KENDAL CALLING HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE BEST MEDIUM SIZED FESTIVAL AT THE FESTIVAL AWARDS – DIZZEE RASCAL’S PERFORMANCE ALSO NOMINATED FOR HEADLINE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

KENDAL CALLING ‘FROM THE FROM THE FIELDS’ ONLINE SHOP OPENS SELLING ALES AND ARTWORK

FESTIVAL DATES: FRIDAY 26TH – SUNDAY 28TH JULY 2013
Lowther Deer Park, Hackthorpe, The Lake District
Tickets available at 9am on Thursday 15th November from
www.kendalcalling.com / www.ticketline.co.uk

14 stages – 3 days and nights of fun in the fields in the beautiful Lake District


Multi Award winning festival Kendal Calling returns in 2013 for its 8th year to Lowther Deer Park in the Lake District. Situated in one of the most beautiful locations in the UK, last year’s festival was headlined by Dizzee Rascal who delivered one of his best ever performances, a fact acknowledged by a ‘Headline Performance Of The Year’ nomination at the upcoming Festival Awards. Kendal Calling is also nominated for Best Medium Sized Festival at the prestigious awards, recognition for another outstanding year of musical merriment in the fields.

A limited number of Early Bird tickets will be released on Thursday 15th November at 9am. Last year’s Early Bird tickets were snapped up in under 10 minutes so early booking is advisable. The festival itself sold out a remarkable 7 weeks in advance and the festival has sold out in each of the previous 7 years. The next batch of tickets for the festival will be on sale in early 2013.

After the success of Kendal Calling's Real Ale Festival at the festival itself over the past four years From The Fields online shop will open and will be stocking its very own ales Kend'ale and Oh Deer, as well as Elbow's Build A Rocket Boys. There will be a range of limited edition prints and canvases plus other bespoke merchandise available from Kendal Calling and the Live From Jodrell Bank series. To visit the shop go to www.fromthefields.co.uk

Last year’s Kendal Calling featured Dizzee Rascal, James, Maximo Park, Andy C, Shy FX, Zinc, Dan Le Sac and Scroobius Pip, We Are Scientists, Lucy Rose, Toy and over 250 artists across 14 stages and arenas. New highlights from last year’s programme included:

 New Woodlands area featuring an eclectic mix of nu-folk and electronica, with a Silent Disco from 11pm - 1am every night.
 Tim Peaks Diner - Tim Burgess' virtual diner became a reality for the first time with an American style diner complete with juke box in the fields. The diner served up Tim Peaks coffee & Totes Amazeballs cereal, plus a music, workshop and Q&A line-up curated by Tim Burgess. Highlights included a performance from Edwyn Collins, Nick Heywood, Roddy Frame and Tim Burgess of ' A Girl Like You' and a surprise acoustic set from The View.
 Introduction of Chai Wallahs to the Kaylied area of the festival.
 The Deer Lodge was introduced with affordable Luxury camping featuring bell tents & tipis without the heavy price tag!

Early Bird Tickets: £105

Ticket link: / www.kendalcalling.com / www.ticketline.co.uk

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See you in the fields!

BREAKING FESTIVAL NEWS: KENDAL CALLING SELLS OUT FOR 7TH YEAR RUNNING!
FESTIVAL DATES: FRIDAY 27TH - SUNDAY 29TH JULY 2012
Lowther Deer Park, Hackthorpe, The Lake District
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@KendalCalling #seeyouinthefields

Winner of Best Small Festival - Live UK Award 2011 & UK Festival Awards 2010
16 areas / 3 days and nights of fun in the fields in the beautiful Lake District

With 7 weeks to go until the irrepressible Kendal Calling festival lands at Lowther Deer Park, organisers are delighted to announce that tickets are now sold out, breaking last year’s record for the fastest sell out to date! Tickets were snapped up for this year’s show quicker than ever before, with lucky ticket holders set to enjoy headline performances from some of the UK's biggest names including Dizzee Rascal, James, Maximo Park, and many more.

Organisers Ben Robinson and Andy Smith say: "We're overwhelmed by the continued support for Kendal Calling. We can't wait to be back in the fields for our 7th sell-out year. Plus there's so much more to be announced for festival goers to enjoy. It's going to be the best year yet!"

Spanning 16 stages and areas, Kendal Calling Festival is located in one of the most picturesque locations in the UK and attracts audiences from across the country. Over the past 7 years the festival has gone from strength to strength, garnering a strong reputation for quality while inviting imaginative artists aboard and sealing Kendal Calling as a pioneer in the festival field. Each year Kendal Calling deliver a high quality festival that serves up the best in music, art, comedy, dance, sculpture and family friendly facilities.
This year’s fancy dress theme will be the fantastical ‘comic books and fairy tales‘, with revelers set to don carnival creations inspired by characters across the ages! Prepare for visions of Wolverine, the Hulk, Cat Woman and Avengers set to rise up over the Kendal Calling hills!

As the festival production team are gearing up for this year's show, those without a ticket are urged to look ahead to 2013 as details of tickets for next year's event are set to be announced towards the end of the year.

More artist additions will be announced next week, with a pile of fantastic new acts set to take to the Calling Out stage! Kendal Calling are still to announce full line ups for Houseparty, Soapbox and the brand new Forest Stage so watch this space.
Kendal Calling HQ are preparing a feast for lucky ticket holders; a unique extravaganza that sets itself apart in the stunning rolling hills near Penrith; the countdown is on for Kendal Calling 2012!

