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Away From Home Festival is an annual music festival created and curated by English singer and songwriter Louis Tomlinson. Since it's beggining in 2021, every year the one-day event changes the city where it takes place.[1]

Away From Home Festival
Away From Home Festival
GenreIndie - Alternative - Britpop
DatesSummer
Location(s)Changes every year
Years activeSince 2021
FoundersLouis Tomlinson
Organised byLouis Tomlinson
Websitehttps://awayfromhomefestival.com/

History

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2021

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On July 29, 2021 via his social media Tomlinson shared that for the last 12 months he had the idea of creating his own festival. It was announced as a celebrating the comeback of live music after the COVID pandemic.[2] The festival took place on Bank Holiday Monday - August 30, 2021 - at Crystal Palace Bowl, London. The first edition of the festival was completely free with an attendance of 8,500. Still in the context of the pandemic, the public had to have two doses of a COVID-19 vaccination, a negative Lateral Flow Test, or natural immunity based upon a positive PCR test taken within 180 days of the event.

Lineup[3]

It was the first public appearence and live performance of Tomlinson since the two shows he could perform from his first tour Louis Tomlinson World Tour before the shut down because of the COVID pandemic and his Guinness World Record livestream at the end of 2020.[4] He debuted a brand new song called "Change".[5]

 
Louis Tomlinson performing in the first edition of the festival at Crystal Palace Bowl

The Away From Home Global Streaming Event

After the festival, Tomlinson announced a mini documentary directed by Charlie Lightening, who had previously worked with in several music videos from his first album Walls. The film featured behind the scenes access and the process of planning and producing the festival and with the 70 minute headline show of Tomlinson.[6] It was broadcast on Veeps on September 4, 2021.

2022

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On June 8, 2022 thought the website of the festival it was announced the second edition. This time the chosen destination was Málaga, Spain. The one-day event took place on August 27, 2022 at the Marenostrum Fuengirola. The 18,000 tickets were sold out a few hours after the announcement.[7][8] To complete the lineup the festival offered the chance to a new band to join. The submissions opened on August 19,2021 and the band selected by Tomlison was a scottish band called Voodoos.[9]

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2023

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In the middle of his Faith In The Future World Tour, Tomlinson announced the third edition of the festival that took place on August 19, 2023 at Parco BussolaDomani Lido di Camaiore, Italy.[11][12] Again, Tomlinson opened the submissions for new bands and the selected was SHADE from Manchester.

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According to La Nazione, hundreds of fans from all over the world have camped for several days to be the first to enter.[14] The mayor of Lido di Camaiore, Marcello Pierucci, celebrated on his social media that the event attracted audiences from all over the world.

Philosophy

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In The Away From Home Global Streaming Event, Tomlinson revealed that he always wanted to do a festival since he was in One Direction but it never happened. His idea it was to give back as he values live music and real connection with the fans. In 2021, when the festival started the inicial purpose it was to celebrate live music being back after the COVID pandemic and lockdown, but it also transformed in a platform to showcase new artists and to show his fans the bands that he loves and spends his time listening to.[15]

Tomlinson told NME, that the development stage of band's careers it always been something interested to him because it's one of the most excting times and that's really important to him -any way he can - to help and benefit any band in that stage.[16] During his Louis Tomlinson World Tour and Faith In The Future World Tour he gave new bands and up-and-coming artists the change to be his openers.[17]

Away From Home Festival
Date City Country Venue
August 30, 2021 London England Crystal Palace Bowl
August 27, 2022 Málaga Spain Marenostrum Fuengirola
August 19, 2023 Lido di Camaiore Italy Parco BussolaDomani
June 8, 2024 Mérida México Hacienda Susulá

References

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  1. ^ Ackroyd, Stephen (May 25, 2023). "LOUIS TOMLINSON HAS ANNOUNCED THE 2023 EDITION OF HIS AWAY FROM HOME FESTIVAL". DORK.
  2. ^ Royal, Carol-Anne (August 31, 2021). "The Away From Home Festival". EUPHORIA.
  3. ^ Gallop, Joe (July 30, 2021). "LOUIS TOMLINSON LAUNCHES FREE BANK HOLIDAY FESTIVAL AT CRYSTAL PALACE BOWL". Access All Areas.
  4. ^ Pilastro, Eleonora (November 18, 2021). "Louis Tomlinson's Live from London breaks livestream concert record". Guinness World Records.
  5. ^ Royal, Carol-Anne (August 31, 2021). "The Away From Home Festival". EUPHORIA.
  6. ^ "LOUIS TOMLINSON ANNOUNCES THE AWAY FROM HOME GLOBAL STREAMING EVENT". Simon Jones PR. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  7. ^ "Marenostrum confirma el secreto a voces: Louis Tomlinson estará en Fuengirola el 27 de agosto". El Español. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  8. ^ "Cientos de fans de Louis Tomlinson hacen cola desde hace días en Fuengirola para una cita única en España". Cuatro. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  9. ^ Daly, Rhian (August 30, 2022). "Welcome to Away From Home, the indie festival hosted by Louis Tomlinson". NME.
  10. ^ "Marenostrum confirma el secreto a voces: Louis Tomlinson estará en Fuengirola el 27 de agosto". El Español. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  11. ^ Smith, Carl (May 25, 2023). "Louis Tomlinson The Away From Home Festival 2023 Italy: Line-up includes Blossoms, The Cribs and more". Official Charts.
  12. ^ Ackroyd, Stephen (May 25, 2023). "LOUIS TOMLINSON HAS ANNOUNCED THE 2023 EDITION OF HIS AWAY FROM HOME FESTIVAL". DORK.
  13. ^ Smith, Carl (May 25, 2023). "Louis Tomlinson The Away From Home Festival 2023 Italy: Line-up includes Blossoms, The Cribs and more". Official Charts.
  14. ^ Boldrini, Luca (2023-08-13). "Concerto di Louis Tomlinson a Lido di Camaiore, centinaia de fan accampate per strada" [Louis Tomlinson concert in Lido di Camaiore, hundreds of fans camped out on the street]. La Nazione (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  15. ^ Daly, Rhian (August 30, 2022). "Welcome to Away From Home, the indie festival hosted by Louis Tomlinson". NME.
  16. ^ Daly, Rhian (August 30, 2022). "Welcome to Away From Home, the indie festival hosted by Louis Tomlinson". NME.
  17. ^ "Meet the openers for Louis Tomlinson's US Tour". The Indie Scene. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  18. ^ Ackroyd, Stephen (May 25, 2023). "LOUIS TOMLINSON HAS ANNOUNCED THE 2023 EDITION OF HIS AWAY FROM HOME FESTIVAL". DORK.
  19. ^ https://monterreylive.com/2024/04/todo-lo-que-debes-saber-sobre-the-away-from-home-el-festival-de-louis-tomlinson/