Standon Calling // Festival theme, line-up announcement and fun!
This week is The Week of The Festival. As Never Enough basks in a South By Southwest (jetlag, honest) hangover, line-ups are being announced left, right and centre…we haven’t even unpacked yet!
Without further ado, one of the biggest-anticipated festivals of the year, Standon Calling, announced its preliminary artists this morning. Get ready.
Friday 6th – Sunday 8th August 2010
Standon, Hertfordshire
Full price weekend camping – £95
Set in the grounds of a beautiful 16th century manour house, and only 35 minutes from London, Standon Calling encompasses an underwater disco, secret stages and unexpected performances throughout the weekend.
Expect some added mystery and mayhem at Standon Calling 2010 as its annual theme takes a dark twist, in the form of Murder on the Standon Express – cue trench coats and trilbies, swag bags and hidden treasure, film noir and pistols at dawn. Further details about on site artwork, additional cultural programming, kids activities, plus lots more music will be announced over the coming weeks.
Ten years on from its first poolside BBQ, award-winning, intimate summer festival Standon Calling is excited to announce a unique and uncompromising music line up for its 2010 edition. Kicking off the first acts confirmed for this year is the special news that the legendary, Grammy-winning Cuban music ensemble ORQUESTA BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB will be headlining Sunday night of the festival, which this year takes place from 6 – 8th August 2010.
Throughout the inventive and party-fuelled Standon Calling weekend, they will be joined by an international line up of emerging talent and hotly tipped acts, including the live tour-de-force that is LIARS, Southend quartet THESE NEW PURITANS who will headline the second stage, curated by East London promoters Twisted Licks. Other highlights include the intense and glorious soundscapes of Danish collective EFTERKLANG plus PANTHA DU PRINCE, THE PHENOMENAL HAND CLAP BAND, ESBEN AND THE WITCH, THE MEGAPHONIC THRIFT, CLOCK OPERA, and much more besides. In the coming weeks there will be lots more revealed, including further headliners and very special guests.
Check out some of this year’s festival music highlights early, at a special preview party at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen on 4th May, featuring Filthy Dukes DJs, North Atlantic Oscillation, Clock Opera and Tom Ravenscroft.
Full announcement so far:
ORQUESTA BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB ® FEATURING OMARA PORTUONDO
LIARS
THESE NEW PURITANS
EFTERKLANG
GILLES PETERSON
A HAWK AND A HACKSAW
FUCKED UP
PANTHA DU PRINCE
EDDY TEMPLE-MORRIS
PHENOMENAL HANDCLAP BAND
ESBEN AND THE WITCH
DAVE HASLAM
GOLD PANDA
JOE GIDEON AND THE SHARK
THE PHANTOM BAND
JAGZ KOONER
DELOREAN
THE RUBY SUNS
ANNA CALVI
ERLAND AND THE CARNIVAL
SUMMER CAMP
JESCA HOOP
THE MEGAPHONIC THRIFT
TOM RAVENSCROFT
EGYPTIAN HIP HOP
PLANTS AND ANIMALS
NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION
CLOCK OPERA
RADIOPROOF
FACTORY FLOOR
DELIRIUM TREMENS
GABBY YOUNG AND OTHER ANIMALS
BO NINGEN
REVERE
THE SOUND OF RUM
THE FABULOUS PENETRATORS
TIM FANUCCI
PICA PICA
YEARNER BABIES
CANTMIXWONTMIXSHOULDNTMIXDONTMIX
ANTHONY JOSEPH AND THE SPASM BAND
MR FOGG
THE VIOLET MAY
FRAN AND JOSH
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