MADE Festival (UK)

MADE Festival (UK) is a house festival that began from 2 to 5 May 2014 in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in the Digbeth triangle. Birmingham Mail and ihouseu placed that first run: Chase and Status, Annie Mac, Feed Me, MK and Netsky. GlobalGathering Group and Rainbow Venues signed the cycle. The acronym was Metropolitan Arts and Dance Event. Day tickets sat at 21.50 pounds and evenings from 15. UKF Live, Viva Warriors, Spectrum FACE, Seedy Sonics and 2:31 took warehouses and the garden. Digbeth Dining Club covered the food. Pete Jordan signed as director. House measured the ear from that May.

Jordan, founder of Weird Science, pinned MADE in May 2014. On 25 July 2015 the run sat again at The Digbeth Triangle. Data Transmission quoted Jordan: a step up in industrial Digbeth. The director's LinkedIn says the cycle sold out from 2016. The domain made-festival.co.uk is kept. Rainbow Warehouse, Rainbow Garden and the eighteenth-century viaduct pin the first site. 2014 and Digbeth pin the start. Birmingham Mail, on 7 November 2014, cited the Best Metropolitan Festival nomination at the UK Festival Awards, beside The Great Escape and Liverpool Sound City. Jordan thanked the first year and posted a 2015 return. Global Gathering and V Festival sat in other categories. Stereoboard also named Stormzy, Kano, Giggs, Gorgon City, AJ Tracey, Kurupt FM, Hybrid Minds, Lethal Bizzle, Sub Focus, Camelphat, DJ EZ, Fisher, Andy C and Solardo on earlier bills.

In 2018 the cycle moved to Perry Park, with a 12,000 capacity. Access All Areas later cited 20,000 on that green. In 2020 it was cancelled for the pandemic. The Streets were to headline. On 18 September 2021 the run sat at Sandwell Valley Country Park, West Bromwich, 660 acres seven miles from Birmingham. Visit Birmingham expected at least 20,000 people and seven stages. The Streets, Shy FX, Jay1 and Wilkinson played. Pete Jordan, Weird Science director, said the site was debuting. A later run sat at Wolverhampton Racecourse. House took those parks.

On 28 July 2023 Super Sonix x MADE opened Friday at Forum Birmingham, from age 16. Saturday 29 sat in Digbeth: eleven stages, midday to 22:30, last entry 17:00. Hybrid Minds, Shy FX, Girls Dont Sync, Flowdan, Gardna with Eva Lazarus, Venjent, Luude, Ben Hemsley, Holy Goof, Sammy Virji, Latmun, Oden and Fatzo, Danny Byrd, Charlie Tee, Pola and Bryson, Endor, Bklava and Serial Killaz filled the triangle. Sunday 30, Sean Paul headlined Luna Springs, with General Levy and Buxley. Fatsoma cited a reduced capacity that July. Digbeth Dining Club returned with the food village. 2023 opened Friday at Forum and closed Sunday at Luna Springs. Hannah Laing and Emily Nash played on A Weird and Wonderful. Latmun and Seb Zito played on WYLD. Born On Road closed the Dimension stage. Postcode B9 4AG pins Luna Springs. The 18-plus rule pins 2024 and 2025. Last entry at 17:00 pins Digbeth festival days.

On 3 August 2024 the tenth run sat in Digbeth, midday to 23:00, eighteen and over, last entry 17:00. Birmingham Mail cited more than 130 artists and ten stages. Bru-C, Dizzee Rascal and Bou headlined. Ewan McVicar, K Motionz, Holy Goof with TS7, Jaguar Skills, Skepsis, A Little Sound, Window Kid, 24hr Garage Girls, 4AM Kru, Serum, La La, General Levy, Issey Cross, DJ Q and Fish56octagon with Fergie played. Skiddle spoke of nearly 200 names. Weird Science presented the drum-and-bass stage. 2:31 gathered Holy Goof and Skepsis.

In 2025 the annual weekend was cancelled. Birmingham Mail and Data Transmission, on 19 March, posted six day runs from May to September in Digbeth. On 31 May Undercurrents already took place at Luna Springs, Digbeth Arena, Lower Trinity Street, Deritend, B9 4AG, 15:00 to 23:00, eighteen and over, last entry 18:30. Fish56Octagon, Mandidextrous, Danny Byrd, OJE and MiSHA played. Pre-sale started at 10 pounds. The note put more than 150,000 people across eleven years. 2 May 2014 pins the first run. Weird Science and Pete Jordan pin the producer. Digbeth, Perry Park and Sandwell pin the map. House pins the catalogue. The domain made-festival.co.uk is kept. 25 July 2015 pins the second run. 18 September 2021 pins Sandwell. 29 July 2023 pins the Digbeth return. 3 August 2024 pins the tenth. 31 May 2025 pins Undercurrents. The site is Digbeth Arena, Lower Trinity Street. House stays the tag. The 12,000 of Perry Park pin 2018. The 20,000 of Sandwell pin 2021. The 150,000 of the 2025 note pin eleven years. The 10 pounds pin the 2025 pre-sale. The 21.50 pounds pin 2014 day tickets.