All Tomorrows Parties curated by Matt Groening '10

All Tomorrows Parties Weekend 1 will be curated by The Simpsons creator Matt Groening and held from Friday 7th May until Sunday 9th May 2010 at Butlins Resort, Minehead, Somerset. ATP is a sponsorship free festival where the organisers and artists stay in the same accommodation as the fans.

Line-up

The Simpsons creator Matt Groening will curate the event and hand pick the artists. The acts he has chosen for 2010 are Iggy & The Stooges, The XX, Spiritualized performing Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, Joanna Newsom, Coco Rosie, Built To Spill, James Chance And Les Contortions, Panda Bear, She & Him, Deerhunter, Daniel Johnston, The Residents, Boredoms performing Boadrum, Konono N°1, Toumani Diabate, Danielson, James Blackshaw, Amadou And Mariam, Shonen Knife, Ruins (Solo), Viv Albertine's Limerence, Anni Rossi, and more. For the line-up details as available please click here.

Tickets

Due to the forthcoming VAT increase, all remaining tickets for the Matt Groening curated ATP festival will go on sale from Monday 21st December at a slightly increased price: Room Only tickets will be priced at £163.50 and all Self Catered tickets will be priced at £173.75.

Currently, a room only ticket is priced at £160 per person and a self catering room ticket will be £170. The price is based on people sharing the room. Some chalet options have now sold out.

To buy tickets, click here.

Accommodation

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 are selling fast, and Room Only accommodation is available in 2, 4, and 5 berth rooms (3 and 6 berths have sold out), and Self Catering accommodation is also available in 4, 6, and 7 berths.

All tickets include 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.

On site

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.

There'll be more information here when available.