Wickham Festival News

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”

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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    Way back before Covid The Song for Wickham was written by Steve Knightley to celebrate Wickhams 800th anniversary.  Post-Covid Steve & Wickhams Community Choir performed the song at the 2022 Wickham Festival.  Now you can buy the recording which is one of 12 fine tracks on Steves The Winter Yards album.Image attachmentImage attachment

    Way back before Covid The Song for Wickham was written by Steve Knightley to celebrate Wickham's 800th anniversary. Post-Covid Steve & Wickham's Community Choir performed the song at the 2022 Wickham Festival. Now you can buy the recording which is one of 12 fine tracks on Steve's The Winter Yards album. ... See MoreSee Less

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    If you enjoyed The Travelling Talesman at Wickham we're pleased to say he'll be back next year. In the meantime you can enjoy his tales of goblins, ghouls & long legged beasties at Butser Ancient Farm just off the A3 south of Petersfield on Friday 11th Oct. Info./Tickets www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/whats-on/storytelling-goblins-ghouls-travelling-talesman ... See MoreSee Less

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