The latest acts to be announced for the Beautiful Days festival are alternative rock band Pop Will Eat Itself plus Irish-American celtic punk band Flogging Molly, one of the UK’s most iconic bands Stereo MCs, Mercury Prize nominated Manchester trio I Am Kloot, singer/songwriter John Grant, seminal 80’s legends The Blockheads, British punk band The Mob making an exclusive festival appearance, festival favourites Alabama 3 playing an acoustic set, folk-rock musician Teddy Thompson, 9 piece dub/ska outfit Gentleman’s Dub Club and Irish band Four Men & A Dog.

PLUS former Beautiful South frontman Paul Heaton, rock’n’roll phenomenon The Jim Jones Revue, ska band The Beat, award winning folk group Lau, Czech rockers Divokej Bill, world music fusion band Salsa Celtica, psychedelic rock band Wolf People, folk band Sheelanagig, musician and traveller Rory McLeod, InMe frontman Dave McPherson, alternative rock band Mojo Fury and The Fabulous Good Time Party Boys.

Also previously announced are Oysterband who will headline ‘Big Session @ Beautiful Days’ in the Big Top on the Saturday. They will be joined on the Big Session line-up by Scottish singer-songwriter Eddi Reader, Idlewild frontman Roddy Woomble, Adrian Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds, trad folk meets hip hop with Dizraeli & The Small Gods, Jackie Oates and The Young Coppers. The first acts to be announced for The Little Big Top are DJ Friction, Sigma, Jaguar Skills, Trolley Snatcha and Steve Hillage’s System 7 with the rest of the DJ line-up and Scary Dave’s comedy line-up during the daytimes still to be announced.

These acts join the already announced Friday headliners Big Audio Dynamite featuring the original line-up who are currently on tour around the UK ('Not just a reunion - this is their time' The Times) and gypsy-punks Gogol Bordello, plus Saturday headliners Carter USM making their first festival appearance in 14 years and festival founders Levellers who will close the festival on the Sunday night. There are still more acts to be announced in the coming months for the Main Stage, The Big Top, The Little Big Top and Dirty Davey’s Bandstand plus the festival’s Sunday theme!