End of the Road Festival

End of the Road – Line up announcement

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End of the Road festival is back this year from 29 August to 1 September 2024.

2024’s headline acts are bigger than ever and make the award winning festival at Larmer Tree Gardens essential for music lovers.

BONNIE ‘PRINCE’ BILLY

IDLES

SLOWDIVE

FEVER RAY

ALONGSIDE 50+ WORLD-CLASS ARTISTS

SLEATER KINNEY | CMAT | GRUFF RHYS | BILL RYDER JONES | BAXTER DURY | 

JOCKSTRAP | THE LEMON TWIGS | CURTIS HARDING | RICHARD HAWLEY | CASISDEAD | YO LA TENGO | 

TY SEGALL | EVERYTHING EVERYTHING | THE REYTONS

CASSYETTE | ALTIN GUN | ENGLISH TEACHER | SPRINTS | MRCY | RICHARD DAWSON |

Joe Talbot – IDLES © Graham Tarrant

IDLES return to End of the Road after triumphant performances at Glastonbury and Truckfest earlier this summer.

Cult favourite Bonnie “Prince” Billy returns with his beautiful songs of darkness, while folk legend Richard Dawson will kick things off on Thursday.

Shoegaze legends Slowdive go head-to-head with Richard Hawley in an impressive clash on Saturday night, followed by incredible after-hours acts you must not miss. The joyous John Talabot comes over from Barcelona for what will be a must-see DJ set. Also, Casisdead will surely demonstrate why he defied expectations and came away with a Brit Award earlier this year.

Fever Ray brings the Woods stage to a close on Sunday, while the beautiful Garden Stage concludes with the mighty Yo La Tengo.

It’s not only the music to enjoy at End of the Road. An impressive comedy lineup includes the unique Stewart Lee (the 41st best stand-up according to his own routine), Taskmaster favourite Fern Brady, and Josie Long, winner of the Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe all those years ago.

There’s also an outstanding cinema line-up, including Blur’s new documentary ‘To The End‘, following by a Q&A with director Toby L, while celebrated filmmaker Andrea Arnold curates the full cinema lineup on Sunday.

If you’re lucky, you may still be able to get a ticket at www.endoftheroadfestival.com

END OF THE ROAD 2022 – PREVIEW

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THE 2022 HEADLINERS HAVE NOW BEEN ANNOUNCED AND WE ARE DELIGHTED TO SHARE THE LINE UP WITH YOU

PIXIES

FLEET FOXES

BRIGHT EYES

KHRUANGBIN

Also joining the line up, in no particular order are:

THE MAGNETIC FIELDS | ALDOUS HARDING | KURT VILE AND THE VIOLATORS |

PERFUME GENIUS | KEVIN MORBY | TINARIWEN | BLACK MIDI | LUCY DACUS | GREENTEA PENG |

THE WEATHER STATION | PORRIDGE RADIO | YARD ACT | SO MANY MORE…

Beyond that, End of Road also includes a dedicated children’s area, as well as a range of workshops, a healing field, film tent, comedy tent, games area and a library in the forest.

End of the Road announce entire workshop and activities line up!

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One of the most charmingly beautiful and eclectic festivals of the summer, End of the Road, is officially in eight weeks time, and with that in mind, the final lineup of workshops and activities has been announced.

For the creatives among you, there’s everything from Clay Creations, Origami, Screen Printing, Enamelling and even Comic Book Creating, whereas those who have an extroverted streak can enjoy a wide array of performing arts workshops, where you can be a part of a choir with Singing Loudly for All to Hear, or being part of a spontaneous theatre piece in conjunction with The One Line Theatre Company.

If that’s not your scene and you’d rather relax, wind down, and give your chakras some good loving in between acts, there's also a load of yoga, mindfulness and meditation workshops that you can enjoy.

But the workshops are only a small segment of what End of the Road is all about, with headliners such as The Shins, Joanna Newsom and Animal Collective, as well as incredible artists such as Bat for Lashes, Savages, Ezra Furman, Devendra Banhart, Omar Souleyman and many more, you can’t miss this enchanting folk gathering at the end of the summer.

An entire list of workshops and full line-up can be found on the official End of the Road website.

 

 

Headliners announced for End of the Road Festival 2015

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Playing his first ever UK festival, Sufjan Stevens will perform on the Woods Stage on Saturday night, following Australia’s psychedelic victors Tame Impala on Friday. Sunday night will see the critics’ album of 2014 holders The War On Drugs play their only summer festival in the UK this year. 
 
Future Islands will be bringing their dance moves and infectious grooves to the intimate settings of Larmer Tree Gardens, while Mercury nominated Scottish four piece Django Django will be ready to play tracks from their hugely anticipated second album due this Spring. 
 
