BLOC is a self described 

 “new kind of festival, held inside a state of the art holiday resort complex on the West coast of the UK. There’s no camping, because all BLOC family stay in luxury apartments surrounding the main indoor auditoriums for three nights, so no need to worry about the weather. All you need to do is focus on the BLOC. It’s better that way…” sound good so far. Well it gets better.

Four years young and BLOC has already been able to bag themselves some of the best names in the multiple underground & alternative music scenes. Appearing this year are the likes of Kode9, Joker, DJ Hype, D Bridge, Joris Voorn, Flying Lotus, Martyn and, not really underground, but still sick, the one and only Mix Master Mike (Beastie Boys); just to name a few.

The aspect of BLOC that really sets it apart from a festival like Leeds (besides the good music) is the fact that it’s held at Butlins Minehead Resort. Not convinced? Well think about it. Your twisted, gettin’ down to some phat beats, the show ends, you want more but your body is screaming for sleep, so you head back to your tent. Shit! No literally. Someone has takin’ a shit in your tent. Yeah, that’s probably unlikely but I’ve heard stories; people’s tents gettin’ pissed in, stolen, flooded with ale, all that annoyin’ crap you can’t really be dealing with when your brains floating around somewhere on a different planet. Now, at BLOC you wont need to put up with that nonsense because you’ll be staying in a lovely, warm, cosy apartment. Happy days!

What else does BLOC have to offer? Rides. Big, scary, fast rides. An aquatic adventure funland, which features “terrifying” flumes; that’s always a plus, nothing beats a good splash in the pool on a hot, sunny day. So, seems pretty decent so far. The thing that I feel BLOC has to offer that really sets it apart from all the other festivals in the UK is the intimacy. It’s only just turning four. BLOC is still a baba. Numbers will be small (compared to the major festivals) So you really will get a sense of being apart of something special. Moreover, this is an alternative festival, for people who are educated in these types of music, so you know your not gonna get wankers there screaming “Yayy! I love Pendulum! They invented DNB!” Which, for me, is definitely the selling point of the whole thing!

So yeah, to sum it up. If your into Dubstep, Garage, DNB, alternative Hip Hop; in fact any progressive, alternative electronic music & want to have a good time, for a good price, then BLOC is definitely the place to go this year. (By the way it’s this weekend!)

Below is this years line up & various links.

  "http://www.shop.blocweekend.com" 

  "http://www.blocweekend.com"

  "http://www.blocweekend.com/archive.html"