On 24th and 25th April, the Gaymers Camden Crawl will play host to over a mile and a half of fantastic new talent for over thirty hours across more than forty venues including the legendary Koko hosted by headline sponsors Gaymers. As well as its customary stellar line up of live music acts, the festival will feature a vast array of interactive daytime activities and cutting edge performances across the arts, including visual art, comedy, spoken word, theatre and much more.

The programme kicks off from midday on Friday the 24th until the wee hours of the following Sunday. Upon arrival each ticket holder will be presented with an all-access wristband, programme guide, timetable and free download album to help plot his/her day’s adventure. ‘Crawlers’ are granted unlimited access to all official festival venues featuring more than 150 live artists, daytime activities & arts programme and aftershow parties capacity permitting. In keeping with Crawl tradition and the spirit of discovery, the full line-ups and stage times remain a closely guarded secret until each night and surprise guests may appear at any time and at any venue.

Tickets for the Gaymers Camden Crawl 2009, available as either 2-day or single day passes, are on sale now.

Camden Crawl 2009 Line Up So Far….

THE AUTHOR

THE BADDIES

THE BARKER BAND

BLEECH

BLK JKS

BRAKES

THE CHAPMAN FAMILY

CHEW LIPS

THE COMPUTERS

THE CORDELIER CLUB

DAN BLACK

DANNY & THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD

DATAROCK

THE DEAD FORMATS

DETROPIX

DIE! DIE! DIE!

DRUMS OF DEATH

EXPERIMENT ON A BIRD IN THE AIR PUMP

FIGHT LIKE APES

FLASHGUNS

FOY VANCE

GENERAL FIASCO

GOLDHEART ASSEMBLY

GOLDIELOCKS

HEARTBREAK

HEXES

I BLAME COCO

IT HUGS BACK

JAMES YUILL

THE JIM JONES REVIEW

JOSH WELLER

THE JOY FORMIDABLE

KASMS

THE KING BLUES

LION CLUB

LITTLE DEATH

MAN LIKE ME

MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS

NEWHAM GENERALS

PATRICK WOLF

PEGGY SUE

PULLED APART BY HORSES

S.C.U.M.

SKINT & DEMORALISED

SLEEPERCURVE

THE TEMPER TRAP

THE XX

THREATMANTICS

THREE TRAPPED TIGERS

TODDLA T

TOMMY SPARKS

THE VON BONDIES

VV BROWN

THE WHIP

COMEDY

BACKSTAGE COMEDY – Following its huge success at Camden Crawl 2008, Backstage Comedy will once

again present a fine selection of stand up and musical comedy from up and coming award winning comics

with the odd special guest.

FALLING DOWN WITH LAUGHTER – Voted Best Small London Comedy Club at the 2008 Chortle Awards,

Falling Down With Laughter showcases the best in sketch, stand-up, character and musical comedy. Past

guests have included Jack Dee, Stewart Lee, Russell Brand, Sean Lock, Lenny Henry, Adam Hills, Brendon

Burns, and Phil Nichol…so expect some surprises.

UNDERBELLY – Underbelly is one of the main promoters at Edinburgh Festival and produces events and

comedy tours all over the UK.Their commitment to finding and developing new talent has seen them become

one of the foremost names in the UK’s up and coming entertainment scene. Their fantastic line-up of comedians

at their debut Crawl showcase will be one not to miss!

SPOKEN WORD

APPLE & SNAKES – The top poetry promoters present an explosion of upbeat, in-your-face poetry featuring the

X-rated-but-charming Salena Godden, with support from psychedelic funnyman Ash Dickinson and the

waggish Alison Brumfitt. Compered by loveable motormouth Steve Larkin.

BLOODY AWFUL POETRY – Returning to the line up after a hectic year, BAP are settling back into the Crawl,

bringing with them the best in live acoustic music and much more including a poetry wall, confession booth,

art exhibitions and the world famous ‘Bloody Awful Poetry Exhibition’.

BOOKSLAM – Bookslam events cover a wide range of storytellers from all disciplines – novelists, spoken

word poets and musicians – gathering together for an eclectic day of words and music. London’s coolest night

out for nerds comes to the Camden Crawl bringing guests which include verbal junkies Scroobius Pip and

Dockers MC; notorious novelist John Niven; the absurdly talented renaissance man, Joe Stretch; comedy that

jumps off the wall from Dan Antopolski; and the sweetest bittersweet music from Lail Arad. Patrick Neate will

stick the whole thing together like corn flour in lumpy gravy.

LIVE MUSIC

BONANZA – A club night, promoter and radio show now in it’s sixth year, Bonanza showcases the best in

Country, Americana and Roots music and is an umbrella for numerous club nights. Bonanza will be hosting

‘The Battle Of The One Man Bands Round 3’ at the Lock Tavern, a no-holds barred bout of cosmic country

and trash-blues pugilism where ‘you the audience’ will decide the winner!… plus very special guest DJs.

