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”.
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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”
Another well-deserved Award for Wickham village. What a lovely village Wickham is.Following the wonderful, amazing, astounding news that the very first year of entering South and South East in Bloom, Wickham were awarded GOLD,they are very pleased that their certificate is going to be put up on display in Warwick Lane in Wickham Square.
You are all invited to join us on Wednesday 21 January at 10am when Cllr Craig Manuel, Chair of Wickham and Knowle Parish Council, will be unveiling the certificate and we will be talking about our plans for entering the village again in 2026.
Please spread the word,the more the merrier 💐🌸
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'A beloved boutique Festival'. Nice of the BBC to describe Wickham that way. 😀
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Looks like 2026 will be a great year at the Wickham Festival with @sawdoctors @The_Proclaimers Ferocious Dog and Curtis Stigers already confirmed with more to follow. Check out our gallery of pics from last year to get in the mood https://www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/gallery/wickham-festival-2025/
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