It's Grim Up North: Parklife Festival Seen Through Hazy Eyes

In June this year, I went to the Parklife Festival to try and get most out of the massive line-up on display. Armed with my camera and my excellent memory when drunk I documented the chaos, rain and the piss-show on display. Two BIG days of partying, I somehow managed to get my thoughts down on electronic paper and it turned into an article for the latest edition of KNEON Magazine.

I thought I'd share my pictures with you and some extra ones that didn't make it to the final edition of the magazine.

Manchester's finest MC CHUNKY doing his thing at the Ben UFO b2b Pearson Sound set.


The toxic alcohol, rain and piss sludge that would keep you grounded despite all your attempts at getting illegal highs.


A cow at the Julio Bashmore set.

Here's a little preview of the article as well while I'm at it:

One (very) rainy weekend in early June, I took the 142 bus down Oxford Road to get to Platt Fields Park where thousands gathered for the Parklife festival for their dosage of too much alcohol, illegal substances (classes A to C present), rain, regret and above all quality music all day, every day. As the song by The JAMS correctly says ‘It’s Grim Up North’, I had my expectations rightly set so there were no surprises as the green fields were reduced into a cold brown sludge from all the rain, alcohol and other liquid matter.

Let me paint you a picture of the overall vibe and jump straight in. I was shovelling curry(?) down my throat after marinating my liver in a pool of beer and Jägermeister all day when I talked to three guys who were debating on whether or not to see Justice and who else they could go see, when one suggested: “Let’s just do a shit-load of Ketamine and take it from there.” So yeah, standard operating procedure really. 

Why not continue reading or check out the other Parklife pictures.

If you are around in Vienna tomorrow, KNEON Magazine will be hosting their release party where we will be playing some records as well.