The excellent Beat Herder Festival announces the latest line-up additions. It looks a cracker.

You can check out the latest FFA interview with Nick Chambers, one of the guys behind Beat Herder, for the motivation behind this frolic in the fields HERE.

And to wet your appetite, our FFA reviewer assessed last year’s festival as one of THE events of the year…. Read More.

New acts announced:

GROOVE ARMADA

FEED ME DJ SET

KISSY SELL OUT

RONI SIZE DJ SET

DYNAMITE MC

SHACKLETON (LIVE)

BANCO DE GAIA LIVE + DJ SET

BONDAX

TEMPLES

TO KILL A KING

SKINNY LISTER

FEATURECAST

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING

DUB PISTOLS DJ SET

IDJUT BOYS / DIZRAELI & THE SMALL GODS / DUB MAFIA / FREEFALL COLLECTIVE / PAUL TAYLOR / D.A.V.E. THE DRUMMER / EDDY TEMPLE MORRIS / JOSH WAVE / DOCTOR & THE MEDICS / KRYSKO / THE SQUATTERS / RANDOM HAND / LOW DOWN & DIRTY DJS / THE INEXPLICABLES / EXTRA LOVE / CAZAL / GIDEON CONN / USHTI BABA / SOUND ASSEMBLEY / THE DARLINGTONS / FORMBY IN DA CLUB / THE SQUIRE OF GOTHOS / DANKLE

OLIVIA FERN / DOHNUT / KARL ROSCOE / BISCUITHEAD & THE BISCUIT BADGERS / WOLFIE RAZMATAZZ / TOM JARVIS / BANE / PAUL THORNTON / CHRIS HOLT / THE 59ERS / TICKER LE PUNK / UNDERGROUND ROOTS FT. DAN MAN & BONGO CHILLI / 1ST AIDE / JOHNNY CLASH / AXIS SOUNDSYSTEM / DUB SMUGGLERS / LA LA AND THE BOO YA / TOM JARVIS / STACEY COHEN / LEWIS GARLAND / NATHAN BALL / CLAYTON BLIZZARD / THE YUYA

BUNTY  / SILVER TORTOISE / HANG PROJECT / KALIKA / THE WONDERFUL SOUND OF THE CINEMA ORGAN / RIDERS IN THE SKA / STEE BOWDEN / KING SUMMAT / WAKA / RED TIN DAVE / GLYN BAILEY / TOOLEY / LOUISE & THE RIGHTEOUS BEES / STAGGER LEE FISHER / JONNIE COMMON / ADAM & PIWI / AGE OF GLASS / WISEGOLDFISH / WOLFSON & WINTERS / JAMIE BREWER / PHIL SMITH / BLOWJANGLES / EARTH DOCTOR / ALL WE ARE / DANIELLE & COWBELL / PURPLE TURTLE / RUBBER KAZOO

First comedy acts announced:

JUSTIN MOORHOUSE / JANICE CONNOLLY AKA BARBARA NICE / RICH WALL (MC)

The Beat-Herder Festival is delighted to announce new acts for 2013, including newly confirmed headliners Groove Armada, who join previously announced headliners Jimmy Cliff and Booka Shade in Lancashire this July.  Unquestionably one of the UK’s finest and most enduring dance music exports, Groove Armada never cease to evolve and surprise. Emerging from the 90s underground, they swiftly rose to top the charts, becoming festival mainstays with their multi-instrumental monumental sets. Having recently reconnected with their acid house roots through a critically acclaimed EP released on underground house label Hypercolour, Tom and Andy are certain to deliver an incendiary headline set that will combine their impressive DJ heritage with 10 years experience in big show production.

Joining them will be one of the biggest names in jungle, Roni Size and his long time cohort Dynamite MC, high octane party starter and BBC Radio 1 DJ Kissy Sell Out, rising teenage house duo Bondax, the ambient dub stars and genre blending Banco de Gaia, and hard hitting, bass heavy DJ/producer Feed Me, whose recent releases on Deadmau5’s Mau5trap label have been showcasing his versatility as an electronic artist and earning him critical acclaim.

Elsewhere, hotly tipped neo-psychedelic four-piece Temples, rousing folk rock group To Kill a King and London duo Public Service Broadcasting, who layer samples of old public information films and service announcements over banjo/guitar and drums, are confirmed to play in the new band tent, whose burgeoning line up already includes the likes of Dan Croll, George Ezra, TOY and Roosevelt.

Nabbing the coveted headline slot for The Working Men’s Club this year are Doctor and the Medics, the London based psychedelic rock band who emerged in the 80s with classic hits such as Spirit in the Sky.

Plus as with years gone by, there will be so much more than just music on offer. This year’s comedy offering comes from Manchester stand-up Justin Moorhouse, who is set to charm the crowds with his strong Northern sensibility and Phoenix Nights alumni Janice Connolly, best known for her middle aged housewife caricature Barbara Nice.

