SWN Festival Announces First Performers

SWN festival has revealed details of its first wave of performers.

The initial line up to the sixth annual Welsh festival includes the likes of Gallows, Joanna Gruesome, This Many Boyfriends and Micachu & The Shapes, as well as a surprise appearance from Charlotte Church.

The full 80 acts scheduled to play the Cardiff event are as follows:

A Girl Called Ruth, Afro Cluster, Al Lewis, Among Brothers, Arcane Roots, Bo Ningen, Brotherhood Of The Lake, Chain Of Flowers, Charlotte Church, Clock Opera, Death At Sea, Denuo, Django Django, Draw Me Stories, Dry The River, Errors, Eugene Francis Jnr, Exit International, Falls, Faye, Feed The Rhino, Fire Season, Fist Of The First Man, Gallops!, Gallows, Glass Pear, Golden Fable, Greta Isaac, Gulp, Hey Sholay, Hysterical Injury, Irma Vep, Islet, Jemma Roper, Jewellers, Joanna Gruesome, John Grant, Katell Keineg, Lanterns On The Lake, Laura J Martin, Liars, Manhattan Coast, Marc O’Reilly, Micachu & The Shapes, Milk Maid, Mowbird, Nebula, No Ceremony, No Thee No Ess, Out Of The Woods, Paper Aeroplanes, Peace, PINS, Prosperina, Quiet Marauder, Rangda, Rozi Plain, Rusty Shackle, Sam Airey, Scritti Politti, Sex Hands, Shy And The Fight, Sion Russell Jones, The Adelines, The Ash And The Oak, The Bright Young People, The Invisible, The Knox, The Lovely Eggs, The School, The Vestals, This Many Boyfriends, Tomos Lewis, Torches, Turbowolf, Urban Development Vocal Collective (UDVC), Various Cruelties, Verity Susman, We’re No Heroes and Zervas & Pepper.

Sŵn Festival 2012 will be taking place in various venues in and around the centre of Cardiff from 18th - 21st October. Visit the official site for more information.