60+ new acts have been announced for FOCUS Wales 2018 in Wrexham this May! Among the new wave of acts announced are: legendary DJ, record producer and musician A Guy Called Gerald . Gerald will be djing as well as delivering a keynote talk at the FOCUS Wales conference. Hilang Child – recently signed to Bella Union – is the moniker of Ed Riman, a half-Welsh, half-Indonesian musician. Ani Glass who is also announced today, is a bilingual electro pop artist from Cardiff, and will be supporting Jane Weaver on Thursday 10th May at St Giles Parish Church. Plus, Welsh psych rockers Hippies Vs Ghosts will be returning from their base in France to showcase their new material at the festival.
These acts will be joined by a long list of exciting new additions to the line-up, including acts from: Canada, Catalonia, France, Japan, South Africa and Taiwan.
Visit www.focuswales.com to see the full list of new announcements.
FOCUS Wales 2018 will also feature performances from the likes of:
This Is The Kit | Gaz Coombes | Gengahr | Bill Ryder-Jones | Euros Childs | Jane Weaver| 9Bach | Kate Rusby | Damo Suzuki (of CAN) | Gallops | Boy Azooga | Gary Lucas (Captain Beefheart / Jeff Buckley) | Dream State | Stella Donnelly | The Gentle Good with the Mavron Quartet (Winner of the 2017 Welsh Music Prize) | and so much more, with over 300 performances across the 3 days, and featuring acts from Australia, Canada, Catalonia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, South Africa, Sweden, Taiwan, and the USA!
Festival Passes are on sale for just £40 via www.focuswales.com/tickets as well as at Bank St Coffee, Wrexham, and The Leader Shop, Wrexham.
FOCUS Wales 2018 takes place over 10th, 11th, 12th May across multiple venues in Wrexham, North Wales.
