Bon Iver and Aaron Dessner announce first festival line-up by posting details to ticket-buyers

Running this July, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and The National’s Aaron Dessner are putting on their first ever Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival in Vernon’s Wisconsin hometown.

Those who’ve already bought advance tickets for the two-day fest have started being notified details of the acts playing, by post.

Several names have been revealed via individual messages to ticket-buyers. So far, Low, The Tallest Man on Earth and Vernon’s bandmate S. Carey have been confirmed, with Polica and Boys Noize also set to feature.

The full line-up is set to be announced on Thursday 12th February.

Anyone picking up details of the line-up also received this message from the curators:

“We took a leap of faith. We didn’t know if anyone would leap with us. And then there you were.

Sight unseen, you’ve agreed to join us at the inaugural Eaux Claires Festival along the banks of the Chippewa River this July.

We hope you can feel our gratitude.

Eaux Claires is more than just music. It will be an experience including and celebrating art in a multitude of forms — from the paintbrush to the pen, from the plow to the plate, from local brews to local bootstrappers. Above all, we want to share this place — the Chippewa Valley that has been so good to so many of us.

To make this work, we need early leaders. You are among them. To show our appreciation for your support at the start, here’s a sneak peek at just one of the many artists from the lineup we’re assembling:

We encourage you to share your artists by tagging this information #eauxclaires and broadcasting it in any way you choose. In this way, three quarters of the lineup can be discovered before the full reveal.

We also invite you to join us at www.eauxclaires.com on February 11th when we officially announce our lineup along with other surprises.

Right now the Chippewa River slips dark and silent beneath the sheeted ice. come summer, the water will flow warm and slow. Along the banks the grass will grow, and the night will fill with music and light.

We’ll join you there.

Michael Perry, Eaux Claires Narrator

Justin Vernon, Eaux Claires Curator”