An insider's guide on what to see at End of the Road Festival this year

The four-day event, which celebrates its 20th anniversary next week, has long been a showcase of what's up-and-coming as much as what's on top. With one of the best undercards you'll find at any European festival this – or indeed any – year, it's your last chance before school starts up again to let loose and get to know the bands everyone will be talking about in six months time.

The environment itself is also key – it's intimate and magical. Add an attentive and music-obsessed crowd and you have the perfect incubator for new work to land with profound impact. We'll be putting on some of those early discoveries alongside some legends of modern music as part of our famous pop-up secret sessions on the piano stage but here's what some of our friends are also looking forward to.