Wickham Festival 2023 Line Up
On behalf of the whole team behind Wickham Festival 2023, 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 2023.
View Wickham Festival 2023
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Listen to Wickham Festival 2023 Interviews
Videos from Wickham Festival 2023
We’ve added several videos we found on YouTube to our video page. Thank you to everyone for posting your videos! This year we also produced a video of our own. Thank you to Tim Bearder for his hard work.
Wickham Festival 2023 Reviews
We again had some great reviews for 2023. Please let us know via our social channels if you know of other articles or wrote a blog post that you’d like us to share.
- In Common – Review Round-up: Wickham Festival, 3 – 6 August 2023 (07/08/2023)
- Hampshire Chronicle – Review Wickham Festival 2023: ‘It’s muddy and wet, but also great!’ (06/08/2023)
- Daily Echo – Fisherman’s Friends and Barbara Dickson wow crowds at Wickham Festival (06/08/2023)
- The Portsmouth News – Wickham Festival 2023: Martyn Joseph, Track Dogs, Show of Hands: “A great start”
- (04/08/2023)
Comedy at Wickham Festival 2023
Again we were treated to some hilarious late night comedy to wind down after the music. We would like to thank Mike Cox, Paul McCaffrey, Joe Wells, Dan Evans, Karen Bayley, Paul Cox, Raymond and Mr Timpkins.
These were the stage times for artists performing at Wickham Festival 2023.
Artists appearing on Main Stage 1 | ||
| Thursday 3rd August | Show of Hands | 21.30 - 23.00 |
| Track Dogs | 20.00 - 21.00 | |
| Martyn Joseph | 18.45 - 19.45 | |
| Alistair Russell | 18.00 - 18.30 | |
| Friday 4th August | The Saw Doctors | 21.30 - 23.00 |
| Mary Black | 19.45 - 21.00 | |
| Frankie Gavin & De Dannan | 18.15 - 19.15 | |
| Mary Coughlan | 16.45 - 17.45 | |
| Brighde Chaimbeul | 15.30 - 16.30 | |
| Ashley Hutchings & Becky Mills | 14.15 - 15.15 | |
| The Dog Show Sessions | 13.00 - 14.00 | |
| Fake Thackray | 12.00 - 12.45 | |
| Saturday 5th August | Eric Bibb | 21.30 - 23.00 |
| Fisherman’s Friends | 19.45 - 21.00 | |
| Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening | 18.00 - 19.15 | |
| Lady Maisery | 16.30 - 17.30 | |
| Barbara Dickson | 15.00 - 16.15 | |
| Alan Burke | 14.00 - 14.45 | |
| Edwina Hayes | 13.00 - 13.45 | |
| St Vincent College | 12.00 - 12.45 | |
| Sunday 6th August | Midge Ure | 21.30 - 23.00 |
| Toyah & Robert Fripp | 19.45 - 21.00 | |
| The Zombies | 18.00 - 19.15 | |
| The South | 16.30 - 17.30 | |
| Jim Cregan ‘Cregan & Co’ | 15.00 - 16.00 | |
| Daisy Chute | 14.00 - 14.45 | |
| Chris Walker’s Pedigree Jazz Band | 13.00 - 13.45 | |
| The Tuneless Choir | 12.00 - 12.45 | |
Artists appearing on Main Stage 2 | ||
| Thursday 3rd August | 21st Century ABBA | 20.30 - 22.00 |
| Fleetwood Collective | 19.30 - 20.10 | |
