Connect Festival adds IDLES, Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler, Holly Humberstone and Joesef to it’s line-up alongside already announced artists such as Jon Hopkins, The Chemical Brothers and The National.
Connect Festival launches in 2022 for the first time, taking place 26th – 28th August at Edinburgh’s Royal Highland Centre Showground, the festival promises to “feature the best in left field talent, from grassroots through to award-winning headliners”.
The festival will have “some of the most influential and truly pioneering names in music from around the world with the very best of Scotland’s homegrown heroes” split across it’s three stages; The Grand Parade which will focus industry heavy-weights, such as IDLES, The Chemical Brothers, The Twilight Sad & The National, Guitars & Other Machines which is set to be a showcase for up-and-coming artists, such as Josef, Moses Boyd, Newdad & DEHD and, finally, the Unknown Pleasures stage which has an eclectic mix of electronic music, comedy and cabaret.
Today’s wave of artists sees IDLES, Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butlter, Holly Humberstone, Joesef, Lyra, Jealous of The Birds, Newdad, Opus Kink, India Jordan, Taahliah and more added to the festival bill.
The full line-up is below:
FRIDAY 26th August
MAIN STAGE
IDLES, Jon Hopkins, Black Coffee, Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler, John Grant, Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul, Future Utopia, Maeve
GUITARS & OTHER MACHINES STAGE
Joesef, Moses Boyd, LYRA, Cloth, Jealous of the Birds, LVRA
UNKNOWN PLEASURES STAGE
Optimo (Espacio), India Jordan, Hammer, TAAHLIAH, Pocket
SATURDAY 27th August
MAIN STAGE
The Chemical Brothers, Bonobo, The Twilight Sad, Caribou, Holly Humberstone, Chloe Moriondo
GUITARS & OTHER MACHINES STAGE
RIDE playing Nowhere, LOW, Matt Maltese, Willie J Healey, Newdad, Swim School, Opus Kink
UNKNOWN PLEASURES STAGE
Erol Alkan, Dance System, Nightwave, Push It, Nadia Summer B2B DIJA
SUNDAY 28th August
MAIN STAGE
The National, Mogwai, Bombay Bicycle Club, Little Simz, Self Esteem, Black Country, New Road, Raw Morris
GUITARS & OTHER MACHINES STAGE
Idlewild playing The Remote Part, Admiral Fallow, Sudan Archives, DEHD, Hamish Hawk, Lizzie Reid, Geese, Kathleen Frances
UNKNOWN PLEASURES STAGE
Horse Meat Disco, Sam Gellaitry, Jamz Supernova, Barry Can’t Swim, Rebecca Vasmant, Karma Kid
CONNECT MUSIC FESTIVAL TICKETS
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM https://connectmusicfestival.com/
General Admission day tickets £65 + booking fees
General Admission 3 day tickets £165 + booking fees
General Admission 3 day ticket on a payment plan £51 + booking fees (first instalment)
VIP day tickets £95 + booking fees
VIP 3 day tickets £240 + booking fees
VIP 3 day ticket on a payment plan £65 + booking fees (first instalment)
