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Greetings from Beacons W
Welcome to Beacons, the first of what will become an annual festival of arts and innovative sounds for the Yorkshire Dales! It is with genuine excitement that we bring you this celebration, the product of 12 months preparation, which we know will have been well worth it. We have tried to realise our vision of a festival that supports off-the-wall and new music while bringing a choice selection of legendary acts to the stage. We’ve also brought together the installation art, fancy-dress tomfoolery, décor and leftfield performance encounters we feel are key to the proper festival experience; and that’s not forgetting the heart-warming and quality nosh, real ales and tasty cocktails to keep you going for three days. We have been humbled by the level of support we have been shown following the floods that sadly caused us to cancel last years event. We wish to thank all those who offered kind words, helping hands and voluntary contributions, because you’ve helped us pull together something bigger, better, more colourful and more imaginative for 2012. Let the vision of an intimately sized yet forward-thinking festival for the North materialize this weekend…. Because we’d love to share it with you! Now grab yourself a beer and have an unforgettable Beacons 2012. Contents Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page
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The Complete Stage Line-up Day by Day Artists A-Z Ghost Poet Interview Films and Documentaries Beacons Boutique The Ladybird Tent Arts and Culture Into the Woods: Our Pick Food and Drink Site Map Stage Information
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THURSDAY
BEACONS SOCIAL HOSTED BY FREAKIN
BEACONS SOCIAL 19:00 Ezy Ryder / The Cunning Stunts DJ Display Team with Bobalicious 22:00 Filthy Dukes (DJs) INTO THE WOODS 20:00 The Miners Hymns (film) 21:00 Biggie and Tupac (film, 15) 23:00 The Perverts Guide to Cinema (film, 18) NOISY / VICE STAGE 19:30 Honeytone Codey 20:30 Dub Barn Collective 21:30 The Marzec Group 22:30 The Soul Circle Gang
FRIDAY THE STOOL PIGEON STAGE 12:00 Dead Sons 13:00 Post War Glamour Girls 14:00 Arthur Beatrice 15:10 Theme Park 16:20 Veronica Falls 17:30 Submotion Orchestra 18:55 Jessie Ware 20:05 Factory Floor 21:30 Mount Kimbie 23:00 Roots Manuva THE GREENDALES STAGE (in association with Flux & Vagabondz) 12:15 The Horn The Hunt 13:15 Great Waves 14:45 Outfit 16:15 Disclosure 17:45 Visions Of Trees 18:15 Wachs Lyrical 20:00 Runner 21:00 Sunless ‘97 21:30 Jon K (Hoya Hoya) 23:30 D/R/U/G/S 00:30 Julio Bashmore NOISEY / VICE STAGE 12:30 Japanese Fighting Fish 13:30 Antibang 14:30 Fawn Spots 15:30 Wot Gorilla 16:30 Runaround Kids 17:30 Hey Sholay 18:30 Pins 19:30 Fun Adults 20:30 Gross Magic 21:30 Pale Seas 22:30 Holograms 23:30 Savages
12:00 Get Funked DJs ft. Bob le Funk, Tunesouttaloft & Dan Watts 18:00 Luv Jam 19:00 Freakin 22:00 Daniel Avery 00:00 Marcus Worgull 02:00 Freakin ELFM CARAVAN OF LOVE 13:00 Jacobean Ruff 13.45 Francesca Pidgeon 14.30 The Theatre Dukes 15.15 Jasmine Kennedy TBC 18:00 Hayley Gafftarnick 18.45 Sam Thonton 19.30 The Black Sea 20.15 Dancing Years
SATURDAY THE STOOL PIGEON STAGE 12:00 The Magnetic North 13:10 Kwes 14:20 Cass Mccombs 15:30 Still Corners 16:40 2:54 17:40 Clock Opera 19:00 Japandroids 20:10 Ghospoet 21:40 Junior Boys 23:00 Wild Beasts THE GREENDALES STAGE (in association with Flux & Vagabondz) 12:00 Ilghaz 13:00 Seven 14:00 Donga 15:30 Lakosa 17:00 Jam City 18:30 Bok Bok 20:30 Stay+ 21:30 Koreless 23:00 Oneman 00:30 Pearson Sound
The Compl Line-up Da INTO THE WOODS
09:30 Wigan Pixie Yarns & Crafts 10:00 Singing with Tessa Smith 10:30 Yogalates 12:00 Nicola Peel ‘Eyes of Gaia’ 13:00 Liars League (spoken word) 14:00 Mayday (theatre) 15:00 American: The Bill Hicks Story (15) with Q&A by Director Matt Harlock 17:00 U Tube Mix by Tim Ineaux 18:00 Tibetan Youth 19:00 Stuart McCallum 20:00 The Wonderful Sound of the Cinema Organ 21:00 Being 747, The Clockwork Universe 22:00 Able Philbin Bowman (Comedy) 23:00 LAB MEAT (Cabaret) 00:00 Dark Star+Animat 02:00 I ndie Game LADYBIRD PROJECT: MAD SCIENCE DAY
09:00 Drop-in Crafts and Workshops (in Kids Club) 12:00 Mad Science Experiments 14:00 Flash Mob Workshop 15:00 Science Olympics 16:00 Amazing Bottle-Rockets 17:00 Storytelling 20:00 The Ladybird Project Fantastic Family-Friendly Cabaret KOPPARBERG CUBE 12:00 Docfest Party 15:00 Tactik 16:00 Get Down Or Die 17:00 Holding Hands 18:00 Robert Cary 19:00 Theme Park Djs 20:00 Straight Up 21:00 El Diablo Social Club 22:00 Picturehouse 23:00 Filthy Dukes
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NOISEY / VICE STAGE (in association with Sexbeat) 12:00 Imp 12:50 Stalking Horse 13:40 Au Palais 14:30 Juffage 15:20 Grass House 16:10 Weird Dreams 17:00 Best Friends 17:50 Plank! 18:40 Paws 19:30 Splashh 20:30 King Krule 21:30 Swim Deep 22:30 Eagulls 23:30 Jacuzzi Boys
BEACONS SOCIAL HOSTED BY FREAKIN
12:00 Give It Some ft. George Mahood (Soul City / Big Daddy Magazine) Dean Atkins (Soul Jazz) Lyley (Wax Off / Scratch) Gumbo (Work Your Soul / Oz) Jonny Crawshaw (Give it Some! / The Get Down) 18:00 A Rave Called Sharon 20:00 Acid House Gentlemen’s Club 22:00 A Love from Outer Space : Andrew Weatherall & Sean Johnston 02:00 Freakin
ELFM CARAVAN OF LOVE
SUNDAY
INTO THE WOODS
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THE STOOL PIGEON STAGE
10:00 Zine it Yourself 10:30 Yogalates 12:00 Aaron Meskin – The Art of Comics (talk) 13:00 Clinic Presents (spoken word) 14:00 Kill Lord Whitney (theatre) 15:00 We Are Poets (film) 17:00 New Order Play at Home (film) 18:00 Sandrani 19:00 Oui Bee 20:00 Daniel Bye 21:00 Thomas Truax 22:00 Shut Up Little Man: an Audio Misadventure (film)
Housekeeping Society Jamie Fletcher Band Seas Of Green Louise Distras Talk To Angels Secret Sirens The Artists Soul Circus
INTO THE WOODS 09:30 Drop-in Craft 10:00 Cardboard Cameras 10:30 Aerockbics 12:00 Sue Christoforou – Equality Trust (talk) 13:00 Matthew Bellwood (spoken word, 14+) 14:00 It Starts Like This (theatre, 18+) 15:00 Yorkshire Onland Boating Club (film+talk) 17:00 U Tube Mix by Tim Ineaux 18:00 Martin Smith 19:00 Animat and the Third Half 20:00 Kefaya 21:00 Dead Belgian 22:00 Able Philbin Bowman (comedy) 23:00 Frank Chickens 00:00 Ed Carter Aprosodia 01:00 Winnebego Man 03:00 M an with a Movie Camera
12:00 Goodnight Lenin 13:00 Admiral Fallow 14:00 Frankie & The Heartstrings 15:00 Willis Earl Beal 16:00 Willy Mason 17:00 Errors 18:10 Lanterns On The Lake 19:20 Patrick Wolf (Acoustic) 21:00 The Felice Brothers 22:30 Toots & The Maytals THE GREENDALES STAGE (in association with Flux & Vagabondz) 12:00 Aartekt 13:00 Jacques Adda 14:00 Casino Times 15:15 KRL 16:30 XXXY 18:00 Huxley 19:30 Star Slinger 21:00 Lunice 22:30 Maya Jane Coles
