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Meet Frank Turner at WH Smith Winchester

Saturday headliner Frank Turner will be signing copies of his new book at WH Smith in Winchester on Friday March 22 at 12.30pm.

The Wessex Boy will be meeting fans and autographing his second book “Try This At Home.”

Around 300 people are already expected for what is proving a hugely popular session. Click here to reserve tickets.

Tickets cost £5 but that is redeemable against the price of the book.

It is a great chance to meet the singer-songwriter and to get in the mood for what is sure to be a fantastic show on August 3.

There has been a huge buzz since we announced Frank Turner will be headlining the Saturday night at this year’s festival.

Ticket sales have soared with people eager to see what will effectively be a home-town gig for the popular artist.

Turner, who grew up in Winchester, is now one of the biggest names on the rock circuit having played at the Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics as well as selling out some of the biggest arenas in the country.

Frank Turner

One of the hardest-working artists around with more than 2,300 gigs to his name, he has just concluded a sell-out nationwide tour including the 6,000-capacity Bournemouth International Centre.

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    Well be announcing another top-class artist tomorrow (Thursday) for our 2025 Wickham Festival (31 July to 3 August 2025).  A household name, a UK singer whos had 6 x Top 10 albums and 10 x Top 10 singles plus 2 American No. 1s.  Any guesses?

    We'll be announcing another top-class artist tomorrow (Thursday) for our 2025 Wickham Festival (31 July to 3 August 2025). A household name, a UK singer who's had 6 x Top 10 albums and 10 x Top 10 singles plus 2 American No. 1's. Any guesses? ... See MoreSee Less

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    Will you be rearranging the position of the main stages to guard against sound contamination of other stage’s next year.

    Would love to bring The RPJ Band one year 😜🤘

    Google says Elton John.

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    Another confirmation!  The excellent Reg Meuross and his quartet feat. Phil Beer, Marion Fleetwood & Geraint Watkins will be bringing their Fire & Dust / Woody Guthrie story to Wickham on Sunday 3rd August 2025.  Cheap-rate earlybird day & weekend tickets still available (if you hurry!) via www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/tickets

    Another confirmation! The excellent Reg Meuross and his quartet feat. Phil Beer, Marion Fleetwood & Geraint Watkins will be bringing their 'Fire & Dust' / Woody Guthrie story to Wickham on Sunday 3rd August 2025. Cheap-rate 'earlybird' day & weekend tickets still available (if you hurry!) via www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/tickets ... See MoreSee Less

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    Soo looking forward to coming back to Wickham Music Festival with this exciting new project!

    Wow, that's an awesome quartet with some awesome material!!!!!!

    Is there any chance of getting Seth Lakeman back again?

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    Another confirmation! The excellent @regmeuross and his quartet feat. Phil Beer, Marion Fleetwood & Geraint Hughes will be bringing their 'Fire & Dust' / Woody Guthrie tribute to #WickhamFestival on Sunday 3rd August 2025.

    The wonderful @katerusby, Mercury Prize Winner & 6-times BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winner, is our latest confirmed artist for #WickhamFestival 2025. Kate will be appearing on Sunday 3rd August. Earlybird day & weekend tickets are now onsale via

    Another artist confirmation. We're delighted to say that the multi-award-winning Scottish band @TaliskMusic will be appearing at #WickhamFestival next summer on Friday 1st August 2025. Day & Weekend tickets now onsale via

    We're delighted to announce our first confirmed artists for the 2025 #WickhamFestival. @Fishy_Friends will be at Wickham on Friday 1st August 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNCcSJiZR1I...

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    We've fewer than 100 'earlybird' weekend season tickets still available for Wickham 2025. At just £40 a day (£160 for the weekend) with no added booking fees, they're the Festival bargain of the summer so don't delay. Prices have to rise next weekend.