second wave of acts for Dot To Dot

The Joy Formidable, AYWKUBTTOTD, SBTRKT, and more

By Scott Williams | Published: Fri 18th Mar 2011

Dot to Dot festival (Manchester) 2011 - The Joy Formidable
Photo credit: Gary Stafford

Dot to Dot festival (Manchester) 2011

Monday 30th May 2011
various venues, Manchester, M1 5NQ, England MAP
£20

Leading the latest line-up additions for the multi-city, multi-venue Dot to Dot festival taking place over the last bank holiday in May is grungey-pop trio The Joy Formidable, and Austin Texas's And You Will Know Us By The Trail of the Dead who will be joining Dot To Dot for the Bristol and Nottingham dates.

The Joy Formidable
The latest acts for the triumvirate line-up at Manchester, Bristol and Nottingham also include SBTRKT , Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Cults, Ben Howard, Wolf Gang, Alpines, Blawan, Braids, Dom, and Royal Republic.

They join the acts previously confirmed who are Hurts, The Naked & Famous, Darwin Deez, Mona, Ed Sheeran, The Phoenix Foundation, and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, with many more still to be announced.

Dot To Dot Event Organiser Anton Lockwood Commented, "This latest announcement brings some artists to Dot To Dot that we are long term fans of, like the mighty Trail of Dead, the stunning Joy Formidable, together with some of the most exciting new artists around like Cults and Braids. We aren't forgetting the electronic music fans either, adding highly respected artists SBTRKT and Blawan to an ever growing bill. And there's plenty more to come...."

The Dot To Dot Festival will take place from Saturday 29th May until Monday 31st May in various venues. Bristol hosts the event on the Saturday, with a similar event the day after in Manchester, and the Monday night is the turn of Nottingham to play host.

Tickets are priced at £20 for Manchester, and £25 for Nottingham and Bristol. To buy tickets, click here.


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