The Apple Cart Festival Sunday 7th August 2011Victoria Park, Grove Road, London E3

London’s brand new, bespoke festival for lovers of music, comedy, interactive art, cabaret, good food and magic from the Field Day/Underage Festival team.

Just announced! Folk stage programmed by communion, fence and SWN.
 
Patrick Wolf confirmed for the music tent – this will be Patrick Wolf’s only London Summer festival. 

Village Green summer fete added to The Apple Cart - enjoy nostalgic activities from Duck Shoot to the Coconut Shy, Tombola to Splat the Rat, not forgetting the lucy dip and lots, lots more.

Penguin and Puffin Books literary area featuring a special reading of Skellig by award winning author David Almond.

Children’s book sale to raise funds for Book Aid International.

Comedy rock superstar Tim Minchin and commentator / stand-up comedian Mark Steel confirmed for the comedy stage.    

The offbeat Cat’s Head cabaret and spoken word stage with Chilly Gonzales,  James Yorkston, Bourgeois & Maurice, Literary Death Match, Marawa the Amazing and much more.    

Max Somerset from hit children’s TV show The Sorcerer’s Apprentice confirmed for the magic stage (only UK festival with a proper magic stage).

Music from Badly Drawn Boy, Saint Etienne, Soul II Soul (P.A set), Steve Mason + Andrew Weatherall to play a special set of ‘the songs that inspired Screamadelica’. 

Get your tickets for two of the best festivals in London this year ft. the likes of The Horrors, Wild Beasts, John Cale, Patrick Wolf, Tim Minchin, Jamie XX, Badly Drawn Boy & much much more ... AND save yourself some cash in the process! £60 for both a Field Day and Apple Cart ticket.

About the festival:

Just announced! Folk stage programmed by Communion, Fence and SWN. Communion is the long-standing club night and recently formed record label founded by Mumford & Sons’ Ben Lovett, Kev Jones, and producer Ian Grimble, Fence are the micro-indie record label from Fife, Scotland and SWN is the Cardiff music fest curated by Radio 1’s Huw Stephens. Together the Scots, Welsh and English folk factions join up at The Apple Cart to present a stage featuring Cate le Bon, The Pictish Trail, Peggy Sue, Treetop Flyers, Rozi Plain, Seamus Fogarty, Evening Chorus, Colorama, Paul Thomas Saunders, Matthew & The Atlas and DJ Huw Stephens. 

Fresh after the release of his critically acclaimed fifth album ‘Lupercalia’, Patrick Wolf has been confirmed for The Apple Cart festival – this will be Wolf’s only London summer festival.  Wolf’s new single ‘House’ is currently on Radio 2’s A List and a headline October tour has just been announced. The Apple Cart festival’s excellent music line also features National treasures Saint Etienne, two time Grammy winners Soul II Soul, Mercury award winner Badly Drawn Boy and former Beta Band singer Steve Mason. Also confirmed for the music stage, The Magic Numbers who swiftly rose to prominence in 2004 when their eponymous debut album was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize. DJ sets will come from three gents with impeccable taste: BBC Worldwide Gilles Peterson, Sean Rowley of Guilty Pleasures and the Joy of Music and Dexys Midnight Runners Kevin Rowland. Andrew Weatherall – legendary DJ will play a special set of ‘the songs that inspired Screamadelica’ the Primal Scream album he produced 20 years ago. 

The Apple Cart’s programme not only caters to tots but also offers a fantastic music and comedy line-up for those post adolescence. The Apple Cart is totally beside itself with excitement - comedy rock superstar Tim Minchin has been announced as the festivals comedy headliner. Tim Minchin who describes his act as a "funny cabaret show" has appeared on TV shows including BBC’s Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, as well as performing to sell-out 5000 strong crowds around the world with his symphony orchestra. Minchin has also written the music and lyrics for RSC’s new musical version of Roald Dahl’s Matilda and performed at The Royal Albert Hall. Tim Minchin continues to push the comedy boundaries and continues to pull it off.

Recently added to the comedy bill is commentator and stand-up comedian Mark Steel who rose to prominence with his numerous series for Radio 2, 4 and 5 - one of which provoked a whole page of fury in the Daily Express.  Mark has made various TV appearances on panel shows like Have I Got News for You and QI, and on Room 101, and on Question Time. Off-screen and off-air, Mark writes weekly columns in Socialist Worker, the Guardian and the Independent along with having a book published called 'Vive le Revolution'. 