MORE DANCE ACTS ADDED TO KENDAL CALLING LINE-UP PLUS BRAND NEW KUBE DANCE STAGE:


GLoW DANCE TENT: DJ ZINC / FINGATHING / MELE / AIM DJ SET WITH LIVE PA FROM NIKO / EARL GATESHEAD & SUPERFOUR (TROJAN RECORDS) / DANNY BECK / ASH HOWELL / TUESDAY CLUB DJ’S
THE KOPPARBERG KUBE: DJ YODA / A SKILLZ / GHOSTPOET (DJ) / AIM (DJ) / D/R/U/G/S / LUKE UNABOMBER (ELECTRIC CHAIR) / OLUGBENGA (METRONOMY DJ) / LINTON BROWN / CUTLOOSE DJS / EL DIABLOS SOCIAL CLUB / SOANSO / BOOGIZM DJ’S / KARL YATES / OCEIUS / GENRE SLUTS / HOWARD SESSIONS / KI CRIEGHTON /
FALLBACK PRODUCTIONS / KIERON STAFFORD /
HIP HOP KARAOKE / DISCO BATTLE

FESTIVAL DATES: FRIDAY 27TH – SUNDAY 29TH JULY 2012
Lowther Deer Park, Hackthorpe, The Lake District
TICKET PRICE: £105 ADULT / £50 11-15YR OLDS / UNDER 11 FREE
Tickets available at www.ticketline.co.uk
www.kendalcalling.com

Winner of Best Small Festival Live UK award 2011 & UK Festival Award 2010 - 14 stages –
3 days and nights of fun in the fields in the beautiful Lake District

The irrepressible Kendal Calling line up just keeps getting bigger; more acts have been added to the Glow dance arena plus the Lake Districts ‘Glastonbury of the North’ is introducing a brand new dance stage The Kopparberg Kube.

The GLoW dance arena is set to get even hotter with DJ Zinc joining the bill. The legendary drum and bass producer is responsible for the all time Jungle Drum & Bass anthem Super Sharp Shooter and the massive drum and bass remix of the Fugees Ready or Not. Tipped as one of Timeout Magazine’s ‘DJ Stars Of 2012’, DJ Melé is also in line to take to the dance tent throne. The hype surrounding this Merseyside DJ just keeps on growing. His rhythmic inventiveness and virtuoso touches really set him apart and to say the future looks bright for this young DJ would be an understatement! The unique sounds of DJ and sampler extraordinaire Fingathing is a welcome new addition, their live drum pad and sample mayhem with live double bass and visuals will blow the Glow crowd away. Another huge crowd pleaser is big beat master Earl Gateshead & Superfour, an integral part of Britain's sound system culture, Earl Gateshead's involvement in reggae spans over two decades. Besides his Trojan Sound System commitments Earl is a regular reggae guest at infamous London club Fabric. There’s some phenomenal homegrown talent on the bill too, AIM (a.k.a Andy Turner) is one of Cumbria’s biggest exports and will be dropping by the Deer Park for a much-loved DJ set and welcome return to the festival after his set back in 2007. His set includes a live PA from Niko. With more acts in the pipeline to be added to Glow the Cumbrian fields have one mighty party in store!

Providing an alternative for dance music lovers to Glow is the new Kopparberg Kube. The Kube will feature a stellar line up of artists and will be inviting DJ's from other stages to drop by for exclusive performances on this intimate new stage. Acts at the forefront of dance will be playing extra sets in the Kube stage, delivering exclusive performances. The Kube will also feature DJs from the countries best loved club nights and the cream of local talent with many playing alternative sets with tracks you wouldn't normally expect from them.

Cut and paste master DJ Yoda will be topping the Kube bill treating Kendal revelers to not one but two of his incredible sets renowned for originality. After taking the spoken word scene by storm this year and with great support from BB6Music, rapper Ghostpoet will also be spinning some tunes. Fingerlickin’ Records finest dance exports, A Skillz will be dropping by the Kube for an additional set, as will AIM, Olugbenga (Metronomy DJ) and D/R/U/G/S.

Festival-goers can also sign up for Hip Hop Karaoke, and Saturday will be an honorary Disco Day that includes a live DJ Disco Battle plus a set from Luke Unabomber (Electric Chair). Renowned Manchester clubnights El Diablos Social Club and Cutloose will also add to the stages’ disco and Balearic vibes.

Mixing a heady atmosphere of dancing, cider, sunshine, party music, hip-hop, house, disco and a surprise appearance or two, the Kube Stage will be the place to be.

More acts are still to be announced across the festival… so watch this space!
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EDITORS NOTES:

FULL LINE UP INCLUDES:

DIZZEE RASCAL / JAMES / MAXIMO PARK / DAN LE SAC VS SCOOBIUS PIP / SHED SEVEN / WE ARE SCIENTISTS / THE VIEW / FEEDER / INSPIRAL CARPETS / SPECTOR / VINTAGE TROUBLE / TRIBES / WHISKYCATS / DJ YODA & THE TRANSIBERIAN MARCH BAND / LITTLE ROY / TO KILL A KING / DODGY/ BOMBSKARE / GHOSTPOET / TWISTED WHEEL / JUAN ZELADA / THE LANCASHIRE HOTPOTS / MONSTER CEILIDH / VARIOUS CRUELTIES / ISLET / LUCY ROSE / TOY / STEVE SMYTH / MAX RAPTOR / HYDE & BEAST / RAE MORRIS / RYAN KEEN / PETE ROE / KING CHARLES / JACK MARTELLO / SPRING OFFENSIVE / JAKE EVANS (BAD LIEUTENANT) / EXTRA CURRICULAR / BEANS ON TOAST / RANDOM IMPULSE / WONDER VILLIANS / POLICE DOG HOGAN /
DANCE TENT: BENGA / ANDY C / SHY FX / JACK BEATS (DJ set) / MOSCA / MS DYNAMITE / TODDLA T / A.SKILLZ / OLUGBENGA (METRONOMY) / UTAH SAINTS / 16-BIT / THE CORRESPONDENTS / PHAELEH / DUB PISTOLS (DJ set) / JAYMO & ANDY GEORGE / D/R/U/G/S / : DJ ZINC / FINGATHING / MELE / AIM DJ SET / EARL GATESHEAD & SUPERFOUR (TROJAN RECORDS) / DANNY BECK / ASH HOWELL / TUESDAY CLUB DJ’S
+ MANY MORE
KAYLEID TENT: DREADZONE / BENJAMIN FRANCES LEFTWICH / HIDDEN ORCHESTRA / LAZY HABITS / YES SIR BOSS / LUCY ROSE / DIZRAELI AND THE SMALL GODS/ LOUIS BARABBAS & THE BEDLAM SIX JESCA HOOP / DJ SWITCH / KING PORTER STOMP / TAKO LAKO / JUAN ZELADA / SLAMBOREE / DJ MONEYSHOT / EXTRA CURRICULAR / BOMBSKARE / RAE MORRIS / DEXTER DEXTROUS & THE FINGER SMITHS / CUT A SHINE / THE MONSTER CEILIDH BAND / JACK MARTELLO / CODA / RYAN KEEN / POLICE DOG HOGAN / HEYMOONSHAKER / PAT DAM SMYTH / PETER ROE / KIDNAP ALICE / THE LOOSE MOOSE STRING BAND / THE MEKKITS
THE KOPPARBERG KUBE: DJ YODA (EXTRA SET) / A SKILLZ (EXTRA SET) / GHOSTPOET (EXTRA SET) / AIM (EXTRA SET) / D/R/U/G/S (EXTRA SET) / OLUGBENGA (METRONOMY DJ EXTRA SET) / LINTON BROWN / CUTLOOSE DJS / EL DIABLOS SOCIAL CLUB / SOANSO / BOOGIZM DJ’S / KARL YATES / OCEIUS / GENRE SLUTS / HOWARD SESSIONS / KI CRIEGHTON / FALLBACK PRODUCTIONS / KIERON STAFFORD


