Festival producers Continental Drifts – the team behind Glastonbury’s Shangri-la area – have announced their own brand new festival for next year.
As the curators of one of the must-visit areas of Worthy Farm every June, the team are guaranteed to put on a memorable weekend when the Grinagog event is introduced to the 12th century Torre Abbey in Torquay between April 7th-9th 2017.
“All my life, I’ve looked at Torquay and seen it as one humongous great festival site…with no mud,” organiser Chris Tofu says. “The place is like the ultimate festival venue, and I should know because I’ve started loads of festivals. I’m putting everything I possibly can into making an extremely diverse, cultural offering for young people in Torquay.”
“We’re bringing together all the amazing promoters and cultural workers who are in the town and the surrounding area already into one big pot to create a cultural explosion that we hope can really be a place maker for this town.”
Eclectic acts signed up so far include MC Akala, reggae legend Jah Shaka, the Mercury-nominated Sam Lee and Magpies Nest and snooker-world-champion-turned-DJ Steve Davis.