aaamusic | On 08, Feb 2012

The Apple Cart Festival
Sunday 3rd June 2012
Victoria Park, Grove Road, London E3
http://theapplecartfestival.com

*Announcement*

Adam Ant, Josh T Pearson, Gilles Peterson, Inner City,
Beth Jeans Houghton, Scritti Politti and more added to the music line up.
A host of exciting Magic Circle Magicians confirmed for 2012.
Penguin Books tent returns to The Apple Cart with interactive storytelling and a library.
Comics Miles Jupp and Bobby Mair added to the comedy bill.
The magical Art Car Boot Fair returns to Victoria Park.

Music

Adam Ant & The Good, The Mad & The Lovely Posse
Beth Jeans Houghton
Billy Bragg
Caught by the River DJs
Gilles Peterson
Inner City
Josh T Pearson
Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard
Kid Creole and the Coconuts
Marcus Foster
Marques Toliver
Martin Creed
Neneh Cherry
Noah and the Whale
Penguin Café
Scritti Politti
Sean Rowley (DJ set)
Shaun Keaveny (DJ set)
The Soul Jazz Records Sound System
Stornoway

Comedy

Bobby Mair
Charlie Baker
Josh Widdicombe
Josie Long
Miles Jupp
Seann Walsh
Shappi Khorsandi
Suzi Ruffell

Art

Art Cart Boot Fair
The Candlelit Matinee – The House of Fairy Tales Film Theatre

Literature

Penguin Books

Magic & Cabaret

Alan Hudson
Andy Boughtflower
Christian Lee
David Weeks
Oliver Tabor
Piff the Magic Dragon
Richard Pinner

 

The Apple Cart – London’s unique day festival for lovers of music, comedy, cabaret, interactive art and magic – is pleased to announce exciting new additions to the 2012 line up. After a hugely successful first year last summer, The Apple Cart (from the people behind Field Day and Underage festivals) is set cement its reputation as a colourful festival of ideas that caters to adults and children alike.

New additions to the 2012 music line up for The Apple Cart include Rough Trade’s Album of the Year 2011 winner, Texas born Josh T Pearson who joins previously announced acts such as Marcus Foster and Martin Creed. New Wave/Post Punk icon Adam Ant will be joined by The Good, The Mad & The Lovely Posse for a performance set to captivate the crowd armed with hits like Ant Music and Stand and Deliver, while Beth Jeans Houghton will be enchanting festival-goers with her beautiful unorthodox folk.

Detroit techno legends Inner City featuring Kevin Saunderson will pick up the pace with evergreen club tunes Big Fun and Good Life. Gilles Peterson will be joining the dots between jazz, hip hop, house and soul whilst Caught By The River DJs will bring their ‘nature disco’ throughout the day. Nominated for a Mercury Music Prize for their 2006 album White Bread, Black Beer, Scritti Politti – whose purple patch in the mid-80s yielded songs like Wood Beez and The Word Girl – complement the main stage line up which currently includes songwriter supreme Billy Bragg and headliners Noah And The Whale.

In addition to the latest stellar music acts, The Apple Cart is thrilled to present the return of the magic tent, with the most sought after and forward thinking magicians around. There will be performances from several members of The Magic Circle – compered by Richard Pinner IBM (International Brotherhood of Magicians) Close-Up and Stage Magician of the Year 2003 and Magic Circle Close Up winner 1999.

Oliver Tabor, award winning magician and illusionist, will be mixing classical conjuring with a contemporary style whilst cabaret magic will be performed by David Weeks and Christian Lee who was recently hailed by Time Out as the “King of comedy magic”. Comedy cabaret acts Alan Hudson and Andy Boughtflower have also been confirmed alongside the devilish Piff The Magic Dragon, who combines stunning magic with deadpan humour – think Jack Dee in a dragon suit performing magic tricks.

Returning to The Apple Cart will be the popular Penguin Books tent. Perfect for children and adults alike, iconic children’s books characters and old favourites will come to life on the stage in interactive storytelling events. Come and say Happy 110th Birthday to Peter Rabbit, meet Spot the Dog or relax in the specially created Penguin Books library. There will also be chances to win a host of Penguin goodies.

In addition to the previously announced Gavin Turk’s ‘Candlelit Matinee – The House of Fairy Tales Film Theatre’, the newly announced return of The Art Car Boot Fair is sure to be music to any art lovers’ ears. Armed with an winning combination of art and frivolity, a specially selected artist will engage festival goers with an array of arty escapades, all manner of quick and fun portraiture, wacky happenings and the fabulous Paintball by Numbers.

Joining the mob of previously announced comic talent – which includes Sean Walsh, Josie Long, Shappi Khorsandi, Charlie Baker and Josh Widdicombe – is star of ‘Mock The Week’ and ‘Have I Got News For You’ Miles Jupp and Canada’s finest up-and-comer Bobby Mair.

The Apple Cart presents London with an entirely fresh, multi-disciplinary take on the festival experience: no other event in the capital has Turner prize winners and world class magicians and burlesque stars sit happily alongside arena-filling comedians and established music legends all on the same bill, on the same day.

Due to the London 2012 Olympics, The Apple Cart will take place, over the Diamond Jubilee June Bank Holiday weekend at the earlier date of Sunday 3rd June (the day after Field Day).

“A melange of the magical and the musical” – Evening Standard

“A hip, family- friendly village fete for this arty, creative side of London” – The Independent

“An oasis from external reality” – Independent on Sunday

“There’s not just a superb comedy bill at this mini-fest, there’s music, cabaret, art and even a dedicated magic stage” – Time Out

“A new, bespoke festival” – Metro

“Theatrical” – Big Issue

“A very strong comedy line-up” – Daily Telegraph

“A family-friendly festival” – The Times

www.theapplecartfestival.com
www.twitter.com/AppleCartLondon
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Early Bird tickets (on sale for a very limited time online) – £29.50
General Admission – £35.00

www.seetickets.com
0870 264 3333

DIRECT LINK – http://www.seetickets.com/Tour/THE-APPLE-CART-FESTIVAL-2012

All ages welcome. 0-12 year olds (including 12 year olds) are free. 0-12 year olds must hold a children’s ticket for entry to the festival. A maximum of 4 children tickets can be obtained for each adult ticket purchased.