KEY INFO:

Date: 27th – 29th July 2012

Location: Lowther Deer Park, Hackthorpe, CA10 2HN

Ticket Info: On sale: Thursday 23rd February at 9am

Full Adult Weekend Camping Tickets: £105
Teen ticket (11 – 15yrs): £50 (running low!)
Children (under 11) FREE (running low!)
(Anyone under 17 must be accompanied by an adult)
Thursday earlybird tickets £10 (only valid with a full weekend ticket)

www.kendalcalling.com
www.ticketline.co.uk

KENDAL CALLING REVEAL LINE UP FOR ‘CHAI WALLAHS’ IN THE KAYLIED AREA:

CRAIG CHARLES FUNK & SOUL SHOW / DREADZONE / BENJAMIN FRANCES LEFTWICH / HIDDEN ORCHESTRA / LAZY HABITS / YES SIR BOSS / LUCY ROSE / DIZRAELI AND THE SMALL GODS/ LOUIS BARABBAS & THE BEDLAM SIX /JESCA HOOP / DJ SWITCH / KING PORTER STOMP / TAKO LAKO / JUAN ZELADA / SLAMBOREE / DJ MONEYSHOT / EXTRA CURRICULAR / BOMBSKARE / RAE MORRIS / DEXTER DEXTROUS & THE FINGER SMITHS / CUT A SHINE / THE MONSTER CEILIDH BAND / JACK MARTELLO / CODA / RYAN KEEN / POLICE DOG HOGAN / HEYMOONSHAKER / PAT DAM SMYTH / PETER ROE / KIDNAP ALICE / THE LOOSE MOOSE STRING BAND / THE MEKKITS
FESTIVAL DATES: FRIDAY 27TH – SUNDAY 29TH JULY 2012
Lowther Deer Park, Hackthorpe, The Lake District
TICKET PRICE: £105 ADULT / £50 11-15YR OLDS / UNDER 11 FREE
Tickets available at www.ticketline.co.uk
www.kendalcalling.com

