Hit The Deck Festival

Venues Across Nottingham & Bristol
20th April 2013

Hit The Deck Festival History

One of the more alternative music festivals in the UK spread across two cities, Hit The Deck festival is a brand new event, welcomed by all residents in Nottingham, Bristol and the surrounding areas. It is a two-day event and boasts an awesome selection of four venues in each city.

In Nottingham, Hit The Deck festival is held across four huge venues at Rock City, Stealth, Rescue Rooms and The Forum, so you can be sure that you’ll be provided with four awesome places packed with top quality acts from across the globe. Similarly there are four venues in Bristol: the O2 Academy, The Thekla, The Fleece and The Exchange, ready to welcome some great bands into the city.

Combing tonnes of amazing artists from a range of genres like; rock, metal and punk, you know you’ll love the line up at this year’s Hit The Deck festival. Prepare yourselves for the latest instalment in this brilliant music event which only began in 2011. Even though it is a relatively new event, it’s already established itself as a big one! With an impressive line up of over 30 acts already, you know it’s going to be awesome.

The eight venues across the two cities are some of the best that they have to offer and are all ideal for these types of events.

Hit The Deck Festival: Nottingham Stages

There are some huge stages at the Hit The Deck festival, which consist of Rock City, Stealth and Rescue Rooms.

Rock City – This is a standing venue and features no seating in the main area. If you wish to be seated there is a balcony area in the main hall, but you must be prepared to arrive early. With some events and gigs the balcony may be reserved or you may have to ask for specific reservations.

Rescue Rooms – The Rescue Rooms has two main areas; the Main Room and the Red Room, which will both be hosting the Hit The Deck festival events. The Rescue Rooms is an incredibly popular venue in Nottingham which has hosted a phenomenal amount of acts over the past few years.

Stealth – Stealth is one of the best clubs that the Midlands has to offer and has welcomed some of the best acts onto its magnificent stage. With an impressive Funktion One Soundsystem you know it’s going to rock your world.

Hit The Deck Festival: Entertainment

At The Hit The Deck festival you’ll barely have time to do anything other than rock out to all of the awesome acts. Across three different venues, this festival is guaranteed to impress. You will be able to find a lot of alternative entertainment in the surrounding areas of Nottingham and Bristol, as well as many other fun things to do near the venues. However, because this festival is a one day only event in each city, you probably won’t have much time to explore. We suggest making the most out of the festival by spending as much time as possible at any of the eight venues across the two cities, as well as strongly encouraging you to visit all of them.

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Ticket Prices

You’ll be amazed just how affordable and flexible Hit The Deck tickets are for the two dates in Bristol and Nottingham during April 2013. Whether you’re looking for the best ticket or are on a little bit of a budget, the new festival is relatively cheap when compared to some of the bigger festivals, since there is no option for camping or weekend stays.

These brilliant Hit The Deck tickets are available for both Bristol and Nottingham – there are four venues in each city to help keep you entertained and rocking throughout the day, no matter what city you are going to attend the festival in. At such competitive prices too, you’ll find a great day out watching your favourite bands is more affordable than you might think.

Hit The Deck Tickets: Pricing

Here is the run-down of Hit The Deck tickets prices for 20th and 21st April 2013:

Bristol
General Admission: £20.00 plus £2.00 booking fee – Total: £22.00
General Admission with Aftershow: £25.00 plus £2.50 booking fee – Total: £27.50

Nottingham
General Admission: £22.00 plus £2.20 booking fee – Total: £24.20
General Admission with Aftershow: £27.00 plus £2.70 booking fee – Total: £29.70

Hit The Deck Tickets: Other Essentials You Might Need

Here at Blue Banana we know that Hit The Deck tickets aren’t the only thing you’ll need if you’re heading to Bristol or Nottingham this April. We’ve got a range of festival essentials here to keep you happy, ranging from our brilliant range of band t shirts featuring many of this year’s biggest Hit The Deck headliners to our collection of festival accessories and gadgets, such as our ever-popular inflatable maces.

