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Rob Da Bank to headline London's Field Day

new additions also include Howling Bells, Efterklang, Noah And The Whale

By Scott Williams | Published:

Field Day 2008 - Howling Bells
Photo credit: Phil Bull


Field Day which brings together many of London's alternative concert and club promoters to produce a day of music in Victoria Park, London on Saturday 9th August have announced the stage splits and some more acts to the event which aims to have the charm of a village fete.

Many of the stage line-up have been announced and include some new additions, on the Converse and EYOE Stage Rob Da Bank will headline with El Guincho, and Noah And The Whale also now playing the stage. The AITBF and NME Stage has added The Mai Shi and the Homefires Stage will see performaces from Howling Bells, and Efterklang.

The Bloggers Delight Stage will see Matt And Olly headline with The Lovely Jonjo, Rory Phillips, Cormac, Casper C And Skull Juice, and Primary 1 now also confirmed to play.

They join the previously confirmed acts for the event who are Foals, Fionn Regan, Of Montreal, Laura Marling, Simian Mobile Disco, Richie Hawtin (Minus, Berlin) with visuals by Ali Demirel, Less Savy Fav, Cut Copy, Mystery Jets, Lightspeed Champion, White Lies, Huw Stephens, King Creosote (Duo), Dirty Projectors, Tunng, Eat Your Own Ears DJs, Emma Pollock, Mechanical Bride, The Notwist, White Lies, Brodinski, Jeffrey Lewis, Crookers, Dan Deacon, Magistrates, James Holden, Emperor Machine, The Field, One Little Plane, Filthy Dukes, and Bloggers Delight. With many more names still to come. For the line-up details as available please click here.

There's multiple music stages hosted by Eat Your Own Ears, Adventures In The Beetroot Field, Bugged Out!, Homefires and Bloggers Delight as well as fete activities with a twist. In addition to the main musical activities expect food and drink, a brass band on the Victorian band stand, coconut shy, tombola, tea and cake stall, welly throwing, barn dancing, tug of war, Morris dancing, and other classic village fete activities.

The event will run from noon until 10.30pm.

Tickets are priced at £25.00 - click here to buy.

Attendees are advised to use public transport as there are no parking facilities. The nearest tube is Mile End.

The venue is accessible for wheelchair users, with accessible toilets on-site. No glass bottles, no alcohol.

Howling Bells