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The Big Chill adds James Blake

making a Thursday night main stage appearance

published: Tue 7th Jun 2011

Big Chill @ Eastnor Castle 2011

Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th August 2011

Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 1RL

£165 for the weekend

daily capacity: 30,000

last updated: Thu 1st Sep 2011

James Blake will headline the main stage, when for the first time it opens a day early, at The Big Chill Festival.

The post-dubstep pioneer - musician, DJ and producer will play a set of his highly-acclaimed smooth, dubstep-peppered electronic tracks on Thursday night at The Big Chill on the Deer Park Stage.

The Chemical Brothers, Kanye West, and Rodrigo Y Gabriela, top the line-up. Also confirmed are Empire Of The Sun, 2manydjs, Neneh Cherry, Wild Beasts, Electrelane, Mahala Rai Banda, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Jessie J, Metronomy, Janelle Monae, Crystal Fighters, Robert Plant and Band Of Joy, Warpaint, Femi Kuti and the Positive Force, Norman Jay, About Group, Chipmunk, Plastician, Aloe Blacc, Hercules And Love Affair, Horace Andy, Fenech-Soler, Cubic Zirconia, Calvin Harris, The Midnight Beast, Example, The Midnight Beast, Katy B, Devlin, Brandt Brauer Frick, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Quantic and his Combo Barbaro, Mulatu Astatke & The Black Jesus Experience, Liam Bailey, Jamie Woon, Flying Lotus, xxxy, Scuba, The Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra, Matthew Halsall Remixed, The Stepkids, Ghostpoet, Buraka Som Sistema, and more. For the line-up details, day and stage splits as available please click here.

The dates for The Big Chill 2011 are confirmed as from Thursday 4th until Sunday 7th August at the site which has four lakes, thick woods and an arboretum at Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire.

Tickets are priced at £165 per adult with a maximum of 4 tickets able to be bought per household, teen tickets (13 to 15 years old) are priced at £85, and kid (12 and under) tickets are priced at £5. Day tickets are priced at £75 for Friday, Saturday or Sunday, and two day tickets are also available.

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