About Indietracks

Indietracks is a unique summer festival which combines heritage trains and indiepop music, and is located in the Derbyshire countryside. Guests are free to enjoy the regular facilities of the Midland Railway Butterley such as the steam train rides and museum, and enjoy a range of new and established indiepop bands.

The Indietracks Festival is a fundraiser which raises money for the Midland Railway Trust. Read on to find out a bit of history about the charity and the railway!

The Midland Railway

The Midland Railway, Butterley is the home for all the things related to the Midland Railway. There is a standard gauge line which has steam and diesel hauled passenger trains. The main site at Swanwick has a museum devoted to the Midland Railway as well as a large collection of steam and diesel locomotives. It is a day out for the whole family with model and miniature railways and a country park as well as a host of other attractions. To read about the history of the Midland Railway Butterley, visit the Midland Railway website. To donate to the Midland Railway Trust, visit their Charity Giving page.

Previous festival line-ups

Indietracks Festival, 6-8 July 2012
The 10p Mixes, 14 Iced Bears, The ABC Club, Allo Darlin', Bart Cummings + Pam Berry, The Birthday Kiss, Colour Me Wednesday, Come Again DJs, Cosines, Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern, Doggy, Electrophonvintage, Evans the Death, Girls Names, Go Sailor, Gold-Bears, Golden Grrrls, Gordon McIntyre, Great Big Kiss DJs, The Hobbes Fanclub, The Jasmine Minks, Joanna Gruesome, Jorge & Miguelink DJs, The June Brides, The Just Joans, Language of Flowers, Librarians Wanted DJs, Liechtenstein, Love Dance, Themakingof, Marc Elston, Markie Plays Girlpop!, Mikrofisch, Minibar, The Monochrome Set, Music for Girls DJs, Orca Team, Pop-o-matic DJs, The Proper Ornaments, Robberie, Rose Melberg, The Rosie Taylor Project, The School, Sea Lions, September Girls, The Silver Factory, The Smittens, The Spook School, Standard Fare, Stevie Jackson, Summer Camp, The Sunbathers, Tender Trap, This Many Boyfriends, Tigercats, T.O.Y.S, Vacaciones, The Vaselines, Velodrome 2000, Veronica Falls, The Werewandas, White Town, Young Romance, and a very special thanks to Slumberland Records.

Indietracks Festival, 29-31 July 2011
A Fine Day For Sailing, A Little Orchestra, Ace Bushy Striptease, Amor de Dias, Anguish Sandwich, Apple Eyes, Band A Part, Berlin Brides, Big Pink Cake DJs, Butcher Boy, Chris T-T, Crystal Stilts, Dignan Porch, Edwyn Collins, Frances McKee, Frankie Machine, Graeme Elston, Guatafan, Haiku Salut, Half My Heart Beats DJs, Help Stamp Out Loneliness, Herman Dune, Heroes of the Mexican Independence Movement, Horowitz, Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard, Jonny, Just Handshakes (We’re British), Little League DJs, Mat Patalano, Math and Physics Club, Milky Wimpshake, Model Village, Moustache Of Insanity, Next Time Passions, Oxo Foxo, Papa Topo, Peru, Pocketbooks, Pop-o-matic DJs, Pull Yourself Together DJs, Remi Parson, Scared To Dance DJs, Sloppy Joe, Sock Puppets, Suburban Kids With Biblical Names, The Boys Who Couldn’t Stop Dreaming DJs, The Fireworks, The Garlands, The Hidden Cameras, The History of Apple Pie, The Proctors, The Sweet Nothings, The Wendy Darlings, The Whatevers, Tiny Fireflies, Underachievers Please Try Harder DJs, Unpop DJs, Very Truly Yours, Victoria and Jacob, Withered Hand, World Of Fox, Zipper

Indietracks Festival, 23-25 July 2010
Allo Darlin', Antarctica Takes It!, Attagirl DJs, Astrogirl DJs, Ballboy, Be Like Pablo, Betty and The Werewolves, Boy Genius, The Blanche Hudson Weekend, The Callas, The Cannanes, The Cavalcade, Cineplexx, Cowtown, Clint Play People, ComeOut2Nite DJs, Crimes Against Pop DJs, David Tattersall, Everyone Was In The French Resistance...Now!, Feeling Gloomy DJs, The Felt Tips, Foxes!, Gordon McIntyre, Internet Forever, The Give It Ups, The Hillfields, How Does It Feel To Be Loved? DJs, Jam On Bread, The Just Joans, La La Love You, Lime Chalks, Linda Guilala, The Loves, Mexican Kids At Home, Micktravis, The Middle Ones, The Millipedes, MJ Hibbett & the Validators, Offbeat DJs, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Paisley & Charlie, The Parallelograms, Pic 'n' Mixx DJs, The Pooh Sticks, The Primitives, The Orchids, Onward Chariots, Red Shoe Diaries, Sarandon, Secret Shine, Shrag, Springfactory, Slow Club, The Smittens, Socialist Leisure Party, The Specific Heats, Standard Fare, Stars In Coma, Stars of Aviation, The Sunny Street, Tender Trap, This Many Boyfriends, Urbantramper, Veronica Falls, White Town, Winston Echo, Yokoko

