Underage Festival

Underage Festival
The Domino 15th Anniversary Stage at Underage Festival 2008
Genre	Various, primarily Rock, Pop, Indie
Dates	Early August (2nd/8th/10th)
Location(s)	Victoria Park, London
Years active	2007-2011
Founded by	Sam Kilcoyne Eat Your Own Ears
Website	Official Website

The Underage Festival was a music festival in Victoria Park, London that was open only to those between 13 and 17.

The festival took place at the beginning of August each year. There were five main stages: the Converse Century Main Stage, the NME Stage, the Topman New Music Stage, the Domino Stage (aptly named the "Domino 15th Anniversary Stage" for the label's 15th anniversary of creation in 2008), and the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage. As well, some of the smaller features included the Habbo Dj Tent, the CM Tower Hamlets Music Space Stage, and the Artrocker Signing Tent. The 2008 event also included a Myspace bus, where secret sets and interviews with bands took place.

The festival evolved out of a series of club nights, held in the Elephant and Castle area of South London and hosted and organised by Sam Kilcoyne, the teenage son of Barry 7 from Add N to (X) and current member of the band S.C.U.M, after he was refused admission to a Buzzcocks gig for being only 14. These grew popular with preteens and teenagers and even received press coverage in broadsheet national newspapers like The Guardian and the BBC's arts programmes, which reported it as a "youthquake".

Following the cancellation of the 2012 event, no further editions have taken place.