Camden Crawl 09 listings

The 2009 Camden Crawl returns over the weekend Friday 24th and Saturday 25th April 2009, to present around 150 acts performing in 40 venues over the two days.

LINE-UP

    An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump      
    Baddies     
    Bleech          
    BLK JKS     
    Brakes     
    Burn Down Rome     
    Chew Lips         
    Dan Black     
    Dananananaykroyd     
    Danny and The Champions of The World     
    Datarock         
    Detropix     
    Die! Die! Die!     
    Drums Of Death     
    Fight Like Apes         
    Flashguns         
    Foy Vance     
    Furthest Drive Home     
    General Fiasco         
    Goldheart Assembly     
    GoldieLocks         
    Hatcham Social     
    Heartbreak         
    Hexes     
    I Blame Coco         
    It Hugs Back     
    James Yuill     
    Josh Weller     
    Kasms     
    Kitty Daisy & Lewis     
    Left With Pictures     
    Lion Club     
    Little Comets     
    Little Death     
    Man Like Me     
    Marina and the Diamonds     
    My Passion     
    Newham Generals     
    Outcry Collective     
    Patrick Wolf     
    Peggy Sue     
    Pulled Apart By Horses         
    S.C.U.M.     
    Skint & Demoralised     
    Sleepercurve     
    The Author     
    The Barker Band     
    The Chapman Family     
    The Computers     
    The Cordelier Club     
    The Dead Formats     
    The Jim Jones Review     
    The Joy Formidable     
    The King Blues     
    The Plight     
    The Temper Trap     
    The Whip     
    The XX     
    Thecocknbullkid     
    Threatmantics     
    Three Trapped Tigers     
    Toddla T     
    Tommy Sparks     
    Von Bondies     
    VV Brown 

The 2009 Crawl will, in addition to its line-up of live music acts, also feature an array of interactive daytime activities and cutting edge performances across the arts, including comedy with Underbelly & Falling Down With Laughter, visual art, arts & crafts, spoken word with Apples & Snakes, Bloody Awful Poetry, and Bookslam, speed hating, bingo & quizzes, short films, speed hating, spoken word, karauke - you sing they play ukulele, theatre, and more.

The programme kicks off from midday on Friday until the early hours of Sunday. Upon arrival each ticket holder will be presented with an all-access wristband, programme guide, timetable and a free download album.

Tickets are priced at £54.81 for 2 day passes, or £32.79 for either the Friday or the Saturday. There was a 10% early bird discount available for first 1000 2 day passes sold which has now finished. To buy tickets, click here.

One ticket, available as single or two day passes, will allow unlimited access to all Crawl venues, after show parties and daytime activities. The evening line-ups are selected by a committee of music industry types, including radio DJs, club promoters, journalists and record labels. The most hotly tipped acts will appear on the bill both days, alternating venues on Friday and Saturday. All other artists will perform on one day or evening of the event only.

'Crawlers' are granted unlimited access to all official festival venues featuring more than 150 live artists, daytime activities & arts programme and aftershow parties capacity permitting. The full line-ups and stage times remain a closely guarded secret until each night and surprise guests may appear at any time and at any venue.

The venues being used will include:
Daytime Venues: Bucks Head, Camden Tup, Edinburgh Castle, Fifty Five, Good Mixer, Jazz Cafe, Lock Tavern, NW1, Spread Eagle, The Enterprise, The Hawley Arms , The Pirate Castle, and Upstairs at World's End.
Evening Venues: Barfly, Bullet, Cuban Bar, Dublin Castle, Earl Of Camden, Electric Ballroom, Fifty Five, Jazz Cafe, KOKO, Lock 17 Dingwalls, Purple Turtle, Roundhouse, The Black Cap, The Monarch, The Oh! Bar, and Underworld.

Wristbands and programmes announcing the full line ups and timings are obtainable from 11:00 am onward each day at the Camden Crawl ticket exchange point located at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road. Please note that 2-day pass holders will need to return to ticket exchange to collect Saturday's timetable. Festival goers are advised to arrive early as there will be a full daytime programme on both days from 12:00 pm. Doors open for evening schedule at 5:30pm at most venues. There will be late night after show parties featuring live bands and DJs until 4:00 am both days.

This year will include the Red Bull Bedroom Jam X-Crawl, an alcohol-free version of the festival happening on the Saturday 25th April with tickets exclusively available to 14 to 18 year olds unable to attend the main event due to licensing restrictions, featuring 25 of the best up and coming artists from around the country alongside amazing DJs and special guests.