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The Underage Festival is a music festival which takes place in Victoria Park, London. It is open to 14-18 year olds, and only those within this age limit are allowed entry to the festival. In the two years since its creation, the festival has taken place at the beginning of August each year. There are five main stages, the Converse Century Main Stage, the NME Stage, the Topman New Music Stage, the Domino Stage (aptly named the "Domino 15th Anniversary Stage" for the label's 15th anniversary of creation in 2008), and the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage. As well as this, some of the smaller features included the Habbo Dj Tent, the CM Tower Hamlets Music Space Stage, and the Artrocker Signing Tent. 2008's event also included a MySpace bus, where secret sets and interviews with bands took place.

The festival evolved out of a series of club nights held in the Elephant and Castle area of South London, hosted and organised by Sam Kilcoyne, the teenage son of Barry 7 from Add N to (X) after Kilcoyne was refused admission to a Buzzcocks gig due to his age (he was fourteen years old at the time). These grew popular with preteens and teenagers, even receiving press coverage in broadsheet national newspapers (The Manchester Guardian, to name one) and the BBC's arts programmes who reported this as a "youthquake".

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2009 Festival

Soon after the 2008 festival, organisers Eat Your Own Ears announced in an email to fans that the 2009 festival would again take place in Victoria Park in East London, on 2 August 2009. Tickets for the event were put on sale in early February, and can be purchased for £23.00 from ticket websites such as Ticketmaster. During his BBC Introducing... show for Radio 1, Huw Stephens announced some of the acts playing the festival as Ladyhawke, Hadouken!, Metronomy, Rolo Tomassi, Esser, Tinchy Stryder, Kissy Sell Out, Caspa, First Aid Kit, JME, Marina and the Diamonds, Plastician, Pull In Emergency, Rosie and the Goldbug, Rusko, The Chapman Family, The Whip, The XX, Tomb Crew, Tommy Sparks and The Video Nasties. ^[1] The Pigeon Detectives are to headline the event. ^[2]

Converse.co.uk Stage
The Pigeon Detectives Mystery Jets Santigold Hadouken! The Chapman Family Rolo Tomassi Lion Club

Artrocker Stage
Patrick Wolf The Horrors Golden Silvers The Whip The XX Flashguns Marina and the Diamonds Good Shoes The Video Nasties

Topman CTRL Stage
Caspa Esser JME Lo Fi Culture Scene Metronomy Plastician Pull In Emergency Rusko (Live) Tinchy Stryder Little Boots Tomb Crew

Youth Music Stage
First Aid Kit Kissy Sellout Ladyhawke Rosie and the Goldbug The Temper Trap Tommy Sparks

2008 Festival

The 2008 festival took place on 8 August 2008. The event was a success, with around 10,000 fans attending. Many queued for hours prior to the gates opening to gain entry. ^[3] Headliners included Gallows, Dizzee Rascal, Foals, and The Dykeenies.

Converse Century Main Stage
Gallows Tim Burgess (DJ set) Dizzee Rascal The Maccabees Bombay Bicycle Club Those Dancing Days Care Bears on Fire OCD (BBC Introducing Band) Kid Harpoon

The Horrors were originally scheduled to play the Main Stage, but had to pull out due to recording commitments. ^[4] They were replaced by Dizzee Rascal. Mystery Jets were also scheduled to open the festival with a set on the Main Stage, but pulled out just a few days before due to their lead singer Blaine Harrison being in hospital. ^[5] They were replaced with Kid Harpoon.
Those Dancing Days performed on the Main Stage after Care Bears on Fire instead of the NME Stage, as previously billed.
OCD were selected on BBC Radio 1's BBC Introducing show to play the festival. A number of young, unsigned bands were put forward by a variety of BBC Introducing Djs including Huw Stephens and Vic Galloway to win the opportunity to play on the Main Stage. An eventual winner was picked by Sam Kilcoyne, the festival's organiser. The entire feature was released in special Underage Festival podcast by Radio 1, in the week before the festival took place.
Tim Burgess, lead singer of The Charlatans, played a DJ set on the Main Stage between each of the three main headliners.
Gallows' headline set included an appearance by Lethal Bizzle, for a special cover of The Ruts' "Staring At The Rude Bois". As well as this, lead vocalist from hardcore punk band Blackhole - and Gallows' lead singer Frank Carter's younger brother - Rich Carter sang vocals on a number of tracks towards the end of the set.

NME Stage
Foals Glasvegas XX Teens frYars Poppy & the Jezebels Polly Scattergood S.C.U.M.

XX Teens set featured an appearance by famous anti-war protestor Brian Haw, who is currently the longest residing resident of the peace camp situated outside Parliament Square. Following set-closer "For Brian Haw", Haw gave a ten-minute speech regarding the War in Iraq. ^[6]
Polly Scattergood designed and curated a special shed for the festival, "Pollyworld", which featured small acoustic performances by herself and a number of other acts.

Topman New Music Stage
The Rifles The Rascals Ipso Facto Florence & the Machine Team Waterpolo The Cheek (formerly - and billed as - Cheeky Cheeky & the Nosebleeds) Pull In Emergency Nick Harrison

Domino 15th Anniversary Stage
Bonde do Rolê Four Tet Sons and Daughters Wild Beasts The Count and Sinden White Williams Eugene McGuiness

Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage
The Dykeenies Furthest Drive Home Kasms None the Less Red Bull Bedroom Jam Competition Winners Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man Sleepercurve Glamour For Better

CM Tower Hamlets Music Space Stage
Lo-Fi Culture Scene Underground Heroes Why Whiskey Why Goldielocks Alex Starling Fifth Element Toy Toy Temporarily Blank The Purple Socks Risofthescorned Directive

Habbo Dj Tent
Young Turks Kid Harpoon Rhys Jones (Good Shoes) Frederick Blood-Royale (Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man)

Also featured was the Artrocker Signing Tent, which allowed fans to have merchandise signed by bands such as The Maccabees, Foals and Bombay Bicycle Club.
The MySpace bus featured an acoustic set by Bombay Bicycle Club, as well as an interview with Dizzee Rascal for website . ^[7]