Band of Skulls to headline Standon Calling

plus Bastille, AlunaGeorge, King Charles, The Correspondents, & more

By Scott Williams | Published: Tue 19th Feb 2013

Standon Calling 2013

Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th August 2013
Standon House, Standon, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG11 1PR, England MAP
£125 - weekend sold out, only Friday & Sunday day tickets

Daily capacity: 2,000

Blues-rock trio Band Of Skulls are the second headlining act to be announced for Standon Calling 2013.

Also joining the first act confirmed, headliner De La Soul, at the 13th independent music festival and themed summer party, returns to the grounds of a 16th Century Hertfordshire manor house for the weekend of Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th August 2013 will be Bastille, AlunaGeorge, King Charles, The Correspondents, Gentleman's Dub Club, Revere, Belakiss, Bibelots, New Groove Formation, Stills, and local act Annie Dale.

Early bird tickets are now sold out. However, tier one weekend tickets are priced at £99, children under 13 are free and don't require a ticket. To buy tickets, click here.

The fancy dress theme will take over the festival site with interactive theatre, art installations and costumes. The theme has not yet been announced for 2013. There are still many more live acts, DJs, art, theatre and fringe entertainment, family-friendly activities, micro-venues and other attractions still to be announced.

There are numerous stages and the odd unexpected stage appearing from nowhere. The festival boasts a number of bars, one of which is hewn out of an enormous oak tree, secret areas, interactive theatre, swimming pool (with underwater dance area), boutique camping (beach huts, yurts and tipis), kids area, and festival food.

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