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= MADE Festival = MADE Festival is a multi-genre summer event celebrating music, arts and culture, held annually in the West Midlands. Founded and organised by independent promotions company Weird Science, MADE is considered to be the largest and most established festival in the region*, with its yearly editions traditionally taking place in late July.

Covering a wide-ranging musical policy of live acts and DJs, as well as live art and award-winning local street food, the festival has grown in size on a yearly basis since its creation in 2014, and is set to showcase its largest edition to date in 2021 on a new, 20,000-capacity site within Sandwell Valley Country Park.

Origins and History
=2014=

For its debut edition in 2014, MADE began life as a metropolitan festival, taking place across a multi-arena open air complex in the heart of Digbeth: the spiritual home of Birmingham’s dance & electronic music scene. Initially taking place over two days and nights coinciding with the Bank Holiday weekend in early May, the event showcased an eclectic mix of dance music headliners including Chase & Status, Annie Mac, Sub Focus, The Martinez Brothers, Bondax, Netsky, Hot Since 82, and many more, and was subsequently nominated for Best Metropolitan Festival in the UK Festival Awards later that year.

=2015=

For its second edition, MADE Festival adapted its format to a larger, higher-capacity one-day event, scaling up to incorporate seven different arenas, and covering a broader spread of musical genres. The event featured over 60 artists across a varied day and night programme, with headliners including MK, Wilkinson, Sonny Fodera, David Rodigan, Claude Vonstroke, Friction, Heidi, Dusky and many others. Having already firmly established itself as a key summer event in the region, in 2015 MADE Festival achieved its second consecutive nomination for Best Metropolitan Festival in the UK Festival Awards.

=2016=

The third edition of MADE Festival once again featured a larger, more diverse musical programme

=2018=

Following four years as an inner-city event - with each edition expanding in capacity - the festival reached new heights in 2018 by moving to the green fields of Perry Park, home of the upcoming 2022 Commonwealth Games.