Freeze Festival returning to London in October

The music line-up is already looking pretty impressive. Orrbital have been confirmed as the Friday night headliner. They disbanded in 2004 but have recently reformed to bring their influential electronica to the world once more. I've seem them at Glastonbury before and can vouch for the brilliance of their live shows - well worth checking out. Sunday night will be headlined by the awesome Mercury Music Prize nominated Friendly Fires.

 

Last year's Freeze festival sold out on the Saturday - with 10,000 people turning up to watch the World Cup big air event. This year capacity has been increased so that 15,000 people can watch the action on the 32m jump.

 

The LG London Big Air event, part of the FIS LG Snowboard World Cup, will take place on the Saturday, forming the main competition for snowboarders including British Olympic snowboard hopefuls Ben Kilner and Dom Harrington. All riders taking part can score crucial ratings points in their quest to become World Champions, whilst also improving their chances to qualify for the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010. Last year’s winner Peetu Piiroinen (FIN) will be returning to defend his title, along with Scotty Lago (US) who hopes to retain his Best Trick trophy.   

 

“It’s such good news to hear that the London Freeze is returning the Battersea," said British rider Dom Harrington. " Last year was such an amazing event from a Brit point of view. To be able to take on the rest of the World in our back yard really pushes us all as riders and they better watch out - we are here in force and we’ll be taking them down! The UK has a massive snow scene even without having our own mountain ranges and having Freeze in the UK highlights the popularity of the sport to the public. People need to know what snowboarding is all about and if we can inspire them to try it, just once, well that’s an awesome thing!”

 

Tickets cost £35 for a day pass and £85 for a three-day season pass. Children's tickets cost £15 for a day and £35 for a season ticket. 

 

Full details are available at www.londonfreeze.com