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Gaymers Camden Crawl 2010 – Roundhouse Headliners Announced

• 10th Mar 2010

In conjunction with the main event scheduled to take place on the first May Bank holiday weekend of the year, the Gaymers Camden Crawl is pleased to announced the headline line up of artists performing at the MTV hosted stage at the Roundhouse this year.

Eight major artists will play the 3,000 capacity venue to be filmed by MTV for broadcast across their channels in late May. There will be two shows per day on both Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd May and supplementary tickets guaranteeing entry to each will be exclusively available to Crawl day or weekend pass holders.

The tickets, priced at £6.50 each…with the exception of the ‘Secret Special Guest’ tickets which are FREE… will go on sale alongside Gaymers Camden Crawl day passes on Friday 12th March at 9:00 am from: link.

Saturday 1st May:
SECRET SPECIAL GUEST (show #2 – 9pm)
SUGABABES + guests (show #1 – 6pm)

Sunday 2nd May:
WE ARE SCIENTISTS + guests (show #2 – 9pm)
LOSTPROPHETS + guests (show #1 – 6pm)

ROUNDHOUSE LINE UP & DAY TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 12th MARCH

In addition to the Roundhouse artists, we are pleased to announce the full line up of acts schedule to appear across the festival weekend. The two mile stretch of Camden Town high street will present the following programme of hotly tipped live artists, major special guests and club acts across twenty venues per night 5:00 pm until the wee hours on both days of the event. In keeping with Crawl tradition and the spirit of discovery, the full venue line-ups and stage times remain a closely guarded secret until each day and surprise guests may appear at any time and at any venue.

FULL FESTIVAL LINE UP REVEALED

SATURDAY 1ST ARTISTS
TEENAGE FANCLUB * THE DRUMS * NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB * MS DYNAMITE
BILLY CHILDISH * CORNERSHOP * DEAD MEADOW * I BLAME COCO * PULLED APART BY HORSES SHY CHILD * SLOW CLUB * STORNOWAY * WE ARE THE OCEAN AKALA * ART VS. SCIENCE * AUTOKRATZ * BEST COAST * BILLY VINCENT * BO NINGEN * THE CHAPMAN FAMILY GRAFFITI 6 * HOLLY MIRANDA * THE HUNDRED IN THE HANDS * JAMIE WOON * KASMS * LEFT WITH PICTURES THE LIKE * THE LOST LEVELS * MT. KIMBIE * NECRO DEATHMORT * PULLED APART BY HORSES * RACE HORSES * SILVER COLUMNS * SPECTRALS * STRICKEN CITY * TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS

SUNDAY MAY 2ND ARTISTS
GANG OF FOUR * ROOTS MANUVA * LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION * YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS
BABYBIRD * DAN LE SAC VS SCROOBIUS PIP * DELAYS * EIGHTIES MATCHBOX B-LINE DISASTER GOLD PANDA * POLAR BEAR * ROX * SPEECH DEBELLE * THE SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND
ALAN POWNALL * CASIOKIDS * CHEW LIPS * CLOCK OPERA * COSMO JARVIS * DRUMS OF DEATH * GAGGLE GENERAL FIASCO * HOOK & THE TWIN * INVASION * THE JIM JONES REVUE * JOE GIDEON & THE SHARK * JOE WORRICKER *JOSH WELLER * KASSIDY * KATY B * KYTE * OH NO ONO * SHARKS *TUBELORD *WINTERSLEEP * YACHT

APPEARING BOTH DATES: ALEX METRIC * BETTY AND THE WEREWOLVES * CALORIES CHICKENHAWK * COMANECHI * CRYSTAL FIGHTERS * DAVID VINER * DRUM EYES * ELIZA DOOLITTLE * EMILY BARKER & THE RED CLAY HALO * EMPEROR MACHINE * ERIK HASSLE * KAP BAMBINO * KURRAN AND THE WOLFNOTES * LEAFCUTTER JOHN * LONELADY * MALE BONDING MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS * NAT JOHNSON & THE FIGUREHEADS * NITEVISIONS * THE POSTELLES SAMUEL AND THE DRAGON * SKEPTA * SMOKE FAIRIES * SURFER BLOOD * THAT FUCKING TANK TODD * TREETOP FLYERS * TURBOWOLF * VERONICA FALLS * VILLAGERS * WILD PALMS

In addition to this year’s extraordinary live music line up, the festival continues to develop the breadth of its daytime fringe programme of cutting edge arts and music. Featuring a live and interactive line up of comedy, spoken word, improv theatre, visual art installations, crafts, magic, games & quizzes, fantasy football, karaoke and, of course, live music, the daytime carnival of entertainment sprawls across more than twenty Camden Town venues for the weekend.