What to expect for 2013: 

Built entirely and lovingly by hand over 12 months, Beat-herder is quite literally a world like no other. Nestled in a beautiful valley in the heart of Lancashire, the site encompasses rolling hills, stone circles, fire pits, a network of secret underground tunnels accessed through telephone boxes, a working men’s club (complete with a troupe of Bette Lynch esque ‘ladies’), 10 feet high wicker foxes, giant lizards made from hollowed out old fighter planes and dozens of stages and soundsystems – some where you least expect them.

At the heart of the site lies a copse known as the Toil Trees, inside which all manner of surprises and curiosities await. Winding through the trees is a built-to-scale, fully functioning Victorian Street housing a sweetshop, a record shop, an Irish pub, the Hotel California saloon bar and a 50 X 30 ft solid wood parish church complete with pews and altar, whose regular services are less about prayer and repentance and more about good times, disco and debauchery.

Venture deeper into the woods, past the vintage car converted into a DJ booth where anyone is welcome to come and spin vinyl, and the trees open up into a magical woodland clearing in which an impressive tulip lipped stage sits, and where DJs play day and night.

By building everything from the sign posts to the bars from scratch, incredible care is taken and an unrivalled attention to detail is paid, creating a true alternate reality where ‘beats and barminess’ are the only order of the day, for three blissful days. And with the Beat-Herder team having been plotting and scheming throughout the winter, watch this space for more details on two new areas and many more spectacular surprises to come.

Previously announced names:

JIMMY CLIFF / BOOKA SHADE LIVE / NORMAN JAY MBE / JAGUAR SKILLS / STANTON WARRIORS / MISTAJAM / CLEAN BANDIT / KORMAC’S BIG BAND / MR SCRUFF / GENTLEMAN’S DUB CLUB

SLAMBOREE / PRINCE FATTY FT. THE HORSEMAN / SHARAM JEY / THE OTHER TRIBE / ROOSEVELT / TOY / EDU IMBERNON / JUSTIN ROBERTSON / ELITE FORCE / JON CARTER / UTAH SAINTS / RENNIE PILGREM / SUNS OF ARQA / SHEPDOG / MR BENN / DAN CROLL / JOE DRISCOLL & SEKOU KOUYATE / CUT LA ROC / ONLY JOE / BARRY ASHWORTH / BEANS ON TOAST

BENTLEY RHYTHM ACE DJ SET / CAPTAIN HOTKNIVES / RUSS CUBAN / MONSTER CEILDH BAND / MOOQEE / VELVET STREAM / GEORGE EZRA / TOO MANY T'S / CLUB SMITH / EXTRA CIRRICULAR / TONI JARVIS / THE LANCASHIRE HOTPOTS ACOUSTIC CONQUISTADOR / DUTTY MOONSHINE / EDDIE EARTHQUAKE & THE TREMORS / THE RESONATORS

WOLFIE ELECTROSWING / RUM JIG / ED STONES & THE BD3 / FOXES FAUX / CORPORATE TRAMPS / JAMES KELLY / AGE OF GLASS / ANDY CAPS FUNKY DISCO / FIRE BENEATH THE SEA / PEPPER JAM / EMMOTT & THE FOLKESTRA

 THE BAR STEWARD/ GRITTY BRITAIN / SONS OF VAL DOONICAN / WOODEN MACHINE / LOVE EM TOUCH EM SQUEEZE EM / SKINNY DJ / THE YORKSHIRE PUDDINGS / NANA MOON / BREAKBEATROOT / MISS MCQ

'A completely back to basics festival, it's built upon the simple principles of having fun, having a dance, and escaping the corporate machine for one weekend' – NME

‘Eclectic without losing sight of its identity, Beat-Herder boasts DJ sets which span ages, generations, styles and decades’ – Clash

‘Beat Herder is also the most heart-on-sleeve northern festival we’ve been to’ – Drowned in Sound

“Like with Glastonbury the heart behind its organisation is clear to see and it might well be the best music festival the North West of England has to offer” – Big Issue

 “The best atmosphere of any festival I’ve been to, Beat-Herder can’t be recommended enough.” Skiddle

 “Simply marvellous. Although small in size, Beat-Herder is a MASSIVE festival. Massive in atmosphere, massive in quality, massive in pure unadulterated vibe. Beat-Herder is up there with the best. No wonder it was a sell out well before the start.” – Festivals For All

Tickets

Full Price – £105

Child Tickets (12 and under) – £20

Infant Tickets (18 months and under) – free

Car Parking – £8

Campervans / Live-in Vehicles – £18

The Beat Herder Festival 2013 at Dockber Farm , Sawley , Lancashire , BB7 4LH       

Fri 5th to Sun 7th July 2013

Adult camping tickets from £105

Full  Details HERE.