Shakedown has today announced the line up for tihre brand new Audio Arena at this summer’s festival in association with Brighton’s leading club, Audio. Shakedown is firmly established as the final festival of the year, bringing the biggest names and electronic and urban music to the UK’s party capital and the 2013 edition will include the brand new Audio Arena immersing festival goers in the very best house and future bass.  

Headlining the Audio Arena will be Radio 1’s Queen of Friday Night, Annie Mac.  Annie Mac’s show is a feast of upcoming, underground and exclusive new dance tunes and she has rapidly made her mark on the party circuit with regular high profile sets at venues such as Fabric London and Digital Brighton.  Her DJ sets are famously unpredictable and addictive, jumping from genre to genre with ease. Known for her support and enthusiasm for underground dance music, Annie has been a true flame holder for the rapidly growing underground house music scene, being one of the first DJs to get behind now huge acts like Disclosure.  Expect her Audio Arena headline set to be a crowd-pleasing house-heavy set of club classics and the biggest house anthems of the moment, with a few surprises chucked in along the way. Also confirmed for the line up are KERRI CHANDLER, TODDLA T SOUND,  MK, HOT SINCE 82,  DEVOLUTION,  ENZO SIFFREDI 

The main stage will be hosted by drinkinbrighton.co.uk and will be headlined by local boys Rizzle Kicks.  Rizzle Kicks are one of the biggest names in urban music having sold over a million singles in the UK and released their debut album Stereo Typical, a mixture of pop and hip hop incorporating elements of the old skool hip-hop era circa 1988 – 92.  Their eagerly anticipated new album is set for release this summer and the boys will have festival goers partying along to the anthemic pop of When I Was A Youngster, Mama Do The Hump and Down With Trumpets at what will be a massive homecoming show. 

Britain’s urban pop superstar Labrinth will be performing his enormous hits Pass Out, Let The Sun Shine, Earthquake, Last Time, Beneath Your Beautiful and more whilst DJ Fresh  will be playing with a full live band, a real coup for Shakedown as he delivers a monstrous set of drum & bass, dubstep and electro house. Maverick Sabre, Jacob Plant, Delilah, Jaguar Skills and Mikill Pane are also appearing on the main stage. 

The colossal Supercharged Arena features a plethora of heavyweight DJ’s and is headlined by bass music superstar, Sub Focus.  Radio 1’s Zane Lowe returns by popular demand for a third successive year and legendary drum & bass label RAM Records will host a mammoth, 4 hour takeover in the Supercharged Arena. Krafty Kuts and A Skillz will also take to the decks. 

With more acts to be added Shakedown is set to be a fitting end to the summer festival season.Shakedown Festival 2013 takes place at Stanmer Park, Brighton, East Sussex, on Sat 28th September 2013 tickets on sale here