The story of End of the Road Festival in fifty photos
This year’s End of the Road Festival saw Vampire Weekend’s only UK festival headline slot this years alongside secret shows from Jeff Tweedy, Big Thief and Gruff Rhys. We take a look back at an amazing four days at the Dorset-based event in fifty pictures.
The festival begins!
The library in the woods
Baby peacocks patrol the festival grounds
Jeff Tweedy poses for a shot after a Best Fit secret show ahead of his main set
Ezra Furman in conversation with Velvet Underground legend John Cale
John Cale
Vampire Weeekend
St. Vincent closed the second night of the festival
Iceage
Ping Pong
Anna Burch
Guardians of the Tipi Stage
Lucy Dacus captured before playing two sets at the festival
The festival's healing centre provided massage, astrology and reiki sessions
Beth Jeans Houghton aka Du Blonde
The only rain at the festival!
Haley Heynderickx and the apple tree
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Big Thief played Best Fit's first secret show of the festival
Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker after the show
Feel free to weave
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Bella Union-signed Penelope Isles at their secret show
The crowds turn out for Big Thief
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Jeff Tweedy's secret set closed the first day of our secret shows on the piano stage
Hanging backstage with Shame
Fat White Family
Daniel Blumberg and band - including The Dirty Three's Jim White - in the woods
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Daniel Blumberg's secret show on the piano stage
Live drawing sessions in the woods
Josh T Pearson unveiled a new look before his Best Fit secret show
End of the Road's "Play EOTR" winner A.Wesley Chung also joined our secret stage line-up
Erin Rae
Blaenavon's Ben Gregory and friend
Fat White Family's set was a highlight of the weekend
Idles' Joe Talbot
Dumplings 4 lyfe
Erin Rae takes to the stage for a secret Best Fit show
A secret cassette recording studio in the woods
Gruff Rhys and the Prince Charles Cinema curated screenings at the festival's very own cinema
Jeff Tweedy's other band
Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner
The crowds go crazy for Fat Whites
Insecure Men
Julia Holter
Stella Donnelly plays to a packed crowd in the Tipi Tent
The Garden Stage in between shows
Patrick from Titus Andronicus opened Sunday's Best Fit-curated secret shows
Jim White dropped in for a secret show before his main set
Jonathan Wilson closes out Best Fit's secret shows
And it's goodbye to End of the Road 2018 from Ezra Furman!
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