The Mars Volta, BEAK, Afrirampo for 10 Years of ATP Festival

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THE MARS VOLTA, BEAK & more Confirmed for Ten Years Of ATP Festival

Festivities to celebrate 10 years of All Tomorrow's Parties will commence with a second festival weekend in December. The Ten Years Of ATP festival will take place at Butlins Resort in Minehead from Friday 11th to Sunday 13th December, 2009.

For the line up we are inviting our nearest and dearest to play - which means past ATP curators, ATP recordings artists and some ATP favourites thrown into the mix too. The latest very exciting confirmations are ex-curators

THE MARS VOLTA

as well as...

BEAK (featuring Geoff Travis of ex-curators Portishead)

And finally we add one more wonderful ATP favourite in the shape of Japan's:

AFRIRAMPO

The incredible line-up so far looks like this:

Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Modest Mouse / The Breeders / The Mars Volta / Explosions in the Sky / Battles / Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks / Dirty Three / Tortoise / Shellac / Melvins / Mudhoney / J Mascis and the Fog / BEAK / The Magic Band / The For Carnation / Papa M / Sunn O))) performing The GrimmRobe Demos / Sunn O))) performing from Monoliths & Dimensions / OM / múm / Lightning Bolt / Edan / Tall Firs / Deerhoof / The Drones / Sleepy Sun / Bardo Pond / F*ck Buttons / APSE / Alexander Tucker and Decomposed Orchestra / Porn / Afrirampo

…with more to be announced! Tickets for this special event are priced at £160 per person for room only accommodation and £170 per person for self-catering.

Tickets On Sale Now from http://www.atpfestival.com

Stop Press: Bus Travel to Xmas ATPs -

ATP and the Festival Tour Bus have teamed up to offer affordable environmentally friendly coach travel to this year's ATP festivals; Nightmare Before Christmas and 10 Years Of ATP.

Forget about those worries of trying to book and navigate train stations, crowded carriages and stacking rucksacks in the over flowing luggage rack. Leave the car at home and avoid traffic jams and a sober weekend.

Instead why not recline your seat and relax with our onboard entertainment in a cool air conditioned luxury coach. Our dedicated festival tour rep will cater to your every need with a range of onboard facilities, sip a chilled drink and snack on finger food. Your seat will be guaranteed for a return journey and our drop off point is at the festival door.

Offering 10 centralized city pick up points, and a return ticket starting from £37 per person, we guarantee to get you to the festival on time.

To book your festival coach travel tickets, please visit us at www.festivaltourbus.co.uk

In Between Days

We are also running another (now sold out) festival weekend in December curated by my bloody valentine the weekend before Ten Years (4^th-6^th Dec). For people wishing to come early to weekend 2 (or stay on after weekend 1!) we have limited availability for people to stay on site during the week in between. We only have 4 berth s/c available for this period so please be aware you may have to relocate to a new chalet for these days. During the week one of the venues will be open and we'll be putting on light entertainment including bands and djs. For more information and to book, attendees should contact feedback@atpfestival.com with IN BETWEEN DAYS in the subject line and include their festival booking references and the type of accommodation they have booked.

About The Venue

Butlins, Minehead looks out across a superb sandy beach. The site is equipped with a supermarket, newsagent, cash points and restaurants. Onsite facilities include a cinema, Splash Water World - a sub-tropical environment that has a huge wave pool, a swimming pool, 3 flumes and also a flume based raft ride - Ten-pin bowling and amusement arcade. Sports include Archery, Football, Basketball, Darts, Petanque, Fencing, Kwik Cricket, Netball, Rounders, Table Tennis, Outdoor Bowls and Crazy Golf.

Room Only accommodation is available in 4, 5 and 6 berths and offers either double, single or bunk beds with private bathroom and TV, but no kitchen facilities or lounge, more like a hotel room. (£160 + booking fee per ticket)

Self Catering accommodation is available in 4, 6 and 7 berths and offers private bathroom, full kitchen facilities and separate lounge area with TV. (£170 + booking fee per ticket)