2000trees launches little sister festival near Bristol

The organisers of 2000trees and GocStock have got together to create a new event in the festival calendar for 2013. ArcTanGent Festival is a new independent festival for 5,000 that will takes place from Friday 29th until Sunday 31st August 2013 at Fernhill Farm, Cheddar, in Somerset.

Co-­founder of the new event, 2000trees' James Scarlett, said, "With ArcTanGent we wanted to take the festival template we've laid down with 2000trees and have more leftfield, experimental and post--rock orientated bands. To give you an idea of where we are coming from, our ideal headliners would be Mogwai, Mike Patton and the Mars Volta; although we have recently given serious consideration to blowing our entire budget on booking Nickelback or U2 just so we can set them on fire!"

James continued, "We've really found that Bristolians are crying out for something like this and they've been flooding our Facebook site with band suggestions ranging from up and coming local acts to potential headliners. People should definitely let us know who they want to see because we really do listen."

Fellow 2000trees and ArcTanGent organiser Simon Maltas added, "We feel that festival goers really love the intimacy and relaxed nature of small, independent festivals like ArcTanGent. Everything is in easy walking distance and there are no queues! If you lose your mates, you either make new ones or simply wait to bump into them again."

The third and final ArcTanGent organiser Goc O'Callaghan concluded, "We've done the research and we are undoubtedly the best priced festival out there. You'll get two nights camping, four stages, over 70 bands & DJs and the best local food & drink we can find. It's definitely great value!"

There are no acts confirmed yet for 2013. The first line up announcement will be made in mid-January. The music at ArcTanGent will be of a left field experimental / post-rock variety, expect Art-rock, math-folk, post-dance, maybe...?!

Early bird tickets are priced at £49 for those on their mailing list. To buy tickets, click here.

To see the listing for ArcTanGent, click here.

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