Wickham Festival 2017 Line Up

On behalf of the whole team behind Wickham Festival 2017, we would like to thank and show our appreciation for all the artists that appeared over the weekend of Thursday 3rd to Sunday 6th August 2017.

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Videos from Wickham Festival 2017

After spending 30K getting the ground sorted from the rain deluge there was no way we could afford production costs for a 2017 promo.  But Jimi Reed stepped forward and posted this on YouTube.  Thank you Mr Reed, you and family are Wickham stars!  Do it again tomorrow people…

Our most complained about stage clash was Edward II with Show of Hands.  Those complaints certainly had a good point , judge for yourself…

Supporting the surrounding community and promoting local artists has always been a valued part of our festival.  Whilst most of us at 8 years old were struggling to learn the recorder… here is Erin Gracie (our youngest ever performer) doing Hampshire proud by opening The Quay West Studio Stage with an original composition, Another Singer, at Wickham Festival 2017…

For those who enjoyed the Q&A with Tom Walker a.k.a. Jonathan Pie at Wickham Festival 2017 or for those that missed it, here’s a video of the full show…

Wickham Festival 2017 Reviews

In 2017 we got off to a muddy start on Thursday with torrential rain the preceeding day.  This caused issues for early arrivals and we worked hard bringing in diggers to clear the mud, tractors to tow vehicles and we covered the site in straw.  Thankfully the site was quick to drain and the mud was consigned to history with lessons learnt.  For 2018 we already have plans in place to improve access to the camping fields which we’ll post before Wickham Festival 2018.

As ever we always aim to make improvements and try new things based on the feedback we receive.  We introduced a late night comedy tent for those that still had energy after the music. We brought back the big screens either side of our main stage and for the first time added a big projection screen outside our main big top so everyone had a great view of what was happening onstage. For our campers we introduced Yoga amongst other morning activities. To keep you relaxed we introduced a chill out area … OK for 2018 we’re looking to resolve kids taking over the hammocks!

We also worked closely with the local community so our weekend visitors could make a holiday of their weekend by visiting the picturesque rural setting of Wickham village.  With a half hourly shuttle bus between the festival site and village, visiting the picturesque Georgian Market Square (one of the largest in England) couldn’t have been easier.  With organised history walks and even the opportunity to get involved in campanology we made it easy to soak up some rural English culture away from the festival site.

As ever festival reviews focus on what’s happening on stage, so here are some articles we found.  Please let us know via our social channels if you know of other articles or wrote a blog post on Wickham Festival 2017 that you’d like us to share.

• Folk Radio (4th September 2017)
• Folking.com (20th August 2017)
• OriginalRock.net (9th August 2017)
• Eastleigh News (9th August 2017)

These were the stage times for artists performing at Wickham Festival 2017

	Artists appearing on the 'All Time Grates Stage'
Thursday 3th August	10cc	21.30 - 23.00
	KT Tunstall	20.00 - 21.00
	Andy Fairweather-Low	18.30 - 19.30
	Boo Hewerdine	17.00 - 18.00
	Alistair Russell	16.30 - 17.00
Friday 4th August	Show of Hands	21.45 - 23.00
	Seth Lakeman	20.00 - 21.15
	Fisherman’s Friends	18.30 - 19.30
	Kathryn Tickell & The Side	17.15 - 18.15
	The Spooky Men’s Chorale	16.00 - 17.00
	Wizz Jones	15.00 - 15.45
	Banter	14.00 - 14.45
	Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin	13.00 - 13.45
	Amy Goddard	12.00 - 12.45
Saturday 5th August	Levellers	21.30 - 23.00
	Oysterband	19.45 - 21.00
	The Men They Couldn’t Hang	18.15 - 19.15
	The Dhol Foundation	17.00 - 18.00
	The Selecter	15.30 - 16.30
	Steve Tilston & Jez Lowe	14.00 - 15.00
	Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston	13.00 - 13.45
	Alistair Goodwin Band	12.00 - 12.45
Sunday 6th August	The Peatbog Faeries	21.45 - 23.00
	Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band	20.00 - 21.15
	Lau	18.30 - 19.30
	Tankus The Henge	17.15 - 18.15
	Duncan Chisholm: The Gathering	16.00 - 17.00
	Imar	15.00 - 15.45
	Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party	14.00 - 14.45
	Brighde Chaimbeul	13.00 - 13.45
	Winters Hill	12.00 - 12.45

	The Hapi Festival Stage Our 2nd main stage is sponsored by The Hapi Festival coming to Walpole Park, Gosport this September.
Thursday 3th August	Talisk	22.00 - 23.00
	Mancunia	20.30 - 21.30
	Les Barker	19.00 - 20.00
	Burnt Ice	18.00 - 18.45
	Gibb Todd	17.00 - 17.45
Friday 4th August	Edward II	21.45 - 23.00
	Pronghorn	20.15 - 21.15
	Maia	19.15 - 20.00
	Mark Handley	18.15 - 19.00
	Bemis	17.15 - 18.00
	K-Passa	16.00 - 17.00
	three)(fold	15.00 - 15.45
	60th Parallel	14.00 - 14.45
	One 4 The Road	13.00 - 13.45
	Gibb Todd	12.00 - 12.45
Saturday 5th August	Chris Sherburn & Denny Bartley	22.00 - 23.00
	Jez Lowe	21.00 - 21.45
	Steve Tilston	20.00 - 20.45
	t.b.c.	19.00 - 19.45
	t.b.c.	18.00 - 18.45
	Blyth Power	17.00 - 17.45
	Gilmore & Roberts	16.00 - 16.45
	Naomi Bedford & Paul Simmonds	15.00 - 15.45
	Shanty Singers	14.00 - 14.45
	Shanty Singers	13.00 - 13.45
	Shanty Singers	12.00 - 12.45
Sunday 6th August	Goat Roper Rodeo Band	22.00 - 23.00
	Ferocious Dog	20.45 - 21.45
	John Otway	19.15 - 20.15
	3 Daft Monkeys	18.00 - 19.00
	Gaz Brookfield	17.00 - 17.45
	Folk Orc Workshops Concert	16.00 - 16.45
	Electric Swing Circus	15.00 - 15.45
	Ross Couper & Tom Oakes	14.00 - 14.45
	BeX	13.00 - 13.45
	Ray Cooper	12.00 - 12.45

	Artists appearing on Wednesday 2nd August at The Wickham Community Centre We’ve organised an extra free concert at The Wickham Centre on Wednesday evening.
	TradArr	21.45 - 23.00
	Les Barker	20.30 - 21.15
	Alistair Russell	20.00 - 20.30