Bloom
(The Springtime Sessions)
Saturday 4th April
9pm-4am
Horse & Groom
Curtain Road
Shoreditch E1
FREE before 10pm // £5 after

Kidda (Skint Records)
IDC
Lo-fidelity Allstars
Kid Fiesta
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner DJs

We can’t help getting (very) excited about our bi-monthly at the
awesome Horse and Groom - our favourite venue in the heart of
Shoreditch, East London; a tarted up boozer with two floors, each
equipped with rather large sound systems and a 4am license to boot!

This
place started out as a ‘best kept secret’ but weekend after weekend the
place is heaving with all-star line-ups and a fantastic, fun, no holds
barred crowd pounding dem dancefloors.

Our last party was rammed, with a capital Rrrrr! The bestest, loveliest people, brilliant DJs, rockin’ sets, too much fun.

…so let’s do it all again!

Hosted By:
Bloom Festival

When:
07 February 2009

Where:
The Horse & Groom
28 Curtain Road
London
EC2A 3NZ

Description:
What happens when an underground crew hooks up with the promoters of one of the UK's best boutique festivals? A damn fine party is what. And what a party this is going to be. We bring you Bloom vs Dim Sum

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Due to popular demand we have released a small number of day tickets to the festival. These are strictly limited and are available exclusively through the Bloom website - head to the ticket page to purchase!

http://bloomfestival.com/tickets

Bloom Festival are looking for help in the following areas. By joining the Bloom team, you can enjoy the festival for free, learn new skills and make new friends. You will need to work a minimum number of shifts over the weekend and you will receive a meal and drink for every shift completed. Click on the following links for more information about how to join our bar, litter picking, stewarding and production and site crew teams.

Bar Staff (Apply through Peppermint Bars) - http://www.peppermintbars.co.uk/jobs

Litter Pickers (Apply through Event Recycling) - http://www.eventrecycling.co.uk/workForUs.html

Stewarding (Apply through Oxfam) - http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/stewarding/index.html

Production and Crew (Apply directly to Bloom HQ) - staff@bloomfestival.com

Hope to see you there!

The new redesigned Bloom website for 2008 has gone live - check it out at http://www.bloomfestival.com. Tickets for this year's festival are now available direct from the Bloom website for only £85.

As well as that you can become friends with us on Last.fm - check out our page at http://www.last.fm/user/bloomfestival/.

Finally, if you're more of a Facebook person, (and who isn't nowadays) then check the Bloom fanpage and the Bloom Facebook group.

Bloom & Another Fine Mess NYE 07/08
The Horse and Groom
28 Curtain Road
Shoreditch
London
EC2A 3NZ
9pm - the last man stands!!
£15 advanced guest list / more on the door

Bloom and Another Fine Mess team up to bring you a New Years Eve spectacular. We've chosen an intimate two floor venue nestled in the very heart of Shoreditch. The Horse and Groom is a lovely East End boozer, which has recently been fitted out with an incredible soundsystem by the same people who installed the house system at Herbal.

In the downstairs bar there'll be a slick mix of proper party tunes ranging from old school hip hop to disco funk classics, whilst upstairs things get a bit dirtier with a blend of deep jackin house and minimal blips and beeps.

DJs on the night will include:
Mike Monday (OM / Freerange)
Kid Fiesta (Bloom)
Jozif (Just Pork / Wrong)
Satisfying Noise (AFM)
Cosmo
Steven Alexander (Floatation, Birmingham)
+ more to be confirmed

We have a very late license for this special event which runs through until the next day, so this really could be quite a party!

See you there at midnight!

** TO ADD YOUR NAMES TO THE ADVANCED GUEST LIST PLEASE MESSAGE US THROUGH THIS GROUP OR EMAIL FRANC@BLOOMFESTIVAL.COM **

Official Festival Launch Party, London, Saturday 26th May>>
Bloom rolls up to 93 Feet East on Bank Holiday weekend to officially launch their 3 day camping event in true festival style. The doors will be flung open especially early as Bloom host a full day of festival fun and frolics, making full use of the two rooms inside the venue and also the courtyard outside.

MAIN HALL
The Main Hall will play host to an exciting display of live music from artists such as David E Sugar with his Gameboy inspired electro/pop, Shuffle's punk/dance/pop which has recently been getting Radio 1 airplay, 8 piece ska/funk act Kid ID from Leeds, and Manchester born electro maestro The English Channel. PLUS a surprise game of Bloom Bingo with fantastic festival goodie bags as prizes!

THE BAR
Out front in the Bar, Bloom has invited some of their friends to supply the sounds. On the line up we have slick house music brought to you by Stuart Patterson from the legendary London Faith parties, Bristol's rising beats star Ben Westbeech (signed to Giles Peterson's label), mashed up beats from Bloom's very own Kid Fiesta & Average White DJ plus rolling drum and base from Drum Club accompanied with silky vocals from MC Lady Free. You know where the party' at!!

THE COURTYARD
Out in the courtyard Secret Wars will be staging their unique graffiti battle which has been gaining notoriety in the b-boy world. The set up is 2 respected artists armed only with talent and a marker pen go head to head over 90 mins to create the best piece of graf inspired artwork they can muster. But remember this is a battle, so disses to the opposing artists are not uncommon themes! Judges and crowd choose the winner once time has run out, and this can sometimes cause controversy!

There'll also be and all day BBQ to satisfy those rumbling tums!

OTHER MAYHEM
Lost&Found will be mooching round causing chaos whilst Sparkly Nuts attempt to get you dressed up and looking silly for the day! Live visuals will be brought to you across the whole space courtesy of Channel Zero and Basic Productions.

AFTER PARTY
The obligatory After Part will be taking place at the Hub Club just round the corner where the party will continue until it's time to chuck it in. We're chuffed to bits to welcome a special DJ set from the Dub Pistols, whilst also on duty will be Canine Sounds with electro house and breaks, Dubious & The Bandit from Bristol based crew The Blast, Paddy Freeform from Universal Vibes and mopping up late on our very own Kid Fiesta. There'll also be visuals galore brought to you by Channel Zero and Basic Productions.

Bloom Festival Launch Party Pt 1
93 Feet East
Brick Lane
London
4pm – 1am
David E Sugar, Shuffle, Kid ID, English Channel, Stuart Patterson (Faith), Ben Westbeech, Kid Fiesta, Average White DJ, Drum Club, MC Lady Free.

Bloom Festival Launch Party Pt 2
Hub Club
Goulston Street
London
1am – 6am
Dub Pistols, Canine Sounds, Dubious & The Bandit (The Blast), Paddy Freeform (Universal Vibes), Kid Fiesta