Meltdown 2012

The dates for Meltdown 2012 are confirmed to be from Wednesday 1st until Sunday 12th August 2012.

Each year MELTDOWN offers a guest director the chance to produce his or her own fantasy festival, mixing artists and art forms, reflecting their own personal passions and interests. The director for 2012 is Antony Hegarty, lead singer of the band Antony and the Johnsons.

Line-up

The latest acts Joan As Policewoman, Julia Kent, Matteah Baim, Yasmine, Jessica 6, Yoshito Ohno, Johanna Constantine, William Basinski, Matmos, oFF Love, Hercules and Love Affair, Antony Hegarty, John Grant, and Antony and the Johnsons themselves. Plus a talk titled Cleopatra - Not the Usual Passion Assigned to A Woman: A Tea with Janet Suzman + Kim Cattrall + Jude Kelly.

They join Lou Reed, Elizabeth Fraser, Marc Almond, Diamanda Galas, Laurie Anderson, CocoRosie, Joey Arias, The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, Vaginal Davis & Tenderloin, William Basinski, Maxim Moston, Planningtorock, Light Asylum, Marina Abramovic, Kembra Pfahler, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Myrninerest & Cyclobe, Selda, Charles Atlas, and Hal Willner.

Tickets

Ticket prices vary depending upon event. To buy tickets, click here.

More information will be here when available.

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