BackBeat SoundSystem and Kwabs join Eden Sessions

Eden Sessions 2014

Saturday 21st June to Tuesday 15th July 2014
Eden Project, Bodelva, St Austell, Cornwall, PL24 2SG, England MAP
£35-£40 per session + £5 booking fee

Daily capacity: 6,000

St. Austell's Backbeat Soundsystem, and south London'd Kwabs have been announced for the Eden Sessions at Cornwall's Eden Project on.

BackBeat will support Dizzee Rascal and Katy B at their Eden show on Saturday 21st June while Kwabs will join Ellie Goulding at her sold out show on Tuesday 8th July.

Eden have also announced a new package deal for the first two Sessions, headlined by Dizzee Rascal and Skrillex. A combined ticket for both shows can now be purchased for £55 plus £5 booking fee.Those who already have tickets to one of the shows can upgrade to the combined ticket by paying the difference.

More acts are set to announced for the day of the Dizzee Rascal Session, with performances due to start at 3pm.

Rita Broe, Eden's marketing director, said: "BackBeat are one of the best bands in Cornwall and their groove-laden, upbeat reggae sound will be the perfect appetiser for great sets by Katy B and Dizzee Rascal. Kwabs is an exciting young talent with an amazing voice who is set wow the sell-out crowd at Eden with his soulful set."

A Sessions ticket entitles the ticket holder to visit the Eden Project either on the day of the concert or the day after. All proceeds from the events will go to the Eden Trust.

Katy B joins Dizzee Rascal (June 21), Skrillex (June 25), Ellie Goulding (July 8 - sold out), Pixies (July 9) and Elbow (July 14 - sold out - and July 15) on the bill for the 2014 Eden Sessions with more acts will be announced soon.

Tickets to the Dizzee Rascal and Katy B Eden Session cost £35 plus £5 booking fee and are on sale now.

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Tickets are priced at £35 for Pixies, have sold out for Ellie, and are £40 for Elbow or Skrillex. All Eden Sessions tickets have a £5 booking fee.

The Sessions are famed not only for bringing top acts to Cornwall but also for their festival feel, with extra bands and entertainers playing around the site in the run-up to the main event. The event will have three stages featuring some of the best up-and-coming acts playing from early afternoon on each day as well as the headliners.

There is no camping allowed on site, and animals are not permitted.

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