Wychwood Festival

The Wychwood Festival is an annual music festival held at Cheltenham racecourse in Gloucestershire, UK, the weekend after the late May Bank Holiday.^[1] It began in 2005 and features indie, folk and world music.^[2]

Time Out magazine described the Festival as "an excellent hybrid of The Big Chill, WOMAD and The Cambridge Folk Festival."^[3] The festival has also been called a "bijou Glastonbury".^[2]

As well as music, the family-friendly three-day festival includes workshops, comedy, a children's literature tent, and a silent disco.^[1][2] In 2010, the director of the festival, Graeme Merifield, signed a sponsorship deal with supermarket chain Waitrose.^[4]

Acts

In 2007, notable acts included Ian Hunter of Mott the Hoople, Robyn Hitchcock, The Levellers, Camera Obscura, Badly Drawn Boy, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Country Joe McDonald, Eliza Carthy and Afro Celt Sound System.^[5]

In 2008, headline acts included The Proclaimers, The Divine Comedy and Duffy.^{[2][6] [7]}

2009 featured Supergrass, Little Boots, poet Carol Ann Duffy, Stornoway, the Wonder Stuff, The Beat, Revere, Dub Collosus, and the Dhol Foundation.^{[8] [9]} In 2010, the third stage was run by BBC Introducing,^[10] featuring 28 bands from the West of England and Wales selected from 70 entrants.^[11] Main acts included Happy Mondays, The Levellers, ex-Del Amitri singer Justin Currie, The Lightning Seeds, Dreadzone, and Seth Lakeman.^[12]

References

External links

• Official site