This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Artist News Festival Line-Up Update Gigs & Festivals
Festival line-up update – 18 Jan 2012
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 18 January 2012
THE APPLE CART FESTIVAL, Victoria Park, East London, 3 Jun: A sister event to indie fests Field Day and Underage, the musical portion of this year’s family-friendly Apple Cart programme includes the varied likes of Billy Bragg, Noah AndThe Whale, Jeffrey Lewis, Neneh Cherry, Stornoway, and Kid Creole And The Coconuts. There’ll also be comedy courtesy of Josie Long and Shappi Khorsandi, tricks and illusions from The Magic Circle, and a children’s film-making workshop as run by The House Of Fairy Tales. Hurrah! www.theapplecartfestival.com
HEINEKEN OPEN’ER, Gdynia, Poland, 4-8 Jul: The xx and Justice are just-confirmed as companions for lone headliner Bjork, with Open’er organisers promising more announcements in due course. www.opener.pl/en
SXSW, Various Venues, Austin, Texas, 13-18 Mar: The latest raft added to SxSW’s sprawling 2012 line-up include Lana Del Rey, Youth Lagoon, Oneohtrix Point Never, A$AP Rocky, Chairlift and Best Coast. They join a bill that boasts just about every breaking artist ever, with A-list acts to be unveiled closer to the event. www.sxsw.com
