We’ve just added more artists to our line up section. On Friday 3rd August we’ll be welcoming Show of Hands and The Emily Askew Band. The ever-popular Show of Hands performed last year when they treated us to a slowed down version of the Don Henley classic “The Boys of Summer”.
Continue reading “Last chance to save £40 on Earlybird tickets!”
As planned we’ve updated all our line up pages before Xmas to show the current list of artists appearing at Wickham Festival 2018. We’ve many more to come including our Thursday and Friday headliners. Our Saturday headliner will be The Ivor Novello Award winning Squeeze…
Folk legend Richard Thompson has been announced as the first headline act for the 2018 Wickham Festival.
Continue reading “Richard Thompson to Close Wickham Festival 2018”
In the past couple of weeks we’ve announced a couple more names via our social channels. We’ll be welcoming The East Pointers from Prince Edward Island, Canada. Here they are at Shrewsbury Folk Festival earlier this year.
Continue reading “The East Pointers & Hattie Hatstar Join the Line Up”
Next August may seem a long way off but it’s been a busy time at Wickham HQ. We’ve just published our first batch of artists for 2018 on our home page. We normally wait until December but couldn’t wait to share the exciting news via our social channels.
Continue reading “The preparations begin, first artists announced for 2018”
Fans who attended this year’s festival have been given an extra week to claim a £60 saving for next year’s event. Continue reading “Renewal deadline extended for those who attended Wickham Festival”
This year’s Wickham Festival has been declared the biggest and best yet after breaking box office records. Continue reading “Wickham 2017 is “best yet””
Oysterband frontman John Jones believes the Wickham Festival is one of the best in the country. Continue reading “Oysterband praise for Wickham Festival”
A superb second day has vindicated the decision not to call off the Wickham Festival. Continue reading “Remarkable recovery for festival site”
Wickham Festival organiser Peter Chegwyn has paid a heartfelt tribute to the staff and the fans after somehow ensuring the show went ahead. Continue reading “The show must go on…”
The rain finally relented at around 3am and the forecast for today and the rest of the weekend is much improved. We should hit a dizzying height of 20°C. Today will be windy but we’re hoping that will help dry out the ground. The tented campsites are in good condition. We’re planning to open the mixed camping field at 10am which is also in good condition. The entrance for mixed camping is located at the Junction of Blind Lane, Frith Lane and Pricketts Hill.
Continue reading “The day the music starts – for those travelling in today…”
In exactly 7 days we’ll be looking forward to a full day of entertainment to bring Wickam Festival 2017 to a close. And what a line up! Festival favourites Winters Hill will be opening The All Time Grates Stage at midday whilst Ray Cooper will be opening The Hapi Festival Stage.
Continue reading “This time next week – Sunday 6th August 2017”
It’s incredible to think that this time next week we’ll be in full flow meeting familiar faces and spending time with like-minded folk. We also know this year there are many new visitors to Wickham. We’ve sold tickets in America, Argentina, Australia, Scandinavia and of course all corners of Britain. Wickham is a quaint English village set in the Hampshire’s Meon valley full of history, providing the perfect setting for a break to soak up some culture.
Continue reading “This time next week – Saturday 5th August 2017”
Next Friday Wickham Festival 2017 will be well underway with the first full day line up of music. As I write this post at 9.30pm, in precisely 7 days we would have just enjoyed Seth Lakeman. To celebrate our 10th festival at Wickham we wanted to return to our roots with a very strong folk line up, which had to include Seth…
Continue reading “This time next week – Friday 4th August 2017”
This time next week we would have just watched KT Tunstall take to the stage at 8pm. With five studio albums released internationally there is a lot to look forward to including tracks from her top 10 album released in 2016, KIN…
Continue reading “This time next week – Thursday 3rd August 2017”
Our Wickham Festival Organiser Peter Chegwyn presented a £5,000 donation to our Festival charity, 'Two Saints' yesterday. 'Two Saints' care for the homeless & vulnerable all-year-round. We are delighted to support the excellent work they do.
For more info. on how 'Two Saints' help the homeless, please visit their website www.twosaints.org.uk
Wonderful to hear you could give such a generous donation.
After such a tough couple of years that's brilliant 👏😀
That's great, Particularly following the difficult times we had this year.
Congratulations on a fabulous amount.
Well done to all involved.
Beautiful!!! Amazing Peter regards Bug Beats silent disco
Great work Wickham Music Festival
👏👏👏
Fiona Jones Kevin Jones 👍
That is Brilliant! 🥳
Top man
Awesome!! 👏🏻
Billie Quigley
Excellent news 🤘👍
Nice one "H"! Very photogenic! xxx
Good to see the wonderful Irish band (and Wickham Festival favourites) DERVISH are on tour from this week. Dates & Tickets here: www.dervish.ie/tour
Booked for next year hopefully 😊
See them in Killarney good band.
Such a wonderful song & video. We did try to book Yusuf/Cat Stevens a couple of years ago. We will try again.
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"Peace Train" featuring Yusuf / Cat Stevens | Song Around The World - Playing For Change
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More than 25 musicians from 12 countries join Yusuf / Cat Stevens for a Song Around The World version of "Peace Train."This would be the most amazing festival ever if Cat was there
Would love to see Levellers or Proclaimers next year 😁😁
What a wonderful song, wish there was peace in the world x
Oh just love this man I am a fan from way back I mean way back 😉😊
I really hope you can book him for next year x
I know you’ll keep trying. As a team you book some great acts!
That would be tremendous.
That would be amazing
Sian Campbell - aye, aye Captain!🤣
We would so love to see him 😍
Can you get Tom Jones??!!
Yes please 🙏
Me too Lynne
Would be a real coup......
🤞
Oh yes I’d defo be there!
That would be wonderful 💜
Make this happen Wickham, pretty please 🤘
Luke Donoghue ❤️
You must make this happen 🙏🏼
Now that would be great!
Kilda Jourdain
🙏 Yes Please 😎
Now THAT would be amazing!
Click on the pic for a great review of this year's Wickham Festival on the Folk Radio UK website. Thank you Johnny Whalley
www.folkradio.co.uk/2021/08/wickham-festival-2021-review/
Wickham Festival 2021 Review | Folk Radio
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Johnny Whalley shares some of his many highlights from this year's Wickham Festival which went the extra mile in delivering an incredible lineup.Don't forget! Earlybird season tickets for next year's Festival are now on-sale. Save £70 if you book B4 Sept. 30 and there's no added booking fees. www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/tickets
Great writeup
Click on the link for Van Morrison's setlist from this year's Wickham Festival. Ninety minutes of wonderful live music from a legendary singer and his awesome band www.setlist.fm/setlist/van-morrison/2021/festival-site-wickham-england-338f6c09.html
Van Morrison Setlist at Wickham Festival 2021
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Get the Van Morrison Setlist of the concert at Festival Site, Wickham, England on August 7, 2021 and other Van Morrison Setlists for free on setlist.fm!Beautiful
My honest comments (having seen him at Wickham) seem to have been blocked. Why??
Leanne McColm
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