Butserfest

Butserfest logo

Butserfest is a festival created by East Hampshire District Council.[1] This music festival is targeted at young people aged 14-20 and is an alcohol/drug-free event. It has become an annual event due to its success in 2007. It is held on Butser Hill opposite Queen Elizabeth's Country Park near Petersfield. Bob Coleman East Hampshire District Council Community and Youth Democracy was one of the key organisers of Butserfest: "The festival ... is aimed mainly at teenagers, those in bands who want a chance to play, and those who love music and find it difficult to travel to other events." The festival supports new upcoming bands but also has some big names.

2007

Pickled Dick on stage at Butserfest 2007

The debut of Butserfest attracted 700 youths to Butser Hill.

Line up 2007

Main Stage
Elliot Minor
Furthest Drive Home
Linchpin
Moma Jest
Day of Rising
Pickled Dick
Vallenbrosa
Alternative Carpark
Oblivion
Waking Jayne
Splendid Eddie
Origin
The Weather Committee
Hayley Harland

2008

Mike TV on stage at Butserfest 2008

Line up 2008

Main Stage
You Me at Six
Tonight is Goodbye
Not Advised
The Wide Eyes
Plastic Toys
Mike TV
Vallenbrosa
Alternative Carpark
Shrub Rocketeers
Saxon Black
Introduce Your Icon
The Unsubscribed
The Weather Committee
Flexibility

2009

The 2009 festival saw the introduction of the new Butserquests. This was a series of shows across East Hampshire looking for the best local bands to play on the main stage at Butserfest. Over 70 local bands registered an interest in playing the festival this year with only a few getting the lucky chance, but other bands were able to play on the ButserQuest Stage who did not win.

Line up 2009

Main Stage Second Stage
The Blackout Vallenbrosa
Go:Audio As Gods
We Are the Ocean Forever Wednesday
Attack! Attack! Luke Ferre
Save Your Breath The Theory of 6 Degrees
Malefice The Meakins
All Forgotten Chemical Sunset
Alzir Thursday's Bad Luck
The Light Divided A Thousand Ways to Fall
Reduced to Ashes The Zed Men
Lecarla Flexability
We Push Buttons Hardly Heroes
The Frisbys Switch Transmission

2010

Butserfest 2010 took place on Saturday 11 September, tickets were £15 and bands included The King Blues as headliners on the main stage, along with We Are The Ocean, My Passion and Young Guns. Deaf Havana were headliners on the Butserquest stage. The logo colour for 2010 was green. In 2009 it was yellow and in 2008 red.

Line up 2010

Main Stage Butserquest Stage
The King Blues Deaf Havana
We Are The Ocean Lecarla
My Passion The City Calls
Young Guns Tonight We Fly
Bury Tomorrow Mr Temper
Fei Comodo Precilla Broke
Shadows Chasing Ghosts Jonny Black
Mike TV Luke Ferre Band
The Theory of 6 Degrees Thursdays Bad Luck
3 Ways of Thinking
We Start Partys
As We Climb
The Light Divided
The Famous Class

2011

Butserfest 2011 took place on Saturday 17 September.

2011 line up

Main Stage The Lounge Bar Stage
Funeral for a Friend Alternative Carpark
Young Guns Entro-P
Deaf Havana Cubrik
Lower Than Atlantis Big Red Ass
Bury Tomorrow Sinuism
We Start Partys Capital Fuzz
Heart in Hand Forever Can Wait
Kill Em Dead Cowboy Lost Souls Club
The Valiant K'Junga
Follow Wyliss Skaraman
The Dirty Tricks In Perfect Silence
The Fringe
This Way Up

2012

Butserfest 2012 took place on Saturday 15 September.

Line up 2012

Main Stage Small Town Records and Friends Stage
Kids In Glass Houses Feed The Rhino
Lower Than Atlantis Shadows Chasing Ghosts
Yashin Heart In Hand
Futures Polar.
Canterbury The Elijah
Don Broco Violet
Mallory Knox Floods
Mike TV Death of An Artist
Burn The Fleet Housefires
Contraband Prolong the Agony
Spartan
England Road
Midday Committee

References

  1. ↑ "Making music? Any music. You could play Butserfest 2014". East Hampshire District Council. Retrieved 1 July 2014.