There’s also a heavyweight comedy line up from Laughing Boy Comedy Club with belly laughs coaxed by The Late Edition’s Marcus Brigstocke, Paul Chowdhry, Doc Brown whose unique brand of comedy rap saw him support Mark Ronson on tour and 8 Out Of 10 Cats & Stand Up For The Weeks Jon Richardson plus the sublime observational comedy of Simon Evans and Irish Comedy Hip Hop Improv superstars Abandoman

Artist's Gavin Turk and Josh Knowles present 'Candlelit Matinee' a special project by young people for young people, produced by the acclaimed travelling arts company The House of Fairy Tales. Follow the hand shadow signs and complete each task on their activity trail before being admitted to the final act – your turn in the spotlight on the Candlelit Matinee stage. Add your own scrawl to the graffiti wall, try your hand at shadow puppetry in the Little Theatre of Dolls, interpret your dream stories with Sophie Windsor Clive, join in Okido magazine’s printing and drawing workshop, refashion vintage clothes and costumes in the Enchanted Hunters and Beyond Retro, create magic spaces with local installation artists, move and dance with Hollie Miller, make a matchbox sculpture with Sarah Bridgland or star in a silent movie with BFI Education. The Candlelit Matinee must be seen to be believed. The fabulous Art Car Boot Fair breaks out of its Brick Lane car park and heads to Victoria Park for The Apple Cart to create a bespoke fete-in-festival. As well as being able to pick up an astonishing selection of exciting art works and art wares from the boots of classic cars, Apple Carters will also be able to get involved in all manner of artist led frivolities, create their own art, become a human snow-shaker, play boules in a china shop, find out what the future may bring from My Big Fat Gypsy Fortune Teller and have a sing-a-long with the fabulous and famed Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club Karaoke set.

Other new and exciting additions include the Village Green, guests can sample a fantastic selection of nostalgic fete activities – from Duck Shoot to the Coconut Shy, Tombola to Splat the Rat, not forgetting the lucy dip and lots, lots more. Set the sawdust flying as you try your luck and test your skill. There will be day-time track and field activities plus TV inspired games taking in Family Fortunes, Catchphrase and it’s a knockout with a nod to Mr and Mrs and a bumshake to Challenge Anneka. All brought to you by the Bearded Kitten and Field Day’s Village Mentality teams. 

The offbeat Cat’s Head cabaret and spoken word stage reveals a fantastical line up. Chilly Gonzales will be doing his ‘Piano Talk Show’ which premiered at London’s Pigalle last year. Kevin Rowland of Dexys Midnight Runners will be DJing and singing. Other acts confirmed include performer James Yorkston who will reading from his book ‘It's Lovely To Be Here: The Touring Diaries Of A Scottish Gent’, Bourgeois and Maurice the “21st century cabaret stars like no other” who are truly a sight to behold, The Literary Death Match – a  light hearted ‘read off’ which now takes place in over 34 cities, Marawa The Amazing – the hula hooping sensation from the critically acclaimed La Clique/La Soiree - and The Erection Section where Pete Wiggs & Johnno join forces to playing you the finest soul ballads. 

The Apple Cart is also thrilled to present the only proper Magic Stage at any festival this summer, with the most sought after and forward thinking magicians around who will also be holding workshops for children on the day. Max Somerset from TVs The Sorcerer’s Apprentice will perform alongside performances from 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, with Oliver Tabor award winning magician and illusionist who mixes classical conjuring with a contemporary style, David Weeks and many more.

Little Pips Play Area will be a dedicated area for parents and their under-fives to go with indoor/outdoor play activities plus quiet zones for nappy change and breastfeeding. More details to be announced. Penguin and Puffin Books will host a literary area featuring a special reading of Skellig by award winning author David Almond.

The acclaimed Venn Street Market, a local street market  from Clapham Common, will host a whole array of delights at The Apple Cart including the fantastic Hog Roast from Clapham's award winning butcher Moen & Sons; Portena's traditional Argentine Empanadas and Chipa Cheese dough balls with Chimichurri Sauce, Yam the Cassava’s amazing authentic Creole Fish Cakes and Banana Fritters; Popina’s and Sweet’s freshly baked artisan sweet and savoury pastries, cakes and other treats; prize winning Vietnamese coffee from CaPhe VN – and if that wasn’t enough, The Coconut King will be bringing fresh coconuts to eat and drink all day long - simply couldn’t be tastier. 

The Apple Cart aims to create a kaleidoscopic, colourful playground for adults and kids alike with more talent and off-kilter activities to be announced in the coming weeks. 

Field Day 2011 (6th August) / The Apple Cart Festival (7th August); Joint Ticket Special Offer at Victoria Park. Get your tickets to 2 of the best festivals in London this year ft. the likes of The Horrors, Wild Beasts, John Cale, Patrick Wolf, Tim Minchin, Jamie XX, Badly Drawn Boy & much much more ... AND save yourself some cash in the process!

Now celebrating its 5th anniversary, Field Day’s reputation for bringing the world’s most pioneering artist’s to a leafy park in East London continues to grow, a celebration of all that is bold, daring, innovative and imaginative in the world of alternative music. Brought to you by Eat Your Own Ears, Bugged Out!, Bloggers Delight, and Lanzarote, Field Day is a labour of love for this collective who have been behind many of London’s most seminal music endeavours. This year's festival features Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Anna Calvi, Villagers, Gruff Rhys, The Coral, James Blake & many more!

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