Friends Of Mine Festival

Day Tickets Availble

FOM Festival day tickets are now on sale.

The Friends of Mine Festival 2011 is certainly shaping up to be an unmissable event on this years festival calendar.

Friends of Mine began as a club night for new bands and singer-songwriters in Manchester, England, in 2004. FOM rapidly gained a cult following, putting on shows at nearly every venue in the city, and by 2009 there were residencies in Liverpool and London. In 2011 FOM comes out from the underground to stage its first green field festival on 20th, 21st, 22nd May.

Line up for Friday 20th May includes - Bad Lieutenant, Mr. Scruff, The Lightening Seeds, Gold Blade, Liam Frost, Jim Noir, The Virgin Mays, The Farm, Unabombers, The Correspondents, Boxed in, Where's Strutter?, Chris Helme (Seahorses), The Loungs, The Rubys, Pegasus Bridge, John Mackie feat. Bonehead, Loose Fit, Danny Mahon plus many more....

Line up for Saturday 21st May includes - The Cribs, Badly Drawn Boy, Buzzcocks, The Phantom Band, The Wedding Present, Black Lips, Puressence, Cherry Ghost, Detriot Social Club, Get Cape.Wear Cape.Fly, Twisted Wheel, Emmy The Great, Dutch Uncles, The Longcut, The heart Break, Kong, The Travelling Band, Fiction, Kid British,The Rainband,Patterns, Aaron Wright & The Aprils, Amy Studt, Kristyna Myles, The Paris Riots,Frazer King, Cities of Gold, Lowline plus many more....

The line up for Sunday 22nd May includes - The Charlatans, The Fall, Young Knives, Yuck, The Whip, Kingspinna,David Mcalmont, Factory Floor, Optimo, Aziz, The Answering Machine, Joseph Coward, Wild Palms, Golden Glow, Meadow, The History of Apple Pie, Spokes plus many more....

DJs include:
Tim Burgess (The Charlatans), Douglas Hart (The Jesus and Mary Chain), Stephen Morris (Joy Division//New Order), Mike Joyce (The Smiths//6music), Rich Reason (Warehouse Project//Hit & Run), Dave Haslam (The Hacienda), Friends of Mine DJs, Underachievers Please Try Harder, and Pull Yourself Together.

In addition, The Manchester Food & Drink Awards will be running 'Festaurant' - a fine dining area on site featuring sit down meals provided by some of Manchester's finest restaurants.

And for those wanting something even more special....
'VIP Upgrade' tickets are now on sale with benefits including:

VIP Parking - exclusive queue-free access and departure, Access to VIP Camping Area - separated and stewarded from the main campsites, and more spacious, Unfettered Lake and Hall Views, Festibarrows - transportation of all luggage from Car to campsite - details to follow, Exclusive access to boat trips on the lake Exclusive access to lakeside, VIP Champagne Lounge, Free Programme.

If that wasn't enough, there'll be a spoken word/comedy tent, and The House Party - already fast gaining reputation for their special events with a history that includes live sets with The Horrors and The Whip DJing amongst all kinds of home comodities, bric-a-brac, and furniture - it's a place to expect the unexpected. Think beds to jump on and cheese and pineapple on sticks too, with these excellent DJs t announced... Horace Andy, Daddy G, Blackout Ja, King Spinna and live roots reggae chanters City Culture this promises to be a six hour roots marathon never to be forgotten.

FOM Festival 2011 tickets are on sale now

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