Years & Years to Headline Mighty Hoopla
Mighty Hoopla have announced trio Years & Years to headline the Sink The Pink main stage on June 4th at East London’s Victoria Park, a 2017 UK festival exclusive for the double platinum selling pop phenomenon. Joining them will be the newly announced S Club 3, Jodie Harsh and more, all bringing the magic to East London for one unforgettable day out. The festival will also feature performances from the previously announced, All Saints, Charlotte Church, Will Young feat. Sink The Pink Soundsystem, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Raye, Girli, Alma, Porter and many more. Tickets are now on sale from £30 at the Mighty Hoopla website.
Pictured above, Years & Years
About the Artists
Years & Years have been smashing the charts with hits like ‘Shine’, ‘Desire’ or ‘King’ from their award winning 2015 debut album Communion, multiple BRIT Award nominations or impressive sell out performances at Wembley Arena, the pop trio prove unstoppable. Expect boundless energy from frontman Olly Alexander and co when they take to the Mighty Hoopla stage this summer, their only UK festival appearance of 2017.
Alongside them are the newly announced S Club 3, featuring original members Jo, Bradley and Tina from the world dominating S Club 7. Then there’s queen of the UK drag scene Jodie Harsh, Britain’s Got Talent favourite Lorraine Bowen, Sprankenstein and The Twinnies.
Pictured above, All Saints
Previously Announced
These acts join the the previously announced all conquering quartet All Saints, Will Young, bringing his infectious pop presence to the festival for a never-before-seen show with Sophie Ellis Bextor as part of Sink The Pink Soundsystem featuring the Sink The Pink queens, Charlotte Church’s Late Night Pop Dungeon, Technotronic, Snap! and Alison Limerick. Then arrives incredible British singer songwriter Raye and Girli, plus viral Finnish sensation and ‘Dye My Hair’ hitmaker Alma, MNEK collaborator Porter and more.
Heading up the celebration of alternative club culture are Sink The Pink and Guilty Pleasures with their Hoopla friends and family in tow. Presenting the new pop event concept, Mighty Hoopla will be packed with relentlessly energetic DJs, bedazzling dancers, live bands and speciality performers galore.
Other club nights making up this year’s Hoopla are the newly announced Prince tribute night Purple Rave, Hakuna Matata, Girl Power and The Grand, plus premier power ballad night Ultimate Power; the bingo party that’s taken the UK by storm – Bongo’s Bingo; huge karaoke night Masseoke; female only R&B night R&She and We Love Pop (does what it says on the tin). East End performance bar The Glory will take over the bandstand, with all set to spend most of their Monday’s picking glitter out of their hair.
Mighty Hoopla
This year’s Hoopla follows 2016’s immense inaugural edition, which took place at Butlin’s Bognor Regis last spring for a three-day weekender of glitter and glam with thousands of revellers and stand-out performances from En Vogue, Sister Sledge, Hercules & Love Affair, Horse Meat Disco plus a 90s rave revue from Corona, Rozalla and Baby D. Returning in 2017 to East London’s Victoria Park, Mighty Hoopla is set to be the ultimate celebration of pop and alternative club culture.
Tickets are on sale now from £30 and available via Mighty Hoopla’s website.
Eric- FestPop Staff Writer