Leicester's Handmade Festival: Updates

Handmade Festival, a brand new arts festival taking place at venues across Leicester city centre, can announce more musical additions and the stand-up comedy headliners for its inaugural weekend.

The final musical headliners to be announced are Sam Duckworth, the acclaimed singer-songwriter also known as Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, prog-hardcore trio Arcane Roots, Leicester's globetrotting instrumentalists Maybeshewill and folk troubadour recently featured on BBC Radio 4's The Now Show Grace Petrie. Also joining the bill are Sulk, My First Tooth, Codex Leicester, Peter Wyeth, Colobos, Haus, Midas Fall, Arms of Atlas, Speaking In Italics, Surrender The Coast, Colobos, Haus, TE Morris, Weikie and Charlotte Carpenter.

Handmade can also announce its comedy line-up will be headlined by musical stand-up Rob Deering and Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award 2012 nominee James Acaster. Additionally Robin Ince, co-host of BBC Radio 4's Infinite Monkey Cage, will be heading up a special Handmade Festival after party on Monday 27th May, bringing his Dirty Book Club to Firebug, with very special guests to be announced soon.

The full list of artists so far announced is now:

FRIDAY

Rolo Tomassi, Maybeshewill, Arcane Roots, Sulk, James Acaster, Rob Deering, Codex Leicester, Speaking In Italics, Surrender The Coast and more to be announced.

SATURDAY

Nine Black Alps, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Sam Duckworth, Johnny Foreigner, My First Tooth, Her Name Is Calla, Peter Wyeth, Little Night Terrors, Grace Petrie, Kenworthy, Colobos, Midas Fall, Haus, Katie Malco, TE Morris, Weikie, Charlotte Carpenter and more to be announced.

SUNDAY

Dutch Uncles, The Twilight Sad, Sky Larkin, We Three And The Death Rattle, Arms of Atlas, Dark Dark Horse and more to be announced.

MONDAY

Robin Ince's Dirty Book Club with very special guests to be added.

Weekend tickets (Friday to Sunday) are now on sale priced £25 with day tickets for all four days available for just £10 each from http://handmadefestival.co.uk

Taking place over the weekend of 24th-26th May 2013, Handmade Festival will feature music, stand-up comedy, film screenings and interactive art and photography exhibitions. Live events over the three days will not just take over the city’s established music venues, such as Firebug and The Cookie Jar, but spaces new to music and arts events including the Guildhall, People’s Photographic Gallery, Leicester Castle, Wyggeston's House and Bishop Street Methodist Church.

Dates: 24th-26th May 2013 plus extra event on 27th May

Website: http://www.handmadefestival.co.uk

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/HandmadeFestivalLeicester

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/HandmadeTotally

Direct ticket link: http://www.wegottickets.com/f/5930

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