Beautiful Days (festival)

and was first held in 2003.

2008 lineup

The Main Stage

Headlining the main stage at the festival this year are Squeeze, Supergrass and The Levellers. Other live acts playing include Alabama 3, Nouvelle Vague, comedian Ross Noble, Turin Brakes, Stiff Little Fingers, Gabriella Cilmi, Oysterband, Zion Train, Seth Lakeman, Eat Static, Fishbone, Justin Sullivan, Frank Turner, Balkan Beat Box, Xavier Rudd, Salsa Celtica, Damien Dempsey, The Rhythmites, Sheelanagig, Nick Harper, Divokej Bill and [http://dennishopperchoppers.com/wp/ Dennis Hopper Choppers] .

Added to the bill (2nd May emailshot) are Cage the Elephant, Flogging Molly, Idlewild, Pama International, Kathryn Williams & Neil Maccoll, 12 Stone Toddler, Transglobal Underground, HYBRID, Dengue Fever, Sancho Panza Soundsystem, Megson, Tofu Love Frogs, New York Alcoholic Anxiety Attack, Enter the Haggis and Blood or Whiskey.

The Bimble Inn

The [http://www.bimbleinn.com/ Bimble Inn] hosted performances by amongst others [http://www.thebeetrootkings.com/ The Beetroot Kings] and [http://www.nualaandthealchemyquartet.com/ Nuala & The Alchemy Quartet] .

Dance Tent

Spoken word performances from Arthur Smith, John Cooper Clarke (no-show), Richard Digance, Attila The Stockbroker, Mark Dolan (compere), Joolz Denby, Charlie Ottley and Dr Dawson's Boogie Band.

2007 lineup

KT Tunstall headlined Friday night, Gogol Bordello on Saturday, and as traditionally, festival organisers The Levellers, closed it on Sunday.

3 Daft Monkeys (late replacement for Fishbone) / Afro Celt Sound System / Babyhead / Back To The Planet / Bellowhead / Ben Taylor / Bill Bailey / Carrie Tree / Daddy Ho! / Dreadzone / Dub Pistols / Easy Star All Stars / Electric Soft Parade / Elite Force / The Fabulous Good Time Party Boys / Gogol Bordello / Great Big Sea / Groove Diggerz / Hey Negrita / Hobo Jones & the Junkyard Dogs / Howard Marks / Hybrid / Jamie Catto / Kila / Levellers / McDermotts Two Hours / Misnoma / Mr Hudson & the Library / Nemo Jones / New Model Army / Passenger / Radical Dance Faction (RDF) / Rennie Pilgrem / Ruarri Joseph / Sean Rowley’s Guilty Pleasures / School of Trobar / Show of Hands / The Damned / The Men They Couldn't Hang / The Rumble Strips / Vincent Vincent and the Villains / War Machines of Love / Whirl-Y-Gig with Banco De Gaia and Gaudi / Willy Mason / Zombie Met Girl

2006 lineup

Main Stage & Big Top

3 Daft Monkeys, Benji Kirkpatrick, Bleeding Hearts, Buzzcocks, Cara Dillon, Chumbawamba Acoustic, Damien Dempsey, Dan Donnelly and Sonovagun, Divokej Bill, Dhol Foundation, Drunk In Public, Dylan Moran, Echo and the Bunnymen, Eighteenth Day of May, Gomez, Hayseed Dixie, Hugh Cornwell, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart, Killing Joke, King Creosote, Larry Love, Showband, Levellers, Lunasa, Mark Saul, Neck, Nick Harper, Ox, The Fabulous Good Time Party Boys Medicine Show Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting Revue, Seth Lakeman, Steel Pulse, Subgiant, The Coal Porters, The Crimea, The Demon Barber Roadshow, The Proclaimers, The Selecter, The Toretz, Tiny Tin Lady

Little Big Top

Barry Scratchy Myers (Clash tour DJ), Beatz & Bobz, Ben & Lex, Dib Dub, DIY, Freq Nasty, Krafty Kuts, Nick Mannaseh, Pama International

External links

* [http://www.beautifuldays.org Official site]
* [http://www.beautifuldays.org/lineup04.html 2004 line up]
* [http://www.beautifuldays.org/BEAUTIFULDAYS2005LINE-UP.htm 2005 line up]
* [http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/beautifuldays/2005/reviews.shtml Review at Efestivals]
* [http://www.virtualfestivals.com/festivals/event/642 Entry at Virtual Festivals]