Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor tops the new Big Chill Radio Stage line-up

plus Maurice Fulton, Bill Brewster, Cutline, and many more

By Scott Williams | Published: Mon 18th Jul 2011

Big Chill @ Eastnor Castle 2011 - around the festival site (1)
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

Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor leads a line-up of DJs and BBC Radio 6 acts confirmed for the new Big Chill Radio Stage at next month's The Big Chill Festival.

The line-up for the new Big Chill Radio Stage starts on Friday with a presentation of five acts from BBC Hereford & Worcester, The Big Chill's local station who will perform from 12pm until 3pm. They will be followed by Shepdog, Nadav Ravid, Futureboogie, Gatto Fritto, Mock & Toof, Leo Zero, and a two hour set from Bill Brewster

Saturday's line-up features Sketchy, Kutmah, Lee Nelson, Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show also broadcasting live to the nation on BBC Radio 6 Music, Union, Hit & Run DJs, and Chunky, before The night finishes with drum'n'bass and dubstep from production duo Cutline.

Sunday sees Matty J, opening up proceedings before another two-hour comedy marathon with the previously announced Lee Nelson's Well Good Party. Following Chris Coco will be more live broadcast on BBC Radio 6 Music with Cerys Matthews and then 6 Mix (guests are to be announced shortly) before Alexis Taylor, and Yam Who?. Closing the stage, and the weekend will be Maurice Fulton.

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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