Continuing the run of weekly announcements, Kendal Calling presents a haven of eclectic and world music; The Kaylied area that returns this year in an exciting partnership with promoter legends Chai Wallahs and Global Local!
‘Chai Wallahs’ is the largest independent music venue touring the UK festival circuit, consistently creating a spectacular and energising environment that provides the perfect back drop for programming and production partner ‘Diplomats of Sound’. The Chai Wallahs stage in the Kaylied area will be a melting pot of genres purveying sounds from across the globe bringing extra layers to one of the North’s most diverse festival line-ups. Chai Wallahs in the Kaylied lays on the best in folk, balkan beats, hip hop, jazz, live dubstep, funk and ska!
Landing into the Kaylied area with their beautifully crafted marquee, shisha lounge and famed festival stage; Chai Wallahs and Arts Council funded project Global Local will revamp the Kaylied stage and serve up exotic flavours. Produced by Continental Drifts and its partners, Global Local is a ground breaking project that consistently brings some of the world’s best music to festival stages.
Dance outfit Dreadzone will be setting the night alight with their arresting sound and catalogue of hits. On the flip side are the calming sounds of Benjamin Francis Leftwich who has been making waves on the acoustic folk scene and will also take to the stage with his acclaimed sound.
6-piece Yes Sir Boss are an unstoppable force. Hailing from Bristol the outfit are original and distinctive with off beat rhythms, singalong choruses and epic riff and horn sections!
Edinburgh based band, Hidden Orchestra combine drummers, samples and dub basslines to create cinematic soundscapes, which is truly music to be experienced.
Festival favourites King Porter Stomp are also joining the bill along with folk extraordinaire Lucy Rose who has been receiving lots of national attention of late, and Jesca Hoop who returns to Kendal following the release of her third album “The House That Jack Built” this Summer.
One act not to be missed are 10-piece live band Slamboree, who waltz aboard complete with circus performers, brass sections, carnivalesque guitars and more to create an immersive audio-visual experience, incorporating electronic music with live instruments, acrobatics, pyrotechnics and fire!
Other artist highlights include Kendal Calling favourite and much-loved BBC Radio DJ Craig Charles who returns to close the festival with his acclaimed Funk and Soul Show which is sure to get those wellies deep down on the dancefloor for his extra special extended set at this year’s festival.
The music and activities in the Kendal Calling meadow span 14 diverse stages and areas, situated in a close-knit site that means you’re never far from your friends; areas include Mainstage, GLoW dance tent,
Calling Out new music stage, Chai Wallahs in the Kaylied area, Soapbox, Kids Area, Kendal Calling Real Ale Festival tent, Garden of Eden, Village Green, New Woodland area (details tba), Happy Slap boutique, Riot Jazz, Houseparty, Sailor Jerry’s, Songsmith Solar stage, and new for 2012; Kopparberg Kube and Tim Peak’s Diner brought to you by Tim Burgess of the Charlatans!
See you in the fields…
www.kendalcalling.com
FULL LINE UP INCLUDES:
DIZZEE RASCAL / JAMES / MAXIMO PARK / DAN LE SAC VS SCOOBIUS PIP / SHED SEVEN / WE ARE SCIENTISTS / THE VIEW / FEEDER / INSPIRAL CARPETS / SPECTOR / VINTAGE TROUBLE / TRIBES / WHISKYCATS / DJ YODA & THE TRANSIBERIAN MARCH BAND / LITTLE ROY / TO KILL A KING / DODGY/ BOMBSKARE / GHOSTPOET / TWISTED WHEEL / JUAN ZELADA / THE LANCASHIRE HOTPOTS / MONSTER CEILIDH / VARIOUS CRUELTIES / ISLET / LUCY ROSE / TOY / STEVE SMYTH / MAX RAPTOR / HYDE & BEAST / RAE MORRIS / RYAN KEEN / PETE ROE / KING CHARLES / JACK MARTELLO / SPRING OFFENSIVE / JAKE EVANS (BAD LIEUTENANT) / EXTRA CURRICULAR / BEANS ON TOAST / RANDOM IMPULSE / WONDER VILLIANS / POLICE DOG HOGAN
DANCE TENT: BENGA / ANDY C / SHY FX / JACK BEATS (DJ set) / MOSCA / MS DYNAMITE / TODDLA T / A.SKILLZ / OLUGBENGA (METRONOMY) / UTAH SAINTS / 16-BIT / THE CORRESPONDENTS / PHAELEH / DUB PISTOLS (DJ set) / JAYMO & ANDY GEORGE / D/R/U/G/S + MANY MORE
KAYLEID TENT: DREADZONE / BENJAMIN FRANCES LEFTWICH / HIDDEN ORCHESTRA / LAZY HABITS / YES SIR BOSS / LUCY ROSE / DIZRAELI AND THE SMALL GODS/ LOUIS BARABBAS & THE BEDLAM SIX JESCA HOOP / DJ SWITCH / KING PORTER STOMP / TAKO LAKO / JUAN ZELADA / SLAMBOREE DJ MONEYSHOT / EXTRA CURRICULAR / BOMBSKARE / RAE MORRIS / DEXTER DEXTROUS & THE FINGER SMITHS / CUT A SHINE / THE MONSTER CEILIDH BAND / JACK MARTELLO / CODA / RYAN KEEN / POLICE DOG HOGAN / HEYMOONSHAKER / PAT DAM SMYTH / PETER ROE / KIDNAP ALICE / THE LOOSE MOOSE STRING BAND / THE MEKKITS

KENDAL CALLING UNVEIL DETAILS OF TIM PEAKS DINER & EXCLUSIVE FESTIVAL BREAKFAST CEREAL CALLED ‘TOTES AMAZEBALLS’!

Kendal Calling HQ are over the moon to unveil the latest news as the Tim Peaks Diner makes it’s debut at this years festival. Starting life on BBC 6Music, Tim Peaks Diner is the creation of The Charlatans’ frontman Tim Burgess and this year he curates 3 days of music, book readings, live art, DJs, breakfasts, afternoon tea, jukebox jives – not to mention damn good coffee!
Returning to the festival after taking to the main stage last year, Tim Burgess’ Tim Peaks Diner will also serve up Kendal Calling’s exclusive breakfast cereal called Totes Amazeballs, with all profits from the Diner going to the David Lynch Foundation – a charity set up by the award winning film director himself.
Just a taster of the artists set to drop in and perform at Tim Peaks include Edwyn Collins, the Orange Juice legend who will be joining us for a weekend of DJing, drawing and a Q&A session. Edwyn released his last album Losing Sleep in 2010, on which he collaborated with last year’s fantastic festival headliners The Cribs!
Also on the bill are live act B>E>A>K, not to be missed with each member brightly colour coordinated and masked for high-energy performances! Consisting of former members of Field Music and Coal Train expect the audience to be jumping out of their booths and onto the tables.
The Haircut 100 singer Nick Heyward will also be stopping by for an afternoon tea gig, as Tim Burgess namesake Tim Burgess the Chainsaw Sculptor will be wowing audiences with his creations.
The Jukebox will be turned up loud, curated by Time Burgess and friends including The Black Cat DJs, The Beat Boutique, Alkertrax & Ceefax and many more.

Tim Peaks also provides the home to a new aspect to Kendal Calling this year with Q&A’s and book reading from celebrated authors with an emphasis on music literature. As well as a Q&A with Edwyn Collins they’ll be several others in store including one with Tim himself (whose recently released book Telling Stories has just gone to number 24 in the chart!). Burgess’s Q&A will be hosted by legendary Manchester DJ and critically acclaimed author Dave Haslam. As well as exclusive Q&A’s for music lovers to indulge in there will be book readings from the likes of Dave Haslam, music journalist and brother to two members of British Sea Power Roy Wilkinson. Roy will read extracts from Do It For Your Mum, a biography of British Sea Power and a memoir of his family. Many more are to be added to this unique line-up too.

There will also be giant live art in the form of a mosaic that revellers can help create during the 3 days! Meanwhile Marcus Hislop will be painting live canvasses and also on the bill will be poetry, book readings and special guests.

Tickets have been getting snapped up for this years Kendal Calling festival and a full to bursting line up has already been unveiled that includes Dizzee Rascal, James, Maximo Park, Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, We Are Scientists, The View and many more.

