Wickham Festival News

More artists added to our 2023 line up

Since we announced our day line ups last week we’ve added some new artists across the weekend.

On the Friday Ashley Hutchings & Becky Mills will be performing.  Ashley is a bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, band leader, writer and record producer.  He was a founding member of Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Albion Band. ​​Becky collaborated with Ashley on a UK-wide tour of Ash’s “Shakespeare to Sonnets” show plus the premiere of “Fairport Beginnings” concept at Cropredy Festival in 2017. She then played an important role in Ashley’s 2018 double-CD release “Paradise and Thorns”, contributing a specially commissioned song “The Swift”.

On the Saturday we’ll be welcoming back Edward II who last performed at Wickham in 2021. This is a band that has incredible on-stage talent and energy that has to be enjoyed live. If you’ve got energy to burn and brought your dancing shoes … who doesn’t love some reggae beats with a twist.

Wickham Festival favourites, Edward II, will get us dancing on Saturday 4th August 2023 with their blend of Caribbean rhythms & traditional English dance tunes.

On Sunday we’ll be welcoming back Merry Hell and it’s a Wickham debut for 60s legends The Zombies!  Merry Hell are a band founded on the ever evolving Folk tradition – music made by the people and shared by the people.  The Zombies were a part of the historic 1960s British Invasion of the USA and were the second UK band following the Beatles to score a #1 hit in America.

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    Applications are open to perform on our Local Artists Stage at #WickhamFestival this summer! If you're based within 30 miles of Wickham please apply to John via this email address: govinda304@hotmail.com

    Quick reminder that ticket prices will have to rise after Easter.

    You can still save £40 on every 4-day adult weekend ticket (£20 on every under-16 ticket) if you book NOW, before midnight on Easter Monday (21st April). Tickets can be booked online via

    Some great additions to our line-up with @BootlegBeatles @judietzuke @sohsteve @TheAlabama3 @stevewickham and many more.
    Have you got your tickets yet?
    If not, you can still save £40 on every adult weekend season ticket (£20 on every under-16 ticket) if you book now but hurry!

    We are delighted to announce ever-popular music legend @RthompsonMusic will be appearing on Saturday August 2. Tickets available at http://www.wickhamfestival.co.uk

    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'