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We are delighted to reveal this year’s Literature lineup, with some of the country’s finest minds, writers and performers who will be joining us over the weekend including founding member of cult band Saint Etienne, Bob Stanley, First Lady Of Soul P.P. Arnold, and chief rock & pop critic Will Hodgkinson. Also joining them will be Sunday Times bestselling author Tom Cox, Radio 3 presenter Kate Molleson and more.

SEE THE FULL LITERATURE LINEUP HERE

First up, founding member of cult band Saint Etienne, Bob Stanley will be reading from his new book “Let’s Do It: The Birth of Pop” where he paints an aural portrait of pop music’s formative years with stunning clarity, uncovering the silver threads and golden needles that bind the form together.

He’ll be joined by London’s First Lady Of Soul, P.P. Arnold whose highly anticipated “Soul Survivor: The Autobiography” will be published this Summer recounting her five-decade career working with everyone from Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, the Small Faces, Eric Clapton and Nick Drake to Barry Gibb, Peter Gabriel, Roger Waters, the KLF, Paul Weller and Primal Scream.

Tom Cox will discuss his recently published debut novel “Villager”, whilst music critic and author Will Hodgkinson will be joining us to discuss his latest book “In Perfect Harmony: Singalong Pop In 70s Britain”, focusing on the decade when Britain was awash with mass appeal pop from the brickie glam of Slade, Mud and Sweet to the kid-friendly high jinx of the Wombles, Tiswas and Supersonic.

Elsewhere, we welcome London’s first (and only) literary tarot cabaret, Litwitchure, author Lily Dunn, nature advocate and author Jay Griffiths, Radio 3 presenter Kate Molleson and historian Matthew Green to Larmer Tree Gardens.

LITERATURE LINEUP 2022:

Bob Stanley
P.P. Arnold
Tom Cox
Litwitchure
Lily Dunn
Will Hodgkinson
Jay Griffiths
Kate Molleson
Matthew Green

HELLO FRIENDS!

With less than five months to go until End of the Road 2022, we’re delighted to reveal another haul of bands to be added to the already sparkling lineup.

Joining headliners Pixies, Fleet Foxes, Bright Eyes and Khruangbin on the bill will be musical polymaths Battles, electronic shapeshifter Ross From Friends, indie-rock singer-songwriter Soccer Mommy, Soweto superstars BCUC, and much more.

Unfortunately, Greentea Peng and The Anchoress won’t be able to join us in Dorset this year.

In slightly different news, we managed to find a handful of End of the Road 2022 extra tickets whilst doing some Spring cleaning. If you missed out before, they’re available on our website now. Be quick, we don’t think they’ll last long.

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As ever, there is always so much to explore across the lineup… Cue West Yorkshire buzz band English Teacher, art-punks The Umlauts, whilst a more meditative and meandering listen can be sought by the deceptively named Skullcrusher and Karima Walker.

Exciting new voices in indie include Nigerian-American artist Uwade, 80s revivalists Highschool, bedroom pop project Vogues and brooding, and atmospheric band Lichen.

DJ Sets will be provided by 6 Music presenter Tom Ravenscroft and Afrofuturist Kareem Ali, whilst ‘Play End Of The Road’ competition winners, Tiny Leaves and Stephen Durkan & The Acid Commune complete the latest additions.

Roll on September!

End of The Road 2022 is now SOLD OUT!

We’d like to extend the biggest THANK YOU to everybody who’s bought a ticket. We can’t wait to see you in September for yet another weekend of incredible live music, pints with pals and a whole lot of dancing!

If you missed out on tickets, official resales will once again be available a little later in the year. Keep an eye out for more details and onsale dates.

Don’t forget – if you have bought a Deposit ticket you have until 28th March to pay the remaining balance.

We are now accepting applications for our annual Play EOTR competition, in which we handpick and invite our favourite new artists to play at End Of The Road. We are only picking 2 acts this year as we are honouring previous winners bookings from 2020.

This year one of the selected artists will open one of the Major Stages (Woods, Garden, Big Top) and one will film a session with The Line of Best Fit. If you are chosen as the act to open one of the Major Stages you will still be eligible for The Line of Best Fit feature, (and vice versa) – the two opportunities aren’t mutually exclusive but they won’t necessarily go to the same act.

Head here for more info and to apply.

We’re delighted to announce the return of our famous Christmas Party, taking place at Studio 9294 in London on Thursday December 9th! Joining us for festive fun will be the sublime Wu-Lu, who blew so many of you away at End Of The Road 2021, and a world exclusive performance from Christmas Creedence Revival; a tribute to everyone’s favourite Americana jam band, formed of local indie darlings.

