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Festival line-up update: Optimus Primavera Sound, Outlook, Way Out West and more

By Aly Barchi | Published on Tuesday 11 February 2014

Over at the Porto-based Optimus Primavera Sound (which isn’t to be mistaken for Primavera Sound, since that’s in Barcelona, Spain) a whole lot of addition action is going on, to the end that the festival’s bill now features The National, Mogwai, Slowdive, Kendrick Lamar, Todd Terje, Sky Ferreira, Midlake, Glasser, St Vincent, Ty Segall and Speedy Ortiz. Optimo!

Oh, and Busta Rhymes has appeared, as if my rap magic, on the line-up at Bestival, which will be the first time he’ll have braved a UK festival. He’s already on the books at Croatia’s Outlook bash, of course, which as of its latest announcement will also play host to Lauryn Hill, Submotion Orchestra, Fatima and Andrew Ashong.

More thrilling updates after ‘the jump’…

BESTIVAL, Robin Hill Country Park, Isle Of Wight, 4-7 Sep: Busta Rhymes. www.bestival.net

CHELTENHAM JAZZ FESTIVAL, Montpellier Gardens, Cheltenham, 30 Apr – 5 May: Jamie Cullum, Billy Cobham, Laura Mvula, Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, Gregory Porter, Curtis Stigers, Tinariwen, Kurt Elling, and Frank Sinatra Jnr, Ambrose Akinmusire, Eska, Nick Mulvey, Snarky Puppy, Paul Dunmall, Jason Rebello, Julian Siegel Quartet , Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, Judith Owen, Hailey Tuck, Anthony Marsden Band, Denys Baptiste, Tigran, Michael Wollny Trio, The Speakeasy, Trondheim Jazz Exchange, Laithwaite’s Wine and Nearly Hot Club Four, Jake Isaac, Lake Street Dive, Iain Ballamy, Liane Carroll, Dan Nicholls’ Strobes, ByramArt, Gregory Porter, Thomas Stronen, Jazz All Stars ft . Natalie Williams, London Afrobeat Collective, Jo Silver and the Café Bohemia & The Indigo Kings, Get The Blessing, Kairos 4Tet. www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/jazz

DONAUFESTIVAL, Krems, Austria, 25-26 Apr/30 Apr – 3 May: Jeff Mills, Peaches, Jon Hopkins, Dean Blunt Oneohtrix Point Never, Karenn, Objekt, Boddika, Joy Orbison, Factory Floor, Mykki Blanco, Vatican Shadow, Robert Henke, Ron Morelli, Ninos du Brazil, Nozinja, Samuel Kerridge, Stephen O’Malley, Kassel Jaeger, Compound Eye, Bill Orcutt, Fennesz, Sensate Focus, Chris Madak & Donato Dozzy, Pharmakon, Forest Swords, Clipping., Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld. www.donaufestival.at

OPTIMUS PRIMAVERA SOUND, Parque Da Cidade, Porto, Portugal, 5-7 Jun: The National, Mogwai, Slowdive, Kendrick Lamar, Todd Terje, Bicep, Caetano Veloso, HAIM, Jagwar Ma, Joana Serrat, Os Da Cidade, Rodrigo Amarante, Spoon, Courtney Barnett, Darkside, Follakzoid, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, HHY & The Macumbas, John Wizards, Loop, Midlake, Pond, Shellac of North America, Sky Ferreira, Television, Trentemoller, Visions Fortune, Warpaint, You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown, !!!, Charles Bradley & his Extraordinaires, Cloud Nothings, Dum Dum Girls, Eaux, Glasser, Hebronix, John Grant, Lee Ranaldo and The Dust, Mas Ysa, Pional, Refree, Slint, Speedy Ortiz, St Vincent, Standstill, Torto, Ty Segall, Yamantaka, Sonic Titan. www.optimusprimaverasound.com

OUTLOOK FESTIVAL, Fort Punta Christo, Pula, Croatia, 4-7 Sep: Lauryn Hill, Submotion Orchestra, Fatima, Andrew Ashong. www.outlookfestival.com

REDFEST, Robins Cook Farm, Redhill, Surrey, 25-26 Jul: Hudson Taylor, George Barnett, The Skints, The LaFontaines, Lauren Aquilina, Jim Lockey & The Solemn Sun, Lulu James, The Struts, Jaws. www.redfest.co.uk

SOMERSAULT FESTIVAL, Castle Hill Estate, Devon, 17-21 Jul: Jack Johnson, Ben Howard. www.somersaultfestival.com

WAY OUT WEST, Slottsskogen, Gothenburg, Sweden, 7-9 Aug: Queens Of The Stone Age, Royksopp & Robyn, The Julie Ruin, MØ, Jonathan Wilson, Circa Waves, Jungle. www.wayoutwest.se/en/