FORWARDS

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FORWARDS: an inner city music festival drawing the biggest names in international music to Bristol Downs. The festival aims to present high quality, diverse and heritage music acts alongside emerging artists from Bristol & beyond.

This year's headliners include Four Tet, Jessie Ware, Loyle Carner, LCD Soundsystem, Maribou State and Yard Act.

The festival presents a contemporary curation of music while paying homage to Bristol’s long standing history of being a music city. In addition, FORWARDS is more than just a music festival, it looks to challenge what metropolitan festivals can be today and how they can do good, from the inside out. The 2-day festival aims to harness the power of live events to bring people together for incredible music moments and lasting positive change.

At the heart of the festival is FORWARDS THINKING, a platform for year round social initiatives in Bristol, all through FORWARDS partners, Big Team CIC and Team Canteen CIC. Alongside these partners is The Information, a dedicated space at FORWARDS for debate and understanding on today’s current affairs and cultural issues.

FIRST WAVE 2024 MUSIC PROGRAMME

SATURDAY

LOYLE CARNER 

FOUR TET

MARIBOU STATE | FLOATING POINTS 

ROMY | GREENTEA PENG | YUSSEF DAYES  

NUBYA GARCIA | HAK BAKER | MRCY |  JERSEY

SUNDAY

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM 

JESSIE WARE

YARD ACT | BAXTER DURY | CMAT

CRAZY P | HOLYSSEUS FLY

DA FUCHAMAN & THE FIRE BLAZE BAND

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