LADYBIRD TENT: MYTHS AND LEGENDS DAY
lete Stage ay by Day LADYBIRD PROJECT: CIRCUS DAY
09:00 Drop-in Craft and Workshops (in Kids Club) 10:00 Giant Tug-o-War (in Kids Club) 12:00 Hula Hooping Workshop 13:00 Circus Skills 14:00 Clown Cricket: not to be missed! 16:00 Circus Sports Day 17:00 Storytelling 20:00 Family-friendly entertainment KOPPARBERG CUBE
12:00 Tom Smith 15:30 Karma 16:30 Joe’s Bakery 17:30 Balearic Social Club 18:30 Disko Stew 19:30 Now Wave 21:30 Jon K (Hoya Hoya) 23:00 Oh Mobbs
NOISEY / VICE STAGE (in association with Dirty Otter) 12:00 Double Muscle 12:50 B>E>A>K> 13:40 Nope 14:30 The Wave Pictures 15:20 Hookworms 16:10 Hawkeyes 17:00 That Fucking Tank 18:00 Tall Ships 19:00 Mazes 20:00 Blacklisters 21:00 This Aint Vegas 22:15 Cloud Nothings
BEACONS SOCIAL HOSTED BY IRIE VIBES SOUNDSYSTEM 12:00 18:00
Irie Vibes Soundsystem ft. Bangarang DJs Pig & KuDu Hifi Red Dread + SPECIAL GUESTS Souljazz Records Soundsystem
ELFM CARAVAN OF LOVE 13:00 Matt Bentley 13.45 Sabrina Piggot 14.30 Ben Pike 15.15 Liz Reynolds 18:00 Boss Caine TBC 19.30 The Finnlys 20.15 Spirit Of John + Two Sevens Party DJs playing the finest selection of Reggea, Dub & Ska
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09:00 Drop-in Craft and Workshops (in Kids Club) 11:00 Knights’ Quest Treasure Hunt (go to Kids Club) 13:00 Become a Rock Legend 14:00 Junk Percussion 15:00 Grand Carnival Pageant 16:00 The Ladybird’s Legendary Dance-Off 20:00 Party Games KOPPARBERG CUBE 12:00 Red Dread 14:00 Push It 15:00 Game Time 16:00 Mark Ryan (Amazing Radio) 17:00 Luke & Rusty’s Rodeo Show 18:00 Joe’s Bakery 19:00 Balearic Social Club 20:00 R.King 21:00 Onset 22:00 Tee Circus 23:00 It’s A Bass Thing *All times are subject to change at any time during the festival.
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Artists A – Z 2:54 2:54 incorporates a rock and punk lineage influenced by Queens of the Stone Age and Kyuss. With exciting, hooky, melodic songs there is plenty of substance under all that style. AARTEKT Their vibe can be loosely described as a unique blend of House and Electronica, infused with organic elements. Their dynamic and exciting sets include live vocals, synths and percussion. A RAVE CALLED SHARON This collective preaches the word of house music, demonstrating the beauty of nostrings attached partying. If you haven’t already, it’s time to join the fast-growing Sharon family. ABIE PHILBIN BOWMAN Sex, Lies & The KKK: The night Barack Obama was elected US President, Abie Philbin Bowman exclusively interviewed the Ku Klux Klan. The controversial comedian asks: wasn’t Jesus mixed-race? When does promiscuity become romantic multitasking? ADMIRAL FALLOW Having built an impressive following in Scotland with their typically rousing and epic folk music, Admiral Fallow are now bringing their Elbow-esque anthems south of the border with their second album ‘Tree Bursts In Snow’. ANDREW WEATHERALL PRESENTS A LOVE FROM OUTER SPACE (pictured) Presenting his latest project in conjunction with Sean Johnston, Andrew Weatherall’s ‘A Love From Outer Space’ is a disco journey that will take Beacons on a dizzying ride with a selection of coldblooded narco-disco and dark-hearted rockabilly. ANTIBANG Antibang are animals, enough said.
APROSODIA BY ED CARTER Inspired by his fascination with composition, Ed Carter’s recent project Aprosodia will offer a new piece of instrumental music for Beacons Festival using written text relating to the festival as the ‘notation’. Stamped into the score of a mechanical music box, the text will generate the central melodies of the performance. ARTHUR BEATRICE Arthur Beatrice are a London-based quartet who are about as far removed from such visceral viciousness as you can get. In fact, they sound irredeemably prim and we say ‘irredeemably’ but we don’t necessarily mean it as a bad thing. AU PALAIS Hailing from London this duo’s compositions are mini-soundtracks for wistful moments. Sharing a similar soundscape to Canadian Grimes, this music is a touch more brooding and melancholy, cinematic and bold. B>E>A>K> With a fearsome reputation for energetic live shows, expect lively compositions from these sons of Sunderland’s rich music scene. BANGARANG Bangarang purvey the sounds of vintage Jamaica from Ska to Rocksteady, Reggae and Roots all played from authentic vinyl. BEN PIKE With his incredible and intricate guitar skills and deep blue vocals, Ben is hugely admired singer songwriter on the Leeds music scene. BEST FRIENDS Under-fed, shred till you’re dead! Pork life! BLACKLISTERS There’s a darkly comic edge to the Blacklisters sound, but you probably won’t find yourself laughing when Billy MasonWood is prowling around the crowd with
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his thousand-yard stare, as his band churn away behind him. BOBALICIOUS Hugely respected by all of us at Beacons as a fine selector and DJ to boot, Bobalicious will be here this year to lay down the law. BOK BOK Bok Bok (aka Alex Sushon) likes a challenge. He’s set up the Night Slugs label and last year released his first solo EP on the label, the Southside EP. He’s also shared vinyl space with the likes of Modeselektor, SBTRKT and Ramadanman. CASINO TIMES It is hard to pigeon hole the Casino Times sound with such varied backgrounds in music and taste, Nick and Joe both want to bring a real amalgamation to their productions and the dance-floor. CASS MCCOMBS With the musical heritage of his Californian upbringing threaded through his majestic compositions, Cass McCombs’ inviting and comforting folk songs thoroughly defy the aloofness with which he presents himself to the world. CLOCK OPERA Weaving found sounds and field recordings into majestic, Elbow-like arrangements Clock Opera make grandeur and chestswelling emotion the order of the day. Coming on like orchestral maneuvers in the dark of the night, there’s also a nifty line in striking videos, like the urban gloom of ‘Lesson No. 7,’ a somber accompaniment to a soaring anthem. CLOUD NOTHINGS Whilst Cloud Nothings have always been a vehicle for its core member, Dylan Baldi, lately they are evolving into more of a solid unit, with a heavier take on the lo-fi pop of their debut last year. D/R/U/G/S (pictured) Live sampling makes this show a hallucinating ride, D/R/U/G/S have been gathering praise and plaudits in clubland at an alarming rate and 2012 should see more releases for those still hungry after last year’s ‘Love/Lust’ and ‘Connected’ EPs.
