The Magic Loungeabout was a

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held in the grounds of Broughton Hall,

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. Originally held in the grounds of Newburgh Priory in Coxwold in 2008, it moved to Broughton Hall in 2011. The festival was only held three times, in 2008, 2011, and in 2012.

Format of Festival

The festival took place over a full weekend, with the Saturday focused on

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, whilst the Sunday was more acoustic lead. The event that was planned for 2010, also saw the intention of 15 new areas on the site including concierge service, pop up restaurants, a cinema, speakers tent, grown up games area, themed camping areas, video projections, walk about art, and VIP day tent packages with waiter service, however, the festival was cancelled and returned for its final edition in 2011. The festival advertised itself as a ''"refined unwind"''.

Lineups

2008

30–31 August 2008, held at Newburgh Priory, Coxwold *

Eliza Doolittle (singer) Eliza Sophie Caird (born 15 April 1988), better known by her former stage name Eliza Doolittle and now Eliza, is an English singer and songwriter from Westminster, London. After performing her music in live venues around London from the age of ...

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* The Egg *

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Morcheeba Morcheeba are an English electronic band formed in the mid-1990s with founding members vocalist Skye Edwards and the brothers Paul and Ross Godfrey. They mix influences from trip hop, rock, folk rock and downtempo, and have produced ten regul ...

Ladytron Ladytron are an electronic band formed in Liverpool in 1999. The group consists of Helen Marnie (lead vocals, synthesizers), Mira Aroyo (vocals, synthesizers), and Daniel Hunt (synthesizers, guitar, vocals). Reuben Wu (synthesizers) was a ...

Gary Numan Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He entered the music industry as frontman of the New wave music, new wave band Tubeway Army. After releasing two st ...

* John Kelly

2009

No festival was held because of the economic downturn.

2010

No festival was held because of the economic downturn; whilst 2009 was intended not to run, the 2010 event was supposed to take place but was cancelled.

2011

29–31 July 2011, held at Broughton Hall, Skipton. *

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Badly Drawn Boy Damon Michael Gough (born 2 October 1969), known by the stage name Badly Drawn Boy, is an English indie singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Gough chose his stage name from a character in the show '' The Magic Ball'', which he saw on TV ...

New Young Pony Club NYPC (also known as New Young Pony Club) are an English electronic music band from London. The band was formed by Andy Spence and Tahita Bulmer in 2004. Their influences are predominantly post-punk and new wave artists. Career Forming and si ...

Fenech Soler Fenech-Soler were an English electropop band from King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire, England, that formed in 2006 and consists of two members: Ross Duffy and Ben Duffy. Founding members Daniel Fenech-Soler and Andrew Lindsay left the band in 2016 ...

Florrie Florence Ellen Arnold (born 28 December 1988), better known as Florrie, is an English pop music, pop singer-songwriter, drummer and model. Closely associated with the Xenomania production house, since joining as their in-house drummer in 2008 ...

* Graeme Park * Clint Boon *

Ed Sheeran Edward Christopher Sheeran ( ; born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran independently r ...

2012

27–29 July 2012, held at Broughton Hall, Skipton. * The Charlatans * Juan Zelada *

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* Lucy Rose *

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Benjamin Francis Leftwich Benjamin Francis Leftwich (born 4 September 1989) is an English singer-songwriter from Heworth, York, Heworth, York. His father was Adrian Leftwich. He attended Hempland Primary School and Bootham School in York. Leftwich released his first ...

Stuart Maconie Stuart John Maconie (born 13 August 1961) is an English radio DJ and television presenter, writer, journalist, and critic working in the field of pop music and popular culture. He is a presenter on BBC Radio 6 Music where, alongside Mark Radc ...

* Kevin Saunders * Smoove and Turrell

References

External links

* Music festivals in North Yorkshire {{music-festival-stub