The full line up of over 150 acts at this year s Rhythms of The World festival has been announced. Including BBC Jazz Band of the Year, Jazz Jamaica; Cajun stars from Louisiana, The Magnolia Sisters; and Niger desert blues from Etran Finatawa there will

The full line up of over 150 acts at this year's Rhythms of The World festival has been announced.

Including BBC Jazz Band of the Year, Jazz Jamaica; Cajun stars from Louisiana, The Magnolia Sisters; and Niger desert blues from Etran Finatawa there will be music from all over the world across seven stages.

There is also music from closer to home with The October Game, My Pet Junkie and There Were Bears among many the many local heroes playing.

And a huge variety of alternative entertainment, including kick-boxing, fencing and all kinds of dancing will be on show in The Arena.

To get tickets for the festival on July 4 and 5 go to www.rotw.org.uk or one of the many outlets in Hitchin.

The full list of acts:

AGENT M

AL DAMIDGE

ALLAN YN Y FAN

ALONEME

AMY & THE INTEGRALS

ANGELS STANDING BY

ASKEW SISTERS

BABYLON LANE

BADHEAD

BALKAR SINGH

BANDANGOS DJ

BARON STUDIO SOUND

BEARSUIT

BEDLAMS CUBE

BENSLOW MUSIC TRUST

BLEECH

BLYTH POWER

BOLLYWOOD DANCE WITH FLEXIT DANCE ACADEMY

BOWFINGER

C.C. SMUGGLERS

CARA-JANE MURPHY

CAYPOW (CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF WESTMILL)

CHRIS PHILLIPS

CHRIS RIPPLE

CHRON GEN

COVENANT PRAISE CHURCH CHOIR

CURIOUS ZEBRA

DAVID LLOYD

DAVID VAN CAUTER

DEE NYONI

DOUG

EAST AREA THAI BOXING

EASTSIDE JIMMY

EBONY MAJORETTES

EDUN ARA - BLOCO DE CARNAVAL

EIGHTEEN HOURS

ELAINE SIMPSON & INSPIRE

ERBALIST

ETRAN FINATAWA

EVE KILLIP

EXIT AVENUE

FITNESS CONNECTION

FIVE BROTHERS JAZZ AND SWING QUINTET

FLAKO & MR PHIPSON

FLAMBOYANT BELLA

FRED N AL

FYREFLY

GEOMETRICS

GRAEME LLOYD

GRANT MEABY

GRANT'S IRISH DANCING

H S TALWAR

HAZEL TURNOCK

HERTFORDSHIRE MUSIC SERVICE

HITCHIN BLADES

HITCHIN RFC

HJALTALIN

HMS GOODVIBES

IMPERIAL VIPERS

J

JANE'S SCHOOL OF DANCE

JAZZ JAMAICA

JOE BRIGHAM

JOHN OTWAY

JOY T. CHANCE

JUKEBOX VANDALS

KILTO TAKE

KLAUS SAYS BUY THE RECORD

LETCHWORTH GC RFC

LETCHWORTH AND BALDOCK GANG SHOW

LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB

LIAM JENKINS

LIKA SHARPS

LOL COXHILL

M.A.R.

MAIRE NI CHATHASAIGH & CHRIS NEWMAN

MAN LIKE ME

MARCUS HURLEY

MATTY J

METAMAR

MISTER WILL TUCKER AND THE POLAR ICE CLUB

MODEL HORROR

MUNTJAC

MY FIRST TOOTH

MY PET JUNKIE

NEW GROOVE FORMATION

NIGEL SHAW / CAROLYN HILLYER / TATYANA LAR

NORTHERN FRISK

OBISPO

OKA VANGA

PANDA POLICE

PAUL SCOURFIELD

PENNY RHYTHMS

PROLIFIK

RAINMAKERS INTERNATIONAL

REBEL CONTROL

REGGAE B2B

RHYTHMS CONVERSATIONS

RICHARD STARK AND ANDREW HUBBARD

ROB CLYDESDALE

ROSES KINGS CASTLES

ROYSTON TOWN LADIES FOOTBALL

SAM ISAAC BAND

SARA SPADE

SCHOLARS

SHIROBON

SIR WALTER J WALLIS

SOFASONIC

SPRUNG LOADED

STAPLERS

STEVENAGE STINGERS

STUART O'CONNOR

SUSIE RO AND AYLA

SWING ATTACK

TABEEYA EGYPTIAN DANCE COMPANY

TAM LIN

THE BAY BROTHERS

THE DEALERS

THE DEFEKTERS

THE FACTION

THE FISH BROTHERS

THE GOOD NATURED

THE JAMES BAY TRIO

THE JIVE ACES

THE MAGNOLIA SISTERS

THE NEW TOWN CENTRES

THE OCTOBER GAME

THE OTTERS

THE RANDOLPH MATTHEWS TRIO

THE RAPIDES

THE ROGUE CREW

THE TABLA RHYTHMIX

THERE WERE BEARS

TINKER JACK

TOM STALLARD

TOM WILLIAMS

TOQUE TAMBOR

UNDERWATER WEAPONS

UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE ACT

VINNIE GIBBONS

WARM UP B2B

WAYNE ARMSTRONG GYM

WEIGHTLOSS

WELWYN HARMONY CHORUS

ZANSHIN BLACK BELT ACADEMY