SWN Festival http://www.swnfest.com/cy/ Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:09:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 SWN iPhone App! http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/10/swn-iphone-app-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=swn-iphone-app-2 http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/10/swn-iphone-app-2/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:30:39 +0000 admin http://www.swnfest.com/?p=3014 We’re now in full swing at SWN Festival, if you’re already here hope you’re having a great time! If you’ve not left yet we’re waiting for you!

We just wanted to let everyone (well, all iPhone users) know that the amazing SWN iPhone app is available in the iTunes app store now. You can plan your http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/swn-festival/id471983812?mt=8festival, get the latest schedule changes and share your shows on Facebook.

It’s compatible with iOS4 and iOS5 and will remain on the store permanently but be updated with next year’s event when the time comes (we don’t want to get to ahead of ourselves).

It’s the best way to keep on top of everything happening at the festival and make sure you don’t miss anything you’ve been planning to see!

Search ‘SWN’ at the App store, or go directly to the app via this link.

]]> http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/10/swn-iphone-app-2/feed/ 0 Full SWN Program released! http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/10/full-swn-program-released/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=full-swn-program-released http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/10/full-swn-program-released/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:15:24 +0000 admin http://www.swnfest.com/?p=2957 We are very excited that the full SWN Program is now available to view online!

You can check out the program here for the full line up and details in a fancy flipbook.

Hurrah!

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Do not despair, however, as there are tonnes of other bands to get you going.

SWN Festival is only a few weeks away and the full line-up is now confirmed. Check out the full program for details!

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These sessions are open to everyone and free to attend. Subject to space, attend all or some, but please book a place by visiting the Eventbrite page for each one.

DAY ONE

Thursday 20th October 2011

PRS for Music at SWN
TIME : 1.30pm – 3.00pm
VENUE : St David’s Hall, Cardiff
Details and book your place HERE

Welsh Music Foundation and Un-Convention present…
Radio and Independent Music in the Digital Age
TIME : 3.30pm – 5pm
VENUE: St David’s Hall, Cardiff
Details and book your place HERE

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DAY TWO

Friday 21st October 2011

How Not to Run an Indie Label…with Sean Price from Fortuna POP!
TIME: 1pm – 2pm
VENUE: Urban Outfitters, Cardiff
Details and book your place HERE

The MUSICIANS’ UNION in association with MUSICIANS HEARING SERVICES present…
DANGER OF DEAF!
TIME: 2.30pm – 3.30pm
VENUE: Urban Outfitters, Cardiff
Details and book your place HERE

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DAY THREE

Saturday 22nd October 2011

Richard Parfitt presents…Music and the Mythic Image
TIME: 1.30pm – 2.30pm
VENUE: Urban Outfitters, Cardiff
Details and book your place HERE

Steve Lamacq’s Mail Sack
TIME: 3.30pm – 5pm
VENUE: Urban Outfitters, Cardiff
Details and book your place HERE

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A specialist digital marketing training day by Good Lizard Media will also run on Saturday 22nd October from 10am – 4pm. Spaces on this session must be pre-booked and are very limited, allocated to those who may benefit most. Details HERE

]]> http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/09/welsh-music-foundation-present-swn-sessions-2/feed/ 0 Full 2011 Line Up And Stage Days http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/09/full-2011-line-up-and-stage-days-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=full-2011-line-up-and-stage-days-2 http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/09/full-2011-line-up-and-stage-days-2/#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:19:35 +0000 admin http://www.swnfest.com/?p=2398 Well now the line up is all complete, we can let you know which days bands are playing on. (Take a deep breath, there are a lot of them)

