The Found Series: How a street party grew to four days of music

Will Paterson staged his first Found: Shoreditch Street Party in 2012, which has since grown hugely
Found our sound: revellers at last year’s 51st State Festival of American soul and funk in Trent Park, north London
Marc Sethi

The London promoter behind The Found Series —four one-day grime, acid house and jungle events — has revealed that he launched his festivals thanks to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

Will Paterson staged his first Found: Shoreditch Street Party — a “celebration of house and dance music” — after London boroughs relaxed red tape and rules on charging for parties in the run-up to the Jubilee in 2012.

It followed club nights called Found at the now-closed Hidden Nightclub in Vauxhall. Paterson, 45, said: “They gave us confidence and proved there was demand for that sort of night. We just went through the hoops of street party licensing and went with it. It was nothing like the other street parties and really didn’t have much to do with the royals as such — but it was born from the Jubilee, which is bizarre.”

The following year, the first Found festival was launched in Haggerston Park, Shoreditch, for 7,500 people. Now it has become of four events. The first, Rinse: Born & Bred is grime, garage and jungle and takes place in Haggerston Park, Shoreditch, in June. Acts include Wiley, Azealia Banks, and Benga. The second is the house and techno event Found in Brockwell Park, Brixton, also in June; the third is 51st State Festival — US soul and funk — at Trent Park in August and then Moondance at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in September, featuring garage and acid house. Mr Paterson said: “We concentrate on new acts that people are getting excited about.”

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