Leeds ready for Party in the Park

When outdoor music festivals first started they were free, and happily this fine tradition continues with Party in the Park on Sunday 26th July, which is free, gratis and for nothing! It’s the UK’s largest and longest running annual free music festival, with a great line up of confirmed artists and set in the fantasic grounds of Temple Newsam.

Party in the Park lineup

The Party is lucky to have Alesha Dixon who rose to fame as a member of the garage and R&B influenced girl band Mis-Teeq. She followed this up with a versatile solo career, which included winning Strictly Come Dancing, as well as musical work. Also confirmed for the Party is soul and R&B singer songwriter Beverley Knight, who has worked with Take That and Destiny’s Child. Beverley started singing in her church choir, and gained further inspiration from artists such as Aretha Franklin and Sam Cooke.

On the list too are MOBO award winning hip hop trio N Dubz, who are currently working on their second album following the success of their platinum selling debut work Uncle B. There will be some cool electropop with Little Boots, aka Victoria Hesketh, who started out with dance-pop group Dead Disco. As well as doing vocals, Victoria plays keyboards, piano, stylophone, and the Japanese tenori-on.

X Factor finalists head to Leeds

Also performing will be boy band JLS, who first came onto the scene through The X Factor last year, and play music that takes its influences from R&B, dance, and soul. Livening up the Party will be dance group Booty Luv who combine elements of dance, house and R&B, fronted by Cherise Roberts and Nadia Shepherd who were in Big Brovaz.

Indie rock fans will be looking forward to Noisettes, who dish up edgy garage influenced indie rock that combines some bluesy tones with a raw energy drawn from punk. Their second album Wild Young Hearts was released earlier this year.

Fantastic lineup of artists

Also on the stage will be pop/soul singer songwriter Pixie Lott, who played at the Isle of Wight Festival earlier this year. Pixie has a new album out in September, which follows in the footsteps of her first single Mama Do, which was a runaway success.

Grime and garage fans will be looking forward to Tinchy Stryder, whose aptly named hit Number 1 made it to number one of the UK Singles Chart. Tinchy started out as a vocalist at the age of 13, and is also a member of the grime group Ruff Sqwad. Rising star of the UK urban music scene DJ Ironik will also be at the Party, with a mixture of R&B, grime and hip hop. He has been support for So Solid Crew, and his single Stay With Me did well in the UK charts. On the bill too is Swedish dance and R&B singer Agnes Carlsson, also known simply as Agnes. There will be further updates, so stay tuned to Radio Aire for the latest.

Scenic venue in Leeds

Party in the Park is being held at Temple Newsam, four miles east of the centre of Leeds. On the day there will be a handy shuttle bus laid on, which will run between Leeds City Centre and the event. Party in the Park has proven to be so popular this year that all the free tickets that were being given away have gone. However, 96.3 Radio Aire still have some free tickets left, and will be announcing how you can get them on air. So listen up and you may still land a ticket.

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