All Years Leaving Festival returns to Birmingham this weekend
21 October 2014, 18:47
| Written by
Laurence Day
Eagulls and Hookworms will headline Birmingham's All Years Leaving festival this Friday and Saturday respectively.
AYL returns for a triumphant second year to the 250-capacity venue Hare & Hounds in Kings Heath. There'll also be pop-up bars, art, street food and other entertainment; it's an intimate festival, but things are gonna get loud.
The line-up includes The Voyeurs, Cheatahs, God Damn, TRAAMS, Menace Beach, Theo Verney, Echo Lake and many more.
Last year saw Yuck and Dutch Uncles helm the This Is Tmrw-curated event.
The festival takes place at the Hare & Hounds, Birmingham this weekend (24-25 October). Tickets for Friday are here. Tickets for Saturday are here.
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