Laura Marling, and Cut Copy for London's Field Day

with Modeselektor, Les Savy Fav, and more for London

By Scott Williams | Published: Fri 25th Apr 2008

Field Day 2008 - Laura Marling
Photo credit: Scott Johnson

Field Day 2008

Saturday 9th August 2008
Victoria Park, London, E9 7BT, England MAP
£26.50

Field Day which brings together many of London's alternative concert and club promoters to produce a day of music in Victoria Park, London on Saturday 9th August has announced the first acts for this event which aims to have the charm of a village fete.

Les Savy Fav, Cut Copy, Modeselektor, and Laura Marling are some of the latest additions to the Field Day line-up. With the hosts of the music stages also adding artists to the bill. This year Bugged Out presents Matt Walsh, Discos Bloodbath, and Hannah Holland. Bloggers Delight will present Trailer Trash DJs, Wet Yourself DJs, Mikki Most & Ian Robinson, Peter Pixel, and Jacob Husley.

Previously confirmed acts for the event are Foals, Fionn Regan, Of Montreal, Simian Mobile Disco, Richie Hawtin (Minus, Berlin) with visuals by Ali Demirel, Mystery Jets, Lightspeed Champion, White Lies, Huw Stephens, King Creosote (Duo), Dirty Projectors, Tunng, Eat Your Own Ears DJs, Emma Pollock, Mechanical Bride, The Notwist, White Lies, Brodinski, Jeffrey Lewis, Crookers, Dan Deacon, Magistrates, The Notwist, James Holden, Emperor Machine, The Field, One Little Plane, Filthy Dukes, and Bloggers Delight. With many more names still to come. For the line-up details as available please click here.

There's multiple music stages hosted by Eat Your Own Ears, Adventures In The Beetroot Field, Bugged Out!, Homefires and Bloggers Delight as well as fete activities with a twist. In addition to the main musical activities expect food and drink, a brass band on the Victorian band stand, coconut shy, tombola, tea and cake stall, welly throwing, barn dancing, tug of war, Morris dancing, and other classic village fete activities.

The event will run from noon until 10.30pm.

Tickets are priced at £25.00 - click here to buy.

Attendees are advised to use public transport as there are no parking facilities. The nearest tube is Mile End.

The venue is accessible for wheelchair users, with accessible toilets on-site. No glass bottles, no alcohol.

Laura Marling


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