Glastonbudget
| Glastonbudget | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Tribute New Acts |
| Dates | 22nd May - 24th May 2015 (3 days) |
| Location(s) |
Turnpost Farm, Leicestershire, England |
| Years active | 2005 - present |
| Website | |
| www.glastonbudget.org | |
Glastonbudget is an annual music festival held at Turnpost Farm in Wymeswold, Leicestershire, England. The festival has been held since 2005.
Initially started as a festival for tribute bands it has expanded in recent years to include a showcase for new acts as well as the main tribute stage. Interest in the festival and those attending has increased year on year with the 2014 festival seeing almost 12,000 festival goers in attendance.
Since 2006, the festival has invited special guests to perform. These have included Chas and Dave (2006), The Neville Staples Specials (2007), Bad Manners (2008) and Chesney Hawkes (2009), Ex Simple Minds (2010), Doctor and The Medics (2011) and Showaddywaddy, The Sweet, and the return of Chesney Hawkes in 2012. In 2014, an 80's revival took place with ABC, Howard Jones, The Christians, and Heaven 17 playing the main stage.
The 2015 Glastonbudget event will see performances from Uk Tributes and Unsigned acts from all over the country.
Organisation
The event is organised annually by a small team including Nick Tanner and Murray Stewart. The event is run and managed from Turnpost Farm.
Charity Links
In 2010 Glastonbudget announced that they would be supporting Leicestershire-based charity LOROS.
Controversy
In late 2008 a dispute arose between people involved in organizing the festival which eventually ended with the trade mark and glastonbudget.co.uk domain being transferred to Mockstar limited.[1] During the dispute, two websites existed with contradictory claims to who was running the festival.
References
- ↑ "DRS 06538 glastonbudget.co.uk". Nominet.org.uk. February 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-22.