Curated by Futureheads’ guitarist Ross Millard, the Split Festival’s Fringe Stage this year sees two days of performances from acoustic acts, and on Sunday night it will showcase national and local comedians.
Headline acts this year include Brit Award winner and twice Mercury nominated artist Beth Orton, Michelle Stodart (The Magic Numbers) and Jarvis Cocker endorsed act Withered Hand.
Other notable acts performing on Saturday include:
Paul Mullen (formerly Yourcodenameis:milo, The Automatic & current Young Legionnaire),
The Lake Poets,
Chased by Wolves,
The Union Choir,
This Little Bird,
The Din,
The Cush,
Ajimal
Sunday will play host to:
Kurran And The Wolfnotes,
Nev Clay,
Skylark Song,
Michael Rolfe,
The Railway Club,
Matt Stalker
The Fables,
Morris Ford.
Headlining the comedy tent will be Jason Cook, who has appeared on shows such as ‘Russell Howard’s Good News’ and ‘Dave’s One Night Stand’.
Local acts confirmed to perform include Andy Fury, Nick Cranston, Lee Kyle and Marc Smethurst, along with Laughing Penguin New Act of the Year, Richard Gadd.
The line up for this year’s main stage is as follows:
Saturday 17th September
The Drums
Mystery Jets
The Rifles
Little Comets
Dutch Uncles
Beth Jeans Houghton
B>E>A>K
Spector
Vinyl Jacket
The Generals
Sheilds
We Beat the System
Grandfather Birds
James and the Wolf
Sunday 18th September
The Charlatans
Frankie and The Heartstrings
The King Blues
Dinosaur Pile-Up
Ganglians
Hyde and Beast
Leatherface
The Dauntless Elite
Tomahawks For Targets
Retriever
Loud Mouth
Early Bird Tickets are:
£20 Saturday
£20 Sunday
£35 Weekend ticket (ends 31/08/11)
Standard tickets (from 01/09/11)
£25 Saturday
£25 Sunday
£40 Weekend ticket
For tickets visit http://split.over9stores.co.uk/
