The Dot to Dot Festival is an annual music festival held at various venues in Nottingham, Bristol and Manchester across a weekend. Unlike weekend music festivals such as the Reading and Leeds Festivals, there is no artist rotation – all artists play one city the first day and travel to the other for the following day. History 2019 Event The 2019 festival will be taking place in Manchester on 24 May, Bristol on 25 May and Nottingham 26 May The 2019 line-up includes Crystal Fighters, Jordan Rakei, Swim Deep, The Night Cafe, Dream Wife, The Orielles Lauren Aquilina, Viagra Boys, Mini Mansions, Fatherson and loads more. 2018 Event The 2018 festival will be taking place in Manchester on 25 May, Bristol on 26 May and Nottingham 27 May The 2018 line-up includes The Horrors, Dermot Kennedy, Pale Waves, Marika Hackman, Mahalia, Turnover, The Snuts, Bad Sounds, Gus Dapperton, The Regrettes, Cassia, [Desperate Journalist], Our Girl, Vistas and loads more. 2017 Event The 2017 festival took place in Manchester on 26 May, Bristol on 27 May and Nottingham 28 May The 2017 line-up included Sundara Karma, Amber Run, The Growlers, Pinegrove, Honeyblood, Louis Berry, The Big Moon, Tom Grennan, The Night Cafe, Cherry Glazerr, Picture This and loads more. 2016 Event The 2016 festival took place in Manchester on 23 May, Bristol on 24 May and Nottingham 25 May The 2016 line-up included Mystery Jets, Augustines, The Temper Trap, Spring King, Rat Boy, Dua Lipa, Sundara Karma, The Sherlocks, Lauren Aquilina and loads more. 2015 Event The 2015 festival took place in Manchester on 22 May, Bristol on 23 May and Nottingham 24 May The 2015 line-up included Saint Raymond, Swim Deep, Rae Morris, Fat White Family, Best Coast, Rhodes, Prides and loads more. 2014 Event The 2014 festival took place in Manchester on 23 May, Bristol on 24 May and Nottingham 25 May The 2014 line-up included Peace, The Midnight Beast, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Courtney Barnett, Wolf Alice, Saint Raymond, Real Estate, The Pizza Underground and loads more. 2013 Event The 2013 festival took place in Manchester on 24 May, Bristol on 25 May and Nottingham 26 May The 2013 line-up included Dry The River, Tom Odell, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Lucy Rose, The 1975, London Grammar, Swim Deep, Little Green Cars and loads more. 2012 Event The 2012 festival was held over the extended Queen's Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend