An experimental music and art festival will return to a Lake District woodland this week.
QUOB will take place at Fell Foot Wood in Windermere on Friday, July 17, and Saturday July 18.
The not-for-profit event was created by Windermere creative Sophia Minden and musician, instrument maker and sound artist Daniel Thompson.
The capacity is limited to fewer than 200 people.
Organisers said the festival was entirely self-funded and operated without sponsorship, grants or corporate backing.
They said it existed to support experimentation, creative risk-taking and work that did not fit neatly into conventional genres.
The organisers said: “We’re not in it for the money so we figure we might as well make the sort of thing we’d like to go to, or perform at.
“We’re interested in creating somewhere artists can be ambitious and uncompromising, supporting what creators are making now.
“Last year we had Death Disco, Sam Kerridge and Maxim ‘Panda’ Barron’s industrial post-punk project, and it was amazing to see artists sharing music on their own terms.
“When boundaries are being pushed, so much unexpected excellence can happen.
“QUOB is a place where audiences arrive without knowing exactly what they’re going to experience, and we like it like that.”
Bathing Suits, a post-punk techno band which recently won the Steve Strange Award at the Great Escape Festival, will headline the festival.
The event will feature live performances, sound experiments, installations and spoken word.
Other performers on the line-up include multi-media artist hellocatfood,sound artist Kelly Jayne Jones, currentmoodgirl, A’Bear, Ichis Ghost, Grasping at Reality, Spirited Followers, Alex Milling, Elfa, Wonky, Brawny and Barrow’s Squawk Spoken Word.
Visit http://www.quob.uk/ for more information and tickets.