The music and activities in the Kendal Calling meadow span 11 diverse stages and areas, situated in a close-knit site that means you’re never far from your friends; areas include Mainstage, GLoW dance tent,
Calling Out new music stage, Kaylied tent, Soapbox, Kids Area, Kendal Calling Real Ale Festival tent, Garden of Eden, Village Green, New Woodland area (details tba), Happy Slap boutique, Riot Jazz, Houseparty and new for 2012; Tim Peak’s Diner brought to you by Tim Burgess of the Charlatans!
See you in the fields…

www.kendalcalling.com


FULL LINE UP INCLUDES:

DIZZEE RASCAL / JAMES / MAXIMO PARK / DAN LE SAC VS SCOOBIUS PIP / SHED SEVEN / WE ARE SCIENTISTS / THE VIEW / FEEDER / INSPIRAL CARPETS / SPECTOR / VINTAGE TROUBLE / TRIBES / BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH / WHISKYCATS / DJ YODA & THE TRANSIBERIAN MARCH BAND / /DREADZONE / LITTLE ROY / TO KILL A KING / DODGY/ BOMBSKARE / GHOSTPOET / TWISTED WHEEL / JUAN ZELADA / THE LANCASHIRE HOTPOTS / MONSTER CEILIDH / VARIOUS CRUELTIES / ISLET / LUCY ROSE / TOY / STEVE SMYTH / MAX RAPTOR / HYDE & BEAST / RAE MORRIS / RYAN KEEN / PETE ROE / KING CHARLES / JACK MARTELLO / SPRING OFFENSIVE / JAKE EVANS (BAD LIEUTENANT) / EXTRA CURRICULAR / BEANS ON TOAST / RANDOM IMPULSE / WONDER VILLIANS / POLICE DOG HOGAN
DANCE TENT: BENGA / ANDY C / SHY FX / JACK BEATS (DJ set) / MOSCA / MS DYNAMITE / TODDLA T / A.SKILLZ / OLUGBENGA (METRONOMY) / UTAH SAINTS / 16-BIT / THE CORRESPONDENTS / PHAELEH / DUB PISTOLS (DJ set) / JAYMO & ANDY GEORGE / D/R/U/G/S + MANY MORE

KENDAL CALLING REVEAL THIS YEARS FANCY DRESS THEME AS FAIRY TALES & COMIC BOOKS!

PLUS: HAPPY SLAP BOUTIQUE AREA RETURNS WITH DJ’S, CRAZY GAMES & ACTIVITIES AND SECRET SURPRISES
FESTIVAL DATES: FRIDAY 27TH – SUNDAY 29TH JULY 2012
Lowther Deer Park, Hackthorpe, The Lake District
TICKET PRICE: £105 ADULT / £50 11-15YR OLDS / UNDER 11 FREE
Tickets available at www.ticketline.co.uk
www.kendalcalling.com
Winner of Best Small Festival Live UK award 2011 & UK Festival Award 2010 - 11 stages –
3 days and nights of fun in the fields in the beautiful Lake District
This year Kendal Calling unveil that the fancy dress theme will be Fairy Tales & Comic Books, a magical all encompassing theme that will see the site transform on Saturday, with the entire congregation encouraged to get involved! For the third year, Kendal Calling reveal a fancy dress theme that has been a huge success in previous years with revellers showing incredible innovation and imagination in designing and donning costumes.
Getting dressed up for a festival is all about becoming another version of you, an exaggerated, bold and colourful character. So this year we are transforming the Deer Park into another world with our theme Fairy Tales & Comic Books.
With the backdrop of the stunning Lake District, Kendal Calling expects to see everyone from the pied piper to Wolverine, Little Red Riding Hood to Catwoman, the Gingerbread to Tin Tin all partying together and this years theme will make the event even more of a surreal wonderland of fun and frolics than ever before.
The fun and frolics continues at Kendal Calling in the crazy world of the Happy Slap Boutique. This area will be like no other and is where anything goes, and is the home of electro swing and eclectic music. A haven to transform into creatures and characters, the Happy Slap face-painting boutique will get revelers ready to be immersed in magical worlds, dazzled by spectacular cabaret shows, wowed by our travelling circus and entertained in ways you never thought possible.

Happy Slap Boutique present a world of fairy tales and mischief full of secrets to explore and discover, keeping the entertainment going all weekend. Bump into Jack Sprat, a narcoleptic sleeping beauty or climb up Rapunzel's hair and witness their take on your classic fairy tales. Performers will be traveling around the festival doing walk-about performance where it’s least expected with music, song, dance and ridiculousness.
As night falls, Happy Slap Boutique transforms into a plethora of circus, fire and glow performances alongside clowning, grotesque burlesque, world famous 'Rave Aerobics' and surprise acts that keep buzzing all night. DJs Ocelus, Tom Excell, Dan The Hat, Wolfie Rassmatazz, Magic Lantern, Vinyl Rights Experience, Mikey J & very special guests will spin a genre defying mix of electro swing, jungle, balkan, breakbeat, house & electro. The only music we can guarantee are upbeat party tunes. Check out Happy Slap Radio for exclusive mixes.
Tickets have been getting snapped up for this years Kendal Calling festival and a full to bursting line up has already been unveiled that includes Dizzee Rascal, James, Maximo Park, Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, We Are Scientists, The View and many more.
The music and activities in the Kendal Calling meadow span 11 diverse stages and areas, situated in a close-knit site that means you’re never far from your friends; areas include Mainstage, GLoW dance tent,
Calling Out new music stage, Kaylied tent, Soapbox, Kids Area, Kendal Calling Real Ale Festival tent, Garden of Eden, Village Green, New Woodland area (details tba), Happy Slap boutique, Riot Jazz, Houseparty and new for 2012; Tim Peak’s Diner brought to you by Tim Burgess of the Charlatans! See you in the fields…
www.kendalcalling.com
FULL LINE UP INCLUDES:
DIZZEE RASCAL / JAMES / MAXIMO PARK / DAN LE SAC VS SCOOBIUS PIP / SHED SEVEN / WE ARE SCIENTISTS / THE VIEW / FEEDER / INSPIRAL CARPETS / SPECTOR / VINTAGE TROUBLE / TRIBES / BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH / WHISKYCATS / DJ YODA & THE TRANSIBERIAN MARCH BAND / /DREADZONE / LITTLE ROY / TO KILL A KING / DODGY/ BOMBSKARE / GHOSTPOET / TWISTED WHEEL / JUAN ZELADA / THE LANCASHIRE HOTPOTS / MONSTER CEILIDH / VARIOUS CRUELTIES / ISLET / LUCY ROSE / TOY / STEVE SMYTH / MAX RAPTOR / HYDE & BEAST / RAE MORRIS / RYAN KEEN / PETE ROE / KING CHARLES / JACK MARTELLO / SPRING OFFENSIVE / JAKE EVANS (BAD LIEUTENANT) / EXTRA CURRICULAR / BEANS ON TOAST / RANDOM IMPULSE / WONDER VILLIANS / POLICE DOG HOGAN
DANCE TENT: BENGA / ANDY C / SHY FX / JACK BEATS (DJ set) / MOSCA / MS DYNAMITE / TODDLA T / A.SKILLZ / OLUGBENGA (METRONOMY) / UTAH SAINTS / 16-BIT / THE CORRESPONDENTS / PHAELEH / DUB PISTOLS (DJ set) / JAYMO & ANDY GEORGE / D/R/U/G/S + MANY MORE

