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As we move to BST our field was looking lush in the sunshine

Posted on 1st April 20251st April 2025 by Peter Chegwyn

With the clocks moving to British Summer Time last Sunday, it can mean only one thing for our team … Wickham Festival is fast approaching. With that said and the fantastic weather this last week we took the opportunity to have an onsite meeting. Our field was looking lush in Sunday’s sunshine. Our site management team had a great meeting to plan this year’s Festival with a few changes from last year’s layout including moving our 2nd Big Top to help solve the problem of noise ‘bleed’ between our two main stages.

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Not quite Show of Hands but a pretty good effort by us!

Posted on 14th March 202515th March 2025 by Peter Chegwyn

Sadly it’s not going to be a Show of Hands reformation, but Wickham Festival 2025 will delight our many SOH fans. With them announcing they will no longer tour together, their Full Circle tour marked their final performance before taking an indefinite break. So it will be great to have Steve Knightley, Phil Beer, and long-time bassist collaborator Miranda Sykes all taking to the stage this year!

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Richard Thompson to headline on Saturday 2nd August

Posted on 20th February 202521st February 2025 by Peter Chegwyn

Over the last few weeks we’ve been adding to our line up with some incredible artists to entertain us this summer. Please follow our Facebook page for the latest updates. We’ve just announced our main Saturday headliner, Richard Thompson. Having co-founded the groundbreaking group Fairport Convention as a teenager in the ‘60s, he has gone on to become one of the most influential artists and respected songwriters with numerous accolades to his name. His song “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” was named one of TIME Magazine’s “100 Greatest Songs Since 1923.”

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More artists announced and day pages updated

Posted on 19th January 202519th January 2025 by Peter Chegwyn

We hope 2025 has got off to a great start for you all. Over the last week we’ve added more artists to our line up and also compiled our day pages. First off legendary Geordie folk-rockers Lindisfarne will headline our Thursday night. So far they are the only confirmed booking for Thursday but we’ve many more in the pipeline. With a repertoire of unforgettable songs and a reputation for live performance second to none, there’s no doubt we’ll be on our feet and singing along on our opening night.

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12 Feb

The ever-popular Phil Beer will be appearing solo at #WickhamFestival on Sun. 3rd Aug. as well as joining with Reg Meuross, Marion Fleetwood & Geraint Watkins to perform 'Fire and Dust: A Woody Guthrie Story'

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31 Jan

Huzzah for @festivalwickham and Saturday 2nd August and another mighty HUZZAH for it is a particular favourite of ours, do thoroughly deserving of thrice Huzzah! http://Www.wickhamfestival.co.uk for tickets!! See you there. Is there time for one more Huzzah?

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23 Jan

We've updated the 'Line-Up' pages of our website to show who's playing (so far!) on which day. You can also view artist biogs & videos by clicking on artist photos. https://www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/line-up/

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22 Jan

The wonderful singer-songwriter @NewtonFaulkner will make his #WickhamFestival debut on Friday, 1st Aug. Same day as @Fishy_Friends, @TaliskMusic, @FlookQuartet and many others.

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21 Jan

Another band confirmed! Legendary Geordie folk-rockers @lindisfarneband will headline the opening night of #WickhamFestival on Thursday 31 July.

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20 Jan

More artists confirmed! @IanProwse and Amsterdam will be at this year's #WickhamFestival on Sunday 3rd August. Ian toured with Elvis Costello last year and is touring with Levellers this Spring.