Toumani Diabate, and Erol Alkan, for London's Field Day

Mali musician Toumani Diabate, and the master of mash up Erol Alkan, lead the latest announcements for London's Field Day.
Thet will be joined in London's Victoria Park by Final Fantasy the solo project of Owen Pallet (ex Hidden Cameras, The Arcade Fire and Les Mouches), DJ Fake Blood, electro duo Aeroplane, the hotly tipped atmospheric and expressive S.C.U.M., and Swedish duo First Aid Kit.

Mogwai will headline the event which takes place on Saturday 1st August, with the line-up also including Four Tet, James Yorkston, Apes And Androids, Malcolm Middleton, Fennesz, DJ Skream, and Errors. With more acts still to be confirmed.

This is just the first announcement of DJ's and bands for Field Day which offers festival goers a choice of multiple music stages and fete activities with a twist. The event which happens on Saturday 1st August 2009 is a summer event bringing together many of London's alternative concert and club promoters (Eat Your Own Ears, Adventures In The Beetroot Field, Bugged Out!) to produce a day of music, dancing and maximum hoopla set in London's heartland.

Field Day's very own village green will host stalls and activities throughout the daytime, ranging from sack-racing, to whack-the-rat, bowling for bacon, a coconut shy, tombola, and more.
Tickets are priced at £29.50. To buy tickets, click here.

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