Slam Dunk Records

Slam-Dunk Records is an independent record label (UK), founded in Leeds, England in 2007. The label is most notable for the popular band You Me At Six. The label evolved from "Slam Dunk", a weekly club night held at the city's Cockpit music venue, centered on emo/punk/ska and metal music.

Slam Dunk Festival

The label is also associated with the Slam Dunk Festival, established in 2006. Although initially small-scale and set up with only a handful of artists, the yearly event now attracts many well-known artists and has slowly established itself as a popular indoor day-long music festival. Initially held in the city’s Millennium Square, the event moved to the student union of the University of Leeds in its second year.

The festival attracts more than 40 bands across six different stages. Notable acts which have played at the festival include Fall Out Boy, Thursday, You Me At Six, Hundred Reasons, Reel Big Fish and Paramore.

In 2010, a southern counterpart to the festival had its first year in the University of Hertfordshire, and the now two-day festival became known as Slam Dunk North (Leeds) and Slam Dunk South (Hertfordshire). The festival is normally held on the May Bank Holiday of each year, featuring a mixture of up-and-coming and more established bands, based around punk/emo/metal and ska music.

Leeds Millennium Square 2006

Main Stage
Fall Out Boy The Academy Is... Thursday Hundred Reasons Capdown The Hush Sound Hellogoodbye

27 May 2007 - Leeds University

Main Stage
Reel Big Fish Paramore Mad Caddies Sonic Boom Six Failsafe Beat Union You Me At Six

25 May 2008 - Leeds University

Glamour Kills Stage	The Atticus Stage
Cute Is What We Aim For Boys Like Girls Kids In Glass Houses You Me At Six The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus We The Kings Valencia	Story of The Year Fightstar The Blackout Brigade Flood of Red We Are The Ocean Throwing Paper Aeroplanes (Atticus Competition Winner)

The Non Stop Stage	The UK Now! Stage
Zebrahead Big D and The Kids Table Sonic Boom Six Fandangle Mr Shiraz The JB Conspiracy (replacement for State Radio) Random Hand	Tonight Is Goodbye Furthest Drive Home Attack! Attack! All or Nothing All Forgotten Twin Atlantic Me vs Hero

24 May 2009 - Leeds University

Glamour Kills Stage	Fishing for Eskimo Stage	The Vans Off The Wall Stage
You Me At Six Cobra Starship Kids In Glass Houses We The Kings The Audition Hey Monday Cash Cash	The Blackout Silverstein We Are The Ocean Hollywood Undead The Urgency All Forgotten Young Guns	Anti-Flag The Slackers The King Blues Sonic Boom Six Farse Random Hand The Skints

The Punktastic.com Stage	The Relentless UK Now! Stage	The Dropdead! Stage
Hundred Reasons Attack! Attack! Polar Bear Club Tonight Is Goodbye Sing It Loud Me vs Hero Save Your Breath	In Case Of Fire Canterbury Paige The Auteur Out of Sight My Emergency Winch House (People's Choice Winner)	The Ghost Of A Thousand Devil Sold His Soul Hexes Glamour of the Kill Ruiner Defeater Outcry Collective

29 May 2010 - Hertfordshire University / 30 May 2010 - Leeds University

Glamour Kills Stage	Atticus/Jägermeister Stage	The Vans Off The Wall Stage
New Found Glory Four Year Strong Set Your Goals Hit The Lights Out of Sight Every Avenue	Alkaline Trio Against Me! We Are The Ocean Rolo Tomassi Young Guns Moneen Save Your Breath	Capdown Skindred RX Bandits Sonic Boom Six Me vs Hero Random Hand The Skints

Relentless Stage	Imperial Clothing Stage	Kerrang! Introduces Stage
The Rocket Summer Breathe Carolina Fireworks Crime In Stereo The Wonder Years This Time Next Year All Or Nothing	My Passion Devil Sold His Soul Your Demise Blackhole Fact Flood of Red Azriel	Futures Deaf Havana Not Advised Straight Lines Kill Casino Francesqa (Kerrang Contest Winner)

Babycakes Bar	Macbeth Acoustic Stage
L'amour La Morgue Sean Smith (DJ set) Henry Homesweet Millionaires Lags (DJ set) Synthetic Season	Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly (Leeds only) Gavin Butler Chas Palmer-Williams Lights & Sound Lost on Campus Sam Little Portia Conn