DANCING YEARS (FORMERLY JOSEPH & DAVID) These boyhood friends write breathtaking songs of friendship, family, love and loss. Along the way they have gathered an army of fans from their live performances that have left audiences speechless. DANIEL AVERY With a musical taste that spans far and wide beyond dance genres, a melting pot of influences has been poured into the production work of Daniel Avery. Expect to hear remixing and reworking to the likes of The 2 Bears, Joakim, Metronomy and Hercules & Love Affair. DANIEL BYE How much is beauty worth? What will people pay for an air guitar on eBay? Can I have a glass of milk? These urgent questions and others are answered in The Price of Everything, a performance lecture/ stand-up storytelling show about value. DEAD SONS Dead Sons continue to grow as one, exploring all dimensions of songwriting and noise making. Not afraid to push the limits and always striving for the perfect sound. DEAN ATKINS Expect only the choicest cuts of soul, the rawest R&B and the downright funkiest of funk, served up with Dean’s own inimitable style, honed whilst travelling Europe and DJing as part of the Soul Jazz Records Sound System. DISCLOSURE They effortlessly combine the 2-step rhythms of garage and basslines of dubstep with their own rich musical heritage including soul, jazz and 90’s hip hop. Their music is set to erupt on dance floors across the globe. DONGA Donga plays our Greendales stage on Saturday. DOUBLE MUSCLE Three-piece, loud band from Leeds, UK. Big fans of Japanese footballers, science, WuTang Clan and Dinosaur Jr.
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an interview with ghostpoet We caught up with Oboru Ejimiwe, aka Ghostpoet, in the early throes of the summer festival season. While he was cooking up a post-run dinner at home, we chatted to him about new material and how his life has changed since last summer. He was ‘blissfully’ unaware of this year’s Beacons line-up but when we enlightened him, he was particularly excited to hear his pal Jessie Ware’s name on the honour roll… Do you approach festival sets differently to your own gigs? “Not really. I guess there’s a different atmosphere. The majority of people may not know who you are. I always used to be of the mind that I had to try and entice people in… but now I just enjoy it. People at festivals are always out to have a fun time, so it’s always good.” We caught your set at Glastonbury last year. That was just before things really blew up for you, right? Before the Mercury nomination? How much have things changed for you since then?
“I think it was, yeah… Yeah, I guess people are more into my music and people recognise it a bit more. I mean, thinking back to Glastonbury, I think it’s been a natural progression since then really.” What’s been inspiring your writing for the next album? “Same as always – life, really. Though it’s slightly different from when I wrote the first album. I’m trying to evolve, musically and see what happens musically.” On last year’s album, the songs seemed to portray someone who was searching for direction. Would you agree with that? Would you say you’ve found that direction now? “Yeah, to a certain extent. I think life is a constant pursuit of direction. Well, I can only talk for myself, but I don’t really want to find my direction, if that makes sense. Because then life would be boring. Because then I’d just be following one route for the rest of my life and that’s not really something that I want to do. I mean, the first album, a lot of those songs were written before I was making music professionally. I’m definitely happier, more at ease with my existence, still got things I want to improve. I’m sure it’s the same for a lot of people.”
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And how are you evolving, musically? “Well, that first album, it was rudimentary (laughs)! I’ve got more life experience, more experience of music production, where I am musically and mentally now… if I knew then what I knew now, I’d have changed lots of things.” Do you write on the road? “I write whenever it catches me really – it could be at home, it could be on the road. I try and get stuff down any which way I can, really, on scraps of paper, whatever.” What do you have in store for the rest of the summer? “Focusing on being happy. As much as possible. What makes me happy? Just having the freedom to be doing what I want to do, really. Be it going to a nice restaurant, or getting a new tattoo, meeting new people, or reading something inspirational.” Words: Hayley Avron.
EAGULLS Eagulls are absolutely brutal, managing to be both ramshackle and ridiculously tight in the same breath. Labelled as hardcore and punk, both have had influence on their sound but the band embellish upon both. ERRORS With their latest album ‘Have Some Faith in Magic’, Errors have taken a step away from the banging Justice-style beats of their earlier records and a step towards the chill-wave sound that has everybody riled right now. EZY RYDER DJ Ezy Ryder breaks off from his current tour of the Norfolk broads to join us for what can only be described as an utterly shambolic display of what he thinks is quality entertainment. Watch this space! FACTORY FLOOR (pictured) The last year or so has really seen Factory Floor raising eyebrows and heart rates in the UK. With the glassy vocals of Nik Void over cool Germanic beats, their live shows are fast becoming the stuff of underground folklore. FAWN SPOTS Manic, fuzzy, lo-fi pop. For fans of No Age, Black Flag and feedback. FILTHY DUKES Heading down to Beacons with their DJ hats on, Filthy Dukes are no strangers to a party running the ‘Kill ‘Em All’ club night and label in London and a reputation for bringing bands such as Digitalism, Crystal Castles and Metronomy to wider attention. FRANCESCA PIDGEON 2011 was quite a year for this 17-year-old emerging Leeds artist. After joining ELFM’s Next Generation training programme in April she hasn’t looked back and the year culminated in playing to an audience of 15,000 people at the Leeds Lights switch on. FRANK CHICKENS A pop performance group founded in 1982, who had an independent chart hit with ‘We Are Ninja’, released 5 albums and toured worldwide including Glastonbury Festival’s second stage, NY’s Limelight Club, Sydney Trade Union Club, The Rock Festival in
Kazakhstan and Club Duckie at Royal Vauxhall Tavern. FRANKIE & THE HEARTSTRINGS Frankie & The Heartstrings, a 5-piece band from Sunderland, have spent the last two years touring endlessly, this is evident in their incredible live performances, so look forward to a fun and entertaining set. FREAKIN York’s premier house crew have been pushing the sound of underground house to the highest order for 15 years now, FREAKIN is a Beacons favorite. Head down to the social any time of day or night to get your groove on! FUN ADULTS As the year turned 2012 Tough Love Records were suggesting that Fun Adults might be the band to take the ‘esoteric rock’ mantle from Wild Beasts. With a captivating blend of electronica and introverted pop, they certainly have the material to match the demands, with offbeat vocals, layered over rich instrumentation. GEORGE MAHOOD AND GUMBO Mahood has a reputation for breaking funk records to the northern soul scene whilst Gumbo is making waves on the Rare Soul/ Funk scene more than ever. Together they run the highly acclaimed SOUL CITY event. GET FUNKED Playing a part in every former Moor Music Festival, York based duo Get Funked now bring their hip-hop, soul and funk vibe to Beacons. Expect some cuts of the very finest order as they are joined by special guest Dan Watts of the Brighton Gogglez collective. GHOSTPOET Last year the softly spoken rapper found himself in the company of PJ Harvey and Elbow when his debut album Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize. Ghostpoet has a gentle presence, muddling through the treacle of modern life. GOODNIGHT LENIN Goodnight Lenin sit firmly in the current crop of folk music that’s convincing everyone that it’s 1965 and electricity
