Saturday 21st May sees the Stag and Dagger Festival return to Glasgow with 40+ acts playing over 7 venues. The event last year proved to be a fantastic day, and everything suggest this year should be the same.
There is a lot less information available from the organisers this year, but I’ve gathered what I can about tickets, wrist band collection, the venues, the timetable, and thrown in a few personal recommendations.
Tickets
If you are aged 14-17 you can purchase a ticket at a cheaper price that will gain you access to just the ABC stages. All under 16′s must be accompanied by an adult (18+) with a full ticket.
Buy Tickets (14-17) £11.20 inc. booking fee
If you are aged 18 and over you will get access to all 7 venues with a ticket. If you are under 21, it is recommended you take ID, especially for the ABC as they will likely be strict with under-agers allowed entry.
Entry to all venues is on a first-come-first-served basis, but if last year is anything to go by it is not something to be overly worried about.
Buy Tickets (18+) – £19 inc. booking fee
There should be tickets available to purchase from ABC box office on the day, but the number available will be limited.
Wrist Band Collection
Wrist band collection is from 12 noon on the day of the festival from the ABC box office.
There are no physical tickets for the festival, and you will need to collect a wrist band before entering any of the venues.
Check your booking details, but most outlets are asking for the card used to purchase tickets to be presented at the wrist band collection.
I would recommend getting your wrist band before the ABC stages start as last year a fair queue developed close to the starting time.
Venues
Most of the venues are situated very close to each other in the centre of town, making it easy to bounce from gig to gig. The Captain’s Rest and Stereo are a bit further afield, but, they are two of the best gig venues in Glasgow, and I’d recommend heading along.
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Timetable
Last year there were not any timetables for punters, so a print out is recommended if you can’t get the line up on your phone.
Click on the band names to open a link to their websites
The Captain’s Rest
14.00 – Adam Thompson (We Were Promised Jetpacks)
14.45 – Zeus
15.45 – Blue Sky Archives
16.45 – Victorian English Gentlemans Club
17.45 – French Wives
18.45 – The Scottish Enlightenment
19.45 – Our Mountain
20.45 – Kurt Vile and The Violators
22.00 – Mazes
22.45 – Jack Townes
Stereo
17.15 – Wake The President
18.00 – Colourmusic
18.45 – Laki Mera
19.30 – Kid Canveral
20.15 – Rural Alberta Advantage
21.30 – Allo Darlin’
Nice N Sleazy
18.00 – She’s Hit
18.45 – Tall Ships
19.30 – Thank You
20.20 – Desalvo
21.15 – Bo Ningen
22.15 – Yuck
ABC2
18.15 – Michael Kiwanuka
19.00 – Ed Sheeran
19.45 – Rachel Sermanni
20.30 – Withered Hand
21.30 – James Yorkston
The Vic Bar
19.00 – Conquering Animal Sound
20.00 – Veronica Falls
21.00 – Happy Particles
22.00 – Three Trapped Tigers
22.45 – Entrepreneurs
23.30 – Chad Valley
00.00 – Star Slinger
01.15 – Walls
ABC1
19.15 – Clinic
20.15 – Admiral Fallow
21.15 – Warpaint
The Art School
19.30 – Ghostpoet
20.15 – Toro Y Moi
21.30 – Broken Records
22.30 – Sons And Daughters
23.45 – DELS
00.30 – Numbers (DJ’s)
Unfortunately there has been no confirmation when bands will be finishing, but I’ll update this if information becomes available.
Recommendations
Blue Sky Archives
One of my tips for the year that produce a brilliant blend of post-rock and pop. I would be recommending them even if there was a lot of competition on, but there isn’t, so there’s no excuse for missing them.
French Wives
One of our finest folk bands takes the stage fairly early in proceedings. I would expect this to be a busy one as they are very popular in Glasgow and always back it up with an excellent live show.
She’s Hit
Scuzzy Glaswegian band will be opening things at Nice N Sleazy, and are perfectly suited for the basement venue. Expect dark garage punk at it’s finest.
Conquering Animal Sound
A unique live outfit that use loop pedals as well as anyone, with the tech craft of James bouncing off the Bjork-esque vocals of Anneke to create a wonderful ambience.
Rural Alberta Advantage
Canadian three piece that flit between the poignant and the driven aspects of indie-rock, and should be fantastic on the big stage of Stereo.
Admiral Fallow
The folk outfit led by Louis Abbot were one of the success stories of 2010. Anyone who went to the Barrowlands shows will know that this band are right at home on a big stage.
WarPaint
Much hyped girl-group from LA that are more than meeting expectations, and are the headline act of the festival. There is a haunting presence to the music, and the band have a renowned onstage chemistry, making this a slot to catch.
Three Trapped Tigers
London electro trio that mash up guitars, synthes and ever changing beats to produce a hard to define spectacle. Comparisons have been made to Aphex Twin and Battles, and this is an act I really don’t want to miss.
Jim
May 18, 2011
There’s about a 15 minute changeover between bands, so you can figure rough finishing times from that. Mostly half hour sets, with a few 45 minute ones.
Favourite Son
May 18, 2011
yeah, that sounds about right. I was having a look at last year’s running times and reckon it will be pretty similar
Mark Angus
May 18, 2011
Adam Thompson is opening Captain’s Rest according to the newest PCL mailout that I got today – 13:45.
Favourite Son
May 18, 2011
cheers! will get that added
Chris
May 19, 2011
Cheers for the times.
Who’s everyone looking forward to seeing?
neilwilliamson
May 19, 2011
Thanks for putting all this together. You’re right about the lack of information for the Glasgow event this year.
I’m hearing also (according to the S&D facebook and the band’s myspace) that Laki Mera are on at Stereo at 1845, filling the mysterious gap between Colourmusic and Kid Canaveral.
Favourite Son
May 19, 2011
cheers for the heads up Neil, just had a gander at it there + will add it.
Mark Angus
May 20, 2011
Kurt Vile set brought forward:
*PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIMES ON THIS STAGE* 14:00 Adam Thompson (We Were Promised Jetpacks) 14:45 Zeus 15:45 Blue Sky Archives 15:45 Victorian English Gentlemans Club 17:45 French Wives 18:45 Scottish Enlightenment 19:45 Our Mountain 20:45 Kurt Vile & The Violators 22:00 Mazes 22:45 Jack Townes
Favourite Son
May 20, 2011
Thanks Mark, I was just having a look on the Stag and Dagger site myself there. Hopefully these are the final times now