19/20 May 2011 Leeds University/Hatfield

Jager Stage	Atticus Stage	Macbeth Stage
Reel Big Fish Less Than Jake The Starting Line Goldfinger Anti Flag Hellogoodbye The Skints	3OH!3 Mayday Parade Framing Hanley Francesqa Versa Emerge Not Advised Rocket To The Moon We Are The In Crowd The Dangerous Summer	Set Your Goals Hit The Lights Cartel Attack! Attack! A Loss For Words This Time Next Year Failsafe Decade With The Punches

Honour Over Glory Stage	Introducing Stage	Front Bar Stage
We Are The Ocean Deaf Havana Dance Gavin Dance Yashin While She Sleeps Bury Tomorrow Hyro Da Hero Feed The Rhino Shadows Chasing Ghosts	Summerlin Basement (band) Rio Lost Boys Lower Than Atlantis Don Broco The Famous Class Blitz Kids (Competition Winner)	Tek one Innerpartysystem MC Lars Akira The Don Faceplant Oli Brierley DJ Pesk DJ SET

Acoustic Stage
Jimmy Holland The Lion & The Wolf Lost On Campus Babar Luck Tiger Please Sam Little Dave House Ghost Saddles

26/27 May 2012- Leeds University/ Hatfield

Jager Stage	Honour Over Glory Stage	Vans Off The Wall Stage
Taking Back Sunday The Blackout Funeral for a Friend Motion City Soundtrack Say Anything (band) Lower Than Atlantis Straight Lines	Architects Every Time I Die Cancer Bats While She Sleeps Of Mice & Men (band) The Word Alive For The Fallen Dreams I See Stars Upon A Burning Body	Gallows Capdown Set Your Goals Don Broco Random Hand Sharks Make Do and Mend Marmozets Hildamay

Macbeth Stage
Hit The Lights Transit The Story So Far Save Your Breath Decade No Trigger Heartsounds Misser Our Time Down Here

Slam Dunk Festival 2013

The festival was expanded to be a three date festival in England, where all three dates featured the same lineup. Three minor dates were spun off it, one in Wales, one in Scotland and one in Northern Ireland.

Leeds University (25 May), Hatfield (26 May), Wolverhampton Civic Hall (27 May)
Main Stage	Macbeth Stage	Monster Energy Stage	Vans Stage	Tiger Stage	Front X Sinstar Bar	Keep A Breast Stage
All Time Low Deaf Havana Kids in Glass Houses Sleeping with Sirens We Are the Ocean Mallory Knox The Summer Set Tonight Alive	Four Year Strong The Early November The Wonder Years Allister Man Overboard Fireworks Transit The Story So Far The American Scene	Pierce The Veil Memphis May Fire Woe, Is Me Bury Tomorrow The Word Alive Hands Like Houses Heights Our Last Night House vs. Hurricane Heart in Hand	King Prawn The Skints Streetlight Manifesto Polar Bear Club Me Vs Hero Spunge Itch MC Lars Gnarwolves	Cancer Bats Senses Fail Devil Sold His Soul Yashin Blitz Kids Handguns Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! Heroes For Hire	Caspa Tek-One Trolley Snatcha Tyler Mae Pesk & Boca	Andrew Mcmahon Johnny Craig Gavin Butler William Beckett Ace Enders Chas Palmer Williams Class Of '92 Sophomore Mark Halls

Slam Dunk Festival 2014

The 2014 Festival was held at the same three locations as 2013: Leeds (24 May), Hatfield (25 May) and Wolverhampton (May26th). There was also a smaller lineup in Edinburgh (23 May) and Newport, Wales (27 May).

On 29 April it was announced that Goldfinger had withdrawn from the festival. The band were replaced by The Ataris.

On 25 May, it was announced that Landscapes had withdrawn from the festival for both Hatfield and Wolverhampton dates. They were replaced by Great Cynics at Hatfield and Aurora for Wolverhampton.

