Reasons to dance

Sunday 10 July 2016

Organisers of the second Reasons Music Festival are “optimistic” that tickets will sell out this year. 1,800 have so far been sold, which matches last year's total, with three weeks still to go until the event.

The all-day event, which will be headlined by Soul II Soul and held at Coronation Park on July 30, is strictly for over-18s and limited to 3,000 people due to its location. Other acts on the line-up include: Barely Legal, B.Traits, Dense & Pika, General Levy, Dub Phizix & Strategy and Goldie.

Last year 2,000 people attended the festival, but Press Officer Carrie Cooper of Mudita Music said yesterday that ticket sales are well ahead of where they were at this point last year.

And she said last year there was a surge of ticket sales on the day. “The weather turned out to be fabulous and that brought a lot of people out,” she said.

This year the festival will be adding an “Urban Culture” area to “celebrate all things street.”

This new zone will be hosted by Relentless Energy and will showcase art, B Boy performances, urban dance and beatboxing. UK National B-Boy Champions Soul Mavericks will be headlining this area.

“We are hoping that not only will this area provide a new aspect of the dance music scene to explore but further engage local people with with an interest in this area,” organisers said.

If successful, they hope that more local acts will be encouraged to take part in this area of the festival, both this year and next.

Festival organisers are hoping to appeal to a more diverse audience this year and working with Visit Jersey, they are hoping to improve ticket sales from outside the Island.

“A great number of our tickets have been sold to UK and European residents this year,” said organisers.

Live sets from all stages will also be filmed this year by DJ Mag, an international dance music publication.

The event will also be raising funds for two local charities – Mind Jersey and the British Heart Foundation. Last year £3,000 was donated to local charity groups as a result of the event.

Tickets for the festival range from £11-£93.