Wickham Festival News

Last 400 Season Tickets on sale

Thank you to everyone who’s already bought tickets for this year’s Wickham Festival. We really appreciate your support. We now have less than 400 weekend season tickets still to sell. Day tickets are also selling fast. If you’ve yet to buy yours, please don’t leave it too late.  You can still save £40 on every adult weekend ticket if you buy now via our tickets page.

What we’re doing to keep you safe
Although we hope the Government can stick to their plans for easing all lockdown restrictions from June 21st, our Festival will still go-ahead even if some restrictions remain in place. Our 1st priority is the good health of all attending and so we’ve made some changes this year to ensure your safety:

  • Our arena has been doubled in size
  • There will be new entrances to prevent queuing
  • Our main stage will be an outdoor stage with an enlarged audience arena & video screens
  • Our 2nd Stage will still be in a Big Top but with the sides raised
  • Other stages will be outdoor stages or in tents with sides raised
  • There will be more loos and most will be single cubicle luxury loos
  • We’ve doubled the no. of wash stations in the arena and on our campsites
  • All toilets & showers will be cleansed & sanitised at regular intervals
  • There will be free hand sanitiser points throughout our site
  • One way queuing systems will operate at bars, food outlets & toilets
  • Our campsites have been expanded to allow more space between tents, caravans & motorhomes
Our new eco-friendly luxury vacuum loos, all individual units equipped with hand sanitiser, mirror and illuminated red & green lights to show when a unit is vacant. Nice!

We are not insisting on proof of vaccine or a negative test prior to entry unless the Government decide to introduce a ‘Covid certificate’ or similar. We do, however, advise that it makes sense to obtain a negative test before travelling if you can, and to use your own transport if possible rather than public transport. We know that most of our audience will have had both jabs by the time of our Festival in August.

All public health advice suggests ‘outdoors is safer than indoors’ and so more of our entertainment will be outdoors this year with plenty of space to prevent over-crowding.

Safe Tickets Policy
You can buy tickets safe in the knowledge that if you can’t attend for any reason, you can rollover your tickets to 2022, also, in the unlikely event that the Festival has to be postponed again, all tickets can be rolled-over or refunded.

Artist Updates
It’s possible that a small number of our foreign artists may not be able to travel although, at present, most are still hoping to do so. We will update you on any artist changes via our Facebook page and future emails.  One new addition to our line-up is the ever-popular singer-songwriter  Gerry Colvin who’ll be appearing with his band on Friday 6th August.

Gerry Colvin who’ll be appearing with his band on Friday 6th August.

If any currently advertised artists are forced to cancel we will seek to replace them with other artists of at least equal stature.

2021 Festival T-Shirts
Be ahead of the crowd! We still have some of our ‘earlybird’ 2021 Festival t-shirts available in various colours & sizes, price £20 inc. p&p, via our website here.

And finally… with many festivals forced to cancel due to the lack of a Government-backed Covid-insurance scheme (something which has never been a ‘deal-breaker’ for us), Wickham tickets are selling at a record rate. We expect to sell-out so if you’re hoping to attend but have yet to buy your tickets please don’t delay and risk missing out.  We look forward to seeing you for a great weekend of live music in early August.

Best wishes,
The Wickham Festival Team

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    Ireland's John McSherry, one of the finest Uilleann pipers in the world today, is newly confirmed for this year's Wickham Festival. John will appear on Sat. 3rd Aug. accompanied by Brendan Quinn & Francis McIlduff. johnmcsherry.com/#bio www.youtube.com/watch?v=5khv0CbyKH0 ... See MoreSee Less

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    Day & Weekend tickets now onsale via www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/tickets

    Can I ask, Should we have received our tickets yet? Thanks 🎶

    Oh yesss 👌👌👌👌👌👍

    My kind of music

    Oh WOW!

    A wonderful addition to the festival. Thank you

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    Were very sorry to hear that Steve Harley has died.  He appeared many times at Wickham, usually with his own band but also with Spike Edneys SAS Band.  He always gave a great show and was always a pleasure to work with.  Were so sad to hear of his passing and extend our deepest sympathies to his family.

