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- by Michael Traher
2000 Trees Festival has been taking over Upcote Farm (near Cheltenham) for the best part of a decade. A festival, that stands out from the ever-growing crowd of festivals selling over priced warm lager and cold chips for £5 a portion. Twice winner of UK’s “grass roots festival” award, 2000 Trees is pulling out all the stops to make sure its 5000 attendees enjoy a festival the proper way, with locally sourced food, ciders, ales and lagers and a competition for best fancy dress.
Oh did we mention, there is music too. Past line-ups have seen Frank Turner, Trash Talk, The Bronx, Gnarwolves and Crazy Arm all take to the 2000 Trees stage. This year they haven’t disappointed, with a huge line up of 80 acts over two days for just £75.
We will be there with bells on. Here are the top 5 bands we think you should watch over the 2000 Trees weekend.
Great Cynics
3-piece punk rock, Great Cynics always seem to be touring. Great Cynics will be playing songs from 2015 release “I feel Weird” in The Axiom on Saturday.
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Milk Teeth
Are they emo? Are they punk? Are they grunge? Are they a bit of all three? Either way, Milk Teeth have been having a great year so far. With the release of EP “Sad Sack”, tours in the UK with Frank Iero & The Celebration and in Europe with Title Fight. They bring their unique sound to The Axiom on Saturday.
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Creeper
It is difficult to think, that this time a year ago, Creeper had not released any music, or played a show! However don’t let that fool you. In their short time as a band, Southampton Goth punks Creeper, have signed to Roadrunner Records, toured with Funeral for a friend, Moose Blood and Bayside, and played a packed tent at Junes Download Festival. Don’t miss them play The Cave on Saturday.
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Defeater
If you are a fan of heavier music and don’t know about Defeater already, here is one for you to check out. One of only a few bands representing America at this years 2000 Trees. They will be playing their own brand of melodic hardcore in The Cave on Saturday.
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Alkaline Trio
This band should need no introduction. Veterans of all things dark punk, Alkaline Trio will be closing out 2000 Trees, headlining the main stage on Saturday night. With 8 studio albums, spanning a nearly 20-year career, there is certainly guaranteed to be hits galore for everyone. With that said they have are fresh off the back of a US tour playing albums in full, so maybe we should all keep our fingers and toes crossed that they pull something special out the bag, for their set at 2000 Trees.
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Also appearing over the weekend are Deaf Havana, The Skints, Bury Tomorrow, Roam, The Lion & The Wolf, Nai Harvest plus many more.
The Last remaining two-day tickets can be grabbed from http://www.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk/tickets/
