Dazed Club photographers capture Wide Awake Festival’s pre-parties

This year’s Wide Awake Festival on May 27 is headlined by some of our absolute favourites. Among them, Dido collaborator Caroline Polachek, Shygirl, Osees, Oneohtrix Point Never and Daniel Avery – all of whom we are obsessed with.

In the run-up to the festival, we sent eight photographer and Dazed Club members down to the Shacklewell Arms in Dalston to photograph the four pre-parties, which saw artists including Nuha Ruby Ra, Veranda Live and Girl Scout take to the stage.

“I felt like I was listening to a soundtrack of an ambiance-led film,” said one Clubber, Greta Stepanyan. “And taking the portraits of the artists was so worthwhile, I feel the images captured the energetic dynamics of the groups and the dream-like vibrancy of the night.”

Eleonora Nitopi, another of our photographers, added, “I was thrilled to work for a music gig, I both enjoyed my time as a listener and as a photographer: capturing the energy and the charisma of the performers was a really delightful experience.”

Check out the Dazed Clubbers’ photos from the Wide Awake Festival’s pre-parties in the gallery above.

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