Swamp Shack - NEW

At the far end of the Wishing Tree field, stands a ramshackle Louisiana bayou juke joint, topsy turvy on rickety stilt-legs and wreathed in dry ice...On the porch an undead Honky Tonk piano player tickles the ivories, as a dreadlocked Voodoo Blues Queen howls at the moon...
 
All of a sudden, the piano bursts into flames as the moon starts howling back...Welcome to The Swamp Shack darklings...
 
Created in collaboration between Trash City co-creative director Ruby Blues and Block 9, the set-design pioneers behind the legendary NYC Downlow Gay bar, The Swamp Shack is a brand new music-and performance venue, straight from the pages of a Southern Gothic fairytale...
 
Populated by an interactive cast of True Blood-style Deep South vampires, fading Southern Belles and a host of other unwholesome night-crawlers, the venue will also play host to some of the best bands and DJ sets from the UK underground, headline appearances from some very special big-name acts and late-night live drumming old skool Jungle sessions!
 
Keep your eyes n ears peeled for the nightly Midnight Voodoo ceremony and stay close to your friends - festival goers who have dared to stray too far into the shadows have been known never to return.

CABARET
The Swamp Shack porch stage will be playing host to a glittering cast of wrongun's and reprobates from the UK cabaret scene – look out for fire-eating ringmistress Ophelia Blitz and 'Deliverance'-inspired walkabout from The Invisible Circus! Starring: Ryan Styles, Vicky Butterfly, Kitty Bang Bang, Fancy Chance, Roxy Velvet, Leo Hedman, Missy Macabre, Voodoo Chile, Dusty Limits, Missy Macabre, MC Gaffy, Lady Ane Angel and Rasp Thorne.

2FORJOY
Riveting live performance, glitched-out electronica and swampy guitars from new duo 2ForJoy.

ALISE

CANDICE GORDON
Feisty (in both senses of the word) young Neo Folk hopeful from Ireland, quite clearly one to watch.

THE CORRESPONDENTS
Bestival favourites DJ Chucks and MC Mr Bruce are back with their unlikely and totally mind-blowing mix of old-time swing and hip-hop. 

EL CONCHITAS VS THE SECRETARY
Whiplashing electronic burlesque beats from these confirmed sexpots – hard to describe and even harder to resist!

FRANKIE & THE JACKS
These boys’ one and only mantra is: “Make ‘em dance!” A whole lotta swing, played on harmonica, fiddle, double bass and guitar.

GIDEON

A GUY CALLED GERALD & JUNGLE DRUMMER
A true legend of British dance music, Gerald has been breakin’ beats since ’88; don’t miss his special intimate old-skool set with Jungle Drummer!

JOHN DRAIN
JD has shouted the blues from the corner of every bar and the top every hill, breaking hearts and speakers along the way.

JULIA JOHNSON
London singer/songwriter and founder member of trip-hoppers Second Person, with a voice to stand your hairs on end. 

LARK

LITTLE GEORGE SUEREF & THE BLUE STARS
Hearing their sensationally gritty, grooving gumbo Southern-fried soul and down-home blues, you’d think Little George and his lads were from Memphis or New Orleans rather than London.

LUCIFER BOX
Decadent party music from a bygone age – hold onto your tiaras!

BIOUX & BOOM BOOM DAVID
They're the in-house DJ's from http://boomboomclub.co.uk/

MANO DE DIOS
Flamenco and gypsy music from these young standard-bearers – truly magical stuff.

MISS PINK

NATTY BO

o.A.p
o.A.p is a designer, DJ (resident at Kashpoint and Torture Garden) and creative auteur based in the grimy heart of deepest South London.

ORLANDO HARRISON
Voodoo Blues and Houdou Honky Tonk from Alabama 3’s 'The Spirit'. 

PAUL THE COWARDLY DINOSAUR
Reptile Rock n Roll and Jurassic Jive from Weston-super-Mare's finest.

PATTI PLINKO & THE MADDENING
Yowling blues, folk and country gothic, from the formidable Patti and her boys.

SON OF DAVE
This former Crash Test Dummies man brings the blues kicking and howling into the 21st century, creating sweet Devil music with just his bare lips and hands.

SOUND OF RUM THE STILLHOUSE ORCHESTRA
Say howdy to some of the finest country swing, bluegrass and other old-time music it’s possible to hear in 2011. 

URBAN VOODOO MACHINE
Troupe of London-based ne’er do wells specializing in Bourbon-soaked gypsy blues bop’n’stroll. Prepare to be spellbound.