THURSDAY
Algiers
Hymns
Tubelord
Elephant Stone
Herman Dune
Elephant
Yaaks
Alt-J
Fixers
Greta Isaac
Creision Hud
Jen Jeniro
Yr Ods
Masters In France
Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells
CRST
Martyn (LIVE)
Dividers
Bedford Falls
Caves
The Cut Ups
Red City Radio
FRIDAY
Brandyman
The Good Wife
The Skull Defekts
Visions of Trees
Niki & The Dove
Ifan Dafydd
Stay +
Seams
Astroid Boys
Run, Walk
Kerouac
Brontide
Two Wounded Birds
Gross Magic
Clock Opera
Racehorses
Breton
Veronica Falls
Gallops!
The Victorian English Gentlemens Club
Creatures of Love
Friends Electric
And So I Watch You From Afar
Man Without Country
The Joy Formidable
Ian Watkins DJ Set
His Naked Torso
Ultrahumanitarian
Team Sports
Ashtray Navigations
SATURDAY
DZ Deathrays
Mowbird
Deaf Club
Cut Ribbons
Rapids!
Esben & The Witch
Denuo
Joseph & David
Summer Camp
Patterns
Let’s Buy Happiness
Winter Villains
Llewis Floyd Henry
Mr Phormula
Ugly Duckling
Dots.Filmband
Ffred Jones
Joe Janiak
Daughter
Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Bleeding Heart Narrative
Christopher Rees & The Horns
LA2019
Gallops!
Three Trapped Tigers
Sissy & The Blisters
Town
Jim Jones Revue
Cymbals
Beaty Heart
Zulu Winter
Y Niwl
Ted Chippington
The Nightingales
The Fall
Little Arrow
Barefoot Dance Of The Sea
Ivan Moult
Evening Chorus
Sen Sgeur
Violas
Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog
Houdini Dax
Colorama
Dirty Goods
The Method
The Broken Vinyl Club
The Keys
Sam Airey
Gavin Osborn
Catrin Herbert
Iwan Huws
Loved Ones
Monument Valley
Eagulls
Twbador
Mammal Club
Melodica Melody & Me
Pandas & People
SUNDAY
Famy
Torches
Ren Harvieu
Dam Mantle
Apostles
Dancers
Battlekat
Big Deal
The History of Apple Pie
Echo Lake
Copy Haho
Lucy Rose
Al Lewis
Sam Duckworth
Gideon Conn
Shoes and Socks Off
Jodie Marie
Ben Howard
Witches Drum
Kutosis
Tiger Please
Saturday’s Kids
Mechanical Bride
Born Blonde
Cuba Cuba
Spector
Chailo Sim
Zun Zun Egui
Them Quirrels
Gentle Friendly
Truckers of Husk
H Hawkline
Sweet Baboo
Zervas & Pepper
Joshua Caole
James McKay
David Dondero
Holland
Olympians
Effort
Among Brothers
Hail! The Planes
Theo
Samoans
Strange News From Another Star
And how much are tickets for this you’re thinking? £100ish? That would be good value wouldn’t it, for four days and 200 bands. NO! This is SWN and so tickets for the four days, which get you free priority access to all the shows (subject to capacity) are just £49.50.
For the moment they are only available from http://www.swnpresents.com – and they will roll out to more outlets over the coming weeks.
These are the advance prices. If there are tickets remaining then they will go up in price a week before the festival, so if you’re planning on coming please buy in advance, and preferably as early as possible to ensure you get a ticket.
The best value, and the most fun, is if you buy our most popular ticket which covers the whole festival :
SWN Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50
But if you can only make some of the days you can buy individual day tickets :
SWN Festival Thursday Wristband : £10
SWN Festival Friday Wristband : £16
SWN Festival Saturday Wristband : £25
SWN Festival Sunday Wristband : £20
Wristbands grant you free priority access to all of the SWN Festival shows subject to capacity. Bascially, get a wristband and get around Cardiff to see as many shows as you can. We’ll publish a full timetable a month before the festival so you’ll have good time to make plans as to which venue you’ll need to be at and when to see the people you want to see. Just allow some time when you arrive to head to the wristband exchange to swap your ticket for your festival wristband.
]]> http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/09/full-2011-line-up-and-stage-days-2/feed/ 0 Fifth Wave of SWN announced http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/09/fifth-wave-of-swn-announced-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fifth-wave-of-swn-announced-2 http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/09/fifth-wave-of-swn-announced-2/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:56:46 +0000 admin http://www.swnfest.com/?p=2853 We have yet more wonderful acts to announce for you this week.

Joining the bill are Born Blonde, Ren Harvieu, Spector, Dam Mantle and Mechanical Bride, along with 12 other great bands.

The full list of the additions is:

Born Blonde
CRST
Loved Ones
Ren Harvieu
Shoes and Socks Off
Spector
The Witches Drum
Them Squirrels
Breton
Cut Ribbons
Dam Mantle
Jim Jones Revue
Mechanical Bride
Other Lives
The Good Wife
Zulu Winter

]]> http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/09/fifth-wave-of-swn-announced-2/feed/ 0 Fourth Wave of SWN Announced! http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/09/fourth-wave-of-swn-announced-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fourth-wave-of-swn-announced-2 http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/09/fourth-wave-of-swn-announced-2/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:58:04 +0000 admin http://www.swnfest.com/?p=2855 Another week, another batch of amazing bands added to this year’s SWN lineup.

