FORWARDS 2024 ANNOUNCES:
LOYLE CARNER TO HEADLINE SATURDAY ALONGSIDE FOUR TET WITH MARIBOU STATE & FLOATING POINTS
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM TO HEADLINE SUNDAY
ALONGSIDE JESSIE WARE WITH YARD ACT, BAXTER DURY & CMAT
FIRST WAVE 2024 MUSIC PROGRAMME
SATURDAY
LOYLE CARNER
FOUR TET
MARIBOU STATE | FLOATING POINTS
ROMY | GREENTEA PENG | YUSSEF DAYES
NUBYA GARCIA | HAK BAKER | MRCY | JERSEY
SUNDAY
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
JESSIE WARE
YARD ACT | BAXTER DURY | CMAT
CRAZY P | HOLYSSEUS FLY
DA FUCHAMAN & THE FIRE BLAZE BAND
Clifton Downs, Bristol:
Saturday 31 August + Sunday 1 September 2024
Tickets on sale: 10:00 GMT, Friday 1 March 2024
PRE-SALE 10:00 GMT, 29 February 2024
FORWARDS drops its first wave music lineup and announces British rapper, Loyle Carner, as the 2024 Saturday headliner, alongside Four Tet. Dance-punk legends, LCD Soundsystem, will be headlining on Sunday alongside Jessie Ware for Bristol’s biggest international music festival.
The two-day festival, which closes the British summer on 31 August – 1 September, will also see performances from: Four Tet, Jessie Ware, Maribou State, Floating Points, Romy, Greentea Peng, Yussef Dayes, Yard Act, Baxter Dury, CMAT, Nubya Garcia, Hak Baker, MCRY, Jersey, Crazy P, Holysseus Fly and Da Funchaman & The Fire Blaze Band.
FORWARDS is celebrated as one of the UK’s most progressive new festivals, by placing a genre-spanning international music programming side by side with social initiatives, timely debate, local food and beverage, and a future thinking kids area.
LOYLE CARNER will kick off Saturday with his biggest Bristol performance to date, and only show for the city in 2024. Following his powerful performance on Glastonbury’s West Holts stage in 2023, and fresh from his major headline show at London’s All Points East in August 2024, audiences can expect the London-born hip hop artist’s raw and personal on-stage persona. Carner embodies FORWARDS festival’s socially engaged ethos, with the artist’s previous mantra “Take these words and go forwards” being a manifesto for the year.
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM will close the Bristol festival on Sunday night with their first Bristol performance in 14 years, as part of the band’s 2024 global tour. Spearheaded by the legendary James Murphy, the New York band is a pioneering force in the electronic music landscape with their genre-blending sound, seamlessly fusing dance beats and punk influences.
The full lineups for each of the festival’s days are still to be announced, with tickets due to go on presale at 10:00am, Thursday 29 February, and on general sale from 10:00am on Friday 1 March 2024.
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Tom Paine, Co-founder of Team Love: “FORWARDS is back for its third year, and we couldn’t be prouder. Each year it grows, evolves and delivers even more for the city of Bristol and beyond. From an international and genre-spanning music lineup to future thinking talks, initiatives and with a growing-in-popularity kids area, FORWARDS is the perfect day out for everyone”.
Jim King, CEO, European Festivals, AEG Presents: “We’re thrilled to be bringing FORWARDS back to the Bristol Downs for its third year. Offering a packed lineup of international music acts with headliners LCD Soundsystem and Loyle Carner, supported by the likes of Maribou State, Floating Points and Yard Act. The two day festival will also see timely debate and conversation on the INFORMATION, providing an important platform for discussion and will be featuring a host of experts, disruptors, creatives, writers and thinkers”.
Early bird day admission starts at £55 with weekend tickets available from £99.50. Concessions are available for children aged 5-15, local residents and low income individuals. As in 2023, FORWARDS will offer discounted NHS tickets to those that work there. This is their small way of saying thanks for all the hard work and dedication.
Gates open 12:00 with the last entry to the event at 20:00.
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