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hasn’t been invented yet. Historical accuracy aside, Goodnight Lenin released ‘The Wenceslas Square EP,’ through Static Caravan, where they are labelmates with Laura J Martin, Tunng and Beth Jeans Houghton. GRASS HOUSE Good time enthusiasts! GREAT WAVES The group plays a unique blend of alternative rock and folk, that has been likened to everything from Allison Krauss to The Pixies. GROSS MAGIC Sitting somewhere between the grungepop of Yuck and the glam rock of T-Rex, Gross Magic has a tendency towards invention and theatrics; while his love of ELO is also unabashed and played out for all to see. HAWK EYES These rockers have undergone a serious transformation. Their recent shift in sound is ambitious and powerful, definitely steering them towards bigger venues, bigger crowds and reviews that go up to 11. HAYLEY GAFTARNICK Through her continued support of young, local artists Hayley has become one of Leeds best loved and most respected performers. She has a unique, soulful voice making the jazz, folk and blues she performs her very own. HEY SHOLAY Every ounce as blisteringly dense with musical sunshine as you would imagine a band named Hey Sholay might be. Add in the sensibilities of a sixties girl group, imbued with heavy Northern cynicism and you’re part way there. HOLOGRAMS (pictured) With their low-slung post punk sound, Holograms ring out a desolate youth and squalid existence. They have taken the essence of early British punk and spun it into the fabric of 2012. HOOKWORMS A hypnotic rumble of bass and guitars that truly howl, they do psychedelia on a razor’s edge, in a world where melodrama and
delay pedals collide. HUXLEY Raised on a diet of UK & US Garage, House and early rave music, Huxley has moulded his music into what can only be called his own distinctive brand of house. ILGHAZI Ilghazi joins our line up to play the Greendales stage on Saturday. IMP With a sense of adventure running through their exuberant songs, IMP draw their inspiration from American bands that like things scuzzy and lo-fi, but aren’t scared of a melody or two. IRIE VIBES The Irie Vibes Soundsystem is York’s biggest underground soundsystem weighing in at a chest rumbling 10kW, bringing a regular dose of the Caribbean culture to the city and now to Beacons 2012. JACOBEAN RUFF A brand new band with a whole heap of history: Jacobean Ruff mix up blues, soul, indie and anything else they can get their hands on, here is a band that will very soon have the words ‘ones to watch’ attached to them. Let’s just say we told you so. JACQUES ADDA Jacques Adda plays the Greendales stage on Saturday. JACUZZI BOYS Drawing their influence from the landmark shopping malls of Miami, the end result for you, the listener, is a raft of primal punk. They’re the sound of youth fading fast and glamour fading faster. JAM CITY The man behind Jam City’s something of a genre-avoider: the slovenly bounce of dubstep is often there, but fused with silken techno and house influences. JAMIE FLETCHER BAND Jamie has gathered together a group of talented musicians that show off his engaging and immediate songs to their full strength. A blast of pure pop goodness!
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JAPANDROIDS This Vancouver duo have gotten themselves a reputation for somehow performing the work of twice as many men and creating stadium-proof rock anthems, they sure know how to cut the fat off their joints. JAPANESE FIGHTING FISH Japanese Fighting Fish are a mysterious lot: ringmaster, funeral director, tree lopper and frightening, brooding, shadow beating drums to it all. Likened to Queens of the Stone Age and Captain Beefheart. JESSIE WARE (pictured) After collaborations with some of the most respected producers on the electronic spectrum including the fantastic SBTRKT Jessie has fast cemented herself as one of the freshest talents to emerge from the UK underground. JODEAN SUMNER – IT STARTS LIKE THIS ‘It Starts Like This’ was developed out of Jodean’s interest in the fluidity of meaning and the development of languages. This is a humorous look at our relationship to texts, in terms of the spoken, heard and visual. JON K (HOYA HOYA) Now a Hoya:Hoya resident, Jon K moves from genre to genre with absolute ease, as well as a genuine passion and a deep knowledge of whatever he plays – just ask anyone who knows him or has seen him play. JONNY CRAWSHAW Principally a 45 collector, Jonny Crawshaw is known for his eclectic dance-floor friendly sets, covering all bases from funk, soul & jazz, though reggae into hip hop and beyond. JUFFAGE This is a one-man band specializing in thumping drums and loop pedals. Juffage has been on the road and now he brings his larger-than-life performance style to Beacons. JULIO BASHMORE A product of the Bristol bass scene, the king of deep house comes to Beacons with a bag full of his finest soulful vibes.
JUNIOR BOYS Junior Boys make cerebral soul, born for the dance floor, gathering shards of dubstep and electronica along the way. Melancholy and uplifting at once. KEFAYA Kefaya (previously called Kalimero) are an exciting new UK-based collaboration with a totally unique sound. KING KRULE With a voice that belies his teenage years, King Krule is a dreamer, making the kind of music that could soundtrack your most languid thoughts. With a Cockney twang that recalls Joe Strummer, his lyrics are pure poetry, guitar playing sophisticated. KORELESS Cutting up vocals over spacious beats, he’s been compared to James Blake but is equally aligned with fellow heart-stringtuggers Submerse and Resketch. Come to dance, prepare to weep. KRL His take on house music plays heavily around recycling audio; vocals, samples, recordings and rhythms. Tracks like Chase, Machine Code and There Is Nothin’ You Can Teach Me exemplify his soul injected house music, with deep basslines and an original ear for vocals and samples. KWES Kwes makes gentle, art-felt electronica that manages to sound both piecemeal and wholesome, all at once. LAB MEAT An enlightened ham hoc of absurdist Cabaret splendor. A mashup of substandard ideas blended into an exacting viscosity of thick boiled stew. Be prepared to take up your meaty wings as conspirators to the seeds of mischief and mayhem. LAKOSA Lakosa will be joining our lineup of DJs to play the Greendales stage on Saturday. LANTERNS ON THE LAKE A gentle representation of the bleak spirit of the North East, the languishing folk of Lanterns on the Lake will be the perfect antidote for your two-day hangover.
