Days after announcing the complete line-up, brand new online music festival Five4Five Fest have announced a surprise wave of additional bands who will be performing. The response and support from artists has been so overwhelming that organisers felt it only right to add more bands to the already stellar line-up.
Joining Friday’s line-up will be Yonaka, Rob Lynch and Lacey whilst Trash Boat, Roam and Wargasm will perform on Saturday.
Five4Five Fest will be taking place digitally on the 15th and 16th of May with headliners Enter Shikari and Don Broco along with Deaf Havana, As It Is, Hot Milk, Stay Free, Lizzy Farrall, Fatherson, The Dangerous Summer and Tigress.
Now eight bands will play each day of the festival which will take place on the 15th and 16th of May, a total of sixteen performances over the course of the weekend. A mixture of full band, solo/duo and completely reimagined performances will be streamed via the Five4Five website from 7:30pm each evening. The show will be public and completely free and those attending will be encouraged to donate £5 via a link provided at the time. All profits will be donated to the NHS Charities Together.
The festival has also announced that once the bands have finished, some of the UKs biggest and best club DJs will close out each night by DJing afterparties. Friday 15th will see Tasmin Taylor and Lais MW/Team Up smash out a club night of Alt bangers whilst Saturday 16th will see Osmosis drop a drum n bass set before Zoe London closes out the festival.
Along with standalone donations, festival viewers will also be able to donate to buy fixed price Five4Five Fest merch including T-shirts and posters. They will also be able to donate to buy a raffle ticket entering them into a competition to win a whole host of great prizes including Enter Shikari and Don Broco signed drum skins, and As It Is ‘The Great Depression’ signed test pressing, signed handwritten lyric sheets from The Dangerous Summer along with LOADS of other great items including merch bundles and sponsor donations. The store is now live with highly exclusive items and festival merch. More exclusive raffle prizes are to be added throughout the week.
Vans, Signature Brew and Music Glue are proud Five4Five Fest sponsors.
Five4Five Fest is born as fans and bands alike are facing a summer without festivals. Given the immense strain the Covid-19 pandemic has placed on our NHS and the personal sacrifices and efforts being made by NHS staff, bands and music industry professionals have come together to pool collective strengths with the aim of raising money.