Saya Gray, Soft Launch and rEDOLENT among third wave of artists announced for Dot To Dot Festival

Multi-city music event Dot to Dot Festival has unveiled the third wave of artists to be added to this year’s line up, with 28 new names set to join festival headliners Jockstrap and Wunderhorse.

The festival, which will be held on the May bank holiday weekend, will bring a swathe of acclaimed acts including newly announced Saya Gray, Panic Shack, Picture Parlour, and The Bug Club, to a range of venues across Bristol and Nottingham.

Mercury-nominated duo Jockstrap will headline the festival, marking their well-deserved rise up the bill following a 2022 performance at the festival, alongside second stage headliners Wunderhorse.

In addition to the existing artists, which include indie-rock quartet The Magic Gang, for whom Dot To Dot will form part of a celebratory farewell tour following their decade-long career as a group, a third wave of new acts were announced by the festival, while an additional string of local artists are yet to be announced.

Among the new additions to the lineup is art-pop artist Saya Gray. Raised in Toronto, the Japanese-Scottish artist is known for her captivating music and poetic songwriting. Following an arresting launch into the music scene in 2020 with the release of her debut single SHALL (PPL SWIM IN SHALLOW WATER), Gray became quickly acclaimed for her characteristically vibrant soundscapes that sit at the intersections of folk, rock, pop and everything in between.

Len, a Stockwell-born rapper who has gained attention from nationwide underground audiences, has also been added to the bill, in addition to Welsh-language indie-rock group Adwaith, whose intriguingly experimental sounds draw inspiration from the boldly playful 80s Welsh music landscape.

Other newly announced artists include Annie-Dog, country-pop group BLUAI, as well as Automation, a post-rock four-piece featuring Lennon Gallagher.

London band Daydreamers, whose hazy, nostalgia-evoking pop sounds recently launched them into social media stardom, also join the lineup, as well as rising group rEDOLENT and Irish quintet Soft Launch.

Dot to Dot Festival will take place in Bristol and Nottingham on the 25th and 26th May respectively. With even more artists due to be announced before the weekend-long event kicks off at the end of the month, stay tuned on Dot to Dot’s social media pages, as well as its website to keep up to date with the latest announcements.

Following the sell out of early bird and first-tier tickets, general release tickets for Dot To Dot are available now.