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LIZ REYNOLDS One of Leeds’ best-loved secrets, this duo never fails to leave their audience captivated. LOUISE DISTRAS The personification of great punk rock, outlaw spirit and renegade soul, Louise Distras sings of desperate situations, dodging bullets, final stands and hostile towns. LUNICE Mixing up hip-hop and electro in a manner that suggests he’s trying to translate schizophrenia into sound. Lunice has been working with girl-of-the-moment Azealia Banks, as well as remixing Thunderheist and The Touch. Hold on to your straitjackets. LUV JAM Luv*Jam – the only biog we can see for him is the bizarre… 58% Rabbit / 16.1% Hedgehog / 4% Squirrel / 3.7% Fox / 3.4% Badger / 1.6% Rat / 1% Deer / 1% Stoat, Weasel, Polecat, Mink. But we know he is Andrew Cole and signed to bespoke vinyl labels such as: We Play House and Throne of Blood. LYLEY Lyley was a founding member of Underground Solushn, Scotland’s leading record shop in specialist music, where hip-hop and funk were his forte. As well as DJing Lyley also runs a vinyl night at the Hackney Picturehouse called Wax Off! Bring on the beats! MAGNETIC NORTH Their mix of refreshingly honest rhymes and organic beats has since become the duo’s trademark as they went on to rock stages and move hearts at hundreds of venues across the nation. MARCUS WORGULL Easing partygoers with his passion for deep house, his DJing style has been described as ‘venue appropriate’. Wonder if he’s ever been to the Yorkshire Dales before…? MARK WADDELL More at home in a bar than a library, Mark Waddell brings his gloriously twisted poems to the masses. A regular performer at The Torriano, the legendary London
venue known for performances by the likes of Pete Doherty and Noel Fielding, it’s no surprise he will be popping up in the most unlikely places at this year’s Beacons Festival. MARTIN SMITH A mixture of live music and spoken word, exploring the connection between jazz and political resistance in America, Martin Smith is a leading British activist, writer and speaker; his talk is interspersed with performances from exciting jazz musicians. MATT BENTLEY Matt Bentley has carved out a reputation in Leeds as a delicate and intricate performer, while also recording four albums and running his own nights. MAYA JANE COLES MJC has made her name both as a talented DJ and as a producer, with her compositions being a slick mix of late-night funk, polished house and bassline. MAZES Falling on the melodic side of grunge, Mazes churn out brief but tuneful scuzzed up pop and you’d be forgiven for assuming that Mazes had arrived on these shores via the beaches of California rather than the streets of London. MOUNT KIMBIE (pictured) Another stellar addition to the Beacons line-up, Mount Kimbie (London duo Kai Campos and Dominic Maker) are the leaders of the minimal dubstep sound. Last year’s Carbonated EP saw the duo praised for sticking to their guns and not bowing to commercialising their sound. NOPE A group that surpasses the sum of its parts, Nope recently pressed their doubledrumming, proggy, krautrock assault into vinyl discs for the album ‘Revision’ and it’s one of the boldest records we have heard in some time. Go see. Get lost in it. ONEMAN Undeniably one of London’s most important and influential DJs, credited by many as re-inventing old school garage with his high-level DJing skills. ‘I just wanna make people dance and people dance to good beats’, he says. Amen, we say.
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OUTFIT Outfit are a romantic blend of Postcard Records pop and synth-laden disco. They’re gentle and melodic, melding futurism and nostalgia at once. This is indie pop at its grandest; sweeping, majestic and refined. PALE SEAS With a neat line in swooning harmonies, Pale Seas emerged from Southampton, though they are imbued with the kind of melodic ingenuity usually distilled in the polar opposite end of the British Isles. PAWS PAWS bash out infectious, lo-fi, garage pop-rock that can quickly shift from cute melancholia to an unnerving territorial roar. On top of the pulsating fuzzy noise the three piece produce, sit dreamy melodies that bare the bones of their author. PATRICK WOLF (ACOUSTIC) Patrick Wolf is one of the world’s born performers and his latest album, ‘Lupercalia’, brings us Wolf at his most resplendent, bold and ambitious. Since the release of the album, Patrick’s live shows have been bombastic and celebratory, like an entire festival condensed into one set. PEARSON SOUND Pearson Sound has been a leading light in bass music of late. The material nods to soulful rave, but with clipped percussion and bassy synths that rattle deep enough to unsettle your core. PINS Listen to Pins and you’ll find layers of reverb and fuzz by the bucketload. Beyond that are Warpaint style harmonies, subdued melodrama and some gutsy substance under all that style. PLANK! Think Battles. Think Errors. Think good Electronic, instrumental, fuzzy rock from Manchester. POST WAR GLAMOUR GIRLS Styled on C86 charm and self-deprecation, their songs pick up where Morrissey left off with the sarcastic self-reflection and melodies.
ROB GALLOWAY Rob Galloway will be opening the show with his brilliant blend of folk and punk. ROOTS MANUVA Roots Manuva has one of the most colourful voices around and the music speaks as bold as he does. With last year’s ‘4everevolution’, Roots Manuva produced his greatest body of work since ‘Run Come Save Me’, shining a light on the dark shadows of modern life. RUNAROUND KIDS Runaround Kids play fast infectious DIY indie pop. Hailing all the way from Wakefield they play our Vice/Noisey stage on Friday. RUNNERS Runners are an analogue-rich dance band. Check out their debut ‘12 ‘Starting Line’ on Dummy Records and bring your dancing shoes. SABRINA PIGGOTT Taking her rich traditional music background Sabrina’s songs are full of a sense of open spaces and possibility. SAM THORNTON Sam never fails to leave audiences stunned with his smoky blues voice and tales of wine, women and song that transport listeners back to the good ol’ days. SANDRANI DUO Sandrani duo is an ensemble fusing together classical Indian Raag and folk song with Western-style grooves and improvisations. SAVAGES (pictured) Unfurling from a fog of mystery and intrigue, Savages came crashing into the world earlier this year. Recalling the likes of ESG, Effi Briest and Joy Division, Savages have embraced the darker sound of life. SEAS-OF-GREEN Seas-of-Green are positively genre schizophrenic, an ever changing, mutating, disbanding, reforming band, priding themselves on their pop hooks and being a little odd.