While you won’t need to get your hands on any festival tents for this two-day two-city event, now that you’ve secured your Hit The Deck tickets you might like to take a look at some of our other festival clothing which is sure to be a big hit even at these indoor venues. With the coolest festival hats, bags and flags right here at Blue Banana you won’t go far wrong when you’re looking for something to liven up your festival experience even more.

So, make sure you explore our festival shop to make sure that you’ve got everything for your weekend on top of your Hit The Deck tickets. There’s nothing worse than going to a festival unprepared, so double check that you’ve got everything you need from our festival essentials store today.

Campsite Information

There is no camping at Hit The Deck - instead it is held across various venues in the two cities of Bristol and Nottingham.

Festival Line Up

One of the fastest growing music events in the UK is back in 2013; if you’re looking for the Hit The Deck festival line up then you’ve come to the right place. We’ve got the latest news on the biggest acts announced for the two dates in Bristol and Nottingham this year, so if you’re keen to find out whether your favourite band is playing, take a look at the line up below.

Hit The Deck Festival Line Up: Bristol

Don Broco: This year’s headliners are Don Broco, and if you’re planning on heading to the festival you’ll be mighty pleased that they are included in the Hit The Deck festival line up for 2013. The four-piece rock band have a real melodic tone to the their music – have a listen to their debut album before you watch them live to get a feel for their adrenaline-filled musical style.

We Are The In Crowd: This band will surely need no introduction; they are big players in the alternative music scene. Their combination of male and female singers strikes a wonderful balance while their lyrics have the ability to make you feel every emotion that they do. Undoubtedly they are a very welcome addition to the Hit The Deck festival line up this year.

Other confirmed acts for Bristol are: Never Shout Never, We Are The Ocean, Bleeding Through, Title Fight, Attack Attack!, Sonic Boom Six, Army Of Freshmen, Attention Thieves, Black Dogs, Blackeye, Bleed From Within, Canterbury, Dead End Path, Decade, Dingus Khan, Empress, Evarose, The Front Bottoms, Gnarwolves, Hand Of Mercy, Heart Of A Coward, Idiom, The James Cleaver Quintet, Max Raptor, Maybeshewill, Natives, Rolo Tomassi, Run From Robots, Summerlin, This Or The Apocalypse, Whirr, Walter Schreifels and Vinnie Caruana.

Hit The Deck Festival Line Up: Nottingham

Along with Don Broco and We Are The In Crowd, you’ll also find that Never Shout Never and We Are The Ocean are making the trip to Nottingham as part of the Hit The Deck festival line up for Sunday.

Never Shout Never: An awesome American indie / pop band, this quirky group have released four studio albums on top of their two EPs, the most recent of which was released in November 2012. Both those of you heading to the festival in Bristol and Nottingham should be looking forward to getting a glimpse of this band in action over the weekend.

We Are The Ocean: Another huge rock four-piece from Essex, this band’s show as part of the Hit The Deck festival line up is hotly anticipated, as fans look forward to seeing vocalist Liam Cromby in action after he replaced the outgoing Dan Brown in 2012. High on anyone’s alternative rock list, they are sure to put on a performance not to be missed.

Also performing in Nottingham will be: Bleeding Through, Title Fight, Attack Attack!, Sonic Boom Six, Army Of Freshmen, Attention Thieves, Black Dogs, Bleed From Within, Canterbury, Dead End Path, Depatures, Devil Sold His Soul, Dingus Khan, Empress, Evarose, First Blood, The Front Bottoms, Gnarwolves, Hand Of Mercy, Heart Of A Coward, Hundredth, The James Cleaver Quintet, Lostalone, Max Raptor, Maybeshewill, Natives, Rolo Tomassi, Skies In Motion, Stick To Your Guns, Summerlin, This Or The Apocalypse, Whirr, Walter Schreifels, Jonah Matranga and Vinnie Caruana.

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