Making their way from Perth, Pond will be bringing the psychedelic freak-outs, Toronto five-piece Alvvays bring the fuzz pop, while Ty Segall brings his band Fuzz. Spacebomb Records newcomer, and everyone’s favourite one to watch for this year, Natalie Prass has got the triumphant soul thing covered whilst controversial post-punk crusaders Sleaford Mods and South London’s Fat White Family bring the anarchy. 
 
Following the announcement of Carrie & Lowell, his first album in four years, Sufjan Stevens will headline the three-day festival making End of the Road his first ever UK festival performance. Furthermore, this will be Stevens’ only UK festival date this year and his second ever festival appearance anywhere in the world.
 
End Of The Road Festival 2015 Line Up
 
Sufjan Stevens
Tame Impala 
The War on Drugs
Future Islands
Django Django
Pond
Alvvays
Fuzz
The Unthanks
Fat White Family
Sleaford Mods
Ought
King Khan & The BBQ Show
Jessica Pratt
Natalie Prass
Torres
BC Camplight
Fumaça Preta
Sam Amidon
Happyness
Hinds 
Jane Weaver
Juan Wauters
Lisa O'Neill
Ultimate Painting
The Drink
The Black Tambourines
Charlie Cunningham

End of the Road Festival comedy lineup announced

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The Summer Festival Guide is excited to bring you the comedy lineup for this year End of the Road Festival which is situated in a secret, albeit well-signposted glade in the Larmer Tree Gardens woodland.  End of the Road Festival has a comedy stage unlike any other. There is music, storytelling, adventure and of course laughter and it all often continues late into the night, with all kinds of unexpected impromptu conversations and happenings thrown in, as and when organiser Sarah Bennetto feels they will amuse. The lineup so far, announced today, is below, with a few words on each, and it joins a fantastic music lineup headlined by Flaming Lips, Wild Beasts and the Gene Clark No Other Band, an all-star ensemble featuring members of Beach House, Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear and Fairport Convention.

Comedy lineup – the list

Knightmare Live: Festival Expansion Pack (Sat late-show) (UK music fest exclusive)

Jessica Delfino (NYC) (UK music fest exclusive)

Mark Watson                                                                                 

Simon Munnery                                                                      

Daniel Simonsen (NORWAY)                                                    

Marcel Lucont (FRANCE)                                                        

David Morgan                                                                                    

Ryan Coffey (AUS)                                                          

Edward Aczel  

Celia Pacquola 

Tom Adams 

Sarah Bennetto

Stuart Goldsmith 

Wendy Wason  

Katie Mulgrew   

Jessica Fostekew 

 

Storytellers’ Club (Fri late-show)

 

Gene Clark No Other Band to headline End of the Road Festival

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End of the Road Festival is thrilled to reveal that its final headliner will be the Gene Clark No Other Band, in a UK premier and a UK exclusive of a unique collaboration the likes of which is rarely seen in a live setting, joining a bill also topped by Flaming Lips and Wild Beasts.

The all-star ensemble is one of 34 acts – also including Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, St Vincent, tUnE-yArDs, Jenny Lewis, Felice Brothers and Black Lips – announced today. A full A – Z list to come, but first some more on the new headliner…

The Gene Clark No Other Band sees Beach House's Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally, Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold, Grizzly Bear's Daniel Rossen and ex-Fairport Convention member Iain Matthews come together with members of Wye Oak and Celebration to reconstruct the Byrds’ Gene Clark’s 1974 masterpiece No Other.

Beach House have said of the show, which toured in the US earlier this year to huge acclaim:“No Other it feels like a special moment in Gene Clark's songwriting. Throughout the years, many have dug up the record and fallen in love with it. We, Beach House, are certainly two of those people and we hope that playing the record live will spread the album even more. We feel incredibly excited and lucky that we will be working with such a stellar group of singers, friends, and musicians without whose help this complicated and unconventional tour would never be possible.”

An A-Z list of all the new artists confirmed today is as follows:

Alice Boman
Archie Bronson Outfit
Arc Iris
Arrows of Love
Benjamin Booker
Black Lips
Celebration
Chad Vangaalen
David Thomas Broughton
Felice Brothers
The Gene Clark No Other Band
Jenny Lewis
Kiran Leonard
Laish
Lapland
Lau
Lonnie Holley
Lucius
Lyla Foy
Mazes
Otti Albietz & the voices
Phox
The Rails
Robert Ellis
Samantha Crain
St Vincent
Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
The Districts
Theo Verney
Tides of Man
Tramms
tUnE-yArDs
Wye Oak
Zachary Cale

Over fifty acts announced for End of the Road Festival

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Hosted in the wonderful surroundings of Larmer Tree Gardens in Dorset, this years End of the Road Festival will be headlined by Flaming Lips and Wild Beasts.

