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Dot to Dot Festival - Who's Going?

proslo [Edit] [Delete] 13 replies 21:06, 12 May '09

And, more importantly, does anyone know how the fuck they're justifying charging £40 for tickets this year? Did they make a massive loss on last year?

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  • how do they justify it? like this, i guess:

    FRIENDLY FIRES
    LADYHAWKE
    PATRICK WOLF
    THE HOLD STEADY (Bristol Only)
    ANNIE MAC
    CAGE THE ELEPHANT
    LITTLE BOOTS
    MUMFORD & SONS
    MY VITRIOL
    KISSY SELLOUT (DJ/LIVE) (Bristol Only)
    BOYS NOIZE (Nottingham Only)
    65DAYSOFSTATIC (Nottingham Only)
    BRODINSKI (Nottingham Only)
    A.C. NEWMAN
    ABE VIGODA
    ALESSI'S ARK
    APPLES
    BADDIES
    BEAST
    CHIK BUDO
    COLOURMUSIC
    CRYSTAL ANTLERS
    CRYSTAL STILTS
    CURSIVE (Nottingham Only)
    DAG FOR DAG
    DAN BLACK
    DINOSAUR PILE-UP
    DOG IS DEAD
    DUCHESS SAYS
    FIGHT LIKE APES
    FLASHGUNS
    FRESHKILLS
    FUTURE OF THE LEFT
    GIRLS
    GRAN RONDE
    HJALTALIN
    HOUSE OF BROTHERS
    I HEART HIROSHIMA
    JERSEY BUDD
    KID BRITISH
    LIAM FINN
    LOVE LIKE FIRE
    MAPS
    MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS
    NAÏVE NEW BEATERS
    OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT
    PETEBOX
    POLLY SCATTERGOOD
    PULLED APART BY HORSES
    SHAPESHIFTER
    SHARKS (Nottingham Only)
    SKINT & DEMORALISED
    SON OF DAVE
    TEITUR
    TELEGRAPHS
    THE COMPUTERS
    THE GAY BLADES (Nottingham Only)
    THE JOY FORMIDABLE (Nottingham Only)
    THE MISSION DISTRICT
    THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
    THE SOFT PACK
    THE TEMPER TRAP
    THE VIVIAN GIRLS
    THE VOLUNTARY BUTLER SCHEME (Bristol Only)
    THE WAVE MACHINES
    THOMAS DYBDAHL
    TITUS ANDRONICUS
    TOMMY REILLY
    ULTERIOR
    VV BROWN
    WINTERSLEEP
    WOLF GANG

    ham_and_cheese | 13 May '09, 13:19 | X
  • Advance tickets were £20

    Then £25 (when I bought)
    Then some other amount
    Now £40.

    £20-£25 an absolute bargain for that lineup. Plus it's not like most other city fests in that it's on from about lunchtime til 6am the next day with venues close enough to hop around between bands. Thus plenty of bang for your buck.

    And it may lack "big" names but its eclecticism is pretty commendable. Plenty of DIS-friendly stuff sitting next to things that will satisfy the more pop-inclined, twee types, chart guitar crap, etc.

    Will be my 4th year this year - looking forward to it.

    belated | 13 May '09, 14:22 | X
    • My main point is that it wasn't that expensive last year, and it was across two days.

      This year, sure, the lineup is pretty awesome (I'm genuinely really excited about it) but my jaw did drop a bit at the price of the regular tickets. Wish I'd had some money around when the early birds were on sale. Did they make a loss last year, or has the cost of the thing just risen a lot?

      proslo @belated | 14 May '09, 19:37 | X
      • Although I would gladly trade all the Notts-only bands for the Hold Steady... :(

        proslo @proslo | 14 May '09, 19:39 | X
      • s'why the trick is to buy early...

        and it was absolutely shit last year, bands didn't show up and they were charging a fiver for the piece of paper with the set times on. and while it was across 2 days, there were only enough decent acts for one day spread incredibly thinly.

        anyway, i'm here for vivian girls, titus andronicus, abe vigoda, crystal stilts, crystal antlers, future of the left and ac newman.

        vsvsvs @proslo | 15 May '09, 09:19 | X
        • Yeah, the lineup is massively improved this year.

          Last year there were big gaps where I sat around doing nothing because there was nothing on worth seeing. This year there should be enough going round that I'll always be highfooting it to some venue to catch the next slot.

          Personal desire is to see:
          PATRICK WOLF
          MUMFORD & SONS
          65DAYSOFSTATIC (Nottingham Only)
          A.C. NEWMAN
          ABE VIGODA
          APPLES (these guys are amazing, btw)
          CRYSTAL ANTLERS
          CRYSTAL STILTS
          FIGHT LIKE APES
          FUTURE OF THE LEFT
          GIRLS
          I HEART HIROSHIMA
          MAPS
          PULLED APART BY HORSES
          SON OF DAVE
          THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
          THE VIVIAN GIRLS
          THE WAVE MACHINES
          TITUS ANDRONICUS
          VV BROWN

          ...which I suppose is enough to justify £40.

          proslo @vsvsvs | 15 May '09, 14:36 | X
  • I'm hoping I've only paid £25

    Going Nottingham went last year had a really good time hoping for more of the same this year. Looking forward to 65daysofstatic..

    ricey | 14 May '09, 19:58 | X
  • I'm going!

    DiS meet-up? It is well expensive this year though!

    whacksiddy | 14 May '09, 23:10 | X
  • Just found out we have some spare tickets for Nottingham

    They are going for £25 PM me if you're interested...

    ricey | 15 May '09, 09:48 | X
  • Only a week to go...

    ...and the remaining tickets are going fast.

    Buy Online:

    http://www.gigantic.com/alttickets/home_dot_to_dot_festival_2009.html

    _DHP_ | 18 May '09, 13:40 | X
  • I'm now going,

    which is nice...

    Timetable is up: http://www.alt-delete.co.uk/dottodotfestival/nottinghamschedule2009.htm

    Only real clash is Cursive vs Vivian Girls vs Crystal Antlers

    colesy | 19 May '09, 22:38 | X
    • Yeah, just saw that, it's the only clash for me too.

      I think I might have to go for Vivian Girls, if only because after Crystal Stilts I'm sure I'll still be wanting some of the similar stuff.

      My plan is, I reckon, Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and AC Newman at Trent main hall, then head upstairs for Maps, across to Rock City for Mumford & Sons, then go to the Social and park myself there through to Abe Vigoda. I like that they've grouped all the most hipster bands at the Social - they know their audience, clearly.

      proslo @colesy | 20 May '09, 00:05 | X
  • IT IS TOMORROW.

    Unless you live in Bristol, in which case it is on right now. Exciting times. If you see a tall blonde guy jerking around to Vivian Girls then say hey, it might well be me.

    proslo | 24 May '09, 02:14 | X
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