6 Music revealed the line-up of artists who will be performing at the 6 Music Festival 2016 in Bristol from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 February.
The line-up includes Underworld, Foals, Suede, Laura Marling, Roots Manuva, Savages, Roisin Murphy, Misty In Roots, John Grant, Ezra Furman, White Denim, Field Music, Kurt Vile, Julia Holter, Daughter, Buzzcocks, Everything Everything, Guy Garvey plus many more.
They will join Primal Scream, Tricky presents Skilled Mechanics, The Blue Aeroplanes, Sherwood & Pinch, and Roni Size & DJ Krust present Full Cycle, who were announced before Christmas when Bristol was unveiled as the location for this year’s Festival.
Additionally, on Saturday 13 February, as part of the Colston Hall line-up on the Concourse Stage, 6 Music presenter Don Letts curates seven hours of DJ performances showcasing the evolution of Bass culture which will include Dennis Bovell, Ray Mighty, and Massive Attack's tour DJ Queen Bee. And on Sunday 14 February the Concourse Stage features a line-up of DJ sets from some of the UK’s most inventive electronic artists, including Mount Kimbie, Matthew Herbert, Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve, and 6 Music presenter Gilles Peterson.
The third year of the Festival will see over 50 acts across three days delivering live music, conversation, comedy and more taking place at venues across the city - Motion, Colston Hall, O2 Academy Bristol and Basement 45, plus Festival by Day at Trinity. With the previous 6 Music Festivals being held in Manchester (2014) and Tyneside (2015), the 6 Music Festival has built a reputation for bringing together emerging and established artists who represent the very best alternative music of the moment. Keep across all the latest updates at #6MusicFestival
Bob Shennan, Controller, BBC Radio 6 Music, says: “This year’s 6 Music Festival in Bristol will bring a feast of entertainment to a city that has a musical story to tell. The Festival will bring together a rich combination of some of the UK’s burgeoning talent including Blossoms and Rozi Plain coupled with 6 Music favourites such Underworld and Laura Marling, fully reflecting 6 Music’s exciting and diverse output.”
Tickets will go on sale on Monday 25 January from 10am. Full details about purchasing tickets, plus terms and conditions, can be found at bbc.co.uk/6music. There are five different tickets available across the weekend, as follows:
Friday 12 February at Motion. Tickets priced £35 (plus booking fee & postage)
Performing across two stages from 5pm: Primal Scream, Yeasayer, Roots Manuva, Savages, !!! (chk chk chk), Blossoms, and Sherwood & Pinch
Saturday 13 February at Motion. Tickets priced £35 (plus booking fee & postage)
Performing across two stages from 5pm: Suede, Daughter, Roisin Murphy, Tricky presents Skilled Mechanics, Steve Mason, Field Music and C Duncan
Saturday 13 February at Colston Hall and O2 Academy, Bristol. Tickets priced £40 (plus booking fee & postage)
Colston Hall, performing across three stages from 4pm: Underworld, Roni Size & DJ Krust present Full Cycle, White Denim, Misty In Roots, Ezra Furman, RAT BOY, Blanck Mass, Gwenno and Golden Rules, Dennis Bovell, DJ Queen Bee, Ray Mighty, Fresh 4, Bliss Zion, 2 Kings Records Soundsystem
O2 Academy, Bristol (main stage) from 5pm: Bob Mould, Mystery Jets and Hinds
Sunday 14 February at Motion. Tickets priced £35 (plus booking fee & postage)
Performing across two stages from 5pm: Foals, Everything Everything, Beirut, frank turner & the sleeping souls, POLIÇA, Kurt Vile and The Invisible
Sunday 14 February at Colston Hall and O2 Academy, Bristol. Tickets priced £40 (plus booking fee & postage)
Colston Hall, performing across three stages from 4pm: Laura Marling, John Grant, Guy Garvey, Julia Holter, The Blue Aeroplanes, Rozi Plain, This Is The Kit and The Moonlandingz, Gilles Peterson, The Pop Group ‘noise set’ with Geoff Barrow, Auntie Flo, Matthew Herbert, Mount Kimbie, Appleblim, and Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve
O2 Academy, Bristol (main stage) on Sunday 14 February from 5pm: Buzzcocks, Bloc Party and Hooton Tennis Club
Whilst the events will be attended by thousands of people, those at home won’t miss out. BBC Radio 6 Music will be broadcasting from the festival across the weekend from Friday 12 February with the network’s presenters coming live from all the venues, day and night. The station will air many of the performances live from Motion, Colston Hall, O2 Academy Bristol and Basement 45, with others recorded and aired in shows later in the week and on future dates.
The 6 Music Festival can also be seen and heard across digital platforms. As well as being broadcast on the station across the weekend, highlights from a selection of performances will be available to watch via the BBC Red Button at various times during the weekend of the event and over the following fortnight.
Also returning this year is the 6 Music Festival by Day - a presentation of spoken word, poetry and performance events - on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 February, plus 6 Music Festival Late club nights on Friday 12 and Saturday 13 February. These events will each be ticketed separately to the night time gigs, with the line-ups being announced on air on Tuesday 26 January.
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