CRAIG CHARLES FUNK & SOUL SHOW / DREADZONE / BENJAMIN FRANCES  LEFTWICH / HIDDEN ORCHESTRA / LAZY HABITS / YES SIR BOSS / LUCY  ROSE  / DIZRAELI AND THE SMALL GODS/ LOUIS BARABBAS & THE BEDLAM SIX  / JESCA HOOP / DJ SWITCH / KING PORTER STOMP / TAKO LAKO / JUAN ZELADA /  SLAMBOREE / DJ MONEYSHOT / EXTRA CURRICULAR / BOMBSKARE /  RAE  MORRIS / DEXTER DEXTROUS & THE FINGER SMITHS / CUT A SHINE / THE  MONSTER CEILIDH BAND / JACK MARTELLO / CODA / RYAN KEEN / POLICE DOG  HOGAN / HEYMOONSHAKER / PAT DAM SMYTH / PETER ROE / KIDNAP ALICE / THE  LOOSE MOOSE STRING BAND / THE MEKKITS 

FESTIVAL DATES: FRIDAY 27TH – SUNDAY 29TH JULY 2012 

Lowther Deer Park, Hackthorpe, The Lake District 

TICKET PRICE: £105 ADULT / £50 11-15YR OLDS / UNDER 11 FREE Tickets available HERE

Winner of Best Small Festival Live UK award 2011 & UK Festival Award  2010 - 14 stages  

3 days and nights of fun in the fields in the beautiful Lake District 

Continuing the run of weekly announcements, Kendal Calling presents a  haven of eclectic and world music; The Kaylied area that returns this  year in an exciting partnership with promoter legends Chai Wallahs and  Global Local! 

‘Chai Wallahs’ is the largest independent music venue touring the UK  festival circuit, consistently creating a spectacular and energising  environment that provides the perfect back drop for programming and  production partner ‘Diplomats of Sound’. The Chai Wallahs stage in the  Kaylied area will be a melting pot of genres purveying sounds from  across the globe bringing extra layers to one of the North’s most  diverse festival line-ups. Chai Wallahs in the Kaylied lays on the  best in folk, balkan beats, hip hop, jazz, live dubstep, funk and ska! 

Landing into the Kaylied area with their beautifully crafted marquee,  shisha lounge and famed festival stage; Chai Wallahs and Arts Council  funded project Global Local will revamp the Kaylied stage and serve up  exotic flavours. Produced by Continental Drifts and its partners,  Global Local is a ground breaking project that consistently brings  some of the world’s best music to festival stages. 

Dance outfit Dreadzone will be setting the night alight with their  arresting sound and catalogue of hits. On the flip side are the  calming sounds of Benjamin Francis Leftwich who has been making waves  on the acoustic folk scene and will also take to the stage with his acclaimed sound. 

6-piece Yes Sir Boss are an unstoppable force. Hailing from Bristol  the outfit are original and distinctive with off beat rhythms, singalong choruses and epic riff and horn sections! 

Edinburgh based band, Hidden Orchestra combine drummers, samples and  dub basslines to create cinematic soundscapes, which is truly music to  be experienced. 

Festival favourites King Porter Stomp are also joining the bill along with folk extraordinaire Lucy Rose who has been receiving lots of  national attention of late, and Jesca Hoop who returns to Kendal  following the release of her third album “The House That Jack Built”  this Summer. 

One act not to be missed are 10-piece live band Slamboree, who waltz  aboard complete with circus performers, brass sections, carnivalesque  guitars and more to create an immersive audio-visual experience, incorporating electronic music with live instruments, acrobatics,  pyrotechnics and fire! 

Other artist highlights include Kendal Calling favourite and much- loved BBC Radio DJ Craig Charles who returns to close the festival  with his acclaimed Funk and Soul Show which is sure to get those  wellies deep down on the dancefloor for his extra special extended set  at this year’s festival. 

The music and activities in the Kendal Calling meadow span 14 diverse  stages and areas, situated in a close-knit site that means you’re  never far from your friends; areas include Mainstage, GLoW dance tent, 

Calling Out new music stage, Chai Wallahs in the Kaylied area,  Soapbox, Kids Area, Kendal Calling Real Ale Festival tent, Garden of  Eden, Village Green, New Woodland area (details tba), Happy Slap  boutique, Riot Jazz, Houseparty, Sailor Jerry’s, Songsmith Solar  stage, and new for 2012; Kopparberg Kube and Tim Peak’s Diner brought  to you by Tim Burgess of the Charlatans!