Beatherder announce Simian Mobile Disco, We Have Band, & more

Simian Mobile Disco, We Have Band, Dub Pistols, Mylo, and Mr Scruff lead the first names to be announced for this year's Beatherder Festival.

The first acts announced for The Beat-Herder Stage are Simian Mobile Disco, We Have Band, Dub Pistols, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, The Lancashire Hotpots, and Lazy Habits with The Correspondents appearing in the Smoky Tentacles Shisha Lounge.

Confirmed for Toiltrees Stage are Mylo, Mr Scruff, Riva Starr, Krafty Kuts, Andy Weatherall, Boy 8 Bit, and Justin Robertson. Whils Stumblefunk Soundsystem has Plump DJs on Friday night.

The Sugarbeat Club will play host to A Skillz, , Jon Carter, Reverend Soundsystem, A Skillz, Krafty Kuts, Utah Saints, Mooqee, Toni Jarvis.

Appearing at the The Beat-Herder & District Working Men's Social Club this year will be The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show, Captain Hotknives, Eddie Earthquake & The Tremors, The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican, The Broken Hearts Club Band.

Trailer Trash returns with Trailer Trash DJs including Annie, Fraser James Dean, Kim, Lindsey, Martin Deane, Pat Trash, Peach, and Red J.

Completing the first wave of acts are Cojo, Dr Huxtable, and Mr P confirmed for The Bushrocker HiFi.

The three day Beatherder festival takes place in Gisburn, in Lancashire, with the dates for this the fifth year confirmed as Friday 1st until Sunday 3rd July.
Now in it's fifth year the back-to-basics festival boasts zero official sponsorship, cheap local food and booze, weird and wonderful art installations, and breath taking views set in sleepy Lancashire deep in the heart of the Ribble Valley.

With everything on-site handmade in the amazing Beatherder workshop to the finest detail from an individual flower planted for each artist who has ever played to the bizarre vibrating benches the fully decked out Working Men's Club and Grandad's Room hidden in the trees, Beatherder is non-stop hedonistic festival fun stripped down to it's roots.

An adult weekend ticket is priced at £??, children under 13 years of age need a child ticket priced at £??. Live in vehicle passes are priced at £??, and a car parking pass is priced at £?. To buy tickets, click here.

The festival is split into five main areas combining live music, DJ sets and creative workshops. There will also be the Pixie Pictures Cinema, contemporary art by Paul Hitchen @ Liber8, a live art and design jam, face painting, and tribal belly dancing. Plus food, stalls and more.

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