As if that weren’t enough, we’ll also have stand-up comedy from the magnificent Rob Auton, Loud and Quiet Magazine DJs and one more live act to be announced very soon.

Grab your tickets now via Dice at bit.ly/EOTRXMASDice or Music Glue at bit.ly/EOTRXMASMG.

We’re absolutely delighted to welcome the legendary Pixies as our first End Of The Road Festival 2022 headliner. The pioneers of loud-quiet-loud, and one of the most influential guitar bands of the past forty years, they’ll bring their visceral, thrilling live show to Larmer Tree Gardens for the first time next September. With 2022 early-birds selling out in under a minute, tickets are still flying out the door at record speed, so secure yours before it’s too late.

It’s what you’ve all been waiting for. We’re delighted to share our EOTR 2021 Day Splits with you all today. Time to dig out the sharpie and spend the next fortnight fretting over clashes… we hope they’re not too evil.

In addition to the above, we’re thrilled to announce that ever-growing folk collective Broadside Hacks will perform a very special Sunday afternoon set on our Piano Stage.

We’re sorry to say that Altin Gun, The Goon Sax and Tenesha the Wordsmith will no longer be joining us; though we’re delighted to welcome Soccer96, Pozi, Charlie Cunningham, Teleman, NiNE8 and Blood Wizard to the bill.

With just over two weeks to go before the 15th edition of End Of The Road, described as “inarguably, the best-curated festival of the summer” (★★★★★ NME in 2019), the music offering is already looking like the best and most cutting edge of the summer so far, featuring artists like King Krule, Stereolab and Special Guest Damon Albarn. In addition to this, the
festival has now released an incredibly strong lineup for their Comedy & Literature offering. Simon Amstell makes a welcome return to stand-up and will be headlining the festival’s comedy programme with a set that promises to tackle big themes such as shame and ego. A familiar presence on TV and Radio over the last decade Shaparak Khorsand also joins the bill,
bringing laughs about “ladette” culture in the 90s. Spain’s best export… to Wales, Ignacio Lopez, will give us a taste of being an outsider, as Tom Ward will keep the energy high and Irish comedian Mary Bourke refuses to hold her punches whether exploring gender equality on national identity.

Elsewhere, Jon Levene, usually of Jon & Nath, will be flying solo, whilst BBC Radio 4 regular and highly acclaimed comedian Josie Long will perform and extended solo set. David Hoare will bring his musical comedy to the festival, Dutch comedian Micky Overman will provide her usual sharp writing with a frank and confident delivery and absurd trio Crybabies will entertain with their narrative-driven sketch comedy.

On the literature side, End Of The Road Festival will help you get back to nature with talks from celebrated Author and former Music Critic Lucy Jones, and fellow novelist and naturalist Melissa Harrison. Journalist and Author Sophie Heawood is sure to bring some laughs as she talks about the celebrities she writes about and her own, endearingly chaotic, personal life.
Human Rights Activist and Author Rebecca Schiller will educate, as Historian and Biographer Philip Hoare will be sure to take his audience on a journey through time.

Full Comedy Lineup:

Full Literature Lineup:

With less than a month to go until EOTR 2021, we have made some late additions to our lineup to ensure this year goes down as our best ever. Leading this news announcement as Special Guest is Damon Albarn who, with a new solo album on the horizon, will be accompanied by his band with a string quartet and you can expect a mix of new material and songs from across his songbook. Also joining us will be Canadian post-punk provocateurs Crack Cloud, Birmingham based R&B star Sipho, sixteen-piece West-African outfit Balimaya Project, boundary pushing electronic musician Loraine James, confessional singer songwriter Anna B Savage and plenty more.

Also joining us will be: Kiran Leonard / Wesley Gonzalez / BABii / Gwenifer Raymond / Broadside Hacks / The Umlauts / Sam Akpro / Tiberius B / John Francis Flynn / Michael Clark / Joe Goddard (DJ)

Please note that unfortunately the following artists will no longer be able to join us: Whitney, Tune-Yards, Tinariwen, Songhoy Blues, Les Amazones d’Afrique, Blanck Mass, Les Filles de Illighadad, Current Joys, Marie Davidson &L’œil Nu, Shygirl, The Anchoress, Mike Polizze, Margaret Glaspy, Itasca, Skullcrusher, Jeffrey Martin, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Disq, Sofia Wolfson, David Thomas Broughton and Marlaena Moore.