Beacons Festival adds more than 30 acts

including Lanterns On The Lake, Admiral Fallow, Pale Seas, and more

By Scott Williams | Published: Wed 30th May 2012

Beacons Festival 2012 - Lanterns on the Lake
Photo credit: Jason Wood

Beacons Festival 2012

Friday 17th to Sunday 19th August 2012
Funkirk Estate, Carleton, Near Skipton, North Yorkshire, LS29 9JU, England MAP
£84.50 for the weekend - SOLD OUT
Daily capacity: 5,000

The final wave of acts have been announced for Beacons Festival which takes place from Friday 17th until Sunday 19th August 2012 at Funkirk Estate, Carleton, in North Yorkshire.

Lanterns on the Lake
The latest additions, in alphabetical order, are Admiral Fallow, B>E>A>K, Disclosure, Double Muscle, Filthy Dukes (DJ set), Fun Adults, Goodnight Lenin, Hawk Eyes, Hey Sholay, Holograms, Imp, Japandroids, Juffage, Lanterns on the Lake, Luv Jam, The Magnetic North, Marcus Worgull, Nope, Pale Seas, PINS, Plank!, Post War Glamour Girls, Runners, Soul Jazz Sound System, Stalking Horse, Sunless '97, That Fucking Tank, This Aint Vegas, Veronica Falls, Visions of Trees, and Wot Gorilla?.

They join Toots and the Maytals, Wild Beasts Roots Manuva, The Felice Brothers, Julio Bashmore, Real Estate, Oneman, Cloud Nothings, Koreless, Willis Earl Beal, Andrew Weatherall, Jacuzzi Boys, Stopmakingme, Weird Dreams, Bleeding Knees Club, Soul Jazz Sound System, Luv*Jam, Tall Ships, Blacklisters, Jessie Ware, Frankie And The Heartstrings, Patrick Wolf, Junior Boys, Ghostpoet, Errors, Maya Jane Coles, Factory Floor, Pearson Sound, Cass Mccombs, Willy Mason, D/R/U/G/S, Peaking Lights, Xxxy, Kwes, Outfit, Star Slinger, Clock Opera, Lunice, Submotion Orchestra, Bok Bok, 2:54, Jam City, King Krule, Mazes, Still Corners, Stay+, Gross Magic, Bos Angeles, Grass House, Arthur Beatrice, Hookworms, The Wave Pictures, and Au Palais. For the line-up details as available please click here.

This year's event moves to the Funkirk Estate, Carleton (three miles out of Skipton) after serious flooding forced organisers to cancel the event last year at the 11th hour.

Tickets are priced at £74.50 for the weekend or £69.50 for students, with day tickets also available. To buy tickets, click here.

The festival will also offer a cinema programme, children's entertainment, spoken word, theatre and more. The festival offers easy access by rail.


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