The Apple Cart Festival Sunday 3rd June 2012 Victoria Park, Grove Road, London E3

The Phill Jupitus Quartet introduce their hilarious impro-show

Comedian Rich Hall set to perform his legendary Hoedown

Cabaret line up revealed featuring 15 different performers

Lianne La Havas, Jamie N Commons, Gaz Coombes, Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat join the music bill

The Art Car Boot Fair presents ‘The Art Of Influence’

Joint Apple Cart & Field Day ticket now available at £69.50  General Admission - £35.00 Tickets on sale HERE

All ages welcome. 0-12 year olds (including 12 year olds) are free. 0-12 year olds must hold a children's ticket for entry to the festival.

A maximum of 4 children tickets can be obtained for each adult ticket purchased. 

The Apple Cart, a day festival catered towards both adults and children alike presents London with an entirely fresh, multi-disciplinary take on the festival experience: no other event in the capital has award winning cabaret stars, Turner prize winning artists and world class magicians sit happily alongside reputable comedians and established music legends all on the same bill, on the same day. Making its final line-up announcement of the year, The Apple Cart is pleased to announce some exciting new additions. 

Joining the heavyweight comedy bill will be seasoned improviser and ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’ stalwart Phill Jupitus. Performing alongside his comedy chums, Jupitus will undertake bizarre suggestions from the audience and make them happen, live and utterly impromptu. Famed for being the only remaining member of the original line up of ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’ which is now in its twenty-third series, Phill has regularly performed stand-up and even turned his hand to musicals, receiving much critical acclaim for his portrayal of Edna Turnblad in the West End stage hit musical Hairspray in 2009. 

American writer, musician and deadpan comic genius Rich Hall will also be heading to Victoria Park for The Apple Cart Festival.  In addition to performing his award winning stand-up, Rich will be performing his renowned Hoedown which sees him invite audience members to take to the stage with him alongside a fully working bar and a host of musical chums for a hilarious mash up of music and comedy as they cover everything from Steve Earle to Dr Dre in a hilarious alcohol-fueled knees up. 

Britpop pioneer and Supergrass main man Gaz Coombes has been also been confirmed to play, showcasing new material in addition to indie classics, along with Aidan Moffat (front man of Scottish seminal indie band Arab Strap) and multi-instrumentalist Bill Wells who sparked up a relationship after meeting in a pub eight years ago and have recently released their debut album ‘Everything’s Getting Older’.  

Soulful and hyped new female singer Lianne La Havas shall be bringing her beautiful heartbreak songs to Victoria Park ahead of the release of her much anticipated debut album in July, and fellow ‘BBC Sound of 2012’ musician Jamie N Commons (+ five piece band) will bring his arsenal of songs that sound as though they were written for Johnny Cash. 

In addition to the high caliber of music and comedy talent that will be gracing The Apple Cart, the cabaret tent will be making a welcomed return to Victoria Park adding some spice into the mix. The salacious line-up features Dickie Beau and Kiki Kaboom who won ‘Best Alternative’ and ‘Best Burlesque’ performers respectively at the recent London Cabaret Awards. The fabulous LipSinkers are back after proving a hit at last year’s festival and adult magic will come courtesy of Piff the Magic Dragon and mime/drag action from Ryan Styles.

The Art Car Boot Fair returns to the Apple Cart and is proud to present ‘The Art of Influence’. There will be all manner of ways to make your mark, including by gun, plus the 30 second art masterclass, and the art improvement clinic where anything you have on you can be transformed into art by a team of on-site artists. Sideshow attractions include the 2 hour portrait, the potato print portrait and poem portraits. Additionally, music will be provided courtesy of east London haunt the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club. Plus, adults and children alike can help make the biggest splat painting and take a piece of abstract expressionism home with you, rolled up in your pocket!

Finally, there is now a joint Apple Cart 3rd June and Field Day 2nd June ticket available for £69.50 on Friday 9th March 2012 through Ticket Web and 

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Field Day has cemented its reputation as a respected tastemaker festival, a platform for both new acts and more established acts to be heard by a musically discerning crowd. This year features a stellar line-up that including Franz Ferdinand, Beirut, The Vaccines, Afrocubism, Tortoise, Modeselektor and SBTRKT. 

2012 Complete Line-Up 

Cabaret 

Dickie Beau

Fancy Chance

Holly Penfield

Holestar

I Am Fya

John Sizzle

Kiki Kaboom

Mae Martin

Mr Teds

Myra DuBois

Piff The Magic Dragon

Ryan Styles

The Fabulous Russella

The LipSinkers

Willis

 

Music 

Adam Ant & The Good, The Mad & The Lovely Posse
Beth Jeans Houghton

Billy Bragg

Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat
Caught by the River DJs

Gaz Coombes

Gilles Peterson
Inner City

Jamie N Commons
Josh T Pearson
Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard
Kid Creole and the Coconuts

Lianne La Havas
Marcus Foster
Marques Toliver
Martin Creed

Noah and the Whale
Penguin Café
Scritti Politti
Sean Rowley (DJ set)
Shaun Keaveny (DJ set)
The Soul Jazz Records Sound System
Stornoway

Comedy 

Rich Hall

Bobby Mair

Charlie Baker

Josh Widdicombe

Josie Long

Miles Jupp

Seann Walsh

Shappi Khorsandi

Suzi Ruffell

The Phill Jupitus Quartet

Art 

Art Cart Boot Fair

The Candlelit Matinee – The House of Fairy Tales Film Theatre

Literature

Penguin Books

Magic 

Alan Hudson

Andy Boughtflower

Christian Lee

David Weeks

Oliver Tabor

Richard Pinner