The Orb, Natty, Fink, and more for Big Chill

The Big Chill held from Friday 1st until Sunday 3rd August at Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire has confirmed that The Orb are to play a top slot at The Big Chill 2008.

The chilled out electronic outfit will play the Castle Stage following the withdrawal of Fat Freddy's Drop, who have pulled out of their European tour due to recording commitments.

The Orb were due to headline at The Sunrise Celebration festival which was hit by extreme flash-flooding in May and Big Chill have offered to re-home the cancelled event.

Other fresh additions to the bill include rising star Natty, New Zealanders Aronas, a solo acoustic performance from Ninja Tunes' Fink, indie act Spokes, and hip hop/reggae mash up label the Nice Up! crew featuring Mr Benn & Kraak & Smaak.

The festival has also announced that they are holding open auditions for the Eastnor Welcome Sessions. This is an opportunity for acoustic performers, buskers, orchestras, rappers and any musical genre to serenade festival-goers on arrival to the site. To enter the auditions entrants must send MP3 submissions to buskers@bigchill.net. The winners will perform two forty-minute sets across the weekend, with 10 slots in total up for grabs.

On Thursday night The Big Chill will have a series of film screenings across site with the multi-award winning 'Man on Wire' being screened ahead of its theatrical release on Friday 1st August. The film won the Audience Award at the Edinburgh Film Festival; as well as the Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize at Sundance film festival – the first British film to achieve such critical recognition.

Other musical performers already confirmed for the festival include Leonard Cohen, Bomb The Bass, Fujiya & Miyagi, Roisin Murphy, Alabama 3 (acoustic), Bill Bailey, Jilted John, Plaid, Rachel Unthank & the Winterset, Trentemøller, Buzzcocks, Hot 8 Brass Band, Fat Freddy's Drop, The Mighty Boosh, Norman Jay, Portico Quartet, Thievery Corporation, Random Dance, Shaanti Sound System with DJ Krush, DJ Manga, DJ Joe Claussell, and Benji B, Roots Manuva & DJ MK, DJ Luke Vibert, DJ Vadim,Daedalus, DJ Joe Claussell (Body & Soul, NY), Ron Trent (Chicago), Ame (Germany, Sonar Kollectiv), Rap Saunders, and Kartel DJs. For the line-up details as available please click here.

On-site facilities include a shop selling groceries & newspapers, bars, food stalls, merchandise stalls, cash point machine and a 24 hour cafe amongst other things. Alcohol cannot be brought into the main arena but is permitted in the camping areas (but NO GLASS!).

An adult ticket is priced at £129, Student tickets are £110 (with Amnesty International membership, for full-time students only), with Teen (or children's tickets) priced at £60. To buy tickets click here. Note that the event is for 18's and over unless accompanied by an adult.

Disabed Facilities
The venue is a general campsite that has disabled toilets & showers, please contact Big Chill HQ before the event for more information.

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