Play Fest Announce Extra Friday Frivolities

Brand new for 2012 Play Fest are opening on Friday this year and have programmed a choca bill of first-rate music and entertainment for the Friday night. With the campsite gates opening at 4pm and the arena opening at 6pm on Friday 1st June all weekend camping ticket holders get a bonus evening to stretch out the Play-time and ensure this bank holiday is crammed full with even more festival frivolities! With tickets selling fast grab an £80 full weekend ticket as fast as you can!

With all stages, apart from the Main Stage, fully up and running for the Friday evening, revellers are invited to join in the fun and games much earlier this year! The Dance Arena will be running from 6pm all the way through to 1am with The POW! Party Boys kick staring proceedings, followed by Attack Yourself!, Juxta Poser, Andy H and taking up the reigns at the end of the night is DJ@War followed by Urban Knights.

The Big Top will play host to some sterling local talent including; festival favourites The Kabeedies with their unique blend of afrobeat meets rock n roll; East Anglian Nu-Folk act Crumbs for Comfort, the Britpop tunes of Hemingway and classic track and party tunes of Empire.

The Full Colour Arcade will be showcasing a whole host of fantastic acts including: Perfection, Bassics, Bogart, The Wizard Sleeve Collective, Kashta, Dr Poindexter. Whilst The Rebel Lion Tent will be pumping out a selection the best reggae and dub around, including some fantastic local acts; Free King Sound, Freedom Sound, Roots Odessey and many more and finally over on the TI PI Stage early bird festival goers can sample some top notch tuneage from an array of local DJs.

What: Play Fest 2012
When: Friday 1 -Sunday 3 June 
Where: Eccles Hall Estate, Nr. Norwich, Norfolk
Price: See below

For more information visit www.playfest.co.uk

Line Up 
Main Stage:
Saturday: Ash, The Pigeon Detectives, Reverend and the Makers, The Big Pink, Little Comets, Tellison, Tripwires, Solko,
Sunday: Feeder, Delilah, Scroobius Pip, Natty, Spector, Lonsdale Boys Club, Ria Ritchie, Dumbfoundus, Lee Vann

Big Top:
Friday: The Kabeedies, Crumbs For Comfort , Hemingway , Empire
Saturday: Roots Manuva, Sonic Boom Six, Killamonjambo, Jim Lockey and the Solemn Sun, Alloy Ark, Kamilla Lovett, The B Goodes, Eyes, Under The Influence, Dingus Khan
Sunday: The Correspondents, Federation of the Disco Pimp, Juan Zelada, Boat To Row, Deers, Rory Mcvicar, Model Staggs, The Soft, Underline The Sky, Ill Murray

POW! Presents: Dance Arena
Friday
Urban Knights, DJ WAR, Andy H, JuxtaPoser, Attack Yourself!, POW! Party Boys
Saturday:
Zinc, Shy FX, Melé, DJ EZ, B.Traits, Urban Nerds, DJ Cable, Get Low Cartel, POW! Party Boys
Sunday:
Toddla T, Sub Focus, Jaymo & Andy George, Spencer (Numbers), Foamo, Bondax, POW! Party Boys, Joshua Roberts, Oli DAB & Robin, Josh 2084, Boa Boa & Fazhands,

Asylum Stage
Friday
Double Drop, Cabaret show – Chantelles Wedding
Saturday
Sam & the Womp, The Vagabond, New Town Kings, Swingball, Kodeta, Feral Mouth, Woodland Creatures, The Harvs, Mc chrome + Illinspired, Cielo, Gael, Julia Jenkins, Inlay.
Sunday
Gypsy Hill, Jah Head, Nimmo and the Gauntlets, Murphys Lore, Project Multivitamin, Eliza Shaddad, Josh Doughty, Askala Selasse, Slightly Off Steve, The Proposition, Scott Wright, Andy Kirkham

ADDITIONAL INFO:
TICKETS
• Early Bird Full Weekend Camping – £65 – SOLD OUT!
• Full Weekend Camping – £80
• Student Player ticket – Weekend camping with FREE travel from UEA, Cambridge University & Ipswich College – £80 – LIMITED
• Day Tickets – £35
• Car Park – £2.50 per vehicle per day, £5.00 weekend
• Children – 1 child 12 or under free per supervising adult / £40 full weekend / £20 day ticket

STAGE TIMES:
Main Stage: 12:30pm – 11:30pm
Big Top: 12:00 noon – 10:30pm
Dance Stage & Asylum Stage: 12:00 noon – 01:00am
Tipi Tent: 11am – 01:00am

CAMPING
The campsite opens at 4pm on Friday 1st June 2012, and must be vacated by 2pm Monday 4th June 2012. The campsite provides toilets and the option to use showers.