    We're very sorry to hear that Steve Harley has died. He appeared many times at Wickham, usually with his own band but also with Spike Edney's SAS Band. He always gave a great show and was always a pleasure to work with. We're so sad to hear of his passing and extend our deepest sympathies to his family. ... See MoreSee Less

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    Here's a backstage interview which Steve gave to our Festival Press Officer Graham Hiley in 2018. It's a great interview. Do give it a listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJh3FjE2Vro

    Very sad to hear this. Loved seeing him at Wickham.

    Heartbreaking news; Steve’s music has been ( and will remain) very much a part of our lives. Our thoughts are with his family. RIP Steve, you will be missed ♥️

    We saw him at Wickham he was brilliant despite having to sit for the performance as he had leg or hip problems! Didn't affect the energy of his set! Sad loss!

    Always great to see - will be missed

    Very sad news. I’m glad we saw him a couple of times in recent years at Wickham. A great performer. Sadly missed

    So so sad about the passing away of Steve Harley. A fantastic performer, wonderful wordsmith, funny, endearing and talked to the audience like we were in his front room.. saw him several times, but very fond memories of his sets at Wickham. So glad I got to see him many times. Xxxxx ❤️ ❤️

    Noooo! He was so lovely. RIP you came up and made me smile.

    So sorry 😔 He stirred such emotion when I saw him at Wickham, a true and great artist ❤️

    Very sad - we loved seeing him at Wickham Music Festival :(

    So sad to hear this news. I saw him at Wickham in 2015, a great artist and performer. Deepest sympathies to his loved ones 💛

    We were there at his last Wickham gig and also a more recent intimate theatre gig nearer to home, just last year. Very different but loved both. A brilliant performer and a very nice guy. Will be sadly missed. 😢

    Heartbreaking news.

    Devastated! One of my all time favourites. RIP Steve.😪

    So sad, he was brilliant there a few years ago, one of the very best highlights of the festival 💔

    Still hear “make me smile” almost daily on the radio. Such a brilliant uplifting song and his voice was amazing. Sad sad loss to the music industry. RIP Steve

    Very sad loss Peter ..Great music

    It's truly heartbreaking. He was wonderful and will be greatly missed

    Oh how sad. My younger years sounds which I loved . 🙏💕

    Thanks for sharing.Very sad news.Yes very sad. Back in the 1990s he headlined several of our Heineken (freebie) Big Top festivals.Always great to work with backstage and a real crowd- pleaser.

    Sad news. Great forever songs to remember him by. Condolences to his family and friends.x

    Very sad 😢 loved seeing his shows - a joy! Cx

    Legend I hope he’s being a rebel in spirit and makes the spirits smile ❤️🥺

    Lucky enough to see him twice at Wickham (once with his band and once with the SAS Band). A sad day :(

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    Steve Harley was an audience favourite at Wickham Festival, and a delight to work with. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

    Steve Harley: Cockney Rebel singer dies at 73

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    The Saw Doctors would like to say a Big Thanks to everybody who has bought or streamed ‘All We Love’ today —the new single is Number 3 in Ireland and No. 23 in the UK. Here’s the link to buy or stream ‘All We Love’   
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    Wonderfully evocative and typically catchy song from our old friends @sawdoctors ready for #StPatricksDay
    Would love to hear them do this at #wickhamfesival one day. Great stuff!

    Our new line-up inc. Curtis Stigers with a few more artists inc. Jerry Douglas to add. We hope to unveil last confirmed artists inc. one more headliner soon. Day & Tier 4 Weekend tickets selling fast. Save £50 on every 4-day weekend ticket. Book now. http://www.wickhamfestival.co.uk

    We're delighted to announce that 16-times GRAMMY Award winner Jerry Douglas, one of the world's finest dobro & lap steel guitar players, will be at this year's Wickham Music Festival on Sat. 3rd Aug. Day & Weekend tickets selling fast!

    After announcing the great American singer Curtis Stigers for the Wickham Music Festival yesterday we'll be announcing another great American musician this evening (Tuesday). A clue. He's a 14-times Grammy Award winner. Any guesses?