Orange Evolution Festival
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The Evolution Festival is a music festival
held annually in areas across Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead
, England
since 2002. Its centre-piece is a four-stage event (Including the Emerging stage, which hosts the cream of the North-East's unsigned talent) held on Spring Bank Holiday Monday
at three sites beside the River Tyne
, though the festival also incorporates a series of other performances at venues around Newcastle and Gateshead in the preceding week. It has previously been known as Orange Evolution (Due to sponsorship by the Mobile Phone
company). The outdoor elements of the event has subsequently been known as Freevolution and then 3volution (When a charge was introduced for the first time).
Music festival
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...
held annually in areas across Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead
Gateshead
Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England and is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. Historically a part of County Durham, it lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne and together they form the urban core of Tyneside...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
since 2002. Its centre-piece is a four-stage event (Including the Emerging stage, which hosts the cream of the North-East's unsigned talent) held on Spring Bank Holiday Monday
Public holidays in the United Kingdom
Public holidays in the United Kingdom are the public holidays observed in some or all of the countries of the United Kingdom. Most businesses and non-essential services are closed on public holidays, although an increasing number of retail businesses do open on some of the public holidays.Although...
at three sites beside the River Tyne
River Tyne
The River Tyne is a river in North East England in Great Britain. It is formed by the confluence of two rivers: the North Tyne and the South Tyne. These two rivers converge at Warden Rock near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The Meeting of the Waters'.The North Tyne rises on the...
, though the festival also incorporates a series of other performances at venues around Newcastle and Gateshead in the preceding week. It has previously been known as Orange Evolution (Due to sponsorship by the Mobile Phone
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
company). The outdoor elements of the event has subsequently been known as Freevolution and then 3volution (When a charge was introduced for the first time).
History
Evolution Festival started life as a multi-venue festival in 2002. This also included a dance event promoted by shindig (The Newcastle based club night) on Baltic Square. In 2003 the full event took place on the Quayside for the first time headlined by Moloko. In 2004, due to funding/finance restrictions, Evolution returned to its multi-venue format, but still managed to produce again with Shindig. A 6000 capacity dance event headlined by Eric Morillo and Deep Dish. It returned to the Quayside in 2005, where it has remained since. The 2005 Festival consisted of a series of live music performances throughout Newcastle and Gateshead in the month of May. It was sponsored by the UK mobile phone network Orange and culminated on Bank Holiday Monday with a free three-stage event around the Spillers Wharf area of the Newcastle Quayside and the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead. Over the next two years the number of ancillary events decreased with more focus on the culminating event. In 2008, the festival ended its sponsorship with Orange and rebranded itself as 'Evolution Festival', introducing a charge (of £3.00) for the Bank Holiday Monday festival for the first time. Some of this charge will be passed on to Wateraid, its official charity. In 2009, acts such as The Wombats and Dizzee Rascal headline the event with the festival now being a weekender festival. The festival is hosted on Sunday and Monday and tickets are priced at £15 per weekend ticket. For 2010 the festival added a third stage called 'Ballast Hills' which is the festivals new folk stage. The price of day tickets and weekends tickets were also increased to £25 for a weekend ticket and £17.50 for a Sunday or Monday ticket. The full line up for Evolution 2011 was released on Thursday 17 February with Iggy and the Stooges & Plan B Headlining. The festival will take place on the 28th and 29 May, and tickets will be priced at £35 for the weekend ticket and £25 for a day ticket. During October 2011 it was announced that the festival would return in 2012 over the Diamond Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend (Sunday 3rd and Monday 4th June) with the full line up announcement and on sale ticket details to be announced in early 2012. The festivals Facebook page also announced that there would be a price freeze for 2012 with weekend tickets priced at £35+bf and day tickets at £25+bf.Orange Evolution 05
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- Note: Clare Maguire replaced Fenech Soler who were playing the Baltic Stage due to illness within the band.
- Note: Toyger replaced Clare Maguire who was playing the Baltic Stage due to a last minute cancellation.