WE ARE SOLD OUT!!! (26/8/08)

THANK YOU for buying tickets, we are chuffed to be sold out! There will be no tickets on the door, so please don't turn up without a ticket. See you in September!

Line up with timings etc will be available in the next few days.
Early Bird Tickets for next year will be available from 15th September on our website.

Thank you / Tusen tack,
Simon and Sofia

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BUS FROM SALISBURY STATION TO LARMER TREE GARDENS (23/8/08)

The details of the bus service are available on our "Information" page in the "Getting to the Festival" Section.

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FREE LOCK UPS (12/8/08)

As always with festivals we encourage everybody to bring as few valuables as possible, ideally none. But as we know that it's sometimes hard to manage without certain items of value, we have teamed up with FRIENDS OF THE EARTH who will be providing a FREE lock up service at this year's festival.

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COMEDY AND STORYTELLING AT THE FESTIVAL (04/08/08)

We are very proud to announce the following lovely people who will provide us with comedy, storytelling and also a late night 'Scarytellers Club', all curated by Sarah Bennetto: Adrian Poynton, Dan Atopolski, Darren Hanlon, James Dowdeswell, Josie Long, Maeve Higgins, Robin Ince, Rufus Hound, Stephen Carlin, Terry Saunders and Tommy and the Weeks.

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CINEMA TENT AND FILM COMPETITION (07/07/08)

We are joining forces with ground-breaking movie magazine Little White Lies to create a cinema experience at the festival with a similar approach as to the music line-up. And by taking care of the little things, the synergy between EOTR and LWLies magazine is obvious and provides the opportunity to for us to create something really special, involving partnership with Warp Films, Shortwave Films and other film companies.

As part of all this we are also running a shortfilm competition called 'End of the Reel' with prizes including festival tickets, LWLies subscription, Rough Trade & Carhartt goodies - find out how to apply, deadlines etc here: www.youtube.com/endofthereel

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THE LOCAL' AT END OF THE ROAD 2008 (03/07/08)

Building on the success of last year's Local tent we welcome back Howard and his lovely team! They've got some bright new things for us, such as Essie Jain, The Miserable Rich, A.p.a.T.t, Birdengine, By the Fireside, Karima Francis... as well as some killer favourites of their own - Dead Meadow, The Chap, The Constantines and Wildbirds and Peacedrums and more!

'THE LOCAL' LINE UP, A-Z:

A.p.a.T.t
Alessi
Birdengine
By the Fireside
The Chap
Charlotte Hatherley
The Constantines
Cut a Shine 21st Century Barn Dance
David Thomas Broughton
Dead Meadow
Denis Jones
Essie Jain
Folk Orchestra
Karima Francis
The Miserable Rich
One Little Plane
Pictish Trail w/ Rozi Plain
Robyn G Shiels
The Singing Adams
Wildbirds and Peacedrums

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BAND APPLICATION RESULTS (10/06/08)

Thank you to everybody who applied to play at End of the Road 2008, we had over 600 applications and every single one of them was listened to. We're doing this as we want to support independent music, independent labels and the DIY side of music in general. B ased on what we heard through myspace, websites etc, together with our friend Ro, we have chosen 10 bands from all the applications who will be given a slot to play at the festival this year:

The Accidental
Cats in Paris
Christopher Rees
The Gentle Good
Gossamer Albatross
Lonely Ghosts
Over the Wall
Revenge of Shinobi
Sylvia's
Threatmantics

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TRADING APPLICATIONS DEADLINE PASSED (09/05/08)

Thank you, the deadline has now passed for trading applications for this year's End of the Road festival but if you can join our catering and trading mailing list by contacting Jo Rogers on at endoftheroadstalls@yahoo.co.uk

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CONOR OBERST & THE MYSTIC VALLEY BAND CONFIRMED (30/04/08)

Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band have been confirmed as joint Friday headliners – with Dirty Three – at this year's End of the Road Festival.

They are one of several artists today announced for the EOTR bill, along with:

Absentee, Baby Dee, Bowerbirds, Clare & the Reasons, Dead Meadow, El Guincho, Kurt Wagner (Lambchop), Miracle Fortress, Pyramids, Robyn Hitchcock, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin and Sons of Noel and Adrian

All these bands join one of the finest lineups of the year, at one of the best small festivals on the UK circuit – winner of Best New Festival at the UK Festival Awards 2006.

Also headlining are Mercury Rev (Saturday) and Calexico (Sunday). Several more major artists are due to be announced in the coming weeks.

