Rock, post-punk, the avant-garde, and underground hip hop all mix in an intimate environment. This year The Breeders get to pick their favourite line-up.
All Tomorrows Parties weekend one will be held from Friday 15th until Sunday 17th May 2009 at Butlins Resort, Minehead, Somerset. ATP is a sponsorship free festival where the organisers and artists stay in the same accommodation as the fans.
Confirmed along with The Breeders are: Throwing Muses, Tricky, Mr. Lif, Bon Iver, Foals, Teenage Fanclub, Shellac (as the house band), Holy Fuck, Kimya Dawson, Pit Er Pat, X, The Whispertown 2000, Th' Faith Healers, Dianogah, Buffalo Killers, Distortion Felix, and more. For the line-up details as available please click here.
This event's poster artist Tara McPherson will be putting on an exhibition of her work at the festival and will produce this festival's Dolbee toy for ATP's Clownshoes company.
Room Only accommodation offers either double, single or bunk beds with private bathroom and TV, but no kitchen facilities or lounge, more like a hotel room. Self Catering accommodation offers private bathroom, full kitchen facilities and separate lounge area with TV. Tickets have sold out.
All tickets included a 3-day festival pass and 3 nights accommodation. Ticket includes performances starting from mid-afternoon, with around 40 acts set to play live across the weekend. There are four pubs and DJ sets through till late.
Butlins Minehead looks out across a sandy beach. The site is equipped with a supermarket, newsagent, cash points and restaurants. Onsite facilities include an ATP programmed cinema, Splash Water World - a sub-tropical environment that has a wave pool, a swimming pool, 3 flumes and also a flume based raft ride - Ten-pin bowling and amusement arcade. Sports include Archery, Football, Basketball, Darts, Petanque, Fencing, Kwik Cricket, Netball, Rounders, Table Tennis, Outdoor Bowls and Crazy Golf.
Getting There by Road
Heading north the simplest route is to take the M5 to Taunton (Junction 25), then take the A358 and A39 to Minehead. Heading south on the M5, you can follow the signposts for the A39 from junction 24. Butlins Minehead Holiday Camp is just half a mile along the seafront road from Minehead town centre.
Getting There by Train
If travelling by train, the nearest main line station to Minehead is Taunton. A bus transfer service is operated by Southern National between Taunton Station and Minehead. This service is available at an additional cost. On Mondays to Saturdays, there's approximately an hourly service, with the last bus leaving Taunton Railway Station at 10:15 pm. On Sundays and Bank Holidays services run every 2 hours from 9:35 am - 9:35 pm. For general information call Southern National on 01823 272033. Please note that National Express coaches stop inside the main entrance.
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