Lee Nelson for The Big Chill

plus six more acts announced

By Scott Williams | Published: Fri 17th Jun 2011

Big Chill @ Eastnor Castle 2011 - around the festival site (2)
Photo credit: Phil Bull

Big Chill @ Eastnor Castle 2011

Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th August 2011
Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 1RL, England MAP
£165 for the weekend
Daily capacity: 30,000

August's The Big Chill Festival has announced that funnyman Lee Nelson will be bringing his 'Well Good Party' to Eastnor Castle.

around the festival site (2)
Lee Nelson says festival goers can expect, "...A non-stop 2 hour party of jokes, games, beat-boxing, relay crowd-surfing, sing-alongs and sound clashes all hosted by me! With one aim only: to put a big festival smile on people's faces. Everyone welcome!"

Also announced today are more additions made to The Revellers and The People's Ear Stages. Dutch duo Kraak & Smaak will perform on The Revellers Stage on Saturday, with Kormac's Big Band also joining proceedings that day.

Joining the Friday bill at The People's Ear Stage are Lazy Habits, and Jehst, with Sepalcure a collaboration between DJs Machinedrum and Praveen, and Manchester-based producer Star Slinger added to Sunday's bill.

The Chemical Brothers, Kanye West, and Rodrigo Y Gabriela, top the line-up. Also confirmed are Empire Of The Sun, 2manydjs, Neneh Cherry, Wild Beasts, Electrelane, Mahala Rai Banda, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Jessie J, Metronomy, Janelle Monae, Crystal Fighters, Robert Plant and Band Of Joy, Warpaint, Femi Kuti and the Positive Force, Norman Jay, About Group, Chipmunk, Plastician, Aloe Blacc, Hercules And Love Affair, Horace Andy, Fenech-Soler, Cubic Zirconia, Calvin Harris, The Midnight Beast, Example, The Midnight Beast, Katy B, Devlin, Brandt Brauer Frick, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Quantic and his Combo Barbaro, Mulatu Astatke & The Black Jesus Experience, Liam Bailey, Jamie Woon, Flying Lotus, xxxy, Scuba, The Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra, Matthew Halsall Remixed, The Stepkids, Ghostpoet, Buraka Som Sistema, and more. For the line-up details, day and stage splits as available please click here.

The dates for The Big Chill 2011 are confirmed as from Thursday 4th until Sunday 7th August at the site which has four lakes, thick woods and an arboretum at Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire.

Tickets are priced at £165 per adult with a maximum of 4 tickets able to be bought per household, teen tickets (13 to 15 years old) are priced at £85, and kid (12 and under) tickets are priced at £5. Day tickets are priced at £75 for Friday, Saturday or Sunday, and two day tickets are also available.

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