04.24
fiqih nufi
Cardiff's multi-venue three-day musical holiday, Swn Festival, returns to the Welsh capital for its fourth outing, from Thursday 21st to Saturday 23rd October 2010 - and the first set of confirmed bands has been announced; including the likes of Spectrals, Perfume Genius, Y Niwl (recently featured on this very blog), Standard Fare and Happy Birthday.
The festival has been increasingly popular year after year, exciting the locals and attracting those from further away to make the journey to Cardiff city centre to catch some of the UK's and the world's brightest emerging talents, as well as plenty of music seminars, Q&A's and talks.
Swn is organised by local promoter John Rostron with Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens, and is helped along the way by other independent promoters and labels from Cardiff and around the UK. 2010 will see the usual emphasis on smaller bands (previous years have seen the likes of Girls, The Big Pink, and The Drums in their early days playing tiny venues), but will also be more accommodating for those with a heavier musical persuasion, teaming up this year with Cardiff-based GRAB Promotions.
The full list of confirmed bands so far is:
AL LEWIS
ARABROT
BELLINI
BRYN FON A’R BAND
COLORAMA
CRASH. DISCO!
EVENING CHORUS
FICTION
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
HUW M
JOE WORRICKER
JOHN MOUSE
KUTOSIS
PAUL HEATON
PERFUME GENIUS
RIGHT HAND LEFT HAND
SPECTRALS
STANDARD FARE
SUN DRUMS
SWANS
T3ETH
THE EX
THE LAST REPUBLIC
VIOLAS
WE//ARE//ANIMAL
WICKES
Y NIWL
Available to purchase now (from places such as Spiller's Records or WeGotTickets) are a range of different wristbands. Weekend wristbands are priced at £45, Thursday only wristbands at £10, Friday only wristbands at £15, and Saturday only wristbands at £25.
Keep up to date with Swn happenings, including the announcement of another 80 (ish) bands to play, on Facebook or Twitter.
