Still 6 weeks to go until this year’s gateway to the summer music programme, the Gaymers Camden Crawl. The 10th annual festival will take place over May Bank Holiday Weekend (30th April/1st May) in North London.

SATURDAY 30^TH APRIL & SUNDAY 1^ST MAY 2011 (May Bank Holiday Weekend) 12PM – 4AM both days

Standard weekend tickets £63.50 / Sat & Sun day tickets £39.50. Tickets available from the following outlets: 24 Hr CC Hotline 0871 2200 260 / See Tickets 020 7403 3331 OR buy online: www.thecamdencrawl.com. Walk up tickets available from all HMV Box Office stores and venues.

Expect the latest, newest, freshest acts to grace tiny stages, sharing bills with established bands. Enjoy beer gardens and record label parties, and of course plenty of mingling with your mates.

Joining the bill which already includes such names as British Sea Power, Saint Etienne, Simian Mobile Disco, Villagers and Toddla T are The Lemonheads, Razorlight, Guillemots, Miles Kane, Wolf Gang and Yasmin. 2011 is going to be the best yet, we reckon.

There’s still a few secret names and surprises up the Crawl’s sleeve, but we can share the final ‘to be announced’ line-up here for evening artists and also daytime events:

THE LEMONHEADS / RAZORLIGHT
BRITISH SEA POWER / SAINT ETIENNE
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO (LIVE) / GUILLEMOTS

BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH * BO NINGEN * CATE LE BON * COCKNBULLKID * DANANANANAYKROYD * DINOSAUR PILE UP * FRANKIE & THE HEARTSTRINGS * GHOST POET * GIGGS * HADOUKEN! * HUDSON MOHAWKE * THE KING BLUES * KONG * LETHAL BIZZLE * LITTLE COMETS * MILES KANE * MNDR * THE PHANTOM BAND * PVT * THE QEMISTS * SBTRKT * SLOW CLUB * THOSE DANCING DAYS * TODDLA T * TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS * ULTRASOUND * VILLAGERS * WOLF GANG * YASMIN 2:54 * THE AGITATOR * ALICE GOLD * BANJO OR FREAKOUT * BEAR’S DEN * BEAR DRIVER * BECOMING REAL * BETH JEANS HOUGHTON * BIG DEAL * BONES * BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT * CEREBRAL BALLZY * THE CHAPMAN FAMILY * CIVIL CIVIC * CLOUD CONTROL * COMANECHI * THE COMPUTERS * CREEP * CROWNS * D/R/U/G/S * DAM MANTLE * DELS * DIVORCE * DRY THE RIVER * EAGULLS * ENGINE EARZ EXPERIMENT * FEVER FEVER * FICTION * FILMS OF COLOUR * FLATS * FOREIGN OFFICE * GABLE * GALLOPS * GIGGS * THE GOOD NATURED * HAWK EYES * HEDONIACS * HIGH RANKIN * THE HISTORY OF APPLE PIE * HOLY STATE * HOUSSE DE RACKET * JAPANESE VOYEURS * JOHN & JEHN * JOHNNY FOREIGNER * JONQUIL * KING CHARLES * LET’S BUY HAPPINESS * THE LINES * LU LU & THE LAMPSHADES * MARA CARLYLE * MARQUES TOLIVER * MARTYNA BAKER * MAVERICK SABRE * MAZES * MERCEDES * MIRRORS * MOSS * THE MOUNTAINS AND THE TREES * MUMS OF DEATH * MZ BRATT * P MONEY * PARIS SUIT YOURSELF * PEGGY SUE * PINEY GIR * POLARBEAR * RAINBOW ARABIA * RANDOM IMPULSE * RD * RISE TO REMAIN * ROMANCE * THE RUSSIAN FUTURISTS * S.C.U.M. * SARABETH TUCEK * SICK OF SARAH * SISSY & THE BLISTERS * SOUND OF RUM * SPECTRALS * STAR SLINGER * THE STAVES * TEAM GHOST * TEK-ONE * TEETH * TOM WILLIAMS AND THE BOAT * TRANSFER * TREETOP FLYERS * TURBOGEIST * TURBOWOLF * TWO WOUNDED BIRDS * VARIOUS CRUELTIES * VAULTS * VERONICA FALLS * VISIONS OF TREES * VOXHAUL BROADCAST * WARRIOR ONE * WE ARE ANIMAL * WILD PALMS * THE YOUNG EMPIRES * YOUNG DREAMS * YOUNG LEGIONNAIRE

And, breathe! Don’t forget the secret guests!

Between midday at 6pm on Saturday and Sunday, you can expect plenty of daytime events (in addition to drinking games, kids) added to more than THIRTY additional venues…comedy, visual art and crafts exhibitions, spoken word and performance theatre, interactive events & games and, of course, live music.

NEN’s MUST-SEE ARTISTS: FLATS / BRITISH SEA POWER / THE AGITATOR / GHOST POET / THE GOOD NATURED / VOXHAUL BROADCAST / CATE LE BON

I remember when the Crawl was well, young, and it grows more and more each year. And gets better every time. Evening live shows start at 5.30pm with afterparties to follow until early the morning after! Follow www.twitter.com/thecamdencrawl for the most up-to-date information, it’s what bank holidays are made for!

The details:
SATURDAY 30^THSTMAY 2011
(May Bank Holiday Weekend) 12PM – 4AM Both DaysStandard weekend tickets £63.50 / Sat & Sun day tickets £39.50. Tickets available from the following outlets: 24 Hr CC Hotline 0871 2200 260 / See Tickets 020 7403 3331 OR buy online: www.thecamdencrawl.com.
Walk up tickets available from all HMV Box Office stores and venues.

Tickets are to be exchanged for wristbands which allow free entry to each of the participating venues as individual capacities permit. Wristbands and programmes listing the full venue schedules are obtainable from 11:00 am onward each day at the Gaymers Camden Crawl ticket exchange point. Festival goers are advised to arrive early as there will be a full daytime programme on both days from 12:00 pm. Doors open 6:00 pm for evening schedule at most venues. There will be late night after show parties featuring live bands and DJs until 4:00 am both days. It is worth noting, that all 2011 festival tickets will allow access to ALL venues and no supplementary passes will be required.

See you there!