Camden Crawl line-up announced

The line-up details for this year's Camden Crawl has been announced bringing together a diverse line-up of 90 new acts performing at 15 venues in Camden over Thursday 19th and Friday 20th April.

This year 40 artists will appear on both the Thursday and Friday, giving festival goers a second chance to catch the acts that they may have missed due to line up clashes and venue capacity limitations. Fifty acts will perform one-off shows on each of the days.

Appearing both days in alphabetical order: Air Traffic / Akala / The Barker Band / Blood Red Shoes / Bonde Do Role / Cajun Dance Party / Calvin Harris / Cherry Ghost / Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip / Emmy The Great / Example / Findlay Brown / Foals / Friendly Fires / Hadouken! / Hot Club De Paris /I Am Kloot / I Was A Cub Scout Kid Harpoon / Killa Kella / Kitty Daisy & Lewis / Late Of The Pier / Marvin The Martian / Kate Nash / Jack Penate / Professor Green / Pull Tiger Tail / Shy Child / Statik / These New Puritans / Tigerforce / Xerox Teens.

Thursday only: Adele / Fear Of Music / Foreign Beggars / Goose / i Like Trains / Johnossi / Loney, Dear Laura Marling / Malcom Middleton / New Young Pony Club / Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man / Popular Workshop / Shakes / Simple Kid.

Friday only: Alterkicks / Chrome Hoof / The Dykeenies / Fear Of Flying / Eamon Hamilton (Brakes) / The Hot Puppies / Hafdis Huld / I Say Marvin / Ali Love / Pete And The Pirates / Polytechnic / Roll Deep / Vincent Vincent And The Villains / The Whip.

There'll be more actists and surprise guests, plus matinee performances, fringe activity, aftershow parties and more, to be announced soon.

The 15 participating venues & curators are as follows: Koko (Sonic Mook) / Electric Ballroom (FROG) / Barfly (John Kennedy X-Posure) / NW1 (Drowned In Sound ) Underworld (Kerrang!) / Dublin Castle (Bugbear) / Lock 17 (Club Fandango) / Enterprise (Boss Music) / Purple Turtle (Artrocker) / Oh! Bar (Steve Lamacq) / Bullit (Moshi Moshi & Grecoroman) / Earl Of Camden (Fallout) / The Black Cap (Queens Of Noize) / Monsta (Shuffle - 250) / Cuban Bar (Adventures Close To Home).

Kicking off at noon each day the extra hours promise a varied host of new events ranging from acoustic & impromptu live performances and panel led fan forums to pop quizzes and rock ‘n’ roll walking tours leading into each evening’s showcase of new artists, DJs and surprise guests and continuing into the wee hours with club nights and after show parties.

Upon arrival, each ‘Crawler’ is presented with an all-access wristband and double CD programme featuring a track by each artist performing across both days of the event as well as guide map and timetable for the evening’s proceedings. In keeping with the exploratory spirit and musical democracy of past Crawls, the full line-ups and stage times remain a closely guarded secret until each night. Surprise guests may appear at any time or any venue, so festival-goers are advised to arrive early.

Tickets are priced at £45 for 2 day passes, and £26.50 for single day tickets - click here to buy.

Tickets are to be exchanged for wristbands which allow free entry to each of the participating venues throughout the night as individual capacities permit. Wristbands and CD programmes announcing the full line ups and timings for the event are obtainable from 12:00 pm onward each day at the Camden Crawl ticket exchange point located at: MONSTA (18 Kentish Town Road, Camden, London NW1). Please note that 2-day pass holders will need to return to ticket exchange to collect Friday’s timetable.

Festival goers are advised to arrive early as there will be a full daytime programme on both days from 1:00 pm. Doors open for evening schedule at 5:30 pm most venues. There will be late night after show parties featuring live bands and renowned DJs until 4:00 am both days.