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SECRET SIRENS Describing themselves as ‘Dramatic Pop’ Secret Sirens have an ability to switch from epic to intimate in a heartbeat. SEVEN Join Seven in the Greendales Tent, Saturday afternoon, 2pm, sharp! SOUL CIRCUS Soul Circus will be known by most people who follow the Leeds music scene, having played Leeds Festival, Reading and the Isle of Wight. Their recent single released May 10th was the latest Soul Circus offering of wholesome rock n roll. SOUL JAZZ SOUNDSYSTEM The Soul Jazz Sound System is a DJ collective, they’ve been travelling the world for nearly twenty years, gathering the freshest of sounds as they go. Expect to hear everything from reggae, punk, Latin, disco, dubstep, Brazilian, jungle and more. SPIRIT OF JOHN This folk-punk Americana outfit can cause a raucous outbreak of stomping and hollering just about anywhere. SPLASHH Here in the Beacons office we can’t stop listening to their instant lo-fi classic ‘Need it’. Watch this space - these young lads are gonna blow up. STALKING HORSE Stalking Horse came into being after the breakup of main protagonist, Wu’s, previous band This Et Al in late 2008. Heading to the East Coast of England, recording began in earnest in August 2009 with producer James Kenosha at The Lodge, Bridlington. The result of these sessions was an album entitled ‘Specters’ and the Too Pure single, ‘Heathen Head, Howling Heart’. Stalking Horse makes music to dream to. STAR SLINGER Manchester’s Darren Williams tears the likes of Rihanna, Drake and Mount Kimbie apart and pieces them back together like he’s lost the rulebook. STAY+ This Manchester duo is committed to making soulful, glitchy electro-house and
is easily identified by their rave-tinted cuts and inventive videography. STILL CORNERS Still Corners make atmospheric music that wouldn’t sound out of place on a movie of its own. Tessa barely whispers the lyrics over delicate, but driving tracks, giving them a seriously ethereal air. STUART MCCALLUM Embracing simple, memorable melodies, Stuart creates a sound that is concentrated and distinctive. A new hybrid of composition, production and performance. SUBMOTION ORCHESTRA (pictured) Ruby Wood’s vocals pierce the soundtrack provided by the rest of the Submotion Orchestra gang, as they bridge the gap between modern jazz and dubstep. A fine collective of talented musicians, with their laid-back fusion of funk, hip-hop and soul. SUNLESS ’97 Spiritual brethren of artists like Gang Gang Dance, Young Magic and Grimes, Sunless ’97 mix bold drumbeats with hazy synthesizers and washed out vocals. SWIM DEEP Swim Deep is a four piece band from Birmingham UK. Their music has been described as “Beach grunge”. The band often get mentioned in the same sentence as fellow Birmingham bands Peace and Troumaca who also make slacker beach rock. TALK TO ANGELS Mickey and Craig met at a house party. After discussing a mutual love of certain bands such as Fugazi, Biffy Clyro and Weezer they figured out they should start one. With a new album on the way Talk To Angels are a band on the up. TALL SHIPS Their ranging, spidery songs veer between gentle, layered melody and a raucous knees-up, with bass lines that threaten to shatter the bones of those in attendance at their gigs. Tall Ships weave a rich tapestry of sound that is every bit as emotive as it is cerebral. THAT FUCKING TANK There is a real depth to their brutally
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hypnotic math-rock, TFT seem to have proven that their enduring appeal lies in their riffs and not in their trousers. THE ARTISTS The Artists bring a bright new sound to the indie music scene, uniting the texture of captivating melodies, strong lyrics and swaggering riffs to produce a huge sound. THE BLACK SEA Albert Ross (formerly of Albert Ross and the Otters) is back leading a new band of lovers, skeptics, dreamers and hopeless romantics down a ragged path of righteousness and rock and roll. THE FELICE BROTHERS Sitting somewhere between country, folk and rock, The Felice Brothers take the age-old notion of wine, women, whiskey and song, then take it up a notch. Their last album, Celebration, Florida, was a top 5 hit in the US. THE FINNLYS Mixing honest, gritty musicianship with upfront and memorable song writing, this band has developed a hardcore of loyal and devoted fans. THE HOUSEKEEPING SOCIETY The Housekeeping Society are a West Yorkshire-based folk-pop trio whose new album ‘Postcards’ is a song cycle that takes as its central theme the rise and fall of the English seaside. THE HORN AND THE HUNT The Horn and the Hunt are a pop band from Leeds, England, comprising of Clare Carter and Joseph Osborne. On stage they are joined by Conor Lawrence on the drums and Alice Miller on guitar. Characterised by powerful female vocals with rock and electronic influences, The Horn and the Hunt consider themselves largely unfaithful to any specific musical style or genre, settling with the term ‘pop’ to describe their desire to connect with people through storytelling. THE MAGNETIC NORTH The result of their album ‘Orkney: Symphony of the Magnetic North’ is an accomplished blend of folk music and classical compositions that slays with its beauty.
THE WAVE PICTURES They’re the kind of band for whom the words ‘quintessential’ and ‘British’ are well married, with songs that are gawky and awkward, witty and fun. They have song titles like ‘We Dress Up Like Showmen’ and ‘Stay Here And Look After The Chickens’. THE WONDERFUL SOUND OF THE CINEMA ORGAN With an all-live setup comprising string, vocal, horn and rhythm sections, The Wonderful Sound of the Cinema Organ presents a unique sonic and visual experience, bringing the nostalgic warmth of vintage jazz up to date with a captivating presentation and a highly danceable contemporary edge. THEME PARK Masters of a percussive groove and a satisfying guitar hook, Theme Park always know when to run with it as they roll from enjoyable verses to delicious choruses. For fans of Metronomy, Friendly Fires and Maccabees. THIS AINT VEGAS After splitting a few years ago This Ain’t Vegas reunited in April for a low-key gig in Leeds. Who knows how long they’ll be with us; enjoy the resurrection of these Sunderland-dwelling post-punk anthem makers. THOMAS TRUAX Straight outta Wowtown via New York City, armed with an array of bizarre homemade instruments, Truax gives captivating live performances, crafting some very potent songs, evocative and rich with melancholy. TOOTS & THE MAYTALS (pictured) Sunday headliners Toots and the Maytals are legends in the world of roots music. Their influence is cast far and wide, beyond the immediate world of reggae and ska, through to modern songwriters like the late Amy Winehouse. Not to be missed. TIBETAN YOUTH Tibetan Youth are a dynamic duo who mix ambient soundscapes and dreamy melodies, backed by organic yet electronic influenced beats. This blend, created from looping guitars, MPC triggered samples and mellifluous baritone vocals, morphs into a sonic form of its own, gracefully
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twisting into the consciousness of its listeners. VERONICA FALLS Veronica Falls are a must see for fans of the C86 sound. Presenting a heady mix of the Velvet Underground and Warpaint, these Londoners create harmonies to die for. Please check the pulse of anyone not seen weeping slightly if they play ‘Teenage.’ VISIONS OF TREES Joni was winging it when he booked the first Visions of Trees gig. He knew the vocals were going to be a key element but he didn’t meet Sara until two days before. Thankfully, the chemistry balanced and the resulting sound is something like Sarah Cracknell fronting for The Weekend. WACHS LYRICAL Wachs Lyrical is a producer and DJ of underground dance music. He also composes bespoke music for adverts, corporate videos, television and films. Wachs Lyrical has received DJ support from N-Type, Kissy Sell Out, Goth-Trad, MRK1 and many others. WEIRD DREAMS Believe the hype! This band have practically ripped J. Mascis’ melodic tendencies from his throat and drenched them in surf-pop harmony, stolen the jangle from every 80s indie band that ever existed and created their own blissed-out, reverb-heavy wonderland. WILD BEASTS (pictured) Wild Beasts possess a sound that has grown ever richer since their 2006 debut and is now augmented by the addition of Katie Harkin (Sky Larkin) on keys and backing vocals. Wild beasts will be bringing their operatic grandeur to the wilds of the Yorkshire Dales with the headline slot for Beacons on the Saturday night.
WILLIS EARL Willis Earl Beal is one of life’s born performers and his live shows are characterised by a serious intensity and unpredictability. You never know quite what he’s going to do; though you can be fairly certain that it will involve copious amounts of whiskey and some of the most impassioned, rawest a cappella / lo-fi folk that you are likely to hear. He’s become known for the time that he dedicates to his fans and even publicly dished out his phone number for people to give him a call so he could sing them a song. WILLY MASON Presenting Folk at its finest, Mason is one of life’s troubadours and with his gentle, gruff voice sings tales of dustbowl heartache, played out slow, strings howling in the distance, the crackle of campfires and old vinyl jostling to be heard. The passion and frustration of human relations cuts through the guitar lines until it’s palpable, like the sting of a fresh wound. WOT GORILLA Masters of math rock they write songs like creeping vines, with Mat Haigh’s taut vocals clambering up the twisted guitar lines. XXXY One of Manchester’s finest label-hopping, genre-chopping producers XXXY has developed an aggressive, accomplished and atmospheric sound for himself. A combination of teen influences and a skill that he’s honed over the years has resulted in a sound that layers tech-house sounds over drum & bass rhythms.