CLERKENVILLE WEST – Local promoter and scenester Punk Rock Dolly joins forces with legendary Clerkenwell

pub venue The Betsey Trotwood to bring Crawlers an epic hoedown of Alt-folk, Nu-grass and Cosmic

Country. The recently re-launched Betsey hosts the wonderful folk sessions “Snake Mountain Review” and

“The Lantern Society” as well as its raucous tri-level fest of Bluegrass and Americana “Clerkenville West”.

INDIE IDLE – The Gigwise Indie Idle unsigned artist competition will run over the weekend of the Crawl. On

Friday, our panel of experts will whittle down the 10 semi-finalists chosen by public vote to a live final shortlist.

On Saturday, wthe finalists battle it out live on stage to win a headline slot at the festival later that

evening.

CONFIRMED DAYTIME PROGRAMME

HAWLEY ARMS SESSIONS – One of our favourite local pubs and renowned Camden hotspots presents a

series of acoustic live sessions from their friends and favourite acts.

ANDY ROSS PRESENTS – There are not many things more Camden than Andy. The former head honcho of

Food Records and the man who brought us Blur, Idlewild and Jesus Jones amongst others hosts two afternoons

of idiosyncratic performances generally not involving instruments requiring a plug or big thumpy

drums. In previous years, he has introduced the likes of Soko, Mumford & Sons and Noah and the Whale at

the Crawl.

TURNING WORM – Launched in 2004 by two young rouges seeking fun, fortune and the best new bands in

the world, TM now promotes successful club nights across in numerous venues with a wide variety of strange

& beautiful bands, soloists, DJs, artists and poets featuring.

OTHER EVENTS

FUTURE SHORTS – The short film label returns to the Camden Crawl, bringing another unforgettable

cinematic experience to life. They plan to present live rescores by the hottest bands for a unique programme

of films, remixing the idea of what film can be.

HUNGA MUNGA’S CAMDEN COCKTAIL- Arts and crafts madness in Camden’s favourite cocktail bar. Loads

of art materials and crafty bits to explore your artistic side alongside amazing live music from three of

HungaMunga’s favourite bands: Gabby Young and Other Animals, Tabloid and Off Ground Touch….. and lots

of fun and games.

KARAUKE – (kar’e-yoo’ke) v. you sing, they play ukuleles! If you’ve ever fancied singing ‘I will Survive’ disco

to and with an entire backing band of fine-tuned ukuleles, here’s the chance…They provide the words, the

music and backing vocals (should you need them) and do everything from Abba to The Undertones to Blur.

MUSICAL BINGO – After their debut outing at last years crawl, the cast of Bring & Share’s musical bingo is

back and loaded with brand spanking new games just for festival goers. Spot the tunes, as they play out a fast

and furious medley of songs. Only the eagle eared will walk away with supa-snazzy prizes!

POP QUIZZES – Who Killed Bambi? is the famous music quiz London Lite touted last year as the “best music

quiz in London”. The Moshi Moshi Pop Quiz is in the Caffrey’s Book of World Records as the longest running

pop farce since records began. After the charming botch jobs at the last two Crawls, the Moshi Quizmasters

have become something of a Camden Crawl institution. Loved and tolerated in equal measure. Like a

strange-smelling distant Uncle on Christmas day. The legendary Brighton I Predict A Pop Quiz heads north to

the bright lights of Camden Town to pose questions of a pop nature. There are prizes for all (while stocks last),

special guests, interpretive dancing and picture rounds.

SPEED HATING – Want a date? Join in the legendary ‘Speed Hating’, as Feeling Gloomy belt out classic

anthems of misery from the likes of The Cure, Smiths and Dolly Parton.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION:

FRIDAY 24TH & SATURDAY 25TH APRIL 2009

12PM – 4AM

2 DAY PASSES £55.00 AND SINGLE DAY TICKETS £32.50

Tickets available from the following outlets:

24hr CC Hotline 0871 2200 260 / See Tickets 020 7403 3331

OR buy online: www.thecamdencrawl.com

Tickets are to be exchanged for wristbands which allow free entry to each of the participating venues as

individual capacities permit. Wristbands and programmes announcing the full line ups and timings for the

event are obtainable from 11:00 am onward each day at the Camden Crawl ticket exchange point located at:

THE ROUNDHOUSE (Chalk Farm Road, NW1). Please note that 2-day pass holders will need to return to

ticket exchange to collect Saturday’s timetable. Festival goers are advised to arrive early as there will be a full

daytime programme on both days from 12:00 pm. Doors open for evening schedule at 5:30 pm most venues.

There will be late night after show parties featuring live bands and DJs until 4:00 am both days.

MAIN PARTICIPATING EVENING VENUES:

THE ROUNDHOUSE – KOKO – ELECTRIC BALLROOM –

JAZZ CAFÉ – DINGWALLS – UNDERWORLD – CUBAN BAR –

BARFLY – DUBLIN CASTLE – THE MONARCH – EARL OF CAMDEN –

OH! BAR – PURPLE TURTLE – BULLET – THE BLACK CAP