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Forwards Festival announce lineup for 2023
Returning to the Downs in September, Forwards Festival will see two days of music and discussion, driven by its social initiatives to create positive change.
The festival will welcome Aphex Twin and Erykah Badu as headliners for 2023.
Other artists announced so far include Bonobo, Primal Scream, Arlo Parks and Raye.
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As well as a programme packed with live music and performances, the programme also promises to be a space for discussion and debate.
The festival will host a space which will welcome experts, disruptors, creatives, writers and thinkers to the stage.
The first wave of acts include a mix of homegrown talent including Katy J Pearson alongside some big names from around the world, such as Australian electro pop band Confidence Man.
Team Love co-founder Tom Paine said: “We’re proud to be bringing Forwards back this year to the best city in the world, and our hometown Bristol.
“Building on our work from our inaugural year, we are incredibly excited to be able to pull together a musical offering with such an amazing array of talent.
“It continues to be our aim to make Forwards a space which invites debate and challenges the status quo.
“Offering our audience a place to come together, dance and make memories, while trying to inspire discussions, actions, and to enact positive change through the urgent conversations at ‘The Information’.”
Forwards takes place on September 1 and 2. Pre-sale tickets go on sale on Thursday before general release tickets go on sale on Friday.
You can sign up for pre-sale at www.forwardsbristol.co.uk/signup
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