AT THE CONTI, BLITZ, THE FERRET & VINYL TAP
A ginormous weekender in Preston that celebrates all strands of indie pop from C86 to the present day, classic jangle-meisters through to scratchy upstarts.
Just look at this line up :
Nightingales, Man from Delmonte, The Tubs, Desperate Journalist, Bradford, The Yummy Fur, Ex-Void, James King and The Lonewolves, The Jasmine Minks, The Room, Yaang, Melys, British Birds, Would Be Goods, David Lance Callahan, Sassyhiya, Moderate Rebels, Karen, The Cords, Dragged Up, National Park, Stuart Pearce, Crumbs, The Muldoons, Autocamper, The Train Set, Tigers and Flies, Big Other, Sweetpool, Brenda, Dragon Welding, Normal Service, Uhr, The Complaint That Creeps, RRRapid Kool, Hartley, Ginnel, Fat Frances, Callis, The Amber List, Vehicle, The Bordellos, Oort Clod, Oh Hippo, Captain Starlet, The Tearless Life.
Over 40 acts across two stages over three days.
Friday and Sunday of the Pop Fest will be at The Continental, a terrific real ale pub on the banks of the River Ribble, with a 180 capacity main room and an 80 capacity second stage in the snug.
On Saturday the Pop Fest hangs out all day at The Ferret in the University quarter plus an extra evening stage at Blitz, by Preston Bus Station, featuring Man From Delmonte, Bradford, Melys and The Train Set,
Day tickets also available!
Prestonians can get cheap early bird tickets at £55 for the weekend and £25 for the Saturday from Action Records in Preston with no booking fee.
Everyone else can buy tickets online on the links below, weekend £75, Saturday £30.
FULL POP FEST EVENT TIMES & PLACES:
4.00pm wristband exchange at The Continental
Free prize raffle for first 50 people through the door on Friday
The Continental Boatyard
5.00pm - 5.30 - Hartley
6.00 - 6.30 - Ginnel
7.00 - 7.30 - RRRapid Kool
8.00 - 9.00. - The Room
9.30 - 10.30 - The Nightingales
11.00 to end - Stuart Pearce
The Continental Snug
5.30pm - 6.00 - Uhr
6.30 - 7.00. - The Amber List
7.30 - 8.10 - Normal Service
8.45 - 9.30 -The Complaint that Creeps
10.30 to 11.15 - Tigers and Flies
11.45 to end - Rim Cream
Saturday 9th August
The Ferret
12.50 - 1.20pm Polypores
1.45 - 2.15 Elk Weather
2.40 - 3.20. Would-be-Goods
3.45 - 4.15 Autocamper
4.40 - 5.15. The Cords
5.40 - 6.10 The Muldoons
6.35 - 7.15. Karen
7.40 - 8.25 David Lance Callahan
8.50 - 9.35 Jasmine Minks
10.10 to 11.10 The Tubs
11.35 to 12.05am Sassyhiya
12.30am to 1.30am. Moderate Rebels
Vinyl Tap
Midday to 1pm. Stuart Murdoch
1.15 to 2.00. Saskia Holling
2.25 to 2.55. Yoke
3.20 to 3.50. Divorce Finance
4.15 to 4.45 Sombre
5.10 to 5.40 Low Harness
6.05 to 6.35 Vukovar
7.00 to 7.40 Dignan Porch
8.05 to 8.35 Whinge
8.45 to 9.05.The Legend!
9.35 to 10.10 Tulpa
10.40 to 11.10 Zvilnik
11.40 to 12.10 am Callis
Blitz
4.50pm. Doors open
5.00pm to 5.30pm The Train Set
6.00pm to 6.45pm Melys
7.15pm to 8.15pm Bradford
8.45pm to 10.00pm The Man from Delmonte
10.30pm to end. Ben and The Believers
Sunday 10th August
Free prize raffle for first 50 people through the door on Sunday
The Continental Boatyard
1pm to 1.45 Ex Void
2.15 to 2.45 British Birds
3.15 to 3.45 Yaang
4.15 to 4.45 National Park
5.15 to 5.45 Yeah Yeah Noh
6.15 to 7.15 James King and The Lonewolves
7.45 to 8.45 The Yummy Fur
9.15 to 10.15 Desperate Journalist
10.45 to end The Tearless Life
The Continental Snug
12:30pm to 1.00pm The Bordellos
1.30 to 2.15 Dragged Up
2.45 to 3.15 Fat Frances
3.45 to 4.15 Dragon Welding
4.45 to 5.15 Oort Clod
5.45 to 6.30 Crumbs
7.15 to 8.00 Sweetpool
8.45 to 9.30 Vehicle
10.00 to 10.45 Captain Starlet