Jabberwocky Festival is a collaboration of 3 pioneering companies, ATP, Primavera and Pitchfork coming together with a line up of a calibre all too lacking in the UK summer calendar. 

Set in the ExCeL Centre, between 15th-16th August 2014 this will be a welcome addition to the London summer calendar and a great chance to see those acts you rarely see programmed at other UK festivals. Soon to be announced is the cinema programme and other extra-curricular activities. At a very keen £35 a day or just £60 for 2 days, it’s a win/win for lovers of music that pushes against the flow.

 Jabberwocky

Founded in 1999, All Tomorrow’s Parties was created as an alternative to the corporate festival circuit, an oasis of great acts and discerning music fans coming together to make something truly special. Through their world renowned, artist-curated Camber Sands weekenders, ATP records and worldwide ‘I’ll Be Your Mirror’ events ATP has built a reputation as one of the most incredible live promoters in the world. 

For over a decade, Barcelona based music promoter Primavera have introduced unmissable events to the world. Their events have provided audiences with eclectic, innovative lineups, showcasing a range of newly established and internationally renowned acts. Primavera most notably host their annual festival, Primavera Sound, held usually early June and across the year they have also established a range of other big events like Primavera Club and Portugal’s Optimus Primavera Sound. 

Pitchfork has, since its beginnings 1995, achieved the status of being one of the world’s most respected online music platforms. Constantly on the cutting edge of new music and having branched out and become a mixed media destination for all things alternative and underground, Pitchfork truly are tastemakers. Their unrivalled video content, features and annual festivals in both Chicago and Paris are absolute musts for enlightened musos across the world. 

With Jabberwocky being programmed by these 3 cultural mainstays its little surprise that the talent on offer across this 2-day show is of the highest quality, line up announced so far. 

Headliner Neutral Milk Hotel, plus Caribou,  Deafheaven, Electric Wizard, Iceage, Pissed Jeans, Earth, Joanna Gruesome, Chelsea Wolfe, The Growlers, Vatican Shadow, The Ex, Jesu, I Break Horses, Speedy Ortiz, Hookworms, Connan Mockasin, Metz, Eaux & Kode9

Tickets on sale at 9am tomorrow here Friday 14th Feb, The Excel Centre London between 15th-16th August 2014

Jabberwocky, the poem in the wonderful 1871 Lewis Carroll book ‘Through the Looking Glass’ is firstly a brilliant word and also the origin of the word portmanteau. In it, Humpty Dumpty eloquently explains that in a portmanteau "there are two meanings packed up into one word." Jabberwocky thus gives us words such as "chortled" a combination of 'chuckle' and 'snort' and "frabjous" a blend of fair, fabulous, and joyous.