TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR END OF THE ROAD’S NEW NO DIRECTION HOME FESTIVAL
The wonderful folk behind one of 247 Magazine’s favourite festivals, End of the Road, will this year launch a new sister festival further north, called No Direction Home. Tickets are no on sale for the intimate boutique festival, which takes place at Welbeck Abbey near Sherwood Forest on June 8-10. The first acts have already been revealed with more to follow over the coming months and, as with End of the Road, which takes place on the Wiltshire/Dorset border from August 31-September 2, there’s a definite folk/Americana vibe to this shebang too.
No Direction Home will be the first time that this historic and beautiful setting, first mentioned as far back as the Domesday Book, will play host to a festival. A main stage is to be built by a lake with views of the ancient abbey and there will be music, merriment and new twists on everything you’d expect from the End of the Road team including a carefully crafted programme of film, literature, workshops and comedy. Musical acts confirmed for the 3-day soujourn include Andrew Bird, Beth Jeans Houghton & the Hooves of Destiny, David Thomas Broughton, Diagrams, Dirty Three, Gruff Rhys, Lanterns on the Lake, The Low Anthem, Slow Club and the winner’s of 247 Magazine’s album of 2011 prize (OK, it wasn’t a prize, it was merely prestige) The Unthanks with Brighouse & Rastrick Brass.
More information and tickets, priced £105, at www.nodirectionhomefestival.com
The first few acts have also been announced for End of the Road Festival and are Grizzly Bear, Tindersticks, Beach House, The Antlers, First Aid Kit, Jeffrey Lewis and the Junkyard
Justin Townes Earle, Robyn Hitchcock and more. Tickets for End of the Road available now from www.endoftheroadfestival.com priced £150.
