As spring closes in, the annual May Bank Holiday Camden Crawl music marathon nears the completion of its 2012 line up.  The variety of highlights from his year’s event continues to mount up with the welcome return of Micachu & The Shapes to the live arena, a debut Crawl appearance by Turner Prize winning artist Martin Creed and his band, the groundbreaking dancefloor highs from Rustie and the return of Veronica Fall’s alt pop brilliance and the sassy street smart grime of East London’s Mz Bratt. These sparkling gems are but a few of the following new additions just announced to appear at the North London festival set to take place 4th – 6th May. In traditional Camden Crawl form, major special guests will be revealed shortly prior to the event.

Latest Camden Crawl additions include:

22, AYAH MARAR, BEANS ON TOAST, BINARY,  BO NINGEN,  THE CHEVIN,  CROWNS,  DEBUKAS, EUGENE MCGUINNESS, FOE,  HARRY OAKWOOD, JOE WILKES & SIMON STANLEY WARD, JOHN J PRESLEY,  JOHNNY FOREIGNER,  KELLIE LLOYD, KYLA LA GRANGE, LIZ GREEN, LONEY DEAR,  MARTIN CREED,  MATTHEW & ME,  MICACHU & THE SHAPES, MICHELLE STODDART, THE MILK, MISTABISHI,  MOLOTOV JUKEBOX, MONSTA, MZ BRATT * NIGHT SYMMETRY, O CHILDREN, POST WAR YEARS, THE RUMOUR SAID FIRE, RUSTIE, SIMIAN GHOST,  SISSY & THE BLISTERS, TREVOR MOSS & HANNAH LOU, TROUBADOUR ROSE, TWO WOUNDED BIRDS, VERONICA FALLS, VIRALS, WEIRD DREAMS, ZUN ZUN EGUI

These new additions join an expansive credible line up of new talent studded with an array of high profile guests.

Accompanying the latest announcement, the individual live music line ups for the daytime curated stages can also be revealed. The following events form just one dimension of the sprawling Arts Fringe Festival, set to take place over the long weekend which features a multitude of cutting edge comedy, spoken word, visual & performance arts, film and interactive events.

CURATED LIVE MUSIC EVENT LINE UPS AT THE CRAWL:

 

SWN FESTIVALS PRESENTS

Mowbird

Trwbador

Among Brothers

Kutosis

 

Sat  5th – Black Cap

 

JOHN KENNEDY XPOSURE

The Milk

Odonis Odonis

Three Trapped Tigers

 

Sat 5th - Koko

 

THE NEST COLLECTIVE

Maia

This Is The Kit

Magic Lantern

Sam Lee

Melodica, Melody & Me

We Were Evergreen

 

Sat 5th – Roundhouse

 

 

ANDY ROSS PRESENTS

The Woe Betides

Lydia Bayliss

Tim Ten Yen

Catfish & The Bottlemen

 

Sat 5th – Earl Of Camden

 

COLUMBIA 125

Peace

Elle King

Tom Odell

Bebe Black

 

Sat 5th – The Abbey

 

THE FLOWERPOT COLLECTIVE   

Imperial Leisure

Loveproof

Shuga

Atlantics

Hares

Sat 5th – Wheelbarrow

 

 

FENCE RECORDS PRESENTS 

Seamus Fogarty

Rozi Plain

Barbarossa

The Pictish Trail

Kid Canaveral

 

Sun 6th – Earl of Camden

 

NIHAL’S BOMBAY BRONX

Engine Earz Experiment Soundsystem

Manni Sandhu

Sam Kay

 

Sun 6th – Black Cap

 

 

IAN CAMFIELD ROCK SHOW LIVE

Kids In Glass Glass

Rolo Tomassi

The James Cleaver Quintet

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Sun 6th – Koko

 

 

AFROBEATS

HOSTED BY DJ ABRANTEE

 

Sun 6th – Roundhouse

 

 

Donaeo

Mayy7en

Dotstar

Don’t Jeleouse Me

Zeeza Dadiq

P Man

D*Lux

Druma Boys

 

 

Tribal Magz

Gracious K

Vibe Squad

Ntalia

Tyroon Da Prince

Levelle

Antoine Stone

 

 

 

 

RED BULL BEDROOM JAM OUTDOOR ARENA       

Bo Ningen

BIGkids

Marmozets

Throwing Up

Clement Marfo & The Frontline

Crossfaith

 

Sat & Sun – Camden Gardens

 

CRAWLTERNATIVE MEDIA EXPO @ ST. MICHAELS

Evi Vine

Race Horses

Sauna Youth

Dutch Uncles

Toy

Blacklisters

 

Sat & Sun – St. Michaels Church

 

ROUNDHOUSE MUSIC COLLECTIVE

Roundhouse Music Collective

Tanya Auclair

Buffalo Ink

Fiction

Mammoth Sound

Sound Species

United Vibrations

 

Sat & Sun - Roundhouse

The 2012 Camden Crawl programme features an eclectic line up of brightest music talents from all over the UK and abroad across the area’s two mile stretch of historic pubs and venues. Following the opening night event on Friday 4th May, the full festival schedule runs from midday on Saturday 5th May until the early hours of the following bank holiday Monday. Tickets include unlimited access to all participating venues, free programme guide and free festival magazine

Tickets available from here