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LeeFest is a non-profit music festival that takes place each Summer in Kent. The festival began in founder Lee Denny's garden when his parents went away on holiday in 2006. Despite the festival's small scale in its first two years, by 2011 LeeFest grew into a two-day event with enough capacity for 2,000 people. The capacity of the event now reaches the mark of 4,500+ and in 2016 plans are in place to move to a new site. Around 200 volunteers help out during the festival. The festival has won two awards and been nominated for several more. Awards include: 'Best Independent Festival' at AIM Independent Music Awards, 2012 and 'Best Grass Roots Festival' at the UK Festival Awards 2009. LeeFest is celebrating its 10th year in 2016. Lee Denny ''LeeFest Founder'' was awarded the (Spirit of London Awards ‘Achievement in The Arts ) in December 2012. In the same year he was also placed in (The TimeOut UK 2012: 100 Culture List ) in the UK's Time Out Magazine, quoting him as ''One of the inspiring 100 people in the UK who have made others lives better''. This year Ellie Goulding, The Wombats and Keane are playing. == History == 2006-2007 LeeFest began in 2006 with seven bands playing on a small stage in the garden of teenager Lee Denny's family home on 31 August in Beckenham, London.〔(BBC News )〕 150 people attended and the money raised from ticket sales went to the charity Teenage Cancer Trust. The following year the festival took place again in Lee's garden with an increase of attendees to around 350 and money raised was donated to Save The Children. 2008-2009 By 2008 the event had outgrown the garden and moved to fields near Langley Park School for Boys where 600 people attended. This site was used again to host the event in August 2009, with over 1,500 people attending, 70 volunteers, and profits donated to Kids Company. 2010 LeeFest 2010 took place on 14 August at a new venue, Highams Hill Farm. 1,500 people attended, including 700 camping tickets. 150 people volunteered. The line-up included The Futureheads, Hot Club De Paris, Jakwob, Does it Offend You, Yeah?, The King Blues, Johnny Foreigner, Starsmith, The Loose Cannons, and Fenech Soler.〔(Leefest This Year )〕 2011 In 2011 the festival took place on 12–13 August at Highams Hill Farm. Taking place for the first time across two days, the festival expanded to a larger line-up that included British Sea Power, Young Knives, Fenech Soler, DJ Fresh, David's Lyre, and The Whip. 2012 The festival took place 29–30 July at Highams Hill Farm. In this year the festival expanded its site to include four stages and a capacity of 2,500. The line-up included; Mystery Jets, Public Service Broadcasting (band), The 2 Bears, and GhostPoet. 2013 For the first time the festival ran across three days, 12–14 July. Taking place at the same venue as the past three years, LeeFest 2013 attracted over 2,500 people to Highams Hill Farm. Acts included London Grammar, Clean Bandit, Noisettes, Delphic, Public Service Broadcasting, The Other Tribe, King Charles, The Skints, Man Like Me, Stanton Warriors, Dark Sky, Lulu James and many more. The festival remained not-for-profit. 〔()〕 2014 Acts included The Cribs, Frightened Rabbit, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, MØ, Years & Years, Young Fathers, Maribou State, Rae Morris, Jack Garratt, Krafty Kuts, Blonde & Childhood. Over 2,500 people attended. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LeeFest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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