Along with the announced headliners, check out the fifty other artists that have been added to the lineup.

Festival founder Simon Taffe: "I am very excited to have finally got the Flaming Lips, one of the best live bands in the world today, playing End of the Road on Saturday night. It's also a great honour to have the Wild Beasts back to play a headline spot, plus some of the most interesting live bands around at the moment – White Denim, John Grant, Yo La Tengo and many more."

The full A-Z list of artists confirmed today is:

9 Bach
Adult Jazz
Alexis Taylor
All We Are
Andrew Combs
The Barr Brothers
Benjamin Clementine
Bird Courage
British Sea Power
Cate Le Bon
Cold Specks
Connan Mockasin
Deer Tick
Drenge
Eagulls
Ezra Furman
Flaming Lips
Gruff Rhys
Hookworms
Horse Thief
Houndstooth
John Cooper Clarke
John Grant
John Smith
Johnny Flynn
Juana Molina
Mark Kozelek
Marissa Nadler
The Melodic
Nick Waterhouse
Oliver Wilde
Perfume Genius
Peggy Sue
Pink Mountaintops
Radiophonic Workshop
Richard Thompson
Rosie Lowe
St Paul and the Broken Bones
Stealing Sheep
Sweet Baboo
Temples
The Horrors
Three Trapped Tigers
Tinariwen
Tiny Ruins
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Wave Pictures
White Denim
Wild Beasts
Woods
Wytches
Yo La Tengo

 

Comedy lineup announced for End of the Road Festival

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Located in a hidden glade in the woods that surround Larmer Tree Gardens, End of the Road's comedy stage is a bit like a seditious medieval meeting, except instead of rebels plotting against the king you are greeted by a series of brilliant comedians wearing jeans and T-shirts rather than tabards and sword-sheaths.

Okay, so it was not the best simile, except, maybe, for the fact that among the comedy additions announced today – alongside wonders such as Mark Watson and Sara Pascoe – is Gemma Whelan, also known as Yara Greyjoy from that ridiculously addictive TV series Game of Thrones. She and seven others join an already-great lineup whose names so far confirmed include Phil Nichol, Michael Legge, Robin Ince, Nick Doody, Joey Page, Colin Hoult, Tom Allen, Sarah Bennetto, Stuart Black, Chris Coltrane, John Robins, Robin and Partridge and Felicity Ward.

Read on for the latest confirmations with notes by the festival's comedy creator Sarah Bennetto.

Mark Watson
Stand-up, writer, all round great guy. He has won the Edinburgh Best Newcomer Comedy Award and Panel Prize, and has appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Mock the Week. His “long shows” are the thing of legend, and his warm-hearted humour and terrific flights of fancy will leave you aglow. 

Sara Pascoe
Wit and whimsy, with a dark edge and political subtext. Sara Pascoe is a talented stand-up who also starred in Twenty Twelve, The Thick of It and Live at the Apollo (amongst many more of your favourite comedy shows). 

Gemma Whelan as Chastity Butterworth
Hilarious stand-up and comic actor, Gemma Whelan can also be seen gallivanting about as Yara Greyjoy in the mighty TV behemoth, Game of Thrones. Chastity Butterworth will whip you all into shape as she lectures on social niceties and festival manners. 

The Monster Comedy Shed
A wonderful little thing run by that clever Neil Wates and the folk at Monster Comedy. A tiny audience inside a wooden garden shed, plus special guest comedians. There will be no more than four audience members at a time – you have been warned! The Monster Comedy Shed will also be wheelchair accessible. 

Pappy’s 
The return of the anarchic comedy trio. They have yet another Edinburgh Award nomination under their belt, a smashing podcast, plus a BBC sitcom just about to launch! Watch them soar in 2013 onwards.   

Tony Law
Often surreal, always sharp Canadian stand-up and Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee. Audiences and comedians, alike, love him. And with good reason – the man’s a comedy god.

Phil Kay
A force of nature. Phil Kay had a few years off End of the Road, and now he’s back with a new book in the works and even more tremendous adventures to tell us about. A mesmerising, messy comic journey. 

Tiffany Stevenson
Straight-talking and often biting, Tiffany Stevenson can be found cracking her wit whip at all the best theatres, clubs and music festivals. End of the Road Festival is honoured to have her joining us in 2013.

