{"id":51879,"date":"2026-11-15T12:34:56","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T11:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/15\/new-uk-music-festival-aimed-at-families-to-launch-next-summer\/"},"modified":"2026-11-15T12:34:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T11:34:56","slug":"new-uk-music-festival-aimed-at-families-to-launch-next-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/15\/new-uk-music-festival-aimed-at-families-to-launch-next-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"New UK music festival aimed at families to launch next summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/family\">family<\/a>-friendly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/festival\">festival<\/a> is coming to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/leicestershire\">Leicestershire<\/a> by the creator of Croatia\u2019s Hideout Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Blume Summer Camp, a three-day event, is a \u201ccelebration of music, food, nature and adventure, designed as much for parents as their children\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>From 6 to 8 August 2027, Stapleford Estate on the borders of Leicestershire and Rutland will host families for a weekend of electronic music, Balearic sounds, folk and jazz. <\/p>\n<p>The festival has been created by husband-and-wife, Dan Blackledge, founder of Hideout Festival in Croatia, and singer Molly Blackledge, who represented the UK at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/eurovision\">Eurovision<\/a> in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>On the line-up so far are DJs including Erol Alkan, Luke Una, Jamz Supernova and Auntie Flo.<\/p>\n<p>According to Blume: \u201cExpect morning coffee raves in the woods, DJs before dinner and folk around the fire, with headliners on early so parents still get the tunes and enjoy the morning after. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree music spaces will include a listening lounge for vinyl and intimate performances, while Auntie Flo brings his Plants Can Dance project, turning signals from plants into music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the music, fire-cooked feasts by plant-based chef Gaz Oakley,<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/travel\/news-and-advice\/blume-summer-camp-festival-b3084413.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new family-friendly festival is coming to Leicestershire by the creator of Croatia\u2019s Hideout Festival. Blume Summer Camp, a three-day event, is a \u201ccelebration of music, food, nature and adventure, designed as much for parents as their children\u201d. From 6 to 8 August 2027, Stapleford Estate on the borders of Leicestershire and Rutland will host<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":51880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[36,70,42],"class_list":["post-51879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-travel","tag-mixtv","tag-news-amp-advice","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}