Festivals
Circa Waves, Idles and Her’s are set for Handmade Festival 2018
The Orielles, Protomartyr and more have also been announced for the bash.

The first wave of names have been announced for this year’s Handmade Festival.
Circa Waves and Idles are leading the way, with Protomartyr also on the bill. They’ll be joined by Her’s and The Orielles at the Leicester bash.
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Future of the Left, Little Comets, Dinosaur Pile Up, Delta Sleep, Grace Petrie, Dream Nails, Peaness, She Makes War, Magique, Mellow Gang, Rascalton, Rattle, Crosa Roda, Eyre Llew and Natalie Evans will also be playing at the festival in May.
This year’s Handmade Festival featured the likes of Goat Girls, HMLTD, Dead Pretties, Frightened Rabbit, Honeyblood, Superfood, Pulled Apart By Horses and many more.
Handmade Festival 2018 gets underway between 5th-6th May 2018 at the O2 Academy in Leicester. See the full line up so far below.
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