Fol­low­ing last week’s announce­ment of rave pio­neers Under­world being added to the FORWARDS
line­up, the Bris­tol fes­ti­val now clos­es its 2024 music pro­gramme with The Jesus and Mary Chain on Sunday.

The mys­te­ri­ous ensem­ble GLASS BEAMS are also playing.

Also join­ing the 2024 FORWARDS pro­gramme is a col­lec­tion of Big Team’s Next Lev­el Artist
Devel­op­ment Pro­gramme, a project spe­cial­ly designed to help sup­port aspir­ing artists, includ­ing
alter­na­tive soul artist SAMBEE, Bossa Nova artist AVA ZARATE, and fresh duo on the Bris­tol scene
RELLZ & YB MICZ on Sat­ur­day. As well as pop rock new­com­er SSADCHARLIE, R&B songstress
LAURA DIA and soul­ful singer MARNS on Sunday.

This year’s bill also wel­comes a selec­tion of local Bris­tol artists tak­ing the stage on Sat­ur­day,
includ­ing pro­duc­er and rap­per DANNY CHASKA, lo-fi rap­per KWAZI, and jazz and future soul inspired
band LAIMU. Sun­day will see psy­che­del­ic soul group COUSIN KULA, post-punk band KNIVES and
alter­na­tive indie rock band LICE.

For­wards Bris­tol August 31st and Sep­tem­ber 1st