The Dot to Dot Festival
is an annual music festival held at various venues in Nottingham and Bristol [1] across a weekend. Unlike weekend music festivals such as the Carling Weekend, there is no artist rotation – all artists play one city the first day and travel to the other for the following day.
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History
2005 event
The 2007 event included acts such as
Ladytron,
Radio 4 and
The Rakes.
[2]
2006 event
The 2007 event included acts such as
British Sea Power,
Mystery Jets,
The Long Blondes.
2007 event
The 2007 event included acts such as
The Cribs,
New Young Pony Club,
Kate Nash,
Annuals,
Erol Alkan,
Kano and
Blonde Redhead [3] [4], with tickets priced at £22.50 (all venues) or £20 for 14+ venues only.
Venues
2007 was the first year that Dot to Dot operated in Bristol as well as Nottingham.
2008 event
Venues
In 2008, the festival operated a third location in
Shoreditch,
London, known as
Hox to Dot
. This leg catered for the more
electronic extreme of the
indie music spectrum, hosting
DJs and
turntablists. For this reason, there was no real crossover between artists at the London leg with either Nottingham or Bristol.
[5] Additionally, Hox to Dot operated on a Thursday (as opposed to a two-day, weekend festival).
Venues in Nottingham included
Rock City,
Nottingham Trent University and the Bodega Social Club. Bristol hosted performances in the
Academy,
The Thekla, the Fleece, the Louisiana, the Trinity Centre and Fiddlers club. London used venues such as the Hoxton Bar and Kitchen and the Electricity Showrooms.
Artists
The 2008 festival included such acts as
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. [6],
Dirty Pretty Things,
Spiritualized [7] and
The Holloways. The London leg featured
live sets from
Juiceboxxx,
Cutting Pink With Knives and various DJ sets.
2009 event
Tickets for the 2009 event – which took place on 23 and 24 May 2009 – were released on 23 January 2009.
[8] Artists scheduled to perform include
Friendly Fires,
Ladyhawke,
Cage the Elephant and
Patrick Wolf,
[9]
Venues
The 2009 festival will not operate in London, but will continue with the same venues in Nottingham and Bristol.
[10] [11]
2010 event
Less than a week after the 2009 event, Dot to Dot's return in 2010 was confirmed with a limited release of
early bird
tickets on sale 29 May 2009.
References
- Dot To Dot Festival: DiS's preview of Nottingham's biggest music marathon of the year
- Previous lineups
- Dot to Dot festival (Nottingham) '07
- Dot to Dot festival (Bristol) '07
- Line-ups and rumours
- Dot to Dot Festival
- Ladyhawke - Dot To Dot Festival
- Dot To Dot Festival to return in 2009
- First Line Up Announcement
- Dot to Dot Festivals 2009
- DOT TO DOT 2009 is coming