The Acoustic Festival will be at Catton Hall Park, Derbyshire/Staffordshire Border - Bank Holiday Weekend May 24 - 26 2008. Here's a list of the confirmed bands and musicians:
MARILLION / JETHRO TULL / DONOVAN / ORIGINALS MARSDEN & MOODY play WHITESNAKE / JAH WOBBLE / MELANIE / THE ANIMALS / MIDGE URE / GLENN TILBROOK / HAZEL O'CONNOR / PETER TORK / MIKE PETERS / BOY ON A DOLPHIN / PHIL BATES & MIK KAMINSKI / NECK / ACOUSTIC 2 TONE THEATRE / GORDON GILTRAP / 9 BELOW ZERO / MICHAEL CHAPMAN / TINY TIN LADY / CLASSIC CLAPTON / NATHALIE NAHAI
JAN GRAVESON'S DISCO INDIANS / TOY HEARTS / BAND FROM COUNTY HELL / ED TUDOR POLE / ACOUSTIC BEATLES / CROWDED OUT / RODNEY BRANNIGAN / GUY BUTTERY / THE POT BOILERS / ANDY GOWNER / SABAI / ADE PAYNE / KAREN NASH / JIM KIRKPATRICK / CHERYL BEER / DIVIDED OPINIONS / DIXIE HICKS / CHESHIRE CHORD COMPANY / SWANS IN FLIGHT
+ many more to be confirmed
3 Stages, Crafts, Food stalls, Bars, Fair Trade, Childrens Activities, Camping, Tipi Circle, Car Parking on Site
******************** Discounted Earlybird Tickets ********************
Now Available at www.acousticfestival.co.uk
The new Festival site is situated in 92 acres of parkland in the grounds of Catton Hall, Catton, Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, DE12 8LN, situated 2 miles south of the A38 at Alrewas between Lichfield and Burton upon Trent on the Staffordshire/Derbyshire border. Festival Camping and Car Parks are located on the site
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THE ROCKNROOTS Festival
This will take place at Rye Meadows, Much Marcle, Nr Ledbury, Herefordshire
(On the main A449 between Ross-On-Wye and Ledbury), Bank Holiday Weekend Aug 23 - 24 - 25 2008. Here's are the confirmed bands and musicians:
STEVE CROPPER / CURVED AIR / MARILLION / ORIGINALS MICK RALPH, DAVE BUCKET COLWELL, JAZ LOCHIRIE w/ ROBERT HART play BAD COMPANY / WALTER TROUT / THE WURZELS / STAN WEBB's CHICKEN SHACK / DAVE SWARBS's LAZARUS / THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN / STACKRIDGE / WAYNE HUSSEY (THE MISSION) / EZIO / THE ANIMALS / NECK / SKAVILLE UK / NEVER THE BRIDE
and many many more!
Great Family days out with 3 music stages, stalls, craft displays, exoctic foods, juggling schools & wine bar.
Set amonst the beautiful green fields of picturesque Hereford.
This new eclectic festival is buried in the heart of ciderland, showcasing folk, blues and rock'n'roots for all ages. Two Big Top marquees and an outdoor stage will be hosting the music over the bank holiday weekend. MARILLION and USA legendary axe man Steve Cropper, alongside reformed blues rockers BAD COMPANY and CURVED AIR, will be featuring amongst the hefty blues and folk roots line up. Tickets will be on sale from 8th April 2008.
See www.rocknroots.co.uk