Sonic Boom Festival headline acts announced
A Staffordshire music festival which celebrates independent artists has announced its headline acts.
Thousands of people are expected to attend the Sonic Boom Music Festival which takes place in Market Place, Burton-on-Trent, on 13 September.
More than 6,000 music fans from across the UK attended last year's event, leading organisers Sonic Boom CIC and East Staffordshire Borough Council to secure funding for it for another two years.
Manchester rock band Everything Everything and indie pop group Eighty Eight Miles have been announced as headliners.
The festival comprises of an open-air main stage, hosted by BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Chris Hawkins, which is free to attend from 12:00 until 20:00 BST.
After that, the main stage closes in preparation for "pop-up" Aftershock stages to open in venues across Burton on Trent.
Entry to these seven stages will operate via a paid-for wristband, with venues playing host to a number of bands including, The Leisure Society, The Bug Club, Seb Lowe, Omega Nebula, Chiedu Oraka, Riding the Low and Eighty Eight Miles.
The festival is produced by Sonic Boom Music CIC, a not-for-profit organisation founded in 2024 by Burton-based filmmaker Andi Jepson and musician Chris Baldwin.
"We believe in the power of music," Jepson said.
"We're really proud of this festival and the independent music scene and we were blown away by the support it received last year."
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