This year’s festival promises to be the best yet, and we can now confirm that the likes of Clock Opera, Copy Haho, Lucy Rose, Theme Park and 20 more bands are joining the bill.

The full list of additions is:
Christoper Rees
Clock Opera
Copy Haho
Dancers
Dividers
Famy
Gentle Friendly
Greta Isaac
James McKay
Joe Janiak
Lucy Rose
Mr Phormula
Racehorses
Sam Airey
Saturdays Kids
Seams
Sweet Baboo
The Broken Vinyl Club
Theme Park
Tiger Please
Torches
Two Wounded Birds

Tickets are available at http://www.tickettailor.com/ for the princely sum of £49.50.

You can listen to a playlist of all the artists playing at the official SWN Festival website.

 

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Don’t get too down though, as there are literally LOADS of other bands you can sink your teeth into! Check out the current line-up, and more acts will be announced soon!

]]> http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/08/tribes-cancel-swn-appearance-2/feed/ 0 Third Wave of SWN Festival Acts Announced! http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/08/third-wave-of-swn-festival-acts-announced-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=third-wave-of-swn-festival-acts-announced-2 http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/08/third-wave-of-swn-festival-acts-announced-2/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:00:17 +0000 admin http://www.swnfest.com/?p=2860 Swn Festival reaches its 5th birthday this year, and the lineup is stronger than ever! Joining previously announced acts such as The Fall, The Joy Formidable and Esben & The Witch, the festival will also host:

Alt J (∆)
Astroid Boys
Bedford Falls
Catrin Herbert
Cresion Hud
Cuba Cuba
David Dondero
Dirty Goods
DZ Deathrays
Evening Chorus
Ffred Jones
Friends Electric
Gross Magic
His Naked Torso
Hymns
Ifan Dafydd
Kerouac
Little Arrow
Man Without Country
Martyn (live)
Niki & The Dove
Run! Walk!
Sissy And The Blisters
Stay +
Tubelord
Visions of Trees
Yaaks
Yoke
Yr Ods

Ticket prices come in at just £49.50, for four day and priority access to all shows (subject to capacity). Fore more information head here: http://www.swnfest.com/tickets/

 

]]> http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/08/third-wave-of-swn-festival-acts-announced-2/feed/ 0 More Bands Added to Swn Festival! http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/07/more-bands-added-to-swn-festival-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-bands-added-to-swn-festival-2 http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/07/more-bands-added-to-swn-festival-2/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:02:15 +0000 admin http://www.swnfest.com/?p=2863 And we’re back with another bunch of amazing bands that we’re very proud to announce as playing the fifth SWN festival. Ready? Are you ready?

Already announced are the likes of THE FALL, HERMAN DUNE, BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH, and THE JOY FORMIDABLE and joining them will be:

Aidan Moffat & Bill Wells
Brandyman
Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog
Cymbals
Deaf Club
Esben & The Witch
Fixers
Ivan Moult
Iwan Huws
Hail! The Planes
Holland
Jodie Marie
Joshua Caole
LA2019
Lewis Floyd Henry
Melodica, Melody & Me
Monument Valley
Sam Duckworth
Sen Segur
Strange News From Another Star
The Nightingales
The Skull Defekts
Three Trapped Tigers
Truckers of Husk
Ugly Duckling
Veronica Falls
Winter Villains
Violas
Y Niwl
Zun Zun Egui

And how much are tickets for this you’re thinking? £100ish? That would be good value wouldn’t it, for four days and 200 bands. NO YOU FOOL this is SWN and so tickets for the four days, which get you free priority access to all the shows (subject to capacity) are just £49.50.

]]> http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/07/more-bands-added-to-swn-festival-2/feed/ 0 SWN 2011 Has Arrived http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/06/swn-2011-has-arrived/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=swn-2011-has-arrived http://www.swnfest.com/cy/2011/06/swn-2011-has-arrived/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:03:58 +0000 admin http://www.swnfest.com/?p=2867 Yes. Yes. Yes. SWN Festival returns for its fifth year as Wales’ premier new music festival. We honestly never thought we’d get this far. In fact we never thought we’d make it to the second year. Yet here we are, five years strong, bigger and brighter every year with the best to come. It’s our birthday. Let’s celebrate!

The first point of order is that SWN has added a day this year! The festival will run 20-23 October.

The first 50 (FIFTY!) bands to be confirmed are now announced, and tickets are available to buy as well exclusively from swnpresents.com.

We have also added a playlist of all the bands playing which you can listen to here.

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