The music lineup at this year's End of the Road Festival is topped by Belle and Sebastian, Sigur Rós, David Byrne & St Vincent and Eels.

The Walkmen added to End of the Road Festival lineup

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The Walkmen top yet another twenty-band announcement for the End of the Road Festival, joining a bill topped by Belle and Sebastian, Sigur Rós and David Byrne & St Vincent.

In A – Z order, the following artists are confirmed today: Anna van Hausswolff, Andy Shauf, Black Yaya, Braids, Broken Twin, Crocodiles, Daniel Norgren, Duologue,  El Perro Del Mar, Evans the Death, Filthy Boy, Frontier Ruckus, The Graphite Set, Jessica Pratt, Landshapes, Tiger Cats, Trembling Bells and Mike Heron, The Walkmen, Wall and William Tyler.

See the website at www.endoftheroadfestival.com for full lineup info and more.

“One of the most unique and special propositions in the British festival calendar.” – The Line of Best Fit

“Uncut’s favourite festival.” – Uncut

Winner of Best Small Festival at the 2011 UK Festival Awards, End of the Road is an intimate festival in a peacock-strewn former Victorian pleasure garden offering a carefully crafted music lineup plus art, atmosphere, workshops, comedy, cinema, a woodland library, games, a healing field and the finest food and drinks, hand-picked and hand-decorated by a small team.

Comedy in the Woods returns to End of the Road Festival

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Set in a secluded glade in the woods around Larmer Tree Gardens, End of the Road's comedy stage is a big favourite, and this year's promises to be the funniest and most lovable lineup yet. Here's the full bill, with notes by the festival's comedy creator Sarah Bennetto.

Phil Nichol

Multi-multi award winning Canadian livewire stand-up and brilliant actor. Nominated for the Perrier, and then went on to win it a few years later! His first ever appearance at EotR.

Michael Legge and Robin Ince: 'Pointless Anger, Righteous Ire'

Their infamous grumpy men show will be a late show at EotR 2013. Both will also be doing an afternoon stand-up set during the weekend. Passionate, hilarious tirades, delivered with a warm heart and a wink.

Nick Doody

An EotR first for this incisive political comedian and writer. A critic’s favourite, once he gets on a roll, it’s a thing to behold.

Joey Page

Described by his friend, Noel Fielding as "A stylish comedian with a sonic imagination and a twinkle in his eye", time spent in Joey’s wonderful world will lighten your soul. As seen on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, this will be Joey’s first appearance at EotR. We are chuffed to have him!

Colin Hoult

A cavalcade of comedy characters that are some kind of warped genius. It’s no surprise he’s on every TV show going at the moment (from Being Human to Russell Howard’s Good News and Harry Hill’s TV Burp, and more!). Colin’s first ever appearance at EotR.

Tom Allen

Tom Allen is charm embodied. But don’t be fooled, there’s sharp wit behind the glint in his eye. Tom’s now famous spontaneous rant at No Direction Home Festival about his somewhat modest tent, the Vango Banshee 200, had people crying tears of hilarity. Not to be missed.

Sarah Bennetto

Stand-up comic and host of radio show, Mix-Tape, Sarah also hosts Storytellers’ Club. Sarah has been touring a new show since her last EotR, and comes prepared with a swathe of new jokes and wild stories in her satchel.

Stuart Black

Bleak, brilliant tirades about modern life. A whip-sharp wit, and comedian’s favourite. In many ways, Black, is a Dylan Moran for the anti-folk generation. First time at EotR.

Chris Coltrane

Chris’ ascent has been rapid for a reason: he’s very good at jokes and it’s obvious he cares about his fellow man. Irreverent, political musings, remarkable stories, coupled with sharp writing mean this EotR debut will be sure to impress.

John Robins

Compering one afternoon’s stand-up show. A terrific stand-up, who – as it happens – names all his shows with song references (including songs by Bon Iver and Godspeed You! Black Emperor). When he’s onstage, fun is sure to follow.

Robin and Partridge

Compering an afternoon show. This comedy duo bring to EotR their free-wheeling whimsy, with killer punchlines. Both clever minds, their sense of wonder and magic means there’ll be loads of clowning around from these two criminally pretty boys.

Felicity Ward
A hotly-tipped Australian stand-up and actor, in demand all over the world. With great and gruesome characters and heart-wrenchingly hilarious tales, she'll make you love her. This is Felicity's first time at EotR.

Storytellers’ Club

A selection of the best comedians (and sometime EotR musicians!) join Sarah Bennetto to tell their amazing tales. Always popular.

The music lineup at this year's End of the Road Festival is topped by Belle and Sebastian, Sigur Rós, David Byrne & St Vincent and Eels.