Labrinth to headline Brownstock

Labrinth is the latest headline act confirmed forBrownstock Festival which takes place at Brown Farm, Chelmsford, in Essex from Friday 31st August until Sunday 2nd September 2012.

The 5,000 capacity event will also play host to Artwork, Jackmaster, Magistrates, Extra Curricular, Mele, Missing Andy, DJ Format, Angry Vs The Bear, BB, Man Get Out, and British Intelligence.

Plus a supporting cast of Stealing Signs, Shoot The Dead, Cardinal Jack, The Kubricks, The Stowaways, Creme De Chevre, Courts, Korda Marshall, Robbie Boyd, Looking For Liam, The Coopers, The Great Excuse, Itchy Teeth, The Story Boys, The Beatroots, Jamie Pariso, Wild Combination, Peppermint Apes, New Subjects, Rusty Shackle, Deco Pilot, and CoCo and the Butterfields.

They join the acts previously announced that include headliner Nero (DJ Set) plus Zane Lowe, Grandmaster Flash, Toddla T, Doorly, The Cuban Brothers, and comedian Angelos Epithemiou.

Also set to appear was A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg. Sadly Phife has had to pull out of his trip to the UK due to illness resulting from a failed kidney transplant and is unable to travel following instruction from his medical team.

Festival Director Adam Brown said, "We are very excited to welcome some huge and globally recognised acts to Brownstock Festival this year and Labrinth definitely tops this off. But we are also excited about our support bands. We give everyone that applies a hearing and we genuinely think that we have a few names there that will be ringing in your ears long after we close the festival gates. Remember you heard them here first."

The independent boutique festival run by the Brown family on their farm in Essex started as an over grown family party giving it a rustic uniqueness enhanced by the Farmer's Food Village, art camp with a 50 metre wall painting and graffittied combine harvester, a late license – with a 24 hour silent disco, Pianookee and open mic in the new Piano Bar, hip hop karaoke, and a fully interactive array of extras. Expect such delights as the Brownstock tavern, Brown Town's mud wrestling arena, Spiderman bungee jumps, full skate park, 5-a-side football cage, the brown town shopping mall, live graffiti, parkour free running park, Brown Town fairground, battle of the brands and more.

An adult weekend camping ticket (16 years and over) is priced at £70, a youth (aged 10 to 15 years) ticket is priced at £54. To buy tickets, click here.

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