GÅ´YL SÅ´N 2012 - CAERDYDD THURSDAY 18 - SUNDAY 21 OCTOBER DYDD IAU 18 - DYDD SUL 21 HYDREF  

Second wave of acts who are all lined up to celebrate their 6th birthday.

Set to fill their venues to the rafters, the latest additions to our lineup hold true to our promise that this will be the biggest and best Swn yet. Check out the newest faces on the 2012 bill: 

Aluna George, Beard of Wolves, Black Moth, Bodhi, Casual Sex, Clinigol, Cold Pumas, Cut Ribbons, Dad Rocks, Echo Lake, Eilir Pierce, Fossil Collective, Hawk Eyes, Hud, Ifan Dafydd, Joyce The Librarian,KWES, Lleuwen, Osian Howells, Palma Violets, Pedestrain, Portasound,Pulled Apart By Horses, Push & Run DJs, Samoans, Splashh, Swnami,Tall Ships, Teleman, The Bent Moustache, The Experimental Tropic Blues Band, The Staves, Tom ap Dan, Toy, Two Wounded Birds, We Are Animal,We Were Evergreen, Without Maps, Y Bandana, Y Lladron, Yr Angen

This year, for the first time, a limited number of Earlybird tickets for Sŵn Festival 2012 will be on sale from midday on Wednesday 15th August on a first come first served basis. A full 4-day Earlybird wristband costs £60 and single day Earlybird wristbands vary between £15 and £26, depending on the day.Tickets can be purchased via www.swnfest.com www.ticketlineuk.com & Spillers Records (Morgan Arcade, Cardiff). 

Additionally this year, Sŵn Festival will be offering a 10% discount on advance tickets to those who are Unemployed, Students or NHS Staff at the time of their ticket purchase. These will only be available online at their official website. 

The four-day multi-venue festival will be held this year between Thursday 18th - Sunday 21st October 2012 at various locations across Cardiff. Today it was revealed that it has added Cardiff Students' Union's CF10, Bacchus (formerly Cardiff Arts Institute) and Castle Arms (Angel Hotel) to the list of this year’s venues.  

They also welcome new co-hosts, with Best of Bristol, Catapult, DIY, In Chapters and Peski joining the ranks to bring music lovers a memorable collection of live shows and events at this year's festival.

They also have revdealed on which day the 120 announced acts will be playing (subject to change):  

Thursday 18th October 2012
A Girl Called Ruth, Beard of Wolves, Brotherhood Of The Lake, Charlotte Church, Clinigol, Django Django (late show), Eilir Pierce, FAYE, Feed The Rhino, Gallows, Milk Maid, Pulled Apart By Horses, Swnami, The Experimental Tropic Blues Band, The Lovely Eggs, Tom ap Dan, Torches,We're No Heroes, Yr Angen

Friday 19th October 2012
Bodhi, Bo Ningen, Cut Ribbons, Greta Isaac, Hey Sholay, Ifan Dafydd,Jewellers, Joyce The Librarian, Katell Keineg, Lanterns On The Lake,Liars, Manhattan Coast, Pedestrian, Prosperina, Push & Run DJs, Rangda, The Bent Moustache, The Invisible, The Staves, Y Bandana

Saturday 20th October 2012
Afro Cluster, Al Lewis, Aluna George, Black Moth, Casual Sex, Chain of Flowers, Dad Rocks, Death At Sea, Denuo, Draw Me Stories, Echo Lake,Errors, Fist Of The First Man, Gallops, Glass Pear, Hud, Islet, John Grant, Lleuwen, Marc O'Reilly, Nebula, No Ceremony, No Thee No Ess,Osian Howells, Out Of The Woods, Palma Violets, Paper Aeroplanes,PINS, Portasound, Quiet Marauder, Rusty Shackle, Sam Airey, Scritti Politti, Sion Russell Jones, Tall Ships, Teleman, The Knox, This Many Boyfriends, Tomos Lewis, Turbowolf, UDVC, Verity Susman, We Are Animal, We Were Evergreen, Y Lladron, Zervas & Pepper

Sunday 21st October 2012
Among Brothers, Arcane Roots, Bright Young People, Clock Opera, Cold Pumas, Dry The River, Eugene Francis Jnr., Exit International, Falls, Fire Season, Fossil Collective, Golden Fable, Gulp, Hawk Eyes, Hysterical Injury, Irma Vep, Jemma Roper, Joanna Gruesome, KWES, Laura J Martin,Micachu & The Shapes, Mowbird, Peace, Rivals, Rozi Plain, Samoans,Sex Hands, Shy And The Fight, Splashh, Swiss Lips, The Adelines, The Ash & The Oak, The School, The Vestals, TOY, Two Wounded Birds, Various Cruelties, Without Maps