First Announcements For SWN Festival 2011

SWN Festival has announced the first 50 acts that will play the Cardiff festival this October.

The Fall, The Joy Formidable, And So I Watch You From Afar, Eagulls and Echo Lake are amongst the first batch of bands announced for the Huw Stephens curated festival.

Now in its fifth year, SWN Festival will take place on October 20-23, adding a fourth day of music for the first time in its history.

The line-up so far includes:

Al Lewis, Among Brothers, And So I Watch You From Afar, Apostles, Ashtray Navigations, Barefoot Dance of the Sea, Battlekat, Ben Howard, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Bleeding Heart Narrative, Chailo Sim, Colorama, Creatures of Love, Daughter, Dots.filmband, Eagulls, Echo Lake, Effort, Elephant Stone, Elephant, Gavin Osborn, H Hawkline, Herman Dune, Houdini Dax, Jen Jeniro, Joseph & David, Let’s Buy Happiness, Mammal Club, Masters In France, Mowbird, Olympians, Pandas and People, Patterns, RAPIDS!, Red City Radio, Right Hand Left Hand, Samoans, Team Sports, The Cut Ups, The Fall, The History of Apple Pie, The Joy Formidable, The Keys, The Method, The Victorian English Gentlemans Club, Theo, Town, Trwbador, Ultrahumanitarian, Zervas & Pepper

More acts are still to be announced and tickets are on sale now