Last Saturday DJ heavyweights MK, Heidi, Julio Bashmore, Blonde and many more graced Birmingham’s Digbeth triangle to perform at MADE Festival. After a dismal and damp Friday, the sunshine and good vibes of Saturday delivered everything you’d want in a festival, in just a few short hours.

 

As a regular at the Rainbow Venues I was keen to see how the setup for MADE would look. The space had been used efficiently so that the six stages all had their own unique feel, but were within accessible range of each other. You’d think with so much crammed into a relatively small space the popularity of MADE would have made it unbearably busy yet this was far from the case. Rarely have I ever had so much space in Rainbow and it was such a godsend. The atmosphere is always ten times better when you actually have room to dance!

 

Although chart favourites Blonde, MK and Philip George delivered solid sets on the main stage, my personal favourites were Heidi, Claude Vonstroke and Dusky. Stand out moments for me were Heidi finishing her set with Missy Elliot’s ‘Get Ur Freak On’ and Dusky dropping Bicep’s edit of ‘Gotta Let You Go’.  The Holiday v. Moho stage was another of my favourite areas as it provided a feel good, chill out spot when you needed a cig and a breather.