Shortlisted for Best New Festival and Best Metropolitan Festival at the UK Festival Awards, Gathering returns after last year’s hugely successful inaugural event.

The festival stretches the length and breadth of Oxford’s Cowley Road, encompassing all of OX4’s best-established and under the radar venues. One wristband will give access to over 40 bands in 12 hours.

Gathering promises an eclectic programme of up and coming acts alongside more established artists. After last year’s event sold out in advance, this year’s increases capacity with the addition of St John The Evangelist Church as a venue.

The full line-up is as follows:

• AOSOON
• Candy Says
• Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs
• Chasing Grace
• Cheatahs
• Chlöe Howl
• Dancing Years
• Denai Moore
• Drenge
• Findlay
• Fyfe
• Gavin James
• Gold & Youth
• Hudson Taylor
• Jake Hart
• Jaymes Young
• Jay Brown
• JJ Rosa
• Kimberly Anne
• Laura Welsh
• Local Natives
• London Grammar
• Mt. Wolf
• Nathan Ball
• Pawws
• Port Isla
• PYYRAMIDS
• Ruen Brothers
• Ryan Keen
• Pylo
• Ryan Keen
• Rhodes
• Ruen Brothers
• Spring Offensive
• Sweet William
• Temples
• To Kill A King
• Troumaca
• Waxahatchee
• Wolf Alice

Venues include O2 Academy Oxford, O2 Academy 2 Oxford, The Bullingdon, East Oxford Community Centre, Cowley Road Methodist Church, Port Mahon, Truck Store and St John The Evangelist Church.

More information at www.gatheringfestival.co.uk