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The Vinyl Festival to debut in London in September

The inaugural Vinyl Festival is to debut in London in September with Tim Burgess, BBC 6 Music presenters Steve Lamacq and Huey Morgan all appearing.

Jim Ottewill
  • By Jim Ottewill
  • 16 May 2017
  • min read
The inaugural Vinyl Festival is to debut in London in September with Tim Burgess, BBC 6 Music presenters Steve Lamacq and Huey Morgan all appearing.

Taking place 23-24 September at the Printworks in London, the event will celebrate all aspects of vinyl culture with more than 100 stalls presented by independent labels, plus another 48 showcasing the latest audio technology, hardware and vinyl.

Offering further entertainment, leading industry figureheads will be providing the soundtrack to the weekend, spinning their own cherished vinyl records.

BBC 6 Music's DJ and Fun Lovin' Criminals frontman Huey Morgan will talk on his experience of vinyl culture in New York while Charlatans lead singer, vinyl author and record label boss Tim Burgess will also talk about the subject. BBC Radio 6 Music presenter Steve Lamacq and Virgin Radio Breakfast Show host Edith Bowman will also be appearing.

Ian Peel, Long Live Vinyl founding editor, said: 'The Vinyl Festival celebrates the very best of the format we all love, and is exactly what our readers have been crying out for.'

'We're incredibly proud to bring you everything from a massive record fair to some of the UK's finest indie labels and some top headline DJ performances, all under one roof. We couldn't be more excited to see this dream become a reality.'

There will also be Vinyl Evaluation area, where collectors can have their records evaluated by a team of experts.

Early bird tickets are now available for the event.

Visit the Vinyl Festival website for more information and to get your tickets.