Stand-up comic and part-time music hack Stewart Lee will curate an ATP event in 2016. The second of the ATP 2.0 festivals will take place at Pontins camp in Prestatyn, north Wales, from 15-17 April, featuring a lineup handpicked by the revered comedian.
The bill has not been announced yet, but the following statement from Lee should provide some hints as to his musical preference:
Of all the ATPs I’ve attended, the 2001 weekend, when Tortoise curated it and laid American free jazz, European improv noise, alternative country rock, alienating stand-up comedy, ambient electronica, eighties hardcore, seventies CBGBs nostalgia, smart-arse post punk, Dutch anarcho-jazz and all manner of unexpected cross-currents on curious young people remains a pivotal point in my musical education. It’s a great honour to be allowed to attempt something similar. Bring a bucket, spade, swimwear and an open mind.
Although the festival is normally overseen by musicians, Lee joins a select number of alternative cultural figures who’ve curated ATP, including the Simpsons’ Matt Groening and the Chapman Brothers, the latter hosting the first of these all-new ATP 2.0 festivals in November 2015.
- Limited early-bird tickets for Lee’s ATP are on sale here.
