Festival News: Arctangent Festival announces first round of bands for ten-year anniversary in 2024
Arctangent - the independent, Bristol-based, four-day festival that prides itself in celebrating emerging acts - has announced the first load of bands for the 2024 line-up, set to take place between the 14th and 17th August.
Wednesday’s headliners, Belfast four-piece ‘And So I Watch You From Afar’, are to play a special fan-voted set, ten years on from playing the very first Arctangent. The set will be decided by 4-Day Ticket holders; more details on how this will work is to follow.
The festival line-up also boasts a farewell show from experimental-instrumental kings ‘Three Trapped Tigers’, as well as several UK festival exclusives from the likes of the US’ ‘Red Fang’, and Dutch progressive metal band ‘Textures’.
“As it’s the 10-year anniversary, we’re hell bent on making this year even more special than usual,” notes Arctangent booker James Scarlett.
“We’re honoured to have two once-in-a-lifetime sets from And So I Watch You From Afar and Three Trapped Tigers. It’s going to be biblical."
The full list of bands announced by the festival today is as follows:
And So I Watch You From Afar* (fan voted set)
Three Trapped Tigers (farewell show)
Red Fang
Plini
Bossk*
LLNN*
Night Verses
Textures
Conan
Gallops
AK/DK
Curse These Metal Hands*
Hexvessel
KEN Mode
Psychonaut*
Colossal Squid
Frail Body
Cats and Cats and Cats
Komfortrauschen
Tokky Horror
Shy, Low
Cobra the Impaler
Squid Pisser
Maruja
Sunnata
Filth is Eternal
Every Hell
BLACKSHAPE
Iress
Haus Horo
Sâver
Tankengine
Healthliving
Din of Celestial Birds
Hidden Mothers*
Cassus
HAAL
Modern Technology
Torpor
Sun Spot
Peach
*= Wednesday
You can buy tickets for Artangent Festival 2024 here.
Words by Ben Jones
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