Black Lips lead first acts for Camden Crawl Dublin

American rockers Black Lips lead the first line-up announcement for Camden Crawl Dublin which returns for a second edition this May, with a two-day gig and club bonanza around the centre of the city on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th May 2013.

The festival will kick off with an action packed Opening Night Party on the eve of the full blown Crawl. Montreal based Dirty Beaches will headline the Friday night festivities. Completing the bill at Whelans on 3rd May will be US/UK boy girl duo Big Deal, and London's Tropics plus very special guests still to be announced. Tickets for the event will go on sale tomorrow, Friday 22nd March priced at 20 euros.

Expect 100 hotly tipped International and Irish live acts and special guests performing across 15 venues dotted between Dublin's Camden Street and Temple Bar areas with a line-up featuring Darkstar, Wife, PAWS, Amateur Best, Prince Rama, We Were Evergreen, Stubborn Heart, Three Trapped Tigers, Gallops, Kid Canaveral, The Pictish Trail, Lanterns on the Lake, Concrete Knives, PVT, Hounds, Amateur Historians, Croupier, Overhead, The Albatross, School Tour, So Cow, Toby Kaar, and VerseChorusVerse.

Irish acts announced include Bantum, Bouts, The Casanova Wave, Cian Nugent & The Cosmos, Cloud Castle Lake, Daithi, Dogs, Elaine Mai, Faune, Fight Like Apes, Forrests, Girl Band, Grouse, Hidden Highways, The Holy Roman Army, Inni-K, Kid Karate, Kool Thing, Le Galaxie (DJ Set), Lemonada, Low Sea, Margie Lewis, Miracle Bell, Mossy Nolan, Nanu Nanu, The Nota, O Emperor, Orla Gartland, Orquesta, Owensie, Peter Delaney, Ships, Skelocrats, Sleep Thieves, Soil Creep, The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock, Squarehead, Swords, Unwinding Cables, We Cut Corners, White Collar Boy, and Yawning Chasm.

Due to certain restrictions organisers are unable to announce a few high profile special guests until April, so watch this space for some very exciting announcements and additions just after Easter.

Tickets are priced at £49.50 for both days, single day ticket £32.50. To buy tickets, click here.

Tickets are to be exchanged for wristbands which allow free entry to each of the participating venues throughout the festival as individual capacities permit. Wristbands and programmes announcing the full line ups and timings for the event are obtainable from 5pm – 10pm each day at the ticket exchange point located at Whelans, Wexford Street, Dublin 2.

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