The schedule of events kicks off from midday on both Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd May and runs until 4:00 am both days. Upon arrival at the festival each ticket holder will be presented with an all-access wristband, programme guide, timetable and free download album to help plot his/her day’s adventure. ‘Crawlers’ will be granted unlimited access to all official daytime, evening venues and clubs/parties capacity permitting.

Weekend tickets for the Gaymers Camden Crawl 2010 are on sale now. For each of these tickets purchased, the event will donate £2.00 to War Child (registered charity no: 1071659). Follow us on Twitter for the latest information link.

GAYMERS CAMDEN CRAWL 2010 DAYTIME FRINGE PROMOTERS:
(full promoter listings from link)
COMEDY:
Camden Fringe (Sun @ Fifty Five)
The Fix (Sat & Sun @ Camden Head)
Myster General & Friends (Sat @ Fifty Five)
Underbelly (Sat & Sun @ Abbey Tavern)

SPOKEN WORD:
Bookslam(Sat @ Edinboro Castle)
Litrolive! (Sun @ Edinboro Castle)
One Taste (Sat @ The Constitution)
Poe Jazzi (Sun @ Bar Vinyl)

THEATRE:
Grand Theft Impro (Sun @ Theatro Technis)
SkipTheatre (Sat @ The Crescent)

VISUAL ARTS & CRAFTS:
Craftacular (Sun @ The Pirate Castle)
Grafik Warfare (Sat & Sun @ all over Camden Town)
Hunga Munga (Sat @ Zensai)
Poster Roast (Sat & Sun @ The Black Heart)
Stitch London (Sat @ The Pirate Castle)

LIVE MUSIC:
Andy Ross Presents (Sat & Sun @ The Spread Eagle)
Canadian Blast (Sat @ Fiddlers Elbow)
Emerging Talent Awards (Sat & Sun @ Ice Wharf)
Fierce Panda Showcase (Sun @ Lock Tavern)
Hawley Arms Sessions (Sat & Sun @ The Hawley Arms)
Island Records Boat & BBQ Party (Sun @ The Constitution)
It Came From Japan (Sun @ Fiddlers Elbow)
The Lantern Society (Sat @ Lock Tavern)
Loose Records Showcase (Sun @ The Good Mixer)
Red Stripe Busking Sessions (Sat & Sun @ The Camden Eye)
Rock A Hula (Sun @ The Crescent)

INTERACTIVE EVENTS & GAMES:
Bring & Share Musical Bingo (Sun @ Zensai)
Crawl 2010 Fantasy League (Sat & Sun @ Sheephaven Bay)
Hip Hop Karaoke (Sun @ The Bucks Head)
KaraUke (Sat @ The Bucks Head)
Ringo: Music Bingo (Sun @ Quinns)
Moshi Moshi Pop Quiz (Sun @ Grand Union)
Rough Trade Pop Quiz (Sun @ Grand Union)
Scrabble Sunday (Sun @ Old Eagle)
Who Killed Bambi? (Sun @ Grand Union)

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

SATURDAY 1ST & SUNDAY 2ND MAY 2010 (May Bank Holiday Weekend) 12PM – 4AM Both Days

WEEKEND PASSES £55.00* AND SINGLE DAY TICKETS £34.50*ON SALE NOW

ROUNDHOUSE TICKET SUPPLEMENTS guaranteeing entry are available for each of the 4 shows scheduled to take place 1-2 May 2010. They are priced at £6.50 each, unless otherwise indicated, and are valid only with weekend or single day wristbands for the Gaymers Camden Crawl festival. One supplement per date of the festival may be purchased online alongside each weekend or single day festival ticket.

Tickets available from the following outlets: 24 Hr CC Hotline 0870 264 3333 OR buy online: link. * An additional £2 for each weekend and £1 for each day tick charity donation to War Child will be added to each weekend ticket sold

Tickets are to be exchanged for wristbands which allow free entry to each of the participating venues as individual capacities permit with the exception of The Roundhouse. Supplements guaranteeing entry to The Roundhouse will be available to ticket holders via a secure site in early March in tandem with the line up announcement prior to going on general sale. Wristbands and programmes announcing the full line ups and timings for the event are obtainable from 11:00 am onward each day at the Gaymers Camden Crawl ticket exchange point located at: THE ROUNDHOUSE (Chalk Farm Road, NW1). Please note that 2-day pass holders will need to return to ticket exchange to collect Sunday’s timetable. Festival goers are advised to arrive early as there will be a full daytime programme on both days from 12:00 pm. Doors open for evening schedule at 5:30 pm most venues. There will be late night after show parties featuring live bands and DJs until 4:00 am both days.