TUSK Festival takes place in Newcastle upon Tyne this October and boasts an unrivalled line-up of unclassifiable international music.

Across 3 days and 2 of the city's best loved venues, TUSK Festival features countless coups and firsts, including the blissful drowning sounds of Grouper, infamous hyp-pop illusionists Hype Williams, Alvarius B (Sun City Girls, Sublime Frequencies), ex-Harry Pussy guitar shredder Bill Orcutt, "most exciting drummer of his generation" Chris Corsano in a rare duo with Ultra Eczema's Dennis Tyfus, dreamy French drone-pop duo Natural Snow Buildings, the transcendent free skronk of The Hunter Gracchus, LAFMS maverick and noise pioneer John Duncan, and the legendary Rhys Chatham performing his composition Guitar Trio with drums, bass and 9 guitarists.

DJ duties during the weekend will be taken care of by our special guests from Jazzfinger and Kraak.

And we have the mysterious BOC, the most legendary power trio never to have played together before!

There'll also be panel discussions and talks, and an astounding array of hard-to-find records and merchandise available.

All this for £30 or £10 per session (4 sessions) from wegottickets.com

Session tickets also available from The Cluny, RPM and Beat Down in Newcastle.

The programme for TUSK Festival looks like this:

FRIDAY 7th OCTOBER

The Cluny, 6.30pm onwards:

• BILL ORCUTT
• GROUPER
• VINCENT EPPLAY & SAMON TAKAHASHI
• PIGEONS
• FOOT HAIR

SATURDAY 8th OCTOBER

Star & Shadow, 1pm til 6pm:

• RHYS CHATHAM
• JOHN DUNCAN
• CHRIS FORSYTH & THE PARANOID CAT BAND
• CHRIS CORSANO & DENNIS TYFUS
• BONG

The Cluny, 6.30pm onwards:

• ALVARIUS B
• NATURAL SNOW BUILDINGS
• PULSE EMITTER
• PURLING HISS
• THE LONG LONESOME GO

SUNDAY 9th OCTOBER

Star & Shadow, 5pm til 1am

• HYPE WILLIAMS
• B.O.C.
• JESSICA RYLAN
• HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER
• THE HUNTER GRACCHUS
• CATH & PHIL TYLER

Full info on line-up, travel, local transport and budget accommodation at tuskfestival.com

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