Swn Festival announces initial lineup, The Line Of Best Fit to host stage

Returning for its fifth consecutive year in 2011 is the ever magnificent Swn Festival, boasting an initial lineup bigger and better than ever before. Taking place over four days between 20 – 23 October, a whole host of venues and clubs will open their doors across the fine city of Cardiff to showcase some of the best new acts around.

What’s more, we’re thrilled to announce that The Line Of Best Fit have been invited to host a stage at the festival for the first time. Excited? You bet your sweet ass we’re excited. The final lineup can’t be announced quite yet (mainly ‘cos we’re still working on it), but as a teaser here’s a trio of bands that, if you’re a regular reader of TLOBF, you’ll be no stranger to: Echo Lake, The History Of Apple Pie and Battlekat (pictured above, formerly Just A Number 05272011).

There will be two hundred bands performing across the evenings of the Thursday and Friday then, come the weekend, the festival will operate all day and night. The initial lineup consists of the following:

Among Brothers
And So I Watch You From Afar
Apostles
Ashtray Navigations
Al Lewis
Barefoot Dance of the Sea
Battlekat
Ben Howard
Bejamin Francis Leftwich
Bleeding Heart Narrative
Chailo Sim
Colorama
Creatures of Love
Daughter
Dots.filmband
Eagulls
Echo Lake
Effort
Elephant
Elephant Stone
Gavin Osborn
Herman Dune
H Hawkline
Houdini Dax
Jen Jeniro
Joseph & David
Lets Buy Happiness
Mammal Club
Masters In France
Mowbird
Olympians
Pandas and People
Patterns
Rapids!
Red City Radio
Right Hand Left Hand
Samoans
Team Sports
The Cut Ups
The Fall
The Joy Formidable
The Victorian English Gentleman’s Club
The History of Apple Pie
The Keys
The Method
Theo
Town
Trwbador
Ultrahumanitarian
Zervas & Pepper

Tickets are available now priced at just £49.50 for a four day wristband. Single day passes are available with prices starting from just £10. Head over to the Swn website now for more info.

Photograph by Sebastien Dehesdin