Indietracks Festival, 24-26 July 2009
Alaska, Art Brut, Au Revoir Simone, BMX Bandits, Bonne Idée, Bonnie & Clyde DJs, Butcher Boy, Camera Obscura, Cola Jet Set, Cooper, Countryside, DJ Polar, Disasteradio, Downdime, Emmy The Great, Eux Autres, Fitness Forver, Friends, Gordon McIntyre, Helene, Hong Kong In The 60s, How Does It Feel To Be Loved? DJs, Kevin McGrother, King of Cats, La Casa Azul, Labrador, Le Man Avec Les Lunettes, Let's Whisper, Little My, Loyal Trooper, Lucky Soul, Mighty Mighty, MJ Hibbett, Modular, Moustache Of Insanity, Nick Garrie, Northern Portrait, One Happy Island, Pocketbooks, Pop Art DJs, P!O!P Kombinat Berlin DJs, Poppy & Friends, Ray Rumour & The No Eyed Dears, Rose Elinor Dougall, Songs For Children DJs, Speedmarket Avenue, Ste McCabe, Stereo Total, Sucrette, Teenage Fanclub, Tender Trap, The Frank & Walters, Lipstick On Your Collar DJs, The Lovely Eggs, The Manhattan Love Suicides, The Marshmallow Kisses, The Pete Green Corporate Juggernaut, The Rocky Nest, The School, The Smittens, The Specific Heats, The Understudies, Wake The President, Zipper

Indietracks Festival, 26-27 July 2008
A Classic Education, Airport Girl, Allo, Darlin', Amida, Ballboy, The Bobby McGees, Penny Broadhurst, Brontosaurus Chorus, The Brownies, The Candy Twins, Colin Clary, The Colliding Lemons, Comet Gain, Darren Hanlon, Darren Hayman, The Deirdres, Dirty Fingernails, Esiotrot, The Foster Kids, Helen Love's Bubblegum Killers DJs, How Does It Feel To Be Loved? DJs, The Good Natured, Pete Green, Gregory Webster, Harvey Williams, MJ Hibbett, Je Suis Animal, The Just Joans, The Kabeedies, KateGoes, The Kick Inside, Lardpony, Liechtenstein, The Lodger, Los Campesinos!, The Mai 68s, The Manhattan Love Suicides, Marjit Vinjerui, Mexican Kids At Home, The Middle Ones, Milky Wimpshake, Moogie Wonderland DJs, Mono Taxi, The Occasional Flickers, The Parallelograms, Pocketbooks, PunkTV, Red Pony Clock, The Retro Spankees, Roadside Poppies, Rory Hill, The Rosie Taylor Project, Shrag, Silence At Sea, Silverdrop, Slow Down Tallahassee, The Smittens, Socks & Shoes, Still Corners, The Starlets, St Christopher, Strawberry Story, Tortoise Shout!, Town Bike, The Voluntary Butler Scheme, Winston Echo, The Wave Pictures, The Wedding Present, The Zebras, Zoey Van Goey

Indietracks Festival, 28-29 July 2007
A Smile And A Ribbon, Arthur & Martha, Bearsuit, Cats On Fire, Chiara L's, Countryside, Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern, Das Wanderlust, Friends Of The Bride, Horowitz, How Does It Feel To Be Loved? DJs, La Famille Catastrophe, MJ Hibbett & The Validators, Persil, Pete Green, Pocketbooks, Pop Miwsig DJs, Robert Church & The Holy Community, Rose McDowall, Roy Moller, Santa Dog, stephenhero, Strange Idols, The Bobby McGees, The Chemistry Experiment, The College Pinks, The Cut Outs, The Electric Pop Group, The Felt Tips, The Gresham Flyers, The Hermit Crabs, The Indelicates, The Jerks, The Lovely Eggs, The Loves, The Orchids, The Parallelograms, The San Marinos, The School, Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring, Victorian Gentlemens English Club, Wake The President, Wintergreen

Other events

Christmas Twee, 6 December 2008
Phil Wilson, Horowitz, Mascot Fight, Don't Die On My Doorstep DJs, Stuart Indietracks DJ

Christmas Twee, 1 December 2007
The Icicles, The Poppycocks, The Deirdres, Pocketbooks DJs (Dan & Emma), Don't Start Feeling All "Romantic" DJs, Gavin Dunbar (Camera Obscura)

One day event, 28 April 2007
Pocketbooks, Slow Down Tallahassee, Tottie, Spiral Scratch DJs, Offbeat DJs, Tasty Fanzine DJs