26. Trollfest - Saturday, August 12th, 8-ish

Folk metal divides into two very distinct camps. Those who take it very seriously and those who don't. Norwegian buffoons Trollfest fall very much into the latter category. The fact that their latest album is entitled “Dance like a Pink Flamingo” should give the game away. For a band that didn't play shows for the first four years of their tenure, they have become a remarkably entertaining and chaotically wonderful like proposition.

So expect balloons, saxophones, accordions, pink tutu's and a great big dollop of daft surrealism. It's like a children's party if somebody had put LSD into the jelly. This is metal with the self-important veneer removed. This is metal intent at laughing at the whole stupidness of the whole thing. This is metal that has come to party. Your invite is on the door.