Take a look at the brand new Arrivals stage, devoted to South Asian tradition

A brand new stage has been launched to Glastonbury 2024 – a primary for the pageant that celebrates South Asian tradition. Take a look at our video on the Arrivals space above.

The Arrivals stage relies within the Shangri-La space of the Worthy Farm website and has been designed by a bunch of South Asian cultural organisations, together with Going South, Dialled In and Daytimers. It seems to have a good time the artists from the world who're having an influence on in the present day’s music scene – in addition to pay respects to the generations of artists that got here earlier than.

“We’re at a watershed second, the place all of the artistry and expertise that basically is already on the market within the music business is lastly getting the popularity it deserves and that we as a group have championed internally for some time,” defined stage organiser Shankho Chaudhuri instructed NME.

“This can be a horizon the place all this sensible artistry and artistic expertise throughout our group is being recognised. The Arrivals Stage is one in every of hopefully many flagship moments that can form of come to outline the expertise that's breaking by way of and that has been there for years and has been there for generations.”

“A significant a part of this has been group constructing,” added curator Shirin Naveed. “So to have the ability to come to this now could be prefer it’s a second of celebration for all of us”.

Though the house solely runs round 10 sq. metres, Chaudhuri revealed that it compiles a few of the “most spectacular lighting rigs”, greatest DJ tools and distinctive art work on the location, and is about to create “an entire audiovisual spectacle”.

Artists that will probably be a part of Arrivals’ first-ever line-up embrace Bobby Friction, Anish Kumar, Nabihah Iqbal and Nikki Nair, and the decorations across the space are impressed by fantasy, sci-fi comedian books and movies.

It additionally pays homage to the sustainable ethos of Glastonbury, in addition to points of South Asian tradition. “The backyard house can be a homage to the charpai beds that you just discover actually typically throughout Northern India and Pakistan –they’re identical to basic day beds,” Naveed defined of the outside design. “There are additionally the architectural references to domes and arches that you just’d discover in our structure, in addition to the completely different colors. It’s virtually like a fortress house to enter.”

As for what festivalgoers can anticipate from the brand new stage because it kicks off tonight, Naveed instructed us that the house will take punters “by way of all of the vibes” and “so many alternative cultural influences” which can be distinguished within the UK.

“We’re not a monolith. There are such a lot of of us, so many alternative cultures and languages. So we’ll be taking you thru, by way of all of it,” she added. “It’s in regards to the communities in British tradition, whether or not that’s storage, hip-hop, dub, reggae, jungle – there’s no limits to what I believe you’ll be capable of hear, however there’ll at all times inevitably be that, that South Asian affect.”

The gates to Glastonbury 2024 opened Wednesday morning (June 26), forward of a weekend of music from the likes of headliners Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and SZA, alongside Shania Twain’s legends slot. Performances from LCD Soundsystem, PJ Harvey, Little Simz, Burna Boy, Idles, Anne-Marie, Confidence Man, Disclosure, Camila Cabello, The Final Dinner Celebration, Avril Lavigne, The Nationwide, Jessie Ware, Jungle, Justice, Masego, Sugababes and numerous extra are additionally deliberate. Take a look at the complete line-up right here. 

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