For the first time there will be four stages at Wickham Festival this year. We’ve just added stage times for our Quay West Cave, sponsored by Quay West Studios, and Acoustic Stages on our line up page. Continue reading “Stage times announced for The Quay West Cave and Acoustic Stages”
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Year: 2016
Sponsors for Wickham Festival 2016
We’d like to show our appreciation for all the sponsors for Wickham Festival 2016. We rely on sponsors to keep down the price of tickets so please support them wherever possible.
Tony Hadley looks forward to the Wickham Festival
Spandau Ballet fans may have to wait several more years to see the band in concert again but fans can enjoy their hits at the Wickham Festival.
Lead singer Tony Hadley tops the bill on the opening night (Aug 4) with a promise to play all the crowd-pleasers alongside his solo material at the picturesque Hampshire site.
It means fans will get the best of both worlds, enjoying some new songs as well as classics such as Gold, True and Through the Barricades. Continue reading “Tony Hadley looks forward to the Wickham Festival”
Matt Cardle to guest at Wickham Festival
X Factor winner Matt Cardle will be making a special guest appearance at next week’s award-winning Wickham Festival.
The Southampton-born singer will be joining the Trevor Horn Band on Saturday August 6 for what is sure to be an emotional “home-coming”.
Since becoming the runaway winner of the seventh series of the reality TV show, Cardle has sold more than two million albums and singles including the winner’s song When We Collide, the Christmas Number One and second biggest selling single of 2010. Continue reading “Matt Cardle to guest at Wickham Festival”
Plan all the artists you want to see at Wickham Festival 2016
You can see the line up for all stages, and print your own itinerary on Clashfinder.
We’ve added some new artist profiles to our line up section
To help plan your weekend we’ve just added some new artist profiles to our line up section. Click on the artist’s name to view their page complete with descriptions and links to their social media feeds.
Continue reading “We’ve added some new artist profiles to our line up section”
Running orders announced for our main stages
It’s less than a month to go until this year’s Wickham Festival. We’ve just updated our line up and artist listing pages with the planned stage times. Details are as follows.
Continue reading “Running orders announced for our main stages”
Latest artists announced for Wickham Festival 2016
We’ve just updated our website with another 10 artists including the incredible SAS Band, Spike’s All-Stars, featuring Fish, Toyah and Roger Taylor of ‘Queen’ who’ll be headlining on Saturday. One of the world’s top Celtic music groups, the Grammy Award nominated, all-female, traditional Irish-American band Cherish The Ladies will be apprearing on Sunday. Beautiful vocals, superb musicianship and stunning step dancing. We’ve added artist profiles for each so follow the links below to find out more and watch videos of their performances.
Continue reading “Latest artists announced for Wickham Festival 2016”
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We're sorry to report that London Irish band Neck will no longer be appearing at Wickham following the sad death of their frontman Leeson O'Keeffe from pancreatic cancer. 😢https://extra.ie/2024/04/16/entertainment/leeson-okeeffe-dies?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0jxfQ3m60a8rhMDXDd_uQCQ78dtyUm_hu4ODGgbnWTdjK84h7oaiy4CcQ_aem_Ab3xsbuyb9xXCSkVrrwhtKr49bitsElo63xxA040IHSYHw9XKChbeyYotEwyKhGu9zgs83NrC8h5-xjHOFJwIvxR
Leeson O'Keeffe: Irish Rocker Who Played With Shane MacGowan Dies Following Cancer Battle
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Irish rockstar Leeson O'Keeffe, who played with legends such as Shane MacGowan has passed away following a 'short but intense' battle with cancer.
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Saw them at a festival a few years ago. I knew nothing about them. They were brilliant. Will miss them at Wickham. R.i.p
What a loss. Go easy Leeson O'Keefe.
That's sad - condolences to family and friends
It's official! Suzi Quatro's headline show at the Wickham Festival on Friday 2nd August looks set to be her only UK festival appearance this summer. Day & weekend tickets now onsale. www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/tickets
www.suziquatro.com/shows.html
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Line-up so far with a few names still to add to the artwork including American dobro ace Jerry Douglas and Irish uilleann piper John McSherry
Is the Sunday headliner been announced ?
And the final headline act is ….
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Steve Harley was an audience favourite at Wickham Festival, and a delight to work with. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
Steve Harley: Cockney Rebel singer dies at 73
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68590846
The Saw Doctors would like to say a Big Thanks to everybody who has bought or streamed ‘All We Love’ today —the new single is Number 3 in Ireland and No. 23 in the UK. Here’s the link to buy or stream ‘All We Love’
https://orcd.co/allwelove
Wonderfully evocative and typically catchy song from our old friends @sawdoctors ready for #StPatricksDay
Would love to hear them do this at #wickhamfesival one day. Great stuff!
We're delighted to announce that 16-times GRAMMY Award winner Jerry Douglas, one of the world's finest dobro & lap steel guitar players, will be at this year's Wickham Music Festival on Sat. 3rd Aug. Day & Weekend tickets selling fast!
After announcing the great American singer Curtis Stigers for the Wickham Music Festival yesterday we'll be announcing another great American musician this evening (Tuesday). A clue. He's a 14-times Grammy Award winner. Any guesses?
