The final batch of tickets is on sale for John Grant’s North Atlantic Flux: Sounds from Smoky Bay, which sees some of the most exciting and innovative musicians from Scandinavia and Iceland heading to the UK next month for a music festival like no other.

Two-day and four-day passes are available for this unmissable showcase of Nordic talent which takes place over Mayday Bank Holiday weekend (28 April to 1 May), bringing a mix of electronica, from techno and pop, to post-punk and contemporary classical.

Produced by innovative arts organisation Curated Place for Hull 2017, music fans can expect surprise collaborations and experimentalism, as well as an exclusive live set by John Grant himself. Previously confirmed artists for one of the most electrifying live events of the year include GusGus, Susanne Sundfør, Lindstrøm, Sóley, Sykur, Prins Póló, Nordic Affect, Ragga Gisla and Fufanu, as well as British artists, including Wrangler and Cobby & Litten.

NORTH ATLANTIC FLUX – DAY BY DAY

Friday 28 April

GusGus; Susanne Sundfør; Tonik Ensemble; Sweaty Records Presents: Kosmodod, Volruptus, ThizOne.

Saturday 29 April

Lindstrøm; Prins Póló, Wrangler (DJ Set); Sleepy Folk; Ragga Gisla; Nordic Affect; Cobby & Litten; BBC Radio 3's Late Junction at North Atlantic Flux; Halldór Smárason with Adelle Stripe & Sinfonia UK Collective; Eyvind Gulbrandsen & The Royal Northern College of Music; Pinquins; Luke Eargoggle; Actress (DJ set).

Sunday 30 April

John Grant; Sóley; Ghostigital; Jobina Tinnemans & Jacob Tekeila with the Hull Choir; Satellites; Tom Kay; Blatnova; Equis; Eva-lina; Wrangler Live; James Orvis.

Monday 1 May

Mugison; Fufanu; Science of the Lamps; Alex Mørch; Tronhjem; Sebastian Edin; Sykur; Rosyan; DJ X-Ray Katt (Mixnots) & Guest; Simon Desbruslais

Handmade Festival will be returning to Leicester’s O2 Academy in 2017 for two days of the finest music, comedy, art, film, performance and photography, hand-picked and carefully curated. The festival will take place on 28th, 29th and 30th April 2017. At the start of the year Handmade Festival announced the first two waves of bands for the 2017 music programme including:

Twin Atlantic, Frightened Rabbit, British Sea Power, Pulled Apart By Horses, Honeyblood, JAWS, Muncie Girls, Tigercub, Puppy, Idles, Cabbage, Superfood, Demob Happy, God Damn, Kagoule, Gallops, Ash Mammal, Kermes, God Damn, Dead!, Fizzy Blood, Shame, Fish, Van Zeller, Happyness, Life, Willie J Healy, Charlotte Carpenter, Magique, Arcades, Get Inuit, Meatwave, Youth Man, Ohboy!, Happy Accidents, Yr Poetry, Waking Aida, Orchards, Dark Dark Horse, Soeur and The Lids.

Today, Handmade are pleased to make their final announcement, which includes line-up additions such as: Goat Girl, Baba Naga, Kovic, Courtney Askey, Haus, Little Hours, Peaness, Miriam Franklin, Lea Porcelin and more, as well as the announcement of Handmade's all new Friday programme, which will be headlined by HMLTD, Her Name Is Calla, Haiku Salut and Grace Petrie with support from Fang Club, Kovic, Husky Loops, Fazerdaze, Easy Life, Dead Pretties, Cold Water Souls, Neon Waltz, and Pleasure House.

Tickets start at £40 for adults and for the first time the festival is able to offer tickets at £30 for students and £20 for under 16s.