The UK festival season just got longer...

| 05 June 2006

A brand new festival has just extended summer further into September. The End Of The Road Festival also promises 'extra long' sets from the likes of Badly Drawn Boy, British Sea Power, Jim Noir, and Brakes...

The End Of The Road Festival takes place at the Larmer Tree Gardens, Salisbury, Wiltshire, from 15-17 September.

The 5,000 capacity event takes over from Isle Of Wight fest, Bestival, as the summer season's closer, with an ethos that organisers hopes will generate an intimate atmosphere bringing bands and audience closer together.

Absentee, Electric Soft Parade, Ladyfuzz, Tilly And The Wall, M Craft, Simple Kid and The Boy Least Likely To are some of the other bands already confirmed to play over the weekend.

As well as being invited to play alternative and longer sets than they normally would, bands are being invited to interact with the audience via workshops, DJ sets, talks and film presentations.

Organisers are also promising quality food and beers and even friendly security!

Sophia Hagberg told VF: "We are doing this for the love of music and not to make a profit, and we are avoiding sponsorships in order to keep our creative freedom. An aim is to involve the bands as much as possible, and there will be room for bands to DJ, hold workshops and show films. A big top will be set up for various films and workshops throughout the weekend."

Heralding from Sweden herself, there will also be a distinct Scandinavian feel to the festival with several acts being brought over from Northern Europe, as well as Swedish food and Viking games!

Weekend camping tickets go on sale priced £95 and kids under 10 go for free. Click here for more.

The full lineup so far is as follows:

Badly Drawn Boy
British Sea Power
Howe Gelb (US)
James Yorkston
Kathryn Williams
Richard Hawley
Darren Hayman
Charlie Parr (US)
Pink Mountaintops (CAN)
Jim Noir
Kelley Stoltz (US)
Memory Band
El Perro Del Mar (SWE)
Simple Kid
Brakes
Electric Soft Parade
My Latest Novel
Absentee
Boy Least Likely To
Superthriller
Gravenhurst
Ralfe Band
Boy Omega (SWE)
Dawn Landes (US)
The Bright Space
Chris T-T
Crosbi
Ladyfuzz
Rose Kemp
Tilly and the Wall (US)
Jeremy Warmsley
Paris Motel
Barbarossa
Flipron
Stuffy & the Fuses
Dan Arborise
Gethin Pearson & the Scenery
Merz
Holly Golightly
Metronomy
Things in Herds
Hush the Many
Uncle John & Whitlock
Emmy the Great
M Craft
Sunny Day Sets Fire
Archie Bronson Outfit

More to come soon...