| Friday 4th August | Eliza Carthy & The Restitution | 21.45 - 23.00 |
| The Olllam | 20.15 - 21.15 | |
| Ian Prowse & Amsterdam | 18.45 - 19.45 | |
| Steve Wickham & Ray Coen | 17.15 - 18.15 | |
| Tim Edey & Meabh Begley | 15.45 - 16.45 | |
| Rory McLeod | 14.30 - 15.15 | |
| Tim Edey & Ross Ainslie | 13.15 - 14.15 | |
| Jonny Moody | 12.15 - 13.00 | |
| Saturday 5th August | The Dhol Foundation (DJ Set) | 21.30 - 23.00 |
| The Deborah Bonham Band | 20.00 - 21.00 | |
| The Trouble Notes | 18.30 - 19.30 | |
| Edward II | 16.45 - 18.00 | |
| Swill Odgers | 15.15 - 16.15 | |
| Joshua Burnell Band | 14.15 - 15.00 | |
| NoGood Boyo | 13.15 - 14.00 | |
| The Marching SKAletons | 12.15 - 13.00 | |
| Sunday 6th August | Afro Celt Sound System | 21.30 - 23.00 |
| Skerryvore | 19.45 - 21.00 | |
| Peat & Diesel | 18.15 - 19.15 | |
| Electric Swing Circus | 16.45 - 17.45 | |
| Merry Hell | 15.15 - 16.15 | |
| The Ross Couper Band | 14.15 - 15.00 | |
| Virginia Kettle | 13.15 - 14.00 | |
| Swan Samba | 12.15 - 13.00 | |
 | Artists appearing on The Cave Stage | |
| Thursday 3rd August | Ben Dlugokecki | 19:30 - 20:15 |
| Laurence Henderson Band | 18:30 - 19:15 | |
| Milly Thimaras | 17:30 - 18:15 | |
| Friday 4th August | Bob Rats | 19:30 - 20:15 |
| Amba Tremain | 18:30 - 19:45 | |
| Outlaw Orchestra | 17:30 - 18:15 | |
| The Spoils | 16:30 - 17:15 | |
| Rob Clamp Band | 15:30 - 16:15 | |
| Vagabonds | 14:30 - 15:15 | |
| Saturday 5th August | Love Is Enough | 19:30 - 20:15 |
| Beyond The Sons | 18:30 - 19:15 | |
| Calum Lintot Band | 17:30 - 18:15 | |
| Harvey Jay Dodgson | 16:30 - 17:15 | |
| Michael Baker | 15:30 - 16:15 | |
| Emilia Tarrant | 14:30 - 15:15 | |
| Jeanie White | 13:30 - 13:15 | |
| Sunday 6th August | Electric Eden | 18:30 - 19:15 |
| Daniel Eagle Band | 17:30 - 18:15 | |
| Jonny Moody | 16:30 - 17:15 | |
| Nick Tann Band | 15:30 - 16:15 | |
| Groove Surgeons | 14:30 - 15:15 | |
| Artists appearing on The Acoustic Stage | |
| Thursday 3rd August | Interesting Wallpaper | 20:00 - 20:45 |
| Fragile Lucy | 19:00 - 19:45 | |
| The Real Raj | 18:00 - 18:45 | |
| Juliet Howland | 17:00 - 17:45 | |
| Friday 4th August | Luke Garnes | 20:00 - 20:45 |
| Raygo Bloom | 19:00 - 19:45 | |
| Dan O'Farrel & The Difference Engine | 18:00 - 18:45 | |
| Olly Hite | 17:00 - 17:45 | |
| Fugitive Orchestra | 16:00 - 16:45 | |
| Lost Post | 15:00 - 15:45 | |
| Hedgehogs | 14:00 - 14:45 | |
| Saturday 5th August | Devils Damned String Band | 19:00 - 19:45 |
| Jack & Bas | 18:00 - 18:45 | |
| Steve Lowis | 17:00 - 17:45 | |
| Twisted Fiddle | 16:00 - 16:45 | |
| Amy Jade | 15:00 - 15:45 | |
| Pegasuses | 14:00 - 14:45 | |
| Sunday 6th August | Giles Stelfox | 18:00 - 18:45 |
| March | 17:00 - 17:45 | |
| Rooster Tooth | 16:00 - 16:45 | |
| Jim Chorley | 15:00 - 15:45 | |
| Carley Varley | 14:00 - 14:45 | |
| Jot Sloppy | 13:00 - 13:45 | |
