ArcTanGent add 19 bands to bill

The bill for this year’s ArcTanGent festival has been extended with the addition of 19 bands.

La Dispute, the reunited Meet Me In St Louis, Nordic Giants and Errors are among those confirmed to appear at Fernhill Farm near Bristol on the weekend of August 18-20.

American Football, Sikth and Toe are amongst the acts previously announced, with a total of 70 bands performing across four stages to a strictly-limited crowd of 5000. The event is sponsored by Prog.

Booker James Scarlett says: “We’ve got some amazing exclusives. American Football and Toe will be playing their only UK shows of 2016. And when I heard that Meet Me In St Louis were reforming I was determined to bring them along to the party.

“This will be their only festival of 2016. We’re not sure how long the band will be back together for, so it could even be their last ever-show.

“If you’re a connoisseur of math-rock, post-rock or anything slightly outside of the mainstream then ArcTanGent is the only place to be this August.”

Tickets are on sale now via the festival website.

ArcTangGent bill so far

American Football – exclusive
Toe – exclusive
La Dispute
Sikth
Meet Me In St Louis – reunion
Caspian
Nordic Giants
Errors
TTNG
Animals As Leaders
Yndi Halda
Mutoid Man
Agent Fresco
Owen
Good Tiger
Raketkanon
MNHM
Tiny Fingers
Gulfer
Svalbard
Alarmist
Falls
Totorro
Alma
Town Portal
Dialects
Cheap Jazz
Kusanagi
Chiyoda Ku
SkyHitch
Anta
Floral
A WEREWOLF!
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