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Films & Documentaries Whatever floats your proverbial boat: from Biggie & Tupac to Bill Hicks and the Yorkshire Onland Boating Club, visit the Into the Woods tent for some festival escapism, where film screenings will be shown throughout the weekend. Kick back with a beer and enjoy the following gems we have chosen, for your delectation… DARK STAR Fri 00:00 Watch this cult classic, which has proved a seminal influence on 21st century sci-fi. John Carpenter’s 1970s low budget space comedy has found its place in the pantheon as the missing link between 2001: A Space Odyssey and Red Dwarf.
INDIEGAME: THE MOVIE Fri 15:00 First time feature directors Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky prove their skill at stylish story-telling by following the drama of young gaming developers, as they work feverishly to finish their games – and watch how the online world reacts.
BIGGIE & TUPAC (15) Thur 21:00 In 1997, Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls were gunned down, the apparent victims of hip-hop’s east-west rivalry. Nick Broomfield’s film introduces Russell Poole; an ex-cop with evidence that suggests the LAPD fumbled the case to conceal connections between the police, LA gangs and Death Row Records.
WINNEBEGO MAN Sun 01:00am Jack Rebney, a.k.a. ‘The Winnebago Man’—an ‘80s RV salesman whose hilarious meltdown was captured on video and passed around on VHS tapes, before exploding into an Internet phenomenon.
AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY (15) Sat 02:00am This is the award-winning feature doc that uses visually stunning animation to finally bring the amazing tale of cult comedian Bill Hicks, one of modern cultures most iconic heroes, to the big screen. YORKSHIRE ONLAND BOATING CLUB Sat 15:00 In 2009, a half-ton boat was pushed 102 miles across Yorkshire over 22 days. Along the way, the public were invited to inscribe the boat’s hull with messages. Now in 2012, performance company Pointed Arrow have released a documentary film that draws this journey together for the first time. WE ARE POETS Sun 15:00 We Are Poets presents a moving and inspirational story of youth, art and freedom of expression, as a remarkable team of six British teenagers are chosen to represent the UK at a poetry slam competition in the US.
THE MINERS HYMNS Thur 20:00 A wordless documentary, using images and music to depict the ill-fated mining community in the northeast of England. The film is structured around a series of activities, from the hardships of pit work to the battles with the police during the 1980s strikes. SHUT UP LITTLE MAN: AN AUDIO MISADVENTURE Sun 22:00 Flamboyant homosexual Peter Haskett shares a flat with raging homophobic Raymond Huffman, and when the alcohol starts flowing, so do the insults. THE PERVERTS GUIDE TO CINEMA (18) Thurs (23:00) With his engaging and passionate approach to thinking, Zizek delves into the hidden language of cinema, uncovering what movies can tell us about ourselves. NEW ORDER PLAY AT HOME Sun 17:00 Capturing Factory Records in its coolest period in 1983, when New Order had just changed the world of rock and dance with Blue Monday, this film captures Tony Wilson, Martin Hannett and Rob Gretton and the full Factory Records roster at their peak.
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BEACONS BOUTIQUE ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR For many years the English have found fun on the fairground; freakshows, fortune tellers, facepainting and dizzying carousels have long created that bizarre terrain of ramshackle glamour and clownish tomfoolery. What better way to celebrate this tradition than to re-create it with our festival theme for 2012: ‘All the Fun of the Fair’. Costume interpretation is entirely up to you, but make sure you pick something suitably bedazzling. Limited time? Just visit our in-house costumiers, ReMade in Leeds, who will transform you with glitter, feathers and paint. Also at Beacons Boutique you’ll find the Marvelous Tea Dance, Oxfam, the Print Plant and one-off Beacons merchandise.
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The Ladybird Tent The Ladybird Tent is an area for the whole family. Join in mask making workshops, parades and create something new with your children in this magical space. Check out our offerings, and the day-by-day schedule on page 2-5 for full details… FANTASTIC CABARET This isn’t cabaret just for kids, this is FAMILY FOCUSED! Designed to be accessible for the whole family, kids will love it and it will also have the parents rolling with laughter, you can happily spend the whole evening with us safe in the knowledge that you’ll all have a fantastic time. PERFORMANCE WORKSHOPS A range of activities suitable for all ages can be experienced in the Ladybird kids area. If you have a bit of the performer about you, or fancy learning a brand new skill, you can join Ladybird in one of their legendary performance workshops! Expertly led by experienced boffins and top noggins, each workshop will take a group of up to 30 people on a creative journey. You can start with NO experience required and finish having learned a great new skill. DROP IN CRAFT Ladybird presents a programme of craft activities where anyone between the ages of 0 and 300 can join us in the magical red Ladybird tent, and get their hands dirty and their fingers dancing on a little creative journey. Our highly experienced crafty crew will be on hand to give you as much or as little help as you want and with the activities changing each day, running all day long and COMPLETELY FREE TO EVERYONE, this is the perfect place for the whole family to come and enjoy a bit of make’n’take.
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Get involved!
THE LADYBIRD PROJECT
THE LADYBIRD PROJECT
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Arts & Culture INSTALLATIONS Beacons presents enough quirky objects and immersive installations to fire the imagination. Keep your eyes peeled for visual art spread across the site, from contemporary totem poles created by our in-house dÊcor collective, to the electric statements by Neon Love, kindly donated to us by East Street Arts and Hippoprint. Other weird yet wonderful things to watch out for: the Flagyrinth, Nebulas and Theremin Bollards, Best Joined Up, Diddy Golf, Dub Luv, Giant Scrabble, Golau Glau, Nebula paintings, Thousand Reasons and Wickerbasket. GUERILLA THEATRICS The stage is not the only place for theatricality and guerilla acts of leftfield performance. From the comedic to the sublime, confront our troupes of troublemakers on the ground. Or, on the Rave Rug. Or in the Post Office. Watch
them lecture nonsense for 72 hours, witness Chicken-Shop Shakespeare and then get bundled into a gender-bending caravan by the glitterati: Miss Try Angle and D Performance. Other bizarre encounters to look out for: Clinic Presents, Elephant, Ian J Lea, Mark Waddell, Nicole Garneau - Uprising, Salle Pierre Lamy and Thom Shaw. KIDS AND FAMILY Many of our attractions are suitable for all the family, though we also have a range of features, workshops and attractions specifically for children: make sure you check out the kids and parents breakfast club in the family camping area and the fancy dress games, parades and kids cabaret organised by the Ladybird Project. More stuff to look out for: shadow puppets and story telling with Lara McClure.
