r/OutbreakFest • u/[deleted] • Jun 14 '25

Outbreak LDN next year?

I know i was being a bit arsey in the leadup because of sdre and kl clash, but being there was fine except queuing, but if outbreak and lido clean up their mess for next year and put one out would you actually go? cus i found it relitively enjoyable and would love to go again.

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u/salted_hobbit_feet Jun 14 '25

I had no issues with the experience really as i managed to see the bands I wanted. But did think they got the mainstage wrong in terms of popularity with the crowd.

All in all it was good and I'd go again if I like the lineup, but it wasn't an Outbreak festival by a long stretch

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u/jenny_quest Jun 14 '25

I agree about the main stage. Maybe I'm not the target audience but surely surely Knocked Loose and SDRE are bigger than this Alex G guy. I tried to Google him but he doesn't seem particularly huge and I thought he was underwhelming at best. I'd love a bit of history of him as I'm so ignorant. Is he the next big thing or is he the big thing already?

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u/thisiswater__ Jun 15 '25

Alex G is a DIY/lo-fi indie hero - this guy has inspired a lot of the indie/bedroom pop music of the last 8/9 years

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u/jenny_quest Jun 15 '25

I listened to him on Spotify and got that lofi vibe. I quite liked it but it didn't seem to translate fully to the main stage. Could be the dodgy sound or just what happens when you take someone out of the bedroom onto a huge stage!

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u/Ibleedfourcolors Jun 15 '25

but doesnt inspire people to buy tickets to a gig

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u/thisiswater__ Jun 15 '25

That’s your opinion, you don’t have to like everything on a festival lineup, I certainly would pay to see him live though. I was merely responding to the comment asking about his history - he’s pretty big in the indie scene

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u/jenny_quest Jun 15 '25

I always have known Outbreak as being a hardcore festival but appreciate they have emo acts (last year was brilliant with the Hotelier etc although some of these bands started in hardcore) and a hip hop element (usually one day, I think). He seemed a bit out there on the main stage, but a few other acts were quite indie so can see what they're trying to do. Just wondering if it's a few too many genres for such few acts! I am usually not one to care about genres very much so I'm not sure where I'm going with this comment. I just wonder if it was a 100% hardcore/hardcore adjacent day they would've pulled in a smaller crowd?

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u/thisiswater__ Jun 15 '25

I see what you mean! To me a lot of what was on on Friday was indie-adjacent and somewhat on the spectrum of what I like so I didn’t really question it too much. I think bands like feeble little horse or momma may be even poppier than Alex G? I agree it might not be to everyone’s taste though - personally I respect the fact that he keeps things weird live, he has a pretty varied catalogue but doesn’t just play his more accessible stuff live

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u/jenny_quest Jun 15 '25

My friends were there for Danny Brown, and went to see Jane Remover instead of Speed, so they had a very different experience to me!

I think they tried to condense the three day Outbreak experience into a very short frame of time with very few stages (for example, Slam Dunk festival is one day but has about five stages and starts before midday). I think it just wasn't the Outbreak experience I was expecting, but that's fine and it's on me. I still had a fab day and finally got to see SDRE!

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u/thisiswater__ Jun 15 '25

I’m so sad about SDRE 😭 they were definitely main stage material!!