There is so much competition for your money these days in the festival market that a new event really has to standout.
Groove Island really did and came correct on its bold ambitions at the end of September.
Sam Felt, Oliver Heldens, Mark Knight, Chus & Ceballos, Leftwing:Kody and tens more and here are some for he top tracks we heard while dancing in the magical old ballroom, amongst other places.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/dOicDTbrAXI
The face of contemporary house music is also a fine producer and this one from the Geordie went down well
https://www.youtube.com/embed/2pVqtJ3JSYY
The UK tech house titans were in fine form and when they drop done of their own it went off.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/aTNEa2_NPm8
With the sun beating down the funk and soul of this one really sounded splendid.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/odaqplEY1dM
This one pumped the energy levels and got big reactions from the crowd.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/pwE_TTO0Zwo
A remix of Childish Gambino’s massive worldwide smash was always going to send people into overdrive and they sung along and copied dance moves from the video.