KENDAL CALLING HAS CHRISTMAS ALL WRAPPED UP AS EARLY BIRD LIMITED EDITION TICKETS SELL OUT IN 6 HOURS
AND GENERAL TICKETS ARE SET TO GO ON SALE EARLY 2012
27th – 29th July 2012
www.kendalcalling.co.uk

Kendal Calling have sold out of Christmas Present tickets in record time after they went onsale at 9am on Friday. Frozen at last years price of £95, buyers of Christmas Present tickets will receive gift wrapped passes inside a beautiful Christmas card designed by Woody from British Sea Power! The next batch of general tickets will go on sale in 2012 (normal price £99).

The limited number of tickets were snapped up following last years sell out show that attracted 8000 revellers to the rolling hills of Lowther Deer Park. Kendal Calling is an award winning festival, described by many as ‘the Glastonbury of the North’; last year played host to headliners Blondie, Chase & Status and the Cribs. With multiple stages and areas, Kendal Calling has something for everyone and is loved by families and groups of friends alike. About more than the music, Kendal Calling revellers love dressing up and flock in their fancies for 3 days of dancing, juggling, contortionists, comedy, site art and much more on top of the world class line up.

Ticket info:
Limited weekend tickets: £95 **SOLD OUT**
General tickets: £99 – SET TO GO ON SALE EARLY 2012
Children 11 - 15: £50
Children under 11: Free

www.kendalcalling.com

General ticket release will be early 2012. Please keep checking website, sign up to KC newsletter via the website and join the facebook/twitter to keep in the loop for date of tickets onsale.


Notes to editors:

WHAT THE ARTISTS SAID ABOUT KENDAL CALLING 2011:
"It was definitely the highlight of a really great festival season for us, the site was amazing and the crowd were one of the best we've played to. We enjoyed it so much we camped and stayed the rest of the weekend." – The Cribs

"Beautiful site, a refreshing absence of corporate logos, fantastic soundsystem and up for it crowd. Perfect gig.” - Adam Freeland

“Kendal was a riot. It’s quickly becoming the best festival in Britain with a true family atmosphere.” – Craig Charles

“It’s unlike any other festival… One of the highlights of the summer” – Tim Burgess (Charlatans)

“Amazing setting, lovely people, great mix of music & a real ale tent right next to where I was DJing!” – Mr Scruff

“Kendal calling is like our dream festival, a beautiful location, not too big, not too small… The atmosphere was electric” – Young Knives

WHAT THE PRESS SAID ABOUT KENDAL CALLING 2011 -

"A beautiful Lake District location is the setting for a festival that has already won over many fans" - Daily Mirror
"Cool Cumbrian independent festival that is set to rock the lake district" - Guardian
"Run to the hills for this small, family-friendly indie-dance festival" - Independent
"This is the Glastonbury of the North, albeit a fraction of the size." - Marie Claire
"One of the most beautifully scenic places in the country" - NME
"Award winning indie festival in the Lake District. The stunning 150 acre field and woodland site is transformed by artwork, flags and a glowing dance tent." - Sunday Times Culture
"Kendal Calling once again boasts a stellar line up at this family friendly fest in picturesque surrounds" - Time Out

Hi Chriss, hopefully we will be going, we are waiting for a confirmation on our photo passes. Cheers and see you hopefully at Kendal Calling then

Are you guys going to Kendal Calling this year? Would be nice to meet you again. /The dude with the duck hat

KENDAL CALLING FESTIVAL ANNOUNCEMENT:

BEASTS AND MACHINES FANCY DRESS THEME UNVEILED!

PLUS LINE UPS REVEALED FOR: RIOT JAZZ STAGE / SOAPBOX STAGE AND HOUSEPARTY. ALSO MONSTROUS GARDEN THEME / GET IT LOUD IN LIBRARIES STAGE / HAPPY SLAP CIRCUS AND LADYBIRD PROJECT

PLUS COUNTDOWN TIL FRIDAY 3RD JUNE LIMITED TICKET RESALE @ 9am!

Kendal Calling festival: Friday 29th – Sunday 31st July 2011

Tickets: £95 / Lowther Deer Park, Hackthorpe, The Lake District

ALL DEPOSIT SCHEME TICKET BUYERS MUST PAY OFF THE REMAINDER BY WEDS 1ST JUNE. KENDAL CALLING 2011 IS NOW SOLD OUT! www.kendalcalling.co.uk

Winner of Best Small festival at 2010 UK Festival Awards

Nominee for NME Best Small festival award

8 stages – 3 days and nights of fun in the fields in the beautiful Lake District

After selling out of tickets in record time, Kendal Calling can reveal fancy dress theme is woodland creatures turning intergalactic with our Beasts and Machines theme. As wild animals meet infernal machines, this year’s dress-up theme is inspired by the Monstrous Garden and Riot Jazz areas, bringing with them Victorian mayhem in the wilderness!

