#slowthai Launching UK Festival Happyland: Shygirl, beabadoobee, More

slowthai has announced his own one-day festival, Happyland. The event takes place September 25 at Northampton Cricket Ground in England. Artists set to perform include Shygirl, IDLES, IDLES, beabadoobee, Greentea Peng, Ethan P Flynn, Pa Salieu, and more. The fest will be headlined by slowthai himself. Tickets go on sale May 14; check out the poster below.

slowthai said in a press release: “Happyland with happy folk. The place where we can laugh and joke. The place you can be yourself without judgment, expectations and impressions of someone else. The space from the shackles of the everyday. The mountain where we climb to run away. Imagine what you’ve never had when you come to Happyland—you will never be sad.”

slowthai’s TYRON was released earlier this year. Shortly after the release of the LP, he covered Elliott Smith’s “Needle In the Hay” for a session.

Read Pitchfork’s Rising interview with slowthai.