KALLIDA FESTIVAL
Baskerville Hall, nr Hay-On-Wye
Fri 22-Sun 24 June
Held in what seems like a manor house deserving of a Gatsby-esque soiree, the intimate yet decadent Kallida Festival returns for its second year. Due to the success of their inaugural event, they have decided to expand their horizons by adding an extra day to this 600-capacity festival. And there’s a particular buzz around the quality of sound systems that are going to be stocked up around the hall.
One of the most intriguing aspects of Kallida is the way in which they’ve divided the daytime and nighttime sessions. The likes of Rockwell, Daniel Avery and Moxie will be performing, come the evenings, under the chandeliers of Baskerville Hall, issuing sounds across a multitude of dance genres from Rockwell’s eclectic and authoritative drum’n’bass to Avery’s ethereal downtempo ambience. In the daytime, alongside art installations and pub grub, there will be live hip-hop and Afrobeat performances from a host of underground artists, in order to provide the relaxed settings that I imagine many festival goers will appreciate.
For what this event lacks in size it surely seems to make up for in style. Spending the day on the lawn sipping cocktails on deck chairs and the evening under strobe lighting and heavy vibrations sounds like an appealing merge of two cultures.
Tickets: £105. Info: www.kallida.co.uk (CP)