Creamfields 2008 - Global Festival Schedule
19th Mar 2008
The companies flagship festival in Daresbury, Cheshire in the UK
will celebrate its 10th Anniversary August Bank Holiday weekend and
will coincide with Liverpool’s Capital
of Culture year, the show will also see BBC Radio 1 return to broadcast over 10
hours of live coverage.
This year the Cream team have pushed the
boundaries once again and are to take the festival into new territories
including Czech Republic,
Malta, Romania and a secondary Spanish show in Vigo. With a
total of 13 Creamfields festivals confirmed for 2008, attracting approximately half a million people, this
impressive schedule cements their position as the world’s leading
festival promoters.
The company staged its first international
Creamfields festival in Ireland in 2000 and following its success went on to
stage Creamfields further a field in Spain, Russia, Mexico, Brazil, Poland,
Czech Republic, Turkey, Chile and Argentina which alone attracts over 60,000
people every year and has gone on to become THE biggest electronic music
festival in Latin America, adding to the strength of the brand in south
America, a second show is planned for Brazil this year.
Spain is another key area for Creamfields,
having staged sell out shows in Andalucia over the last 4 years, it has been
decided to capitalise on its success and stage a second show in Vigo, on the west
coast.
Cream CEO James
Barton comments: "The reputation
of Creamfields is globally recognised as a quality festival that delivers great
line ups, great production, a great atmosphere and gives people a memorable
experience, its taken a lot of hard work, thought and energy to get to
this point and the strength of the brand continues to grow. The UK are
leaders in the global festival market and with a 10 year
heritage Creamfields is at the forefront. This being our 10th
anniversary year was the perfect time to take Creamfields to new
territories and we look forward to working with new partners around the
world and establishing the Creamfields brand further.
Details about this years Creamfields UK 10th Anniversary
Festival will be announced exclusively on Jo
Wiley’s BBC Radio 1 show on Friday
7th March 2008. Info: www.creamfields.com / www.bbc.co.uk/radio1
Festival Schedule (* = New Festival)
Creamfields
Central Europe (Czech
Republic)* - 12th July
Creamfields Malta*
- 28th June
Creamfields
Vigo (Spain)*
- 2nd August
Creamfields Romania*
- 2nd August
Creamfields
Andalucia (Spain)
- 9th August
Creamfields UK
– 23rd August Bank Holiday Weekend
Creamfields Poland
- 16th August
Creamfields Argentina
– 8th November
Creamfields Chile
- November
Creamfields
Rio (Brazil)
- November
Creamfields
Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
- November
Creamfields Peru
– November
Information
about all Creamfields shows will be announced on www.creamfields.com
which will launch in March.
Creamfields Mexico
– November
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