26 more acts added to Ipswich's free music festival
Brighten The Corners has revealed a second wave of artists for the BTC All Dayer, bringing the full line-up to 41 acts ahead of the free, one-day festival on Saturday, 25 April.
Why it matters: The additions span a wide range of genres and regions, from hardcore punk and grime to neo-soul and jazz – reinforcing the festival's ambition to showcase the breadth of live music talent across Suffolk, Norfolk, and Essex.
The details: Among the newly announced acts are hardcore punk newcomers Done With Waiting, rapper and producer $ebbuku, and Colchester midwest emo band Doll Face.
Jazz group Bonuru, led by guitarist and composer Jacob Marshall-Tierney, draws influence from UK jazz, while Norwich singer-songwriter kirakira blends bedroom-pop and folk.
Also added to the bill are experimental electronica artist e.m.arson and Girl Guide, who records lo-fi music live to cassette tape aboard a houseboat on the Orwell River.
What's new: Norwich psychedelic-rock outfit A Different Kitchen and Suffolk alt-rock four-piece The Detour have been scheduled to produce the Superdry stage on the day, by Tune Up, BTC's events industry youth project.
What they're saying: Marcus Neal, programmer at Brighten The Corners, said: "Local scenes are so important to the wider live music ecosystem, and we are really lucky to be able to showcase a selection of the diverse range of talent in our own region at the BTC All Dayer on April 25th.
"For this event, we are taking the majority of the programme out of our own venues and putting over 40 live bands and DJs into some of our favourite town centre pubs and community spaces. We are grateful to our main sponsor Ipswich Central, who are committed to ensuring culture is at the heart of our town centre and whose funding has enabled us to offer the event to audiences free of charge."
The bottom line: With 41 acts now confirmed across seven town centre venues - including Three Wise Monkeys, CHIp Studios, Arcade Tavern, the Halberd Inn, The Thomas Wolsey, the empty Superdry unit in the Buttermarket and The Church - the BTC All Dayer is shaping up to be an exciting day of free music.
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