Standon Calling 2011

The independent music festival and themed summer party, Standon Calling, returns to the grounds of a 16th Century Hertfordshire manor house and promises a unique chance to see some hotly tipped acts, in an intimate festival setting. The festival has revealed it is changing the date for next year's Standon Calling to the following weekend from Thursday 11th to Sunday 14th August 2011.

Line-up

Headliners Spiritualized have cancelled their Saturday night appearance, however Battles still headline Friday. Also on the bill are Hercules And Love Affair, Howard Marks, John Grant, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Dan Le Sac, Broken Records, Egyptian Hip Hop, The Mummers, Sound Of Rum, Gallops, Revere, Funeral Suits, Worship, Cut a Shine, The Travelling Band, The Moulettes, Penguin Cafe, John Cooper Clarke, Saul Williams, Errors, Caravan Palace, The Correspondents, Born Ruffians, Trophy Wife, Malachai, Brassroots, The Raghu Dixit Project, Various Cruelties, Silver Moths, Tripwires, and Maddox. With many more still to be announced.

For the full line-up details to-date, please click here.

Tickets

Early bird tickets have sold out. An adult weekend ticket with camping is priced at £120, a student or teen (13-17) ticket is priced at £100, children aged 12 and under can go free. Car parking tickets are priced at £5. To buy tickets click here.

Fancy-dress

This year's theme is Gods & Monsters, and Standon even has The Chariot of the Sun - a rolling stage, moving around the festival site showcasing live performance and music and providing a platform for the Gods & Monsters story to be told, as well as open stage spots.

On site

There are numerous stages and the odd unexpected stage appearing from nowhere. The festival boasts a number of bars, one of which is hewn out of an enormous oak tree, secret areas, interactive theatre, swimming pool (with underwater dance area), boutique camping (beach huts, yurts and tipis), kids area, and festival food.

Ethos

The organisers are trying to make this festival as ethical and green as possible, recycling all and sundry and sourcing locally where possible and they are raising money for charity too. Standon Calling's chosen charity Phoenix Futures, a charity that supports people in drug and alcohol rehabilitation, receives £2 from every ticket sold.

More information will be here when available.

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