AFI, & Thrice, join Jimmy Eat World as 2000trees 2020 headliners

<s>2000trees Festival</s> -.. 2020 - AFI — Photo credit: Zelah Williams

2000trees Festival - POSTPONED 2020

Thursday 9th to Saturday 11th July 2020
Upcote Farm, Withington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 4BL, England MAP
£156 for 3 days; £139 for 2 days

Daily capacity: 10,000

More acts have been revealed for 2000 Trees Festival, which takes place at Upcote Farm, Withington, Gloucestershire, from Thursday 9th to Saturday 11th July 2020.

Joining the previously announced headiner of Jimmy Eat World are AFI who will headline on the Friday, the bands first festival headliner slot and first UK appearance in 3 years, while Thrice will close out the Saturday with a European exclusive of the band playing their album 'Vheissu' in full along with all the other huge songs from their catalogue.

Jade Puget of AFI says: "I was reading that 2000trees was started by a group of friends who said, 'We want to start a festival,' and I think that's amazing. I wish that would happen all over the world, because there's less corporate interest and when it's being run by people that clearly love music good things can happen. Even if it's not the biggest festival in the world, those festivals are important and they're putting bands on the bill that may not yet be able to play those huge events and that's incredibly important to foster."

Dustin Kensrue of Thrice says: "Any time you can get a fresh take on the live music experience and not have it filtered through something that's been going for too long is cool. I think this sounds really exciting, especially being out in the trees and the mud and all that!".

Other acts announced today are Australia's The Chats, pop rock from Against The Current, Anti-flag, Lonely The Brave, Royal Republic, heavy festival favourites Black Peaks, Japanese chaos from Crossfaith, Kneecap, Saint Agnes, Orchards, Chubby & The Gang, Leeched, Beachtape, Gnarlah, and Fresh. For the details as available please see the line-up page.

A word from James Scarlett, festival organiser: "Clearly these are difficult times in the World and indeed, the festival industry and it would seem that uncertainty is everyone's new normal. However as it stands, we're still super hopeful that 2000trees 2020 can go ahead in July as planned. Obviously we don't have a crystal ball though, so we are looking into all possible options and should the ban on gatherings continue for the next few months, we may have to look at moving 2000trees to later in the year. But again, as it stands, we sincerely hope this won't be necessary. As people can probably imagine, you don't just magic a festival out of thin air the week before, therefore we are continuing to work behind the scenes on 2000trees 2020. This way we can make sure that, when we get the green light, we have everything in place to host an amazing party for everyone. And for an amazing festival, you obviously need headliners! With that in mind, we're very excited to let everyone know that when this has all passed, AFI and Thrice will be joining Jimmy Eat World as 2000trees headliners. Not only that, but we also have 16 more bands to get excited about. For now though, the most important thing we can all do is keep looking after ourselves and in turn others, take advice from the experts and support the most vulnerable in our communities. Big love to everyone." .

Tickets are on sale, priced as follows:-
3-day ticket £156
2-day ticket £139
car park: £15
campervan: from £65
children under 13 are free but need a ticket.

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