sixteen more acts confirmed for The Deer Shed

North Yorkshire's Deer Shed Festival today unveils the final names for their music line-up four months ahead of the festival weekend.

Added to the line-up on the Obelisk Main Stage are Frankie And The Heartstrings, Marcus Foster, and Tom Williams & The Boat.

The In The Dock Stage line-up is completed by opening act and 8-piece orchestral pop band Arthur Rigby and the Baskervylles. The third music stage on Saturday at Deer Shed is the Key Production Stage which will be supporting the best new and unsigned bands from the North of England. Tigers That Talked from Leeds will headline with Spokes, Let's Buy Happiness, The Neat, Just Handshakes (We're British), and Yonderboy joining them.

Saturday is Deer Shed's main music day with three stages running full programmes but in addition to the cabaret focus on Friday night and the chilled out 'long goodbye' on Sunday, music lovers can get their fix of more top new acts on both the first and last day of the festival as well. On Friday the Key Production Stage will play host to Hope & Social, Two Spot Gobi, and My Forever while the Greentop Circus run the cabaret evening in the Big Top, and on Sunday the In The Dock Stage is home to acoustic performances from Sam Airey, Holly Taymar, and The Glendale Family while festival goers chill out with coffee, newspapers and a morning market.

Previously confirmed are I Am Kloot who headline with The Go! Team. Joining them on the Obelisk Stage bill will be The Leisure Society, Erland and the Carnival, Caitlin Rose, Admiral Fallow, Matthew and the Atlas, Lanterns on the Lake, Laki Mera, Echaskech, Digitonal, Mach V, and Echaskech.

The family friendly Deer Shed Festival, debuted in July 2010, and takes place just a few miles from the A1(M) at Baldersby Park near Topcliffe, in North Yorkshire From Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th July 2011, the first weekend of the school summer holidays.

Having quickly sold out all 2000 tickets last year, the organisers have increased the capacity to 5000 and developing their format of differently focussed days to include a Friday night programme of an evening of cabaret including circus and comedy performances in a big top tent.

Tickets are available now priced as follows:

Adult (16+) weekend ticket (Fri-Sun) is priced at £59
Adult (16+) Saturday & Sunday only ticket is priced at £45
Child (aged 6 - 15 years) weekend ticket is priced at £15
Weekend campervan & caravan pass is priced at £15
All the kids activities and workshops free of charge and children under five go free but require a ticket. To buy tickets, click here .

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