NEON LOVE
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JUDY’S AFFORDABLE VINTAGE FAIR THE HEALING QUARTER All that boogie left you feeling broken? Head down towards our Healing Quarter and you will find Yogalates, relaxing massage and refreshing Aerockbics sessions. At the core of the area is Herd of Cats, a social enterprise run by a team of therapists and workshop leaders from a diverse range of backgrounds and experience. Just what you need after a few too many craft ales… Find them near the ELFM Caravan of Love. JUDY’S AFFORDABLE VINTAGE FAIR Judy’s Affordable Vintage Fair will be offering Beacons Festival-goers a selection of vintage, re-worked and hand-made stalls, all selected by fashion experts and price checked to ensure shoppers are paying up to 75% less than high street prices for their vintage. Find Judy and her fabulous collections opposite the Stool Pigeon Stage.
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Into the Woods: Our Pick Take off your shoes and stroll Into the Woods. A place for lounging, listening and looking with a bit of mind bending thrown in for good measure. From debates to performance lectures, spoken word to jazz, kick back and enjoy an eclectic program of varied entertainment. NB: More excellent talks, films and performances are listed in our film section and dayby-day line-up… COMEDY: Abie Philbin Bowman Sex, Lies & The KKK. This controversial comedian asks: wasn’t Jesus mixed-race? When does promiscuity become romantic multitasking? PERFORMANCE: Aprosodia Music Producer Ed Carter will create a new piece of instrumental music, using written text relating to the festival as the ‘notation’. PERFORMANCE: Being 747 Presents ‘The Clockwork Universe’ BEING 747 bring you a brand new scientific rock opera that will stretch your imagination to infinity and beyond. COMEDY: Daniel Bye How much is beauty worth? What will people pay for an air guitar on eBay? Can I have a glass of milk? These urgent questions are answered in this lecture / stand-up storytelling show about value. STORYTELLING: Kill Lord Whitney – Cassandra Kill A plot against the life of the Lord has been discovered and the freaks are all suspects. This is a story narrated by Bert - a journalist and fallen academic – who the Lord brings to the circus to try and unravel the mystery. PERFORMANCE: Live Art Bistro MEAT (18+) LAB presents MEAT, an enlightened ham hoc of absurdist Cabaret splendor. STORYTELLING: Matthew Bellwood (14+) Storyteller Matthew Bellwood tells cautionary tales about life, love and the importance of owning your own eagle. PERFORMANCE: Martin Smith A mixture of live music and spoken word, exploring the connection between jazz and political resistance in America.
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Food & Drink Enjoy some tantalizing offerings from this hand picked selection of food traders spread across the Beacons site. Whitelocks Craft Beer and Real Ale Tent Whitelocks have a vast knowledge of the best new and traditional ales and are bringing it to Beacons this year. Scrumptious booze brought to you by Leeds’ oldest pub. Purely Wood Fired Pizzas Priding themselves on their first class service, Purely Wood Fired will be bringing their van to offer pizzas, drinks and ice cream. Only the best for you lot. The Tasty Fish Co. A great British favourite is here at Beacons 2012 – Tasty Fish Co - a traditional fish and chip bar. Carnival Coffee Carnival Coffee are fully trained baristas who aim to please, offering all barista-style drinks hot or cold, from hangover cures to going to bed drinks. The Green Machine The Green Machine is a family run business, specializing in vegetarian and vegan food, the best place at Beacons to get ethical and delicious food. The Tasty Burger Co. There’s something really comforting about a perfectly cooked, thick and tasty burger, and at KK Catering we know just how to make your mouth water. Spud of the Earth Spud of the Earth is a British jacket potato company that combines the traditional with the modern by taking an innovative, creative and contemporary approach to the much-loved spud. The Cumberland and Westmorland Sausage Company They sell sausages – just sausages – of Cumbrian pork from their small farm in the Lake District. Make sure you pay them a visit. Casa Paella Serving the authentic Spanish dish with rice, spice and all things nice! Toastie Heaven You can’t go wrong with a toasted sandwich, and this stall offers much more than your standard ham and cheese.
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Site Etiquette: Leave No Trace John Howard, the farmer who kindly lets us use this beautiful site handed it over to us in pristine condition. Part of this year’s mission is to preserve the land during the event and return it to Mr Howard in the same state as he handed it to us. We are doing this in several ways this year and most involve your help. 1)
When you arrive at the box office you will be issued with a black bin bag, please use this to clear around your camping area when you leave. If everyone fills a bag this will go a long way towards leaving the site clean.
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When travelling around the festival site, PLEASE use the bins provided. Attached to the bins you will see some cigarette bins, these are massively important as these fields are often the home to cows and sheep. Farm animals are most likely to die on a green field site used for an event space after the ingestion of cigarette filters. THEY DO NOT BIO DEGRADE they are made from nylon and are very harmful to livestock.
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Please under no circumstances leave any tents on the site, unfortunately this is fast becoming a trend at festivals and we don’t want it to be one at Beacons. Obviously the cheapness of tents and camping equipment sold by the nations big chain stores make these items somewhat of a throwaway item for some people, but please respect the festival, its staff and the landowner by not doing this.
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We have a team of expert cleaners and litter pickers to help us keep the site clean before, during and after the event. Please respect them and help them in their job by following our requests.
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We aim to recycle as much of the waste the festival produces as possible. This is done off site by state of the art machinery. Keep an eye out on the Beacons website after the event where we will inform you what percentage of rubbish was recycled.
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Common sense: on a safety note, if you see anyone doing anything particularly silly like bringing a lit disposable barbeque into a tent to stay warm, please stop them! There have been a number of incidents this year: just don’t go there!
Many thanks for your cooperation. The Beacons Team & John Howard
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sTAGE INFORMATION THE STOOL PIGEON STAGE CURATED BY THE IRON WAGON, IN ASSOCIATION WITH EAT YOUR OWN EARS Our main stage, brought to you by a winning combination of regional and national promoters and the much loved music paper, The Stool Pigeon. This stage will be home to an abundance of talent over the weekend, including our headliners Roots Manuva, Wild Beasts and Toots and the Maytals. THE VICE / NOISEY STAGE Expect the best in new music on the Vice / Noisey stage, with each day’s band selection tailored to a different vibe. GREENDALES Catch the likes of Julio Bashmore and Mount Kimbie on our dedicated dance stage: expect the full spectrum of dance sounds from electro through to dubstep, from our choice DJs and live acts. THE KOPPARBERG CUBE See special guest appearances from acts appearing elsewhere in the Beacons programme, here at the intimately sized cubic inflatable, lovingly brought to Beacons by our friends at Kopparberg. BEACONS SOCIAL Find a laid back atmosphere and DJs playing the best in funk, hip hop, soul and reggae here from 12:00 til 6:00pm. Following that, expect a house-tech-disco vibe, with special guests taking to the stage, including including A Love From Outer Space with Andrew Weatherall & Sean Johnston. INTO THE WOODS A place where you can catch a film, watch a performance, participate in a discussion or have a game of chess. Come in and grab a coffee and witness the most eclectic line-up at the festival. SOMETHING IN THE SHED There will be Something in the Shed all weekend, come, join in or simply watch from a safe distance. All welcome! ELFM CARAVAN OF LOVE ELFM will be hosting an outdoor acoustic stage exposing the latest unsigned talent from the region as well as broadcasting live from their mobile broadcasting... caravan! LADYBIRD TENT From crazy cabaret to live bands, the Ladybird Tent will be staging plenty of acts over the weekend so make sure you check out this child-friendly, family-oriented oasis.
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