The relatively intimate crowd of 5,000 attendees, plus local peacocks and parrots, will witness some huge cult names alongside a range of today's most talented rising stars in a bill that includes the following artists:

Mercury Rev, Dirty Three, Low, American Music Club, Two Gallants, British Sea Power, Sun Kil Moon / Mark Kozelek, Billy Childish, Micah P Hinson, The Mountain Goats, Akron/Family, Kimya Dawson, Darren Hayman (Darren and Jack Play Hefner Songs), FM Belfast, Laura Marling, Devon Sproule, Angelo Spencer, Kelley Stoltz, Jeffrey Lewis, Jason Molina, A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Bob Log III, The Wave Pictures, Woodpigeon and Friska Viljor

Tucked away in the garden's glades and pathways, attendees might also stumble across the mysterious Library in the Woods, a Healing Retreat, surprise art installations, lovingly curated film and comedy tents and several of the surprise impromptu performances that have become the stuff of legend, as bands caught up in the spirit of the festival – often described as akin to an early Glastonbury - knock out a song with the aid of a handy woodland piano.

Said festival organiser Simon Taffe: “I sold my house to put on this festival, and three years on it's even more the best thing I have ever done than ever before. We try and bring down the barriers between artists and festival-goers as much as possible, and all the surprises and spontaneous performances help create a sense that anything can happen. I can’t wait!”

WOODPIGEON SINGLE RELEASED TODAY! (28/04/08)

We are so happy to be releasing the first UK single by Woodpigeon, titled "That Was Good But You Can Do Better" out on limited edition 7", B-side: "Knock Knock". You can get the single from most good record shops such as Rough Trade, Piccadilly, Rounders and more. You can check out the band on their myspace. Mark Hamilton (Woodpigeon) will be supporting The Young Republic at Borderline in London on 14th May as well as doing a few more shows across the UK and Europe. Come and join us at the shows - we can't wait!

MOST MUSICAL CITY IN ENGLAND (21/04/08)

We are proud to be teaming up with the Arts Council's scheme 'Take It Away' to find the Most Musical City in England... by voting you can win tickets to the festival, and there are also three slots made available for bands to represent their Most Musical City by playing at the festival. Read more about it HERE.

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CALEXICO ANNOUNCED FOR SUNDAY (10/04/08)

We are chuffed to announce Calexico to headline Sunday night!

LATEST LINE-UP ADDITIONS (7/03/08)

Low, Dirty Three, British Sea Power, American Music Club, Billy Childish, Akron/Family, Kimya Dawson, Darren Hayman (Darren and Jack Play Hefner Songs), FM Belfast, Laura Marling, Devon Sproule, Angelo Spencer and Kelley Stoltz - please see LINE UP section for more details.

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TRADER AND CATERER APPLICATION FORMS NOW AVAILABLE (29/02/08)

You can now volunteer to get involved with the festival, or apply as a trader / caterer by downloading the following forms:

Trader application form

Caterer application form

Volunteer/ steward application form

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FIRST BANDS TO CONFIRM EOTR 2008 (18/02/08)

We are happy to announce the first batch of bands to confirm:

Mercury Rev
Two Gallants
Micah P Hinson
Mountain Goats
Sun Kil Moon/Mark Kozelek
Jeffrey Lewis
Jason Molina (Magnolia Electric Co.)
A Hawk And A Hacksaw
Bob Log III
The Wave Pictures
Friska Viljor
Woodpigeon

More bands will be announced shortly, look forward to seeing you in September

xx

Simon and Sofia

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PLAY END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL 2008 (4/2/08)

For information on how to apply to play at the festival this year, please go to the INFORMATION section and click on "Play EOTR Festival 2008", we look forward to hearing lots of great and interesting music and seeing some of you at the festival.

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END OF THE ROAD MONTHLY RESIDENCY (28/1/08)

We are very happy to announce starting our monthly residencies again, this time together with the lovely peeps behind The Local. Our residency takes place on the last Wednesday of every month, at Bush Hall in London, with the first one on 27th February with a fantastic line up of Tujiko Noriko, The Cave Singers, Congregation and Sons of Noel & Adrian. Tickets available at http://wegottickets.com/event/25065 - first 50 tickets are £5 each, then it's £7.

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THE YOUNG REPUBLIC'S FIRST RELEASE (21/1/08)

We are sooooo excited about releasing the very first album on End of the Road Records today, and it's by our lovely friends - The Young Republic. Please check them out: www.theyoungrepublic.net, www.myspace.com/theyoungrepublic and www.endoftheroadrecords.com