The tri-city music festival, Dot to Dot, have announced the first wave of bands to hit Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester over the extra-long bank holiday weekend at the start of June.

So while some old lass celebrates her diamond jubilee you can celebrate too by rocking out to the following, with lots more bands to be added:

The Drums / Pulled Apart By Horses / Willy Mason / Dog Is Dead / Summer Camp / Lucy Rose / ThePetebox / Pearl And The Beard / Wonder Villains / Vadoinmessico / Broken Hands / Deaf Club / Dirty Goods

Dot to Dot is held at several locations within close distance to each other at the following cities and dates:

June
2nd, Bristol
3rd, Nottingham
4th, Manchester

Tickets are on sale now for all dates at a pretty impressive 20 pounds. Visit www.dottodotfestival.co.uk for more info.