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2000trees Festival 2017 final band announcement is here, this time for the amazing Forest Stage

A host of bands will be playing special acoustic sets in the forest at 2000Trees festival this year, including a host of exclusive performances to this stage

The final band line-up announcement for the incredible 2000trees Festival is here, this time for the amazing, acoustic Forest Stage.

Bands announced today for the Forest Stage who are ALREADY playing another stage at the festival, are:

Nothing But Thieves / Lower Than Atlantis / Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes / Deaf Havana / Mallory Knox / The Menzingers / Honeyblood / Pulled Apart By Horses / Kevin Devine / Tigercub / Black Foxxes / Jonah Matranga /

Bands announced on the Forest Stage who are playing EXCLUSIVE sets on this stage only at 2000trees Festival, are:

Hundred Reasons / Aaron West and the Roaring Twentie / Ben Marwood / Tellison / Jim Lockey / Bare Knuckle Parade / Non Canon

From festival organiser, James Scarlett: “The Forest Sessions are probably my favourite thing about 2000trees. It’s such a beautiful, intimate environment and you’re seeing the bands stripped back and playing songs in ways you haven’t heard before. Seriously it’s amazing! I can’t decide who I’m most excited for, but I can pretty much guarantee that Frank Carter and Hundred Reasons will be very special!”

The festival takes place on July the 6, 7 and 8, and the headliners for the main stage are:

Thursday headliners - MALLORY KNOX

Friday co-headliners - FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES/

NOTHING BUT THIEVES

Saturday co-headliners - LOWER THAN ATLANTIS / SLAVES

With all of the four co-headliner bands for this years event, as well as Thursdays headliner, being from these fair shores, 2000trees has again invested in exciting and emerging UK and British talent. All these bands will also be taking their first steps as a festival headliners at 2000trees Festival, a feat that continues on from last year with Twin Atlantic.

OTHER already announced bands/acts, (in no particular order) are:

THE MENZINGERS, HONEYBLOOD, DEAF HAVANA, SKINNY LISTER, YOUNG GUNS, WILL VARLEY, KEVIN DEVINE, ROAM, ROLO TOMASSI, TALL SHIPS, THE FRONT BOTTOMS, THE WONDER YEARS, SPRING KING, DAVE HAUSE & THE MERMAID, OATHBREAKER, MILK TEETH, SVALBARD, EMPLOYED TO SERVE, THE WINTER PASSING, , YOUNG LEGIONNAIRE, THE DIRTY NIL, LEMURIA, FREEZE THE ATLANTIC, PULLED APART BY HORSES, JAMIE LENMAN, BEACH SLANG, BLACK PEAKS, FEED THE RHINO, DINOSAUR PILE-UP, MUNCIE GIRLS, GNARWOLVES, SLØTFACE, BLACK FOXXES,, BRUTUS, PUPPY, DECADE, BIG SPRING, KAMIKAZE GIRLS, DUCKING PUNCHES, DE STAAT, THE HYENA KILL, GET INUIT, ACRES, PEANESS, MOSES, WALLFLOWER, GRUMBLE BEE, SHVPES, BAD SIGN, BELLEVUE DAYS, WEIRDS, PERSONAL BEST, CASSELS, DOE, FIZZY BLOOD, SOEUR, JONAH MATRANGA, GIANTS, TIGERCUB, THE ONE HUNDRED, QUEEN KWONG, AREA 11, GREYWIND, STRANGE BONES, AWAY DAYS, APOLOGIES I HAVE NONE, THE ST. PIERRE SNAKE INVASION, LOUISE DISTRAS, MILESTONES, POLARY, MAKING MONSTERS, WARS, VUKOVI, STRAIGHT LINES, STEVEN BATTELLE and PETROL GIRLS.

THURSDAY

Mallory Knox / Pulled Apart By Horses / Young Guns / Dinosaur Pile Up / Feed the Rhino / ROAM / Muncie Girls / Black Foxxes / Tigercub / Puppy / Straight Lines / Grumble Bee / Bellevue Days / Jonah Matranga

FRIDAY

Nothing But Thieves / Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes / Deaf Havana (intimate fan voted set) / The Wonder Years / Beach Slang / Jamie Lenman / Skinny Lister / Will Varley / Black Peaks / Dave Hause & The Mermaid / Queen Kwong / Tall Ships / Employed to Serve / The Dirty Nil / Brutus / Steven Battelle / Vukovi / De Staat / Decade / Wallflower / wars / Greywind / Strange Bones / Making Monsters / Ducking Punches / Shvpes / Away Days / Milestones / Weirds / Personal Best / Cassels / Louise Distras / The St. Pierre Snake Invasion / Polary

SATURDAY

Slaves / Lower Than Atlantis / The Front Bottoms / The Menzingers / Honeyblood  / Gnarwolves / Kevin Devine / Spring King / Milk Teeth / Oathbreaker / Rolo Tomassi / Lemuria / Young Legionnaire / Freeze the Atlantic / Area 11 / The One Hundred / Sløtface / The Hyena Kill / Get Inuit / Acres / Peaness / MOSES / Petrol Girls / Svalbard / Big Spring / Kamikaze Girls / Bad Sign / Doe / Fizzy Blood / Giants / Apologies, i have none / The Winter Passing / Sœur

2000trees Festival is located on Upcote Farm, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. GL54 4BL

£83 for a two-day ticket (Friday and Saturday)

£100 for a full three-day ticket (Thursday, Friday and Saturday)

Ticket Link - HERE

The multi-award-winning 2000trees Festival is a 10,000 capacity music festival set in the rolling Cotswold Hills. You’ll get two nights camping (three if you attend Thursday Early Entry night) and a friendly, intimate atmosphere – plus amazing food and locally produced ciders, ales & lagers.

2000trees Festival is all about the music, with more than 120 of the absolute best new and underground acts from the worlds of rock and indie, plus some more established acts to close out the night.

 Previous bands that have played 2000trees Festival include (last years 2 headliners) Refused and Twin Atlantic, Alkaline Trio, Deaf Havana, Frank Turner, Frightened Rabbit, Blood Red Shoes, Band of Skulls, The Bronx, Wolf Alice, Public Service Broadcasting, 65daysofstatic, Lower Than Atlantis, Neck Deep, And So I Watch You From Afar, Future of the Left, Creeper, Hundred Reasons and many many more.  The festival also prides itself on giving new bands a platform to play to a huge audience, helping build bands up and supporting the UK music scene.