Frightened Rabbit, Spiro and more for Headstock

Frightened Rabbit, Spiro, and Nick Harper are amongst those added to the line-up for Heastock a new kind of festival, which happens at Newstead & Annesley Country Park, East Midlands.

Selkirk 5 piece Frightened Rabbit will be showcasing songs such as 'Swim Until You Can't See Land' and 'Nothing Like You' on the main stage. The festival will be opened by the original award-winning Newstead Colliery Band - now known as Newstead Brass Band, with 25 Past The Skank, Royal Gala, and Insider is Edge also added to the main stage line-up that's headline by Ash, and features the previously announced Field Music, and The Beat.

The Musika! Stage will host Spiro, Nick Harper, The Clay, Gypsy Fire, Salamagundi, and Aistaguca who join the previously announced Edward II, and Penguin Cafe.

Other new Headstock additions include Elliot Morris, Frontiers, Fists, Hhymn, and Navajo Youth on the BBC Introducing Stage and Breathe Out, Pete Lawrie, and Conil completing the line-up on at the Orange Tree Lounge.

The full line up includes DJs Charles Webster, Inland Knights, Simon DK, The Littlemen, Digs and Woosh, Rob and Frandanski, DJ Emma, Jayney/Lee Whitehead, and Osbourne on the DIY/Smokescreen hosted House Music stage.

UDS/Desert Storm hosted Area 23 features cutting edge DJs playing drum and bass, gabba, techno, jungle and breakcore including DJ Ratty, Vinyl Junkie, DJ Wot?, The Squire Of Gothos, Neo-Tokyo Def Squad a collective of Urban Dekay and Lobotomy, Visor, BStorm, Mowgli, Canyon, Rubber-Dub DJs, Yoshi, Joe 90, and S.E.N.D. DJs.

For the line-up in full, and stage splits please click here.

Headstock is a new kind of festival – it is being set up by the Newstead community and all profits will go directly back to that community. A 'headstock' is the structure used to transport miners up and down a mining shaft. Such a building has iconic value and meaning to mining communities throughout the East Midlands and mining communities generally.

The festival is being funded by the Big Lottery Fund's Village SOS programme. Village SOS is an initiative by Big Lottery Fund and the BBC to inspire a UK rural revival. It is funding rural villages to develop new business ventures that will breathe new life into their areas, create new jobs and improve the quality of life for local people. Headstock will be filmed for a major new BBC One prime time series following the progress of the villages involved.

Early bird tickets are now on sale priced at £20, entry for 13-17 year olds is £12.50 and entrance is free for the under 12's. Once early bird tickets have been sold the full ticket price will be £30.

To buy tickets click here.

Camping is available on Saturday night only and is priced at £5 per person.

To buy camping tickets click here.

As well as over 40 acts over four stages and two dance arenas the festival will offer a family activity area, Speakeasy Café, arts and crafts section, workshops, a dedicated Kid's Field, and quality food and drink.

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