Wickham Festival News

Frank Turner and our Wickham Festival history buffs … the perfect match

This really couldn’t get any better in the build up to Wickham Festival 2019. As many of you know each year our friends at Wickham History Society arrange history walks around Wickham village, but guess who is a self-professed massive history nerd? Only our main headliner, Frank Turner!!! Check out his podcasts launching this July just in time for Wickham Festival…

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This weekend is your last chance to save £20 for a weekend ticket!

Wow it’s just over a month until this year’s festival gets going and we can’t wait to get welcome you all to Wickham Festival 2019.  It promises to be our best ever event with so many incredible artists to look forward to and what we hope you’ll agree are improvements everywhere to make your experience better than ever before.

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Our Festival camping just got a whole lot better

Great News! We’ve secured an extra 28 acres of well-drained, grassed fields with excellent access via a tarmac road running the entire length of the fields meaning that, for the first time, everyone can camp on grass at this year’s Wickham Festival whether you’re in a tent, caravan, camper van, motorhome or any combination of them all. No more stubble! No more mud, hooray!

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Thursday daytime walk on the beautiful South Downs before the festival starts

Please join us for a Thursday daytime walk on the beautiful South Downs prior to the opening of Wickham Festival 2019. It will be led by John Jones and the Reluctant Ramblers before they play a set later that evening. John Jones is the charismatic lead singer of the award-winning Oysterband who last performed at Wickham in 2017. What a great way to kick off our weekend!

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Wickham Festival wins “Best Festival” category in The Portsmouth News Guide Awards, Hampshire!

What an incredible night we had at The Portsmouth News Culture Guide Awards winning the “Best Festival” category supported by the ever popular Victorious Festival. The Culture Guide Awards is the night that The Portsmouth News honour the best in local entertainment, from bands to artists and actors to films.

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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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    We are delighted to announce that long-time Wickham favourites @sawdoctors will be headlining Saturday night (August 1). Tickets on sale now http://www.wickhamfestival.co.uk

    We will be announcing another major headliner at 9am on Friday. We have had many requests to bring back this great party band who have been popular here for decades. Any guesses?

    Widely recognised as one of the world's greatest guitarists, Australian Tommy Emmanuel will make his Wickham Festival debut on Sun. 2nd Aug. 2026.

    We're delighted to announce that the great American singer & saxophonist CURTIS STIGERS will be returning to Wickham in 2026 on Sun. 2nd Aug. Day & weekend tickets now onsale via http://www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/tickets

    We're delighted to announce that The Proclaimers will headline the Sunday night (2nd August) at the 2026 Wickham Festival. Day & Weekend tickets now onsale. http://www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/tickets