Slam Dunk Festival

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To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Slam Dunk brand, LESS THAN JAKE and REEL BIG FISH will be playing together for the first time ever in the UK, and bringing their good friends GOLDFINGER too! Be one of the lucky ones to catch the UK reunion shows of pop punk legends THE STARTING LINE, as well as UK exclusive performances of HIT THE LIGHTS and CARTEL. Check out everything from pop like 3OH!3 and MAYDAY PARADE to heavier bands like WE ARE THE OCEAN and WHILE SHE SLEEPS. Also catch brand new UK talent on the Kerrang! Introduces stage as well as secret acoustic performances on the Punktastic Acoustic stage.

On the 10^th anniversary (2001 – 2011) of the first ever Slam Dunk event, Slam Dunk Festival 2011 is officially GO!!! While bands and stages start to take shape, the festival is ready to announce the first batch of acts for the 2011 event. Following a SELL OUT 2010 event that saw the likes of New Found Glory, Alkaline Trio, Against Me!, Young Guns, Devil Sold His Soul, My Passion, Your Demise and Four Year Strong, Slam Dunk Festival 2011 will be the best yet and further strengthen it’s position as one of the best small UK festivals.

Bringing together the best and hottest acts from across the world, the festival this year, on the year of its 10^th anniversary, will look to bring back some of its first ever acts booked to truly mark this special occasion. As with last year, the festival will once again set up across the final May Bank Holiday weekend hitting Leeds University on Saturday the 28^th and then just on the outskirts of London, Hertfordshire University in Hatfield on Sunday the 29^th.

Organiser and Slam Dunk founder Ben Ray has made it his priority to make this event the stand out live music event of the summer and to make the neccesary changes to ensure it runs as smoothly as possible.

“Being the 10^th anniversary of Slam Dunk it was important for me to have a lineup that truly represents the way the scene has evolved over the last 10 years. I am extremley happy to have some of the bands that inspired me to start the club night from which the festival evolved from.

A Slam Dunk 2011 exclusive, the festival see’s the joint headliners Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish playing together in the UK for the first time ever. 

Less Than Jake’s Vinnie Fiorello says “We're stoked on finally getting to tour with our great friends in Reel Big Fish in the UK and getting to do Slam Dunk as well rounds out to a perfect tour.”

Line-up so far:
Less Than Jake / Reel Big Fish / 3oh!3 / The Starting Line / We Are The Ocean / Mayday Parade / Framing Hanley / Deaf Havana / MC Lars

Slam Dunk Festival 2011 tickets are on sale now.