ATP NIGHTMARE BEFORE XMAS FESTIVAL - MELVINS & MIKE PATTON December 4, 2008

All Tomorrow’s Parties takes great pleasure in announcing that the next curators for the Nightmare Before Christmas this December 2008 will be Mike Patton and Melvins. Both are hugely influential, innovative and vital productive forces, and we're very very pleased to be able to present performances from both as well as a fantastic bill of artists picked by them. The event will take place December 5, 6 and 7 at Butlins Holiday Camp in Minehead.

The line up so far looks like this:

Melvins
Isis
Neil Hamburger
Dälek
Big Business
The Black Heart Procession
Torche
Kill Me Tomorrow
J.G. Thirlwell's Manorexia
The Dirtbombs
Mastodon
Butthole Surfers
Fantômas perform The Director's Cut
The Locust
Zu
Bohren Und Der Club of Gore
Farmers Market
Squarepusher
Soulsavers featuring Mark Lanegan
The Damned
White Noise
Stockhausen's KONTAKTE with Steinberg & Winant
MadLove
Teenage Jesus And The Jerks
Rahzel
Boss Hog
Tweak Bird
Double Negative
Os Mutantes
Meat Puppets
Joe Lally (Fugazi)
Mugison
Monotonix
Taraf De Haidouks
Porn
Fennesz
Kool Keith + Kutmasta Kurt
Vocal Sampling
Labeque Sisters
Ghostigital
Junior Brown
Martina Topley Bird

Tickets to the event go on sale Thursday 29th May at www.seetickets.com, www.stargreen.com and www.wegottickets.com and www.gigantic.com.

We are offering an early bird deal, so at the moment all tickets are priced at £140pp room only, and £150pp self catering, this deal lasts until the 1st July. When the deal expires prices will rise by £10 per ticket, making room only chalets £150 per person and self catered chalets £160 per person.

Due to the specifications of the accommodation, there are two prices for the tickets, £150 for Room Only accommodation (£140 for early bird), and £160 for Self Catering accommodation (150 for early bird).

Butlins Minehead looks out across a superb sandy beach. The site is equipped with a supermarket, newsagent, cash points and restaurants. Onsite facilities include a cinema, Splash Water World - a sub-tropical environment that has a huge wave pool, a swimming pool, 3 flumes and also a flume based raft ride - Ten-pin bowling and amusement arcade. Sports include Archery, Football, Basketball, Darts, Petanque, Fencing, Kwik Cricket, Netball, Rounders, Table Tennis, Outdoor Bowls and Crazy Golf.

Room Only accommodation is available in 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 berths and offers either double, single or bunk beds with private bathroom and TV, but no kitchen facilities or lounge, more like a hotel room. (£150 + booking fee per ticket, £140 early bird)

Self Catering accommodation is available in 4, 6 or 7 berths and offers private bathroom, full kitchen facilities and separate lounge area with TV. (£160 + booking fee per ticket, £150 early bird)

As a result of rising site hire fees, we have been forced to increase our ticket price from previous festivals, hence you may notice the small increase in ticket costs.

All tickets include a 3-day festival pass and 3 nights accommodation. Ticket includes performances starting from mid-afternoon, with around 40 acts set to play live across the weekend. There are four pubs and DJ sets through till late, plus three nights in a self-catering chalet or room only accommodation all with private bathroom suites and TV’s.

Butlins Holiday Camp Minehead, Somerset , TA24 5SH is located near Glastonbury.

By road: Heading north the simplest route is to take the M5 to Taunton (Junction 25), then take the A358 and A39 to Minehead. Heading south on the M5, you can follow the signposts for the A39 from junction 24. Butlins Minehead Holiday Camp is just half a mile along the seafront road from Minehead town centre.

By train or rail: If you are travelling by train, the nearest main line station to Minehead is Taunton. A bus transfer service is operated by Southern National between Taunton Station and Minehead. This service is available at an additional cost. On Mondays to Saturdays, there's approximately an hourly service, with the last bus leaving Taunton Railway Station at 10:15 pm. On Sundays and Bank Holidays services run every 2 hours from 9:35 am - 9:35 pm. For general information call Southern National on 01823 272033. Please note that National Express coaches stop inside the main entrance.

Tickets for All Tomorrow’s Parties, Nightmare Before Christmas can be purchased directly through this site and are available in blocks of 2,3,4,5 or 6 Room Only accommodation and 4, 6 or 7 berth Self Catering accommodation.

TICKETS ON-SALE THURSDAY 29th MAY

Official Website: http://www.atpfestival.com/events/nbc2008/