Over the last few days we’ve been busy updating our line up pages to show artists who will be appearing at Wickham Festival 2019. We think this our best line up ever so it’s hard to summise what we’ll be enjoying next summer, but here’s a quick run through of some highlights.
Continue reading “Happy New Year from all the Wickham Festival team”
Today is officially the first day of winter and what better way to cheer yourself up than reminisce about the festival we enjoyed this summer. We had blue sky and sunshine all weekend. To help remind you, we’ve just published our Wickham Festival 2018 Gallery. Thanks again to Guy Reece for managing our team of photographers. As ever it’s the Real Stars of Wickham we enjoy most. Can you spot yourself?
Continue reading “Can you spot yourself in our 2018 festival gallery?”
Our 2019 Wickham Festival dates are Thursday 1st to Sunday 4th August 2019. If you’ve yet to book your ‘earlybird’ weekend season tickets for next year you can still save a whopping £60 on every adult ticket if you book by Friday 31st August via our tickets page. We’ve already sold a record number of ‘earlybird’ tickets for 2019 so please hurry if you’ve yet to book. Prices rise on 1st September.
Continue reading “Last Chance to save £60 on every 2019 adult weekend season ticket”
The Wickham Festival is here to stay! The best event yet has been crowned by the announcement of a two-year deal to stay on the same site. Continue reading “Wickham Festival goes from strength to strength”
The Wickham Festival has been immortalised in song!
Phil “Swill” Odgers from the Men They Couldn’t Hang loves the event so much that he has penned a special tribute. Continue reading “Listen to the Wickham Song from Phil Odgers”
Smiling makes the day go quicker, according to manic rockers Tankus the Henge.
That would explain why the Wickham Festival has flown by! Continue reading “Day 4 – review”
There was a real throwback to the Eighties as a trio of top bands made it party night at the Wickham Festival. Continue reading “Day 3 -review”
What a difference a year makes as Boo Hewerdine finally got his moment in the spotlight. Continue reading “Day 2 – review”
One way to take a break from the sun in the day or relax later in the evening is to visit the cinema. Here’s what’s on for the rest of the weekend.
Here comes the Sun! Headliner Steve Harley could not have picked a better opening song as he closed the opening night of the 2018 Wickham Festival. Continue reading “Day 1 – review”
If travelling to the Wickham Festival this weekend please note campsites are open from 12 noon to 9pm Wednesday and then from 10am onwards on Thursday.
The excitement is really starting to build at our festival site and morale couldn’t be more positive for this weekend. Wickham Festival kicks off at 4:30pm this Thursday and according to the BBC web site it’s going to be a weekend of sunshine just as we welcome Alistair Russell to kick things off.
Continue reading “The Wickham Festival 2018 site build story in pictures”
It’s just a week to the start of this year’s Wickham Festival and today we’ve been onsite all day on the hottest day of the year so far. It’s been blazing sunshine as we commence our 2018 site build. Phew … it’s been a scorcher!
Continue reading “It’s just one week until the music starts at Wickham Festival 2018!”
We’ve just uploaded all our stage times here on Clashfinder to help plan your visit. This is a printable timetable where you can see what is happening on all stages at the same time. You can highlight acts you’re interested in seeing and much more. Instructions are provided here. As many of you know you’ll always leave Wickham Festival having discovered new artists, often from the local area. We’ve even added stage times for The Twisted Tearooms so you really have everything all in one place 🙂
Continue reading “Check out all our stage times in one handy place!”
We’ve just added a site map page illustrating the new layout for Wickham Festival 2018. Please note we have TWO main stages this year. Main Stage 1 has been re-named The Valley Stage as it’s closest to the Meon Valley. Our new enlarged Main Stage 2 has been named The Village Stage as it’s closer to Wickham village.
Great new video from Graham Nash urging everyone to stay home and stay safe. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROCzHRzHYdM
This was a Highlight for me from Last Year's Festival, Could not belive the Sound it was Amazing 👌
That made me properly smile for the first time in days. Thank you Wickham and thank you Mr Nash .
For me too. The Graham Nash and Judy Collins double header made that first night really special
He was amazing last yr. Thank you for sharing. Paul Meredith listen to this and set what you missed. Xx
He was fantastic last year!
Yeah, he was brilliant
Liz Ferla xx
St Nicholas Church at Wickham looking lovely in Wednesday's sunshine. As Revd. Jane who took the photo said: 'I never thought I'd be able to take a photo standing in the middle of the usually busy A32'. Lockdown has some benefits!
I've rung there when visiting Wickham Folk Festival... lovely ring, church, and welcome x
...and what a lovely pollution free sky too x
It is a lovely church with a huge amount of history.
Everyday of Festival last year, had a Walk down and and sat with a Coffee looking across to Church, still 🙏 I can Again this Year 😎
Never thought I would see so many parking spaces in the square 😀
What a lovely looking church
Diocese of Portsmouth
Chelsea Grant ❤
Lovely video. Kinda appropriate right now. Great music brings people together, bridging what divides us and inspiring us through dark times. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xjPODksI08
Two artists we've tried to book over the years, so far without success, are Joan Baez & John Prine. John is critically ill on a ventilator thanks to Covid-19. Here's Joan signing his song Hello In There. Get well soon John. ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJPvc5vvKY4&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0vK_mJ4-SX-gbE_Y7MkIE0cYlifh2kuJu...
Many years ago I gate crashed John Prine's 50th birthday party, I was hitch hiking down through the American south back in 1996... Got to Nashville, walked into a bar and there he was celebrating in the back room with a whole load of his musician friends, including Nanci Griffith if I remember rightly.. Good times... long ago... Get well soon buddy!
Oh nooooo, John! Bad news, that. He cancelled his gig at Bridgewater Hall about a month ago. Would have loved to see him. Thanks for sharing this Janey, will have a listen now xxx
Anne Stephenson, Sian Aubrey. 💜🙏
Shari Denson💗
Saturday night music - live broadcast 8pm tonight from The Bar Steward Sons of Val Doonican. Enjoy!
SCOTT DOONICAN'S BIRTHDAY BIG NEET IN
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Eyup folks, With our Spring tour now completely postponed during the current hoo-hah, here's a bit of much needed sunshine (well, hopefully!). This Saturday night at 8pm, I will be taking to the t'int...Me solo, followed by a quiz from Brian Blessed, a special guest and a final surprise
Just the tonic we need!
Fabulous!
Mike Coombes if you want a right laugh tonight tune in to this
Oh YES
Dean - local boy!
Damian Walsh
Bob Carter
Dave :D
Sue JD, Paul Day
Jennifer Stephenson 👍
Thistle Martin Peter Burns!
Shame we won’t see you crowd surfing a la Glastonbury last year. Happy Birthday Scott.
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