Wasing Estate is thrilled to announce the return of its highly anticipated Solstice at Wasing celebrations for 2025, now reimagined as a weekend festival hosted at a beautiful venue, The Woodland at Wasing. Tickets here.
Taking place from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd June 2025, the festival celebrates the Rite of Summer and will feature performances by world-renowned artists James Blake (Solo Piano), Anoushka Shankar, Salif Keita, Nubiyan Twist, K.O.G. and The Turbans.
Saturday headliner James Blake is a critically acclaimed GRAMMY®, Ivor Novello and Mercury Prize Award-winning UK singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. His performance will be an ‘intimate piano show’, perfectly complementing the beauty and peace of Solstice At Wasing.
Debuting in 2009, Blake has emerged as pop’s most celebrated outlier with his dynamic solo output, while operating as the enigmatic engine behind some of the most influential albums of the 21st century. He has produced for Beyoncé, Dave, Frank Ocean, Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z, Travis Scott, Rosalía and more, while Madonna famously said his music “makes her jealous” and, at the top of this year, Timothée Chalamet called on him to accompany him on piano during his live performance of Dylan deep cuts on Saturday Night Live.
Blake’s 2021 released Friends That Break Your Heart, (his highest charting album in the UK to date) and 2023 released electronic leaning Playing Robots Into Heaven are the latest in a line of his exceptionally received studio albums. In 2024, James embraced his independence once again, parting ways with the major label he was previously signed to and embarking on a new chapter with Vault, a direct artist-to-fan streaming platform. Blake marked this era with the release of his CMYK 002 – Let Her Know EP, and singles “Thrown Around” and “Like The End.” At the same time, his influence in popular music continued to rise with Bad Cameo, a collaborative studio album with Lil Yachty that highlighted his ever-evolving artistry.
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