Other artists added to the bill are Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Tom Williams and The Boat, Sophie Barker (Zero 7), Liz Lawrence, Gabrielle Aplin, Dimbleby and Capper who will all play in the Get Loud in Libraries Stage! The Library massive will host live music on the Friday and be open for books, tea, cake and Rockanory (bedtime stories read by rock stars of course).



The Riot Jazz stage are back bigger than ever, the festivals best kept secret step up with a celebration of Victorian mayhem purveying a zoo of exotic jewels and the finest selection of world music. Riot Jazz Stage will feature the inhouse Riot Jazz Brass Band, Extra Love, Paper Tiger and Rastamau5 to name just some of the round-the-clock live acts.



Kendal Calling are opening up their living room back by popular demand, because everyone loves a houseparty right? Decorated out like a big front room, The Soapbox Stage returns bigger and better this year and is home to comedy, DJ’s and storytelling and features a headline set from Mr B The Gentlemen Rhymer, Tim Burgess DJ set, Dave Haslam, poet laureate Marvin Cheeseman, George McKay, Dicky Dippinson, hilarious country band Bushpig, The Sky Muffins, Skint & Demoralised, Witch and the Robot, Craig West, Robin Walker, Karl Yates and Hat Club DJs. There will be poetry each afternoon from the likes of Mike Garry and Chris Jam before dusk descends for some live burlesque.

Soapbox comedy comes from the likes of Mitchy Benn, Silky, Jim Smallman and Barry Dodds. Not to mention Gary Delaney, Danny McLoughlin, Chris Turner, Martin Mor.

Hip Hop Houseparty Saturday features beatboxer Jack Bee, DJ Helz, Oldboy, Taste the Diff’rence, Pogo and games Pimp My Ride, Hip Hop photobooth, Hip Hop wheel of fortune not to mention free gin & juice cocktails for the best dressed & house party dollars to spend on tat!



A playground of art and creativity, Kendal Calling has always supported artists and musicians alike and now for the first time the Monstrous Garden has landed. Enter a world where the green things take on a new life and relax if you can in the Monstrous Garden, where things in the undergrowth are not always what they first seem...

Fireflies come to life at nightfall, and strange animals prowl around high above. Come dressed as an ugly bug and join the parade of the weird and wonderful creatures of creation.

Monstrous Garden hosts the Kaylied Stage, where artists from the worldwide underground scene bring their eclectic musical vision to the Lake District. From new takes on folk to old school bluegrass, from Geordie bluesmen to legendary Zimbabwean musicians get your musical education here.

Spiced daily with some serious funk and soul, the Monstrous Garden is one of the best alternative areas of the festival. Rock up on Saturday for an Ugly Bug Hoe Down with Cut a Shine, the most dynamic barn dance band on the planet.



The Ladybird area will be loved by adults and children alike, returning with a programme full of quality performance and craft workshops for all with a different theme each day.

The Happy Slap Circus are out in force, bringing with them a ridiculous feast of misbehaving shenanigans. Hosting a tent that’s over-spilling with music, walk around performers, games masters and makeup artists ready to fun up your face. Don’t miss the mustache musketeers hosting group games of mustache Jenga and ‘Pin the Mustache on the Freddy Mercury’.

On Saturday Happy Slap Circus host an Ugly Bug Ball inviting everyone to dress up as insects and try some cricket hopping, dung and spoon race and much more but watch out for the fly swat team!

Also don’t miss the Animal Dance Master Championships, Rave Aerobics, Human Jukebox and Zebra Burlesque; with just 2 months to go the countdown is on!

PLUS COUNTDOWN TIL FRIDAY 3RD JUNE LIMITED TICKET RESALE @ 9am!

LINE UP SO FAR:

Chase & Status (LIVE) / The Cribs / Blondie / House of Pain / Echo & The Bunnymen / The Levellers / Frank Turner (with full live band) / Beardyman / Young Knives / The Whip / Tim Burgess & Mark Collins from The Charlatans acoustic set / Easy Star All Stars / Frankie & The Heartstrings / Sonic Boom Six / Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club / The Lancashire Hotpots / Bajah & the Dry Eye Crew / Alice Gold / The Chapman Family / Nathan ‘Flutebox’ Lee & The Clinic / Dinosaur Pile Up / Molotov Jukebox / Lets Buy Happiness / The Milk / Little Barrie / Brett Domino Trio / Kill It Kid / Failsafe / Trevor Moss / Emily Portman / Joana and the Wolf / Hannah Trigwell / Skinny Lister / The Leonard Jones Potential / Airship / The Minx / Seven Seals / The Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra / Red Suns / Smoove & Turrell / The Sand Band / Riot Jazz / The Virgin Marys / Bear Driver / Proud Mary / Club Smith / Jaspar / Too Young To Love / The Suzukis / Lamps Expire / The Semolina Pilchards / Stagecoach / Lucid Dream / Olfa / Mount Fabric / The Wagon Tales / The Plea / Fly With Vampires / Ratz / Cut A Shine Hoedown / BARD / Lokandes / Sam Lee and Friends / Rumbaba / Cocos Lovers / Nights of Sevens / The Feud / Hourglass Sea / Goodnight Lenin / Kidnap Alice / Glover / I am Austin / The Worm / Jadares por Fuera / The Bleach / Hexed Hands / Meadow / I Am In Love / Awale / Harare / Smith Byrnes O'Sullivan / Kitty Daisy & Lewis / Tom Williams and The Boat / Sophie Barker (Zero 7) / Liz Lawrence / Gabrielle Aplin / Dimbleby and Capper

GLOW DANCE TENT: Derrick Carter / Krafty Kuts / Caspa / Nero / Adam Freeland / Herve / Yousef / The Japanese Popstars- Live / Breakage / Yousef / Artwork / Jesse Rose / Burns / Polen / Middleman / Maverick Sabre / Retro-Grade / Marc Roberts / Ash Howell / The Raged / Ki Creighton / We Take Polaroids / The Entrepreneurs / Paper Tiger / Tyler Mae / China Shop Bull / Karma Kanic / Linton Brown

SOAP BOX STAGE: Mr B The Gentlemen Rhymer / Tim Burgess DJ set / Dave Haslam / poet laureate Marvin Cheeseman / George McKay / Dicky Dippinson / Bushpig / The Sky Muffins / Skint & Demoralised / Witch and the Robot / Craig West / Robin Walker / Karl Yates and Hat Club DJs.

