Dean Harries

ArcTanGent Festival Announces Swans, Petbrick, Empire State Bastard, Wallowing and more for 2023!

Capping off a week of brilliant festival announcements, ArcTanGent Festival have announced another batch of names for this year’s festival and it’s a big one.

Joining the already confirmed likes of Deafheaven, Converge, Heilung and more this week are Enslaved, Swans, Petbrick and Empire State Bastard, the new endeavour of Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil and Oceansize’s Mike Vennart. They will also be joined by fellow newcomers A Burial At Sea, A-Tota-So, Copse, Dawn Ray’d, Din of Celestial Birds, fakeyourdeath, False Hope For The Savage, Haast, Joliette, LOS SARA FONTAN, Mt. Yonder, Other Half, Poisonous Birds, Project MishraM, Pruillip, Thought Forms and Wallowing.

On the announcement, the festival states; “ArcTanGent Festival has always been about championing the most exciting, experimental, left-field artists and this year will absolutely be no different. There’s zero chance you’ll find another line up like this anywhere in the UK – this is not to be missed!”

The home of all things posty, mathy and all things generally experimental-y, ArcTanGent Festival has become globally renowned as the biggest and arguably best festival for all things contemporary and unique. Acclaimed for hosting emerging talent as well as pioneering acts in from all things left-field, the Bristol based festival has quickly been bequeathed with a legendary-like status due to it’s diligence in hosting unique lineups spreading all across the experimental spectrum. As per, ArcTanGent Festival will take place at Fernhill Farm between 16th – 19th August 2023. Full information and tickets are available here, see the lineup thus far below.