2000trees adds support to 'save our venues' campaign

2000trees Festival 2014

Thursday 10th to Saturday 12th July 2014
Upcote Farm, Withington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 4BL, England MAP
£75

Daily capacity: 4,000

Organisers of this summer's 2000trees happening from Thursday 10th and run until Saturday 12th July at Upcote Farm, Withington, Cheltenham, in Gloucestershire have renamed two of their stages in tribute to now fallen music venues in Cheltenham and Bristoi, and are backing the national campaign to save independent music venues from closure.

The Axiom stage (replaces the Leaf Lounge) is named after a former music spot in Cheltenham, while The Croft (replacing the Greenhouse), is named after a similar venue in Bristol.

Organisers have also revealed there will also be a new wooded area called Forest Sessions taking the total to six stages plus three busking boxes for the public to perform on too.

Founder James Scarlett backed the 'Save our Venues' campaign which is gathering speed across the UK, saying "Many of the UK's independent music venues are under serious threat which is a really big problem for the industry. We want to highlight this by naming our new stages in tribute to important local venues that have sadly already closed.

"These are the places where acts like Frank Turner and Frightened Rabbit cut their musical teeth and without them the UK music scene will be further flooded by major label signings and X-Factor winners.

"We urge music fans to support their local venues and their local festivals too. Either use them or lose them"

The full line-up includes Band of Skulls, Frightened Rabbit, Blood Red Shoes, Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Public Service Broadcasting, The Bronx, Jamie Lenman, The Blackout, Wolf Alice, Kids In Glass Houses, Tall Ships, Cerebral Ballzy, Trash Talk, DZ Deathrays, Maybeshewill, Canterbury, LostAlone, Baby Godzilla, Three Trapped Tigers, Arcane Roots, Itch, Blitz Kids, The Computers, Turbowolf, Hawk Eyes, Gnarwolves, Darlia, Lonely the Brave, LOOM, Johnny Foreigner, Natives, Decade, Nordic Giants, Verses, Heart in Hand, God Damn, Palm Reader, Empire, Dad Rocks!, The Cadbury Sisters, Gorgeous George, and Sam Duckworth.

Also confirmed are Dolomite Minor, Boy Jumps Ship, Brawlers, Oliver Wilde, &U&I, Dave McPherson, Slaves, The Virginmarys, Little Matador, Delta Sheep, The St. Pierre Snake Invasion, Dancing Years, Ben Marwood, The Dead Formats, The JB Conspiracy, Andy Oliveri, Kill Chaos, Youth Man, Crazy Arm (acoustic), The Bronze Medal, The Retrospective Soundtrack Players, Oxygen Thief, Radstewart, Winter Villains, Verse Chorus Verse, Joe Summers, Kitten & Bear, Sam Green & the Midnight Heist, Thrill Collins, Eugene Quell, The Common Tongues, Atrevido, I, the Lion, Wild Cat Strike, Harry George Johns, Boat to Row, and Lonely Tourist .

For the line-up details, day and stage splits, as available please click here.

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Tickets are available priced at £75. Children aged 0 to 10 years old can go free but require a ticket and children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. An early entry ticket is priced at £15 (less than 1000 now available).

A joint ticket with ArcTanGent Festival is also available priced at £153, and a joint ticket with Y Not Festival is priced at £140.

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