Preston Pop Fest is a huge three day indie-pop weekender over four stages at three venues in Preston city centre: The Continental, The Ferret and Vinyl Tap.

All the different eras of the UK Pop Underground since the 80s are covered : from post-punk and C86 through indie dance and Brit Pop to the present day and from melodic jangle-meisters to the scratchy awkward squad beloved of the late John Peel.

Just look at these acts (less than half the line-up) :

A Certain Ratio, The Tubs, The Monochrome Set, The Man from Delmonte, British Birds, The Very Things, The Yummy Fur, Lande Hekt, Comet Gain, The Cords, Warren James, Bubbles (inc Davey Henderson/Malcolm Ross), Lung Leg, Emma Tricca, Davey Woodward & The Winter Orphans, Swansea Sound, The Tyde (USA), Jasmine Minks, Pushbike, The Room, Bull, Franklin Bruno (USA), The Magic of Adrian Flanagan, Bramwell, Benny Profane, Spare Snare, National Park, Lavinia Blackwall and Band, James King & the Lonewolves, Serafina Steer, Yeah Yeah Noh, Autocamper, Karen, Jetstream Pony, The Cuban Boys, Mackenzies, David Lance Callahan, Would-be-Goods, Railcard, The Sweetest Ache, Alex Rex, Trimdon Grange Explosion, Midway Still, The Legend!, Five Go Down to the Sea, Bhajan Bhoy, The Great Leap Forward, The Sha Sha Shaminals, Rim Cream plus, many, many more!

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