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When tickets will go on sale for major new festival coming to the Downs
It is fast becoming Bristol’s most hotly anticipated festival this year as tickets for Forwards go on sale from 8am on Friday.
The Chemical Brothers and Jamie xx are set to headline the new two-day event that will see a stellar lineup of international music talent come to the Downs on September 3 and 4.
Team Love and AEG Presents promise to unveil a “new era of city festivals” with a focus on creating space for social initiatives, discussion and debate, as well as live music.
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With organisers having spent the last couple of weeks dropping the big names on the lineup, tickets for Forwards are finally due to go on sale at 8am on Friday.
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Tom Paine, co-founder of Team Love, said: “We’re proud to be unveiling a new festival for a new era of festivals, in the best city in the world, our hometown of Bristol.
“Now, more than ever, it’s important that our events invite debate and challenge the audience to do more to make the world a better place, as well as being a place to come together, dance, and make memories.
“Alongside one of the most exciting lineups we have ever brought to Bristol, we’re creating an area called ‘The Information’, to provide a space for urgent conversations from some of our favourite activist and political voices. We’re partnering with CICs to nurture new talent, provide community catering at the heart of the festival and give back to our communities through the festival ecosystem.”
Little Simz, Róisín Murphy, Kae Tempest, Caribou, Sleaford Mods, Shygirl, Khruangbin, Fred again…, Floating Points, Kojey Radical, Self Esteem, The Comet is Coming, Overmono (live), Gabriels, Sudan Archives, Chrissi and Connie Constance are all on the lineup for Forwards.
Organisers are also promising a programme of “some of the world’s most inspirational experts, disruptors, artists, writers, and thinkers from across the social and political spectrum”, as well as local voices, with details to be announced in the spring.
Tickets go on sale at 8am on Friday. More information is available via: www.forwardsbristol.co.uk.
Main photo: Luke Dyson
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