Common People Festival will return for a second year at Southampton Common and will also be making its debut in the stunning greenery of Oxford’s South Park between 28-29 May 2016. 

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The Common People’s inaugural appearance at Oxford’s South Park, Saturday 28th May will see a headline set from a soon to be announced Saturday headliner, plus sets from Soul II Soul, Jamie Lawson, Kurupt FM, The Cuban Brothers, Chas & Dave, Mr Motivator and the Oxford City Singers, with more acts to be announced very soon. Plus there will be a Big Top takeover courtesy David Rodigan MBE presents Ram Jam, and sets across the weekend from Housewurk and Back for Good.

The second Southampton Common Festival will see a homecoming set from Craig David with his acclaimed TS5 show, plus sets from Primal Scream, Public Enemy, Gaz Coombes, Ghostpoet, The Sugarhill Gang, Don Broco and West End Kids. And the mighty Hospitality will be taking over the Big Top.

On Sunday 29th May at Oxford's South Park the line-up includes a headline set from Primal Scream, plus sets from Craig David’s TS5, Public Enemy, Gaz Coombes, Ghostpoet, The Sugarhill Gang, Don Broco and West End Kids. Plus a Hospitality taking over the Big Top and roaming, brass-driven joy from Horns of Plenty (Oxford Community Street Band).

While Sunday in Southampton Common will see a headline set from a soon to be announced Sunday headliner, plus Jamie Lawson, Kurupt FM, The Cuban Brothers, Chas & Dave and Mr Motivator. And a Big Top takeover courtesy of David Rodigan MBE presents Ram Jam, with more acts to be announced very soon!

Common People curator Rob da Bank says: “Common People was one of my funnest weekends festivaling in 2015, and believe me there was some competition! We loved it so much we decided to share the love with Oxford, another beautiful city and site with a fantastic musical heritage and a thriving arts scene and diverse crowd of party people. I'm really excited to share our first announcement, with some corkers from Primal Scream and Craig David to one of my all-time faves Public Enemy, and up-and-coming acts Jamie Lawson and Kurupt FM. Hope you can come and sing along with the Common People!”

Both sites will also host an amazing array of venues, bars and food including scrumptious Street Food, Cocktail Bars, the Uncommon Stage, which will bepresented by Nightshift in Oxford and The Joiners in Southampton, The People’s Front Room, the Knitting Tent, the Bigtopmania Circus, cocktails galore from The Jam Jar Bar and fantastic arts & crafts, our ace kids area, bouncy castles and more!

Tickets for both shows go on sale at 11am Thursday 3rd December.