Camden Crawl 2009 Lineup announced!

We’re thrilled to reveal this years Camden Crawl lineup. Taking place in and around various participating venues in the cooler than thou London borough. The two day event this year will take place on Friday 24th and Saturday 25th April. Full details on the bands, comedy and other activities below.

THE AUTHOR
THE BADDIES
THE BARKER BAND
BLEECH
BLK JKS
BRAKES
THE CHAPMAN FAMILY            
CHEW LIPS
THE COMPUTERS
THE CORDELIER CLUB
DAN BLACK
DANNY & THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD
DATAROCK
THE DEAD FORMATS
DETROPIX
DIE! DIE! DIE!
DRUMS OF DEATH                                                     
EXPERIMENT ON A BIRD IN THE AIR PUMP      
FIGHT LIKE APES                                                       
FLASHGUNS
FOY VANCE                                                                  
GENERAL FIASCO                                                      
GOLDHEART ASSEMBLY                                         
GOLDIELOCKS                                                            
HEARTBREAK                                                             
HEXES                                                                            
I BLAME COCO
IT HUGS BACK                                                            
JAMES YUILL
THE JIM JONES REVIEW
JOSH WELLER 
THE JOY FORMIDABLE                                                                                         
KASMS
THE KING BLUES
LION CLUB                                                                   
LITTLE DEATH
MAN LIKE ME
MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
NEWHAM GENERALS
PATRICK WOLF                                                           
PEGGY SUE                                                                   
PULLED APART BY HORSES
S.C.U.M.
SKINT & DEMORALISED
SLEEPERCURVE
THE TEMPER TRAP                                                                                  
THE XX
THREATMANTICS                                                      
THREE TRAPPED TIGERS
TODDLA T
TOMMY SPARKS
THE VON BONDIES                                                    
VV BROWN
THE WHIP

COMEDY
BACKSTAGE COMEDY – Following its huge success at Camden Crawl 2008, Backstage Comedy will once again present a fine selection of stand up and musical comedy from up and coming award winning comics with the odd special guest.
 
FALLING DOWN WITH LAUGHTER – Voted Best Small London Comedy Club at the 2008 Chortle Awards, Falling Down With Laughter showcases the best in sketch, stand-up, character and musical comedy. Past guests have included Jack Dee, Stewart Lee, Russell Brand, Sean Lock, Lenny Henry, Adam Hills, Brendon Burns, and Phil Nichol…so expect some surprises.
 
UNDERBELLY – Underbelly is one of the main promoters at Edinburgh Festival and produces events and comedy tours all over the UK.Their commitment to finding and developing new talent has seen them become one of the foremost names in the UK’s up and coming entertainment scene. Their fantastic line-up of comedians at their debut Crawl showcase will be one not to miss!
 
SPOKEN WORD
APPLE & SNAKES – The top poetry promoters present an explosion of upbeat, in-your-face poetry featuring the X-rated-but-charming Salena Godden, with support from psychedelic funnyman Ash Dickinson and the waggish Alison Brumfitt. Compered by loveable motormouth Steve Larkin.
 
BLOODY AWFUL POETRY – Returning to the line up after a hectic year, BAP are settling back into the Crawl, bringing with them the best in live acoustic music and much more including a poetry wall, confession booth, art exhibitions and the world famous ‘Bloody Awful Poetry Exhibition’.
 
BOOKSLAM – Bookslam events cover a wide range of storytellers from all disciplines – novelists, spoken word poets and musicians – gathering together for an eclectic day of words and music. London’s coolest night out for nerds comes to the Camden Crawl bringing guests which include verbal junkies Scroobius Pip and Dockers MC; notorious novelist John Niven; the absurdly talented renaissance man, Joe Stretch; comedy that jumps off the wall from Dan Antopolski; and the sweetest bittersweet music from Lail Arad. Patrick Neate will stick the whole thing together like corn flour in lumpy gravy.
 
LIVE MUSIC
BONANZA – A club night, promoter and radio show now in it’s sixth year, Bonanza showcases the best in Country, Americana and Roots music and is an umbrella for numerous club nights. Bonanza will be hosting ‘The Battle Of The One Man Bands Round 3′ at the Lock Tavern, a no-holds barred bout of cosmic country and trash-blues pugilism where ‘you the audience’ will decide the winner!… plus very special guest DJs.
 
CLERKENVILLE WEST – Local promoter and scenester Punk Rock Dolly joins forces with legendary Clerkenwell pub venue The Betsey Trotwood to bring Crawlers an epic hoedown of Alt-folk, Nu-grass and Cosmic Country. The recently re-launched Betsey hosts the wonderful folk sessions “Snake Mountain Review” and “The Lantern Society” as well as its raucous tri-level fest of Bluegrass and Americana “Clerkenville West”.
 
