Soul II Soul have been announced as the Sunday night headliners on the 21st September at this year’s Ramsbottom Festival. The group will be bringing its cool fusion of reggae, blues and dance vibes to Lancashire’s laid-back festival. Led by DJ Jazzie B, the group is currently celebrating its 25th year in the industry and to date has sold over 10 million albums worldwide. The Levellers will be headlining on Friday with British Sea Power topping the bill on Saturday.

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Two more acts have also been announced as part of Friday’s line-up; Manchester quartet The Tapestry, which following stints supporting the likes of Pete Doherty and The Strypes will be performing its own brand of dirty garage pop and newly-signed Northern three-piece Berlin Berlin, which is celebrating the release of its debut single, ‘Josef’. Joining the bill for Saturday’s lineup is Thugs on Wolves, presenting their signature tribal beats, electronic surges and folksy harmonies.

Also new for this year will be the Chameleon Stage, featuring artists programmed by Manchester’s The Big Slice, which works to champion and find platforms for rising home grown talent. It will be presenting up-and-coming solo vocalist and instrumentalist Rum Thief, acoustic folk singer/songwriter Matt Hamer and five-piece band Second Hand Wings on the Sunday afternoon.

Camping

Burrs Country Park, located five miles from the festival site, offers a remote riverside campsite with toilets and water facilities available, plus its own pub. Return coaches will be run each evening. Weekend camping including car parking is charged at £36 per tent, with nightly pitches from £15. There’s also the chance to hire a luxury tipi, pitched and ready to roll into. Caravans and campervans can stay at Burrs Park caravan site. For more information and bookings go to www.burrs.org.uk/caravan.htm

If you fancy making a weekend of it with family and friends, the nearby Activity Centre offers bunk rooms priced at £200 per night for a family group of up to 18 people or £300 for a group of up to 34 people. For more information visit www.burrs.org.uk/bunkhouse.htm

Ramsbottom Festival takes place Friday 19th – Sunday 21st September 2014 at Ramsbottom Cricket Club, Bury, just 12 miles from Manchester city centre.

Ticket Prices

Tickets are now on sale 

Weekend: family £144 (two adults and up to three children), adults £66 / children £11 (ages 6 – 16, under 6s go free)

Friday: £24 adults / £6 children

Saturday: £26 adults / £6 children

Sunday: £26 adults / £6 children

LINE-UP LATEST

British Sea Power, Levellers, Soul II Soul, Jimi Goodwin, Cara Dillon, Admiral Fallow, Bridie Jackson and The Arbour, Keston Cobblers’ Club, The Skints, Luke Daniels, Neville Staple Band, Randolph Swain and The Red Lights, Mad Dog Mcrea, The Shee, Marcus Malone, Lisbee Stainton, Jo Harman and Company, Harp and a Monkey, Gorgeous George, Bird to Beast, By the Rivers, Gramotones, Racing Glaciers, Frankie Foreman, XOVA, Paper Beat Scissors, Nell Bryden, Hans Theessink, My Sweet Patootie, The Minx, Jolanga, Vinny Peculiar, The Tapestry, Berlin Berlin, Rum Thief, Matt Hamer, Thugs on Wolves, Second Hand Wings