Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, the National’s Aaron Dessner Start Announcing Eaux Claires Music Festival Lineup Through the Mail

We previously reported that Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon and the National‘s Aaron Dessner were starting the inaugural Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival, a two-day festival slated to take place in Vernon’s hometown of Eau Claire, Wisconsin this July.

As Stereogum reports, the line-up is now in the process of being revealed. Vernon, Dessner et al have sent letters to those who ordered presale tickets, each announcing an individual artist (and confirmed by the Eaux Claires Twitter account). So far, the lineup includes Low, Melt-Banana, Phox, Boys Noize, Tallest Man on Earth, Sam Amidon, S. Carey and Field Report, Phil Cook, Poliça, Colin Stetson, Doomtree, with the full lineup to be announced on February 11th here.

Here’s the letter lucky fans received in the mail:

We took a leap of faith. We didn’t know if anyone would leap with us. And then there you were.

Sight unseen, you’ve agreed to join us at the inaugural Eaux Claires Festival along the banks of the Chippewa River this July.

We hope you can feel our gratitude.

Eaux Claires is more than just music. It will be an experience including and celebrating art in a multitude of forms — from the paintbrush to the pen, from the plow to the plate, from local brews to local bootstrappers. Above all, we want to share this place — the Chippewa Valley that has been so good to so many of us.

To make this work, we need early leaders. You are among them. To show our appreciation for your support at the start, here’s a sneak peek at just one of the many artists from the lineup we’re assembling:

We encourage you to share your artists by tagging this information #eauxclaires and broadcasting it in any way you choose. In this way, three quarters of the lineup can be discovered before the full reveal.

We also invite you to join us at www.eauxclaires.com on February 11th when we officially announce our lineup along with other surprises.

Right now the Chippewa River slips dark and silent beneath the sheeted ice. come summer, the water will flow warm and slow. Along the banks the grass will grow, and the night will fill with music and light.

We’ll join you there.

Michael Perry, Eaux Claires Narrator

Justin Vernon, Eaux Claires Curator

Here’s a trailer for the fest:

Watch Vernon’s band Volcano Choir perform “Comrade” on Pitchfork.tv’s “City of Music”:

Watch the National on an episode of Pitchfork.tv’s “Over/Under”:

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