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Preview: Forwards Festival 2024
After two successful events, Forwards Festival returns to the Downs on August 31 and September 1.
Team Love, the events company behind Love Saves the Day, are the founders of the two-day festival.
Previously welcoming names such as Erykah Badu and Aphex Twin, this year’s edition will see acts such as LCD Soundsystem, Fourtet, Loyle Carner and Underworld performing.
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Other acts pencilled in to perform are The Jesus Mary Chain, Baxter Dury and Greentea Peng.
After the success of last year, Forwards Festival will return to the Downs on Saturday – photo: Giulia
As well as international names, the festival will welcome a number of Bristol artists to the stage, including Sambee, Danny Chaska, Cousin Kula and Laimu.
The programme also promises to be a space for discussion and debate with the festival hosting a range of panel talks from industry experts at the Information stage.
The 2024 programme will tackle a host of pressing topics such as inequality in the media, the housing emergency, racism, sexism in story writing, black novelists and writers, queer stories, politics on TikTok and more.
Forwards Festival intends to create progression within the music space – Photo credit: Beth Whelan
Originally created at Forwards Festival in Bristol, the Information stage appeared for the first time at Glastonbury earlier this year.
Forwards Festival stays true to its name, with its goal to create progression in the music space.
Tickets for Forwards Festival are on sale now and can be found at www.forwardsbristol.co.uk
Main photo: Giulia
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