ATP // Matt Groening

All Tomorrow’s Parties hath announced that Matt Groening will curate ATP Weekend 1 in May 2010. Continuing the celebrations of our 10 Years of ATP they are having one of their previous curators from across the Atlantic back to provide curatorial duties in the UK. Matt Groening, you know, matey behind the Simpsons and Futurama, returns after his amazing 2003 festival at The Queen Mary, Long Beach, California to curate ATP UK Weekend 1 on May 7th – 9th.

ATP has been promoting festivals and concerts throughout the world for the last ten years or so. It was founded in the wake of Belle and Sebastian’s Bowlie Weekender, with Mogwai curating in the unusual but ideal setting of Pontins Holiday Camp, Camber Sands.

Since then the festival has appeared every year and has expanded across the globe continuing to set itself apart from large scale corporate festivals by staying intimate and fan-friendly. The line-ups are chosen by significant bands or artists which results in eclectic events that combine performances by both legendary and influential acts with appearances by the latest crop of experimental artists from any (and every) musical genre. It’s shit hot, tickets still available but will sell out – get in there.