We were blown away when we first heard Jungle by Night perform on a beach stage in Sines, Portugal at a world music festival in 2014.
There was a banquet on offer a golden sandy beach, a brilliantly clear freshwater lake that stretched for miles, a bar full of cold beers, and a beach stage with a crowd slowly gathering around it.
A throng of young Liberians have gathered at one of the year's biggest parties and most revellers are celebrating the growing popularity of Hip Co, a musical movement in the long-troubled West African country.The beach stage is propped up against a skeletal building, a memory of more than a decade of civil war.
Although production levels all-around suffered this year, the TD Echo Beach stage was once again a highlight, this time fitted with a brand-new lighting rig and much more elaborate LED visuals.
Wayne then apparently hatched a plot with his scriptwriter at the time, Jimmy Grant, to abduct the assassins, drive to a beach and stage a mock execution to frighten them.
He was scheduled to play a set on the Village Stage that first year, and on the Beach Stage, but after his very popular Village set, he requested Sara switch his second set from the modest Beach Stage for a set on the Main Stage, which is today known as the Pagoda.
Beer marketing in South America, he argued, had room to progress from what he termed the "babes on the beach" stage.
The Bournemouth Air festival, set to take place along the Bournemouth seafront, called off its show after exceptionally high water levels damaged the beach stage areas.
While Mendi's Beach stage had sand, and therefore the driest dance floor, the Bend and Meadow stages did not.
Probably one of the most recognized names to hit the Beach stage this year, Chris Lake has been one of the world's top producers for the past few years.
But the party isn't just focused on the main stage; this year's Beach stage will be featuring some of the hottest new producers and DJs in the scene, including some Canadian talent.
