{"id":4062,"date":"2012-03-07T12:06:33","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T11:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=4062"},"modified":"2012-03-07T12:06:33","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T11:06:33","slug":"titanic-lockdown-dates-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2012\/03\/titanic-lockdown-dates-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"TITANIC LOCKDOWN DATES ANNOUNCED"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Boutique Festival Takes Residency at T13 in the Titanic Quarter <\/em><\/h2>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Hydroponic Music \u2013 one of the most respected music collectives in Ireland \u2013 has launched Titanic Lockdown, a brand new boutique festival set to take place under the iconic Harland and Wolff cranes.\u00a0\u00a0 An all-day launch festival will take place on 31st<\/sup> March whilst dates for a two day music festival have been confirmed as 1st<\/sup> and 2nd<\/sup> June.<\/p>\n

The launch festival on 31st<\/sup> March, the opening day of Titanic Belfast, will feature a day-long programme of activity culminating in a night time concert at T13 with cutting edge music performances from Roots Manuva, legendary DJ Gilles Peterson and London\u2019s Soul Jazz Sound System.<\/p>\n

Hydroponic founder and resident DJ Michael McKeown stated:\u00a0 \u201cTitanic Lockdown is unique to the music scene in Northern Ireland \u2013 a real music festival for real music lovers in an outstanding venue in unbelievable surroundings.\u00a0 The all-day launch festival on the 31st<\/sup> March will feature everything from top class artists, banging DJ sets and loads of local bands to continental food markets, live street art, urban sports demo\u2019s, fashion workshops and firebreathers.\u00a0 Titanic Lockdown is set to offer real music fans the chance to be part of the launch of Titanic Belfast.\u201d<\/p>\n

Titanic Lockdown will take place at T13, home to Ireland\u2019s leading Urban Sports Park & Shared Cultural Space.\u00a0 The venue will host the indoor concert on 31st<\/sup> March and will be home to the two-day outdoor music festival on 1st<\/sup> and 2nd<\/sup> June.<\/p>\n

Artists are currently being lined up for the two-day event in June with Hydroponic Music promoter Andrew McFeeters promising: \u201cMusic lovers will not be disappointed.\u00a0 Titanic Lockdown is in the final stages of negotiations with artists and bands that will draw fans from all over Ireland.\u00a0 Hydroponic Music and our partners Heineken and NITB are committed to making Titanic Lockdown a must-see event for music fans who appreciate real musical talent across every genre.\u00a0 Titanic Lockdown will rip up the blueprint of formulaic music events, crossing genres from Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll, Hip Hop, Dance, Soul, Reggae, Funk and World Rhythms.\u201d<\/p>\n

To celebrate the launch of Titanic Lockdown the daytime programme of activity on 31st<\/sup> March between 12pm and 6.30pm is free to all comers.\u00a0\u00a0 Under 18\u2019s are welcome to all daytime events if accompanied by an adult.\u00a0 The evening concert is for over 18\u2019s and will run from 7pm to late with tickets priced at \u00a323 (+ Booking Fee).\u00a0\u00a0 Tickets for the launch festival on the 31st<\/sup> March are available from www.titanic-lockdown.com<\/a> and all Ticketmaster outlets.<\/p>\n

To find out more log onto www.titanic-lockdown.com<\/a>, follow us on twitter @TitanicLockdown (#titaniclockdown) or like us on facebook at Titanic Lockdown.<\/p>\n

Web Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n

www.titanic-lockdown.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Twitter: @TitanicLockdown #titaniclockdown #nimusic<\/p>\n

Facebook: Titanic Lockdown<\/p>\n

www.hydroponicmusic.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Boutique Festival Takes Residency at T13 in the Titanic Quarter Hydroponic Music \u2013 one of the most respected music collectives in Ireland \u2013 has launched Titanic Lockdown, a brand new boutique festival set to take place under the iconic Harland and Wolff cranes.\u00a0\u00a0 An all-day launch festival will take place on 31st March whilst … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4064,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4062\/revisions\/4064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}