KENDAL CALLING FESTIVAL SOLD OUT!

PLUS MAIN STAGE ADDITIONS: HUGH CORNWELL (VOICE OF THE STRANGLERS) / VINTAGE TROUBLE

GLOW DANCE STAGE NEW ACTS: KRAFTY KUTS / CASPA / BREAKAGE / ARTWORK / MC ROD AZLAN / KITO / SHAOLIN MONKEY / GLOVER / HOURGLASS

Kendal Calling festival: Friday 29th – Sunday 31st July 2011

Tickets: £95 / Lowther Deer Park, Hackthorpe, The Lake District

ALL DEPOSIT SCHEME TICKET BUYERS MUST PAY OFF THE REMAINDER BY WEDS 1ST JUNE. TICKETLINE: 0844 888 4420
www.kendalcalling.co.uk

Kendal Calling Festival has sold out in record time this year! With two and a half months still to go before the event, tickets have been snapped up quicker than ever. Organisers are reminding ticket buyers purchasing tickets through the deposit scheme to pay for their ticket before Wednesday 1st June to secure their pass. For those still looking to attend the show, there will be a Limited Ticket Resale at 9am on Friday 3rd June at 9am.
“The Glastonbury of the North” have also revealed main stage additions; legend Hugh Cornwell, voice of iconic band The Stranglers has joined the bill. Famous for such hits as Golden Brown, Peaches and No More Heroes we think this hero sits perfectly with our stunning line up!

Other acts added to the bill include Los Angeles band Vintage Trouble, who can count Jools Holland amongst their fans. With the Glow Dance Tent dazzling with world class DJ’s, Glow have just revealed they added bass heavy force Krafty Kuts, daddies of dubstep Caspa and Breakage plus more masters of the decks set to keep the Kendal crowd partying hard till the wee small hours.

Ben Robinson, director of Kendal Calling says: "It's a huge compliment to all those involved that so many of you have got your tickets so early and are warming up for a weekend of country style fun & frolics.
We still have more acts and all the attractions apart from the music to announce before we see you in the fields too.
For those who have got a deposit ticket make sure you pay off the remainder by the 1st June.
There is one last chance on the 3rd June to get tickets for Kendal Calling when we will be holding a resale of the deposit tickets that have not been paid off. See you down the front!"

LINE UP SO FAR:
Chase & Status (LIVE) / The Cribs / Blondie / House of Pain / Echo & The Bunnymen / The Levellers / Frank Turner (with full live band) / Beardyman / Young Knives / The Whip / Tim Burgess & Mark Collins from The Charlatans acoustic set / Easy Star All Stars / Frankie & The Heartstrings / Sonic Boom Six / Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club / The Lancashire Hotpots / Bajah & the Dry Eye Crew / Alice Gold / The Chapman Family / Nathan ‘Flutebox’ Lee & The Clinic / Dinosaur Pile Up / Molotov Jukebox / Lets Buy Happiness / The Milk / Little Barrie / Brett Domino Trio / Kill It Kid / Failsafe / Trevor Moss / Emily Portman / Joana and the Wolf / Hannah Trigwell / Skinny Lister / The Leonard Jones Potential / Airship / The Minx / Seven Seals / The Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra / Red Suns / Smoove & Turrell / The Sand Band / Riot Jazz / The Virgin Marys / Bear Driver / Proud Mary / Club Smith / Jaspar / Too Young To Love / The Suzukis / Lamps Expire / The Semolina Pilchards / Stagecoach / Lucid Dream / Olfa / Mount Fabric / The Wagon Tales / The Plea / Fly With Vampires / Ratz / Cut A Shine Hoedown / BARD / Lokandes / Sam Lee and Friends / Rumbaba / Cocos Lovers / Nights of Sevens / The Feud / Hourglass Sea / Goodnight Lenin / Kidnap Alice / Glover / I am Austin / The Worm / Jadares por Fuera / The Bleach / Hexed Hands / Meadow / I Am In Love / Awale / Harare / Smith Byrnes O'Sullivan

GLOW DANCE TENT: DERRICK CARTER / NERO / ADAM FREELAND / HERVE / YOUSEF / THE JAPANESE POPSTARS- LIVE / JESSE ROSE / BURNS / POLEN / MIDDLEMAN / MAVERICK SABRE / RETRO-GRADE / MARC ROBERTS / ASH HOWELL / THE RAGED / KI CREIGHTON / WE TAKE POLAROIDS / THE ENTREPRENEURS / PAPER TIGER / TYLER MAE / CHINA SHOP BULL / KARMA KANIC / LINTON BROWN

KENDAL CALLING REVEALS NEXT WAVE OF ACTS & GLOW DANCE STAGE LINE UP!

MAIN STAGE: HOUSE OF PAIN / FRANK TURNER / EASY STAR ALL STARS / FRANKIE AND THE HEARTSTRINGS / SONICBOOMSIX / CRAIG CHARLES FUNK & SOUL CLUB / LANCASHIRE HOTPOTS

GLOW DANCE TENT: DERRICK CARTER / ADAM FREELAND / HERVE / YOUSEF / THE JAPANESE POPSTARS LIVE

FRIDAY NIGHT DANCE TENT CURATED BY APE WITH MORE FRI & SAT DANCE ACTS TO BE ANNOUNCED…

CRAIG CHARLES FUNK & KENDAL CALLING SOUL CLUB: THE LEONARD JONES POTENTIAL / THE ARIYA ASTROBEAT ARKESTRA / SMOOVE & TURRELL

SEE ALL NEW ADDITIONS & LINE UP SO FAR BELOW…

Kendal Calling festival: Friday 29th – Sunday 31st July 2011