, the Electric Gardens brand returns to Sydney, with sister events in Melbourne (Electric Beach) and Perth (Electric Island), this time headlined by Armand Van Helden.
The Myspace Bus At the UK festival, an inactive bus was parked at the festival grounds, provided by Myspace, in which the artists and bands were available to meet. Free gifts and information are also available from here.
Line ups by year
2006
Main Stage
Saturday Southern Fried Records Stage Audio Bullys Armand Van Helden Cassius (DJ set) Cagedbaby Grandadbob Touché Nathan Detroit
Sunday The Charlatans Morning Runner The Automatic The Young Knives The Fratellis The Boy Least Likely To The Long Blondes
Unspecified Stages
Saturday Archie Bronson Outfit The Elegant Bachelors Audio Bullys Layo & Bushwacka! Armand Van Helden Stanton Warriors Plump DJs Caged Baby Soho Dolls Grant Dee Mezza Breaks Cassius Veto Silver Marcus Wallis Touché Warren Suicide Nathan Detroit Paul Arnold Chew The Fat! Grandadbob Southern Fried
Sunday The Charlatans The Automatic Morning Runner The Fratellis The Long Blondes The Earlies The Boy Least Likely To Brakes Battle Jamie T Adem Field Music Findlay Brown Duels The Electric Soft Parade The Veils Mohair Larrikin Love The Young Knives Kid Harpoon EyoeVirtual Festivals ; Electric Gardens 2006 lineup; retrieved on [2007-12-23]
2007
Main Stage
Saturday Supergrass Calvin Harris The Pipettes Kate Nash Pull Tiger Tail Blood Red Shoes Jonny Flynn Reverend and the Makers Palladium
Sunday Happy Mondays The Rakes The Young Knives The Maccabees Noisettes Hot Club de Paris Milburn (band) Sonic Hearts
Second stage
Saturday Plan B (rapper) New Young Pony Club The Holloways Lethal Bizzle Foals Peggy sue and the pirates Video Nasties Newton Faulkner Ciara Haidar
Sunday Patrick Wolf Jack Peñate Mr Hudson & The Library Kid Harpoon The Teenagers Late of the Pier Laura Marling Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man The Sylvias
Myspace Stage
Saturday Good Books Lupen Crook Beans on Toast Nic Dawson Kelly Gillan Edgar Tom Allalone and the Great Expectations Thom Stone Poetry by Dockers MC Scroobius Pip The Thirst Stuart James Eleanor Goulding
Sunday Underground Heros Devils Gun Sparrows Chineapples Rosemary Maker The Long Weekend Our Name is Legion Letters from London The Cut Outs
Club Class Dance Stage
Saturday Slam (band) Stanton Warriors Nic Fanciulli Meat Katie Mike Pickering A Skillz Mark Fanciulli & Small Fry Shake DJs Mezza Breaks
Sunday Danny Howells Funk D'Void Justin Robertson Damian Lazarus Desyn Masiello Micky Slim Sam Ball & Anil Chawla Pete Griffiths & George Andrews Warning: 2 Dirty DJs Rebel Beat Allies
References
External links eFestivals festival coverage Virtual Festivals festival summary Virtual Festivals festival photos Mount Ephraim Gardens (Festival site) Official website Electric Gardens Festival