Mystery Jets, Eagulls and more are announced as first names to play at this year's Southsea Fest

THE first names have been announced for this year's revived Southsea Fest, including indie stalwarts alongside hotly-tipped acts and local artists.

Mystery Jets will be headlining The Pyramids Centre stage, which is taking part as a venue for the first time, while Lucy Rose, Little Comets, The Big Moon, Black Honey, Eagulls, Tellison, and more than 20 other acts are now confirmed to appear.

They will be joined by well-known local acts including Kassassin Street, Damn Beats, The Boy I Used To Be, Aviv and The Eunuch Horn and Devin-Jade.

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More than 100 live acts are due to appear at the newly expanded 6,000-capacity event, which will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this year after taking a break in 2015.

The number of venues putting on music on October 1 will double to 20.

Other venues include The Wedgewood Rooms, Little Johnny Russells and The One Eyed Dog.

In another first, the organisers will be putting on a shuttle bus between the venues.

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Tickets cost £20 for a wristband giving access to all participating venues from southseafest.com.

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ACTS ANNOUNCED SO FAR

The Pyramids:

Mystery Jets + Little Comets + Eagulls + Kassassin Street + The Big Moon + Fizzy Blood

The Wedgewood Rooms:

Coasts + Lucy Rose + Black Honey + Me And The Moon

101 Reykjavik @ Fat Fox:

Glass + Aviv & The Eunuch Horn + Lucy Kitchen + Jalou

Southsea Diy @ One Eyed Dog:

Kamikaze Girls + Petrol Girls + Bear Trade

Alcopop! & Till Deaf Us Do Party @ Edge Of The Wedge:

Tellison + Get Inuit + Tibet + John

Beats & Swing @ Eq:

Bear & The Woods + Showhawk Duo + Minque

Nevada & Psychedelia @ Little Johnny Russell’s:

Inheaven

Ports Psych X Acid Box @ 5Th Hants Acid Box:

Dead Rabbits + Strange Cages + Wax Machine + Wtvr

Al Burrito @ Quay West:

Damn Beats + Isla

Pie & Vinyl @ The Wine Vaults Side Bar:

Sacha + The Boy I Used To Be + Spaff Tits

Champagne Justice @ Methodist Church:

YSNBWATTD + Battery Hens + Jesse Wyldes & The Stallions

Irish Club:

Paddy Taylor

Porters:

Devin-Jade