Leeds University (24 May), The Forum, Hatfield (25 May), Wolverhampton Civic Hall (26 May)
Main Stage	Macbeth Stage	Monster Energy Stage	Atticus Stage	Cheer Up Stage	Antique Acoustic Stage	Uphawr DJ Stage
The All-American Rejects Mallory Knox We Are the In Crowd Motion City Soundtrack We the Kings The Skints Canterbury Blitz Kids	Less Than Jake The Ataris Capdown Zebrahead I Am the Avalanche Gnarwolves Decade Jesse James Fandangle	Bury Tomorrow Letlive The Ghost Inside The Devil Wears Prada Crown the Empire Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! I Killed the Prom Queen Caliban Heart Of A Coward	Kids in Glass Houses Hit the Lights Real Friends Neck Deep State Champs Save Your Breath A Loss For Words Modern Baseball Light You Up	Chiodos Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Feed The Rhino Marmozets Landscapes Ghost Town Natives Verses The First	Vinnie Caruana Chas Palmer-Williams You, Me, and Everyone We Know Rob Lynch The Lion & The Wolf	DJ Yoda MC Lars Tek-One

Slam Dunk Festival 2015

The 2015 Festival was held at the same three locations as the last two years: Leeds (23 May), Hatfield (24 May) and Wolverhampton (25 May). The Leeds event was moved from Leeds University to Leeds City Centre.

Leeds City Centre (23 May), The Forum, Hatfield (24 May), Wolverhampton Civic Hall (25 May)
Main Stage	Macbeth Stage	Monster Energy Stage	Desperados Stage
You Me at Six Taking Back Sunday Don Broco Lower Than Atlantis Neck Deep We Are the Ocean PVRIS Set It Off	The Wonder Years Fireworks Transit Such Gold Bayside A Loss for Words Cartel ROAM Knuckle Puck As It Is	Architects While She Sleeps Finch Crossfaith Bury Tomorrow (Special Guests) Thy Art Is Murder Beartooth The Color Morale SHVPES	Reel Big Fish Millencolin Goldfinger Zebrahead Mariachi El Bronx Lightyear Big D and the Kids Table Patent Pending Survay Says!

Leeds City Centre (23 May), The Forum, Hatfield (24 May), Wolverhampton Civic Hall (25 May)
Impericon Stage	Fresh Blood Stage	Uphawr DJ Stage
The Bronx Gallows H2O Comeback Kid Bane Stick to Your Guns Trash Talk Being as an Ocean Dead Harts	Moose Blood Baby Godzilla Seaway This Wild Life Rob Lynch Fort Hope Only Rivals Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties Wind in Sails Trash Boat	Tek-One Daniel & Davyd Winter Bates The Algorithm Terufumi Temano Kyle Clingo Resident DJs

Slam Dunk Festival 2016

The 2016 Festival will be held at the same locations as last year for the North and South dates, however the Midlands date has now been moved to the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.

Leeds City Centre (28 May), National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham (29 May),The Forum, Hatfield (30 May)
Main Stage	Atlas Stage	The Key Club Stage	Desperados Stage	Impericon Stage	Kerrang! Fresh Blood Stage	Uprawr DJ Stage	Acoustic/Solo Stage
Panic! at the Disco New Found Glory Mallory Knox Yellowcard Mayday Parade Young Guns Moose Blood	Of Mice & Men Issues Memphis May Fire The Amity Affliction Northlane We Came as Romans Miss May I The Word Alive Coldrain	The Story So Far The Starting Line Four Year Strong Set Your Goals Real Friends As It Is Hit the Lights Roam Trash Boat	The King Blues The Beat Zebrahead Capdown King Prawn Catch 22 [spunge] The JB Conspiracy	Every Time I Die Cancer Bats Norma Jean Hacktivist Heart of a Coward Gnarwolves Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! WSTR The One Hundred	New Years Day Creeper With Confidence Waterparks Blood Youth Dead! Boston Manor Cane Hill Hellions	Shikari Sound System Dani & David Winter-Bates Astroid Boys Mel Clarke Party Blinders Resident DJs	The Rocket Summer Rob Lynch Grumble Bee Greywind Away Days Elder Brother Seafoal Bethan Leadley Lianne Kaye

External links

• http://www.myspace.com/slamdunkrecordsuk
• http://www.myspace.com/slamdunkclub
• https://www.lunatickets.co.uk/
• http://www.thecockpit.co.uk/
• http://www.luuonline.com/index
• http://www.leedstickets.com/home
• http://punktastic.com/news/full-slam-dunk-2012-stage-times-released/