O. Children for next month's Land Of Kings

Land Of Kings 2012

Friday 4th to Saturday 5th May 2012
various venues in the East End, London, N16 8BH, England MAP
£30 for both days, or £20 per day

O. Children lead the latest acts announced for Land Of Kings which returns in nine days time on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th May 2012 to the Dalston/Stoke Newington borders, at 15 venues in London.

The latest additions include Male Bonding, Is Tropical, Land Shapes (formerly Lulu & The Lampshades), Hatcham Social, Fever Dream, We Were Evergreen, Virginia Wing, and Kwes joins Micachu on the decks under their collaborative moniker Kwesachu.

Plus DJs including Public Information, Clash DJs, No Pain In Pop, Motorik, Rough Trade DJs, and ZTG.

They join Speech Debelle, Maurice Fulton, Bicep, Trophy Wife, Bos Angeles, NZCA/Lines, Breach, Hannah Holland, Stay+, Mo Kolours, Dreamtrak, Hall of Mirrors, Spirit of Mantra, All The Queen's Ravens, Stealing Sheep, Slow Club, Factory Floor, Connan Mockasin, The Invisible, Maria Minerva, Toy, Great Waves, Kwes, Night Angles. Music showcases come from locally based curators including Moshi Moshi, Brownswood, NTS and Five Easy Pieces. With club nights from Durrr, Black Atlantic, Dollop, To the Lazer Cave all weighing in DJs include The Horrors, Trevor Jackson, Is Tropical, Bullion, Gang Colours, Kutmah and Ray Mang.

Also announced are festival partners JD (Jack Daniels) Roots who will present a mix of East London local talent, playing at the new music venue, Birthdays a 250-capacity basement club.

London Fields Radio will also be hijacking the airwaves and setting up an onsite studio at the Print House Gallery, with Dalston Darlings taking over the Eastern Curve Garden on Saturday for a day of interactive fun, games and merriment to rival a royal fete. Expect all Englishness raffles, face-painting, costumes, comedy sketches, games, food and drink, whipped up into a frenzy by host and festival-fav Clayton Wright, (last seen at Land of Kings 2011 marrying couples at the Dalston Boy's Club on the Royal Wedding day) hosting 'The May Day Queen Contest'.

Taking over 15+ venues, the festival sprawls across Kingsland High Street's basement clubs, live music spaces and art galleries plus forgotten school halls, hidden banqueting suites and secluded gardens. Once again, punters are invited to roam the strip for two nights with wristband and map, hopping between the best of Hackney's burgeoning creative scenes, and enjoying tasty food treats along the way.

Tickets are priced at £20. To buy tickets, click here.

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