Forecastle Festival has announced the line-ups and venues for the festival’s official Kick-Off and After-Parties.

JULY 24: The 2008 kick-off party, sponsored by OVCE, will take place Thursday, July 24th on the rooftop of Glassworks with drinks from BBC, Cumberlands, and Brownings (and cheaper if you wear a nautical costume), and featuring:

• Lucky Pineapple
• The Fervor
• The Protomen
• DJs Matt Anthony & Woodrow on the Radio
• Shoot the Messenger VJs
• Glass Artist McKinley Moore
• Phoenix Collective Firespinning
• Collaborative Performance Art w. DJs A. Bell and Narwhal.

JULY 25: The Afterparties start on July 25th with at 11pm at The Forecastle Fox Den (map) at 11pm (21+),

• Miles Meada
• DJ 2nd Nature
• Figure
• Jessee Jamz

AND a second free show at American Turners (21+) at 11:30 (map) featuring:

• Ferdinand Fox
• Tryptamine
• DJ Jackola

JULY 26: On Saturday, the 26th, The Forecastle Fox Den (map) goes live at 9:30 for $5 (21+) with:

• Aus
• Jon Doe
• Nacirema
• Morning State
• Kentucky Nightmare
• Perfect Jewish Couple
• Benji Ramsi Light Show, Pirates, and more!!

If you’ve not gotten your tickets for Forecastle itself yet, they range from $15-$20 per day (advanced) and $18-$23 (day of show) and can be purchased via TicketWeb, Ticketmaster, and select independent record stores, including ear X-tacy Records in Louisville, CD Central in Lexington, Grimey’s in Nashville, Landlocked Records in Bloomington, Indy CD & Vinyl in Indianapolis, Euclid Records in St. Louis, and Shake-It Records in Cincinnati.