BrisFest 2012

Now in its fifth year, BrisFest (previously the Bristol Festival) will take place on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd September 2012, and this year for the first time will be held at Ashton Court Estate, Bristol.

Line-up

Headlined by De La Soul, with support from Beardyman, Hawkwind, Roni Size and Dynamite, Sheelanagig, Babyhead, Phaeleh, Laid Blak, Smerins Anti-Social Club, Joker & Buggsy, TC + MC Jakes, Serial Killaz, Zun Zun Egui, Dub Mafia, Bong-Ra, Dr Meaker, Komonazmuk, DJ Die, The Egg, Dead Silence Syndicate, Jane Taylor, Siddy Bennett, First Degree Burns, Bashema, The Naturals, The Other Tribe, The Carny Villains, Al Tourettes, Dazee, Hello Lazarus, Idles, Martyr Defiled, The Sanity Days, Seasfire, Heg Doughty and the Wolf Chorus, Bristol Ensemble , The Hotel Ambush, Asbo Disco, Only Joe, Guido, Deepgroove, Jody Wisternoff, Empror & Duppy Beatz, The Bronze Medal, Mr Benn, The Magnus Puto Band, Coasts, Bite The Buffalo, Baraka, Jacanda, The Smokestack Shakers, Mikee Freedom, Armchair Committee, Gardna, Tribazik, Bastard Sunz, Javeon McCarthy, Cridge, Kahn b2b Neek, Three Kings High, Central Spillz, and Parasite. Plus a showcase of established and rising talent from the South West region.

There will be 11 stages to choose from at the festival, curated by a diverse range of programmers including BBC Introducing, Jelli Records, Nokia (Wi-Fi), The Gryphon and Remix. For the line-up details, day and stage splits, as available please click here.

Also on site will be the Arcadia Spectacular 'Lords Of Lightning' show each night, traditional funfair, circus and cabaret, live graffiti, live stand-up comedy, workshops, kids area, street theatre and walkabout theatre, secret venues, body and soul therapy arena, and more.

Tickets

An early bird 2-day ticket is priced at £31, with £1 contribution to Aston Court Estate. There is an option to buy an afterparty ticket priced at an additional £25. Tickets have sold out.

More info

Brisfest is a music and arts festival celebrating local and South West music, art, dance and food. BrisFest has now out-grown its city centre location and is expanding with a move to the Ashton Court estate in 2012 after permission was granted from Bristol City Council. This means the event will have a capacity of 40,000 people over two days on grassland around half an hour's walk from the city centre. This move marks a return of a not-for-profit large scale music festival to the estate, something which has not happened for five years.

Organisers

The Bristol Festival Community Group, Registered Charity 1124722. The entire festival is run by volunteers with the organisers offering training and skills development as part of their year round charity work.

Fundraisers

There will be a range of year round activities, fundraising events, workshops and art drop in sessions to help fund the event.

More information will be here when available.

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