INDIE IDLE – The Gigwise Indie Idle unsigned artist competition will run over the weekend of the Crawl. On Friday, our panel of experts will whittle down the 10 semi-finalists chosen by public vote to a live final shortlist. On Saturday, wthe finalists battle it out live on stage to win a headline slot at the festival later that evening.
 
CONFIRMED DAYTIME PROGRAMME
HAWLEY ARMS SESSIONS – One of our favourite local pubs and renowned Camden hotspots presents a series of acoustic live sessions from their friends and favourite acts.
 
ANDY ROSS PRESENTS – There are not many things more Camden than Andy. The former head honcho of Food Records and the man who brought us Blur, Idlewild and Jesus Jones amongst others hosts two afternoons of idiosyncratic performances generally not involving instruments requiring a plug or big thumpy drums. In previous years, he has introduced the likes of Soko, Mumford & Sons and Noah and the Whale at the Crawl.
 
TURNING WORM – Launched in 2004 by two young rouges seeking fun, fortune and the best new bands in the world, TM now promotes successful club nights across in numerous venues with a wide variety of strange & beautiful bands, soloists, DJs, artists and poets featuring.
 
OTHER EVENTS
FUTURE SHORTS – The short film label returns to the Camden Crawl, bringing another unforgettable cinematic experience to life. They plan to present live rescores by the hottest bands for a unique programme of films, remixing the idea of what film can be.
 
HUNGA MUNGA’S CAMDEN COCKTAIL- Arts and crafts madness in Camden’s favourite cocktail bar. Loads of art materials and crafty bits to explore your artistic side alongside amazing live music from three of HungaMunga’s favourite bands: Gabby Young and Other Animals, Tabloid and Off Ground Touch….. and lots of fun and games.
 
KARAUKE – (kar’e-yoo’ke) v. you sing, they play ukuleles! If you’ve ever fancied singing ‘I will Survive’ disco to and with an entire backing band of fine-tuned ukuleles, here’s the chance…They provide the words, the music and backing vocals (should you need them) and do everything from Abba to The Undertones to Blur.
 
MUSICAL BINGO – After their debut outing at last years crawl, the cast of Bring & Share’s musical bingo is back and loaded with brand spanking new games just for festival goers. Spot the tunes, as they play out a fast and furious medley of songs. Only the eagle eared will walk away with supa-snazzy prizes!
 
POP QUIZZES – Who Killed Bambi? is the famous music quiz London Lite touted last year as the “best music quiz in London”. The Moshi Moshi Pop Quiz is in the Caffrey’s Book of World Records as the longest running pop farce since records began. After the charming botch jobs at the last two Crawls, the Moshi Quizmasters have become something of a Camden Crawl institution. Loved and tolerated in equal measure. Like a strange-smelling distant Uncle on Christmas day. The legendary Brighton I Predict A Pop Quiz heads north to the bright lights of Camden Town to pose questions of a pop nature. There are prizes for all (while stocks last), special guests, interpretive dancing and picture rounds.
 
SPEED HATING – Want a date? Join in the legendary ‘Speed Hating’, as Feeling Gloomy belt out classic anthems of misery from the likes of The Cure, Smiths and Dolly Parton.
 

FRIDAY 24TH & SATURDAY 25TH APRIL 2009
12PM – 4AM

2 DAY PASSES £55.00 AND SINGLE DAY TICKETS £32.50
Tickets available from the following outlets:
24hr CC Hotline 0871 2200 260 / See Tickets 020 7403 3331
OR buy online: www.thecamdencrawl.com
 
Tickets are to be exchanged for wristbands which allow free entry to each of the participating venues as individual capacities permit. Wristbands and programmes announcing the full line ups and timings for the event are obtainable from 11:00 am onward each day at the Camden Crawl ticket exchange point located at: THE ROUNDHOUSE (Chalk Farm Road, NW1). Please note that 2-day pass holders will need to return to ticket exchange to collect Saturday’s timetable. Festival goers are advised to arrive early as there will be a full daytime programme on both days from 12:00 pm. Doors open for evening schedule at 5:30 pm most venues. There will be late night after show parties featuring live bands and DJs until 4:00 am both days.
 
MAIN PARTICIPATING EVENING VENUES:
THE ROUNDHOUSE – KOKO – ELECTRIC BALLROOM - JAZZ CAFÉ – DINGWALLS – UNDERWORLD – CUBAN BAR - BARFLY – DUBLIN CASTLE – THE MONARCH – EARL OF CAMDEN - OH! BAR – PURPLE TURTLE – BULLET – THE BLACK CAP