Land Of Kings 2013

Sunday 5th May 2013
various venues in the East End, London, N16 8BH, England MAP
£25

Last updated: Tue 23rd Apr 2013

Land Of Kings returns on Bank Holiday Sunday 5th May 2013. The event will be based on the Dalston/Stoke Newington borders, at 15 venues in London. The festival connects a selection of venues with some of the areas artists, DJs, promoters and labels.

Line-up

A Love From Outer Space - Andrew Weatherall & Sean Johnston, Avarus, Babe, Boxed In, Bo Ningen (Special Improv Set), Brownswood DJs, Bugged out 10 x 10, Casual Sex, Chrome Hoof, Circle Traps, Clancy, Dan Beaumont, Dark Sky, Darkstar, Disco Bloodbath, Drums of Death (DJ set), Faze Action, Fimber Bravo, Five Easy Pieces DJs, Flako, Friendly Fires DJs, Gaggle, Gang Colours, Gentlemen, Great Waves, Halls, James Lavelle, The Lovely Jonjo, Lowlife DJs, Kiwi, Krankbrothers, Moshi Moshi DJs, Nathan Gregory Wilkins, Night Works, N.E.W, New Young Pony Club, Oh Ruin, Paradise, Petit Records, Public Information, PVT, Reggae Roast, Riton, Rompa, Rory Phillips, Seams, Sega Bodega, Skream, Soft Rocks, Sweet Baboo, Tee Circus, Tayo, The Nest Collective, Tee Circus, To The Lazer Cave, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (DJ set), Tropics, Troumaca, The Wave Pictures, Week of Wonders presents, William Adamson. With more still to be announced

Arts & Interactive comes courtesy of Camille Walala presents 'The Walala UV Room', Fanfarlo rescore 'Choni the Circle Maker' by experimental filmmaker Adam B. Daniels, Gideon Reeling, Hammer & Tongue present Haiku Debating Society, House of Hot Breath Video Dance Party, Lost Picture Show presents 'Film Soundtrack Karaoke', Mr Bingo, Musical Bingo, Poetry Takeaway, and 'Vortex Vinyl Vernacular' Record Fair.

Tickets

The early bird offer has ended. Tickets are priced at £25. To buy tickets, click here.

The festival wristband will grant access to some of Dalston's best-loved venues, including The Alibi, Arcola Theatre, Arcola Tent, The Bunker, Dalston Roof Par, Eastern Curve Garden, The Print House, Moustache Bar, Shacklewell Arms, Servant Jazz Quarters, and Vortex Jazz Club, alongside a host of secret hideaways to be found.

This year's Land of Kings starts alfresco style in the afternoon with an indoor/outdoor village fete-come-street party, spiralling out as night falls to infiltrate the neighbourhood. Expect a pop-up live stage presented with RFB, rooftop barbecue, label showcases, and original DIY broadcasters London Fields Radio, plus Street Feast of Kings - our very own convoy of the finest grub from Street Feast.

Theatres, basement bars, clubs and pubs, cafes and warehouse spaces will host over a kilometre of locally sourced festival fun and provide the backdrop for a good old East End knees up. Guests will be able to dine on a regal banquet laid on by a host of carefully selected concessions as well as special discounts in local restaurants for festival-goers.

Art and interactive programme

Events confirmed include Camille Walala presents 'The Walala UV Room', Lost Picture Show presents 'Film Soundtrack Karaoke', The Nest Collective, and the 'Vortex Vinyl Vernacular' Record Fair.

Back with a broader Art and Interactive programme than ever, the Land of Kings brings installations and shows from Hackney Film Festival, Classic Album Sundays, Hammer & Tongues, Literary Deathmatch, Dalston Darlings Women's Institute, Gideon Reeling, 'Diet Coke is Illegal in the Philippines' by BestCleo, Classic Album Sundays (both days), Legacy in the Dust, and the Four Aces BBQ.

Elsewhere N16's warehouse theatre company, Stoke Newington International Airport, present their world-travelling, one-to-one performance concept night Live Art Speed Date whilst local London Fields Radio invite punters and performers to drop in to their special onsite station. The Austerity Games will be taking attendees to the surreal depths of a bunker beneath Dalston's main drag for a series of random encounters.

More information will be here when available.