We hope 2025 has got off to a great start for you all. Over the last week we’ve added more artists to our line up and also compiled our day pages. First off legendary Geordie folk-rockers Lindisfarne will headline our Thursday night. So far they are the only confirmed booking for Thursday but we’ve many more in the pipeline. With a repertoire of unforgettable songs and a reputation for live performance second to none, there’s no doubt we’ll be on our feet and singing along on our opening night.

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It’s that time of year again to try and spot yourself in our new gallery. Click here to visit the Wickham Festival 2024 Gallery.  This year we’ve added over 200 images. Do any feature you or people you know?

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With Xmas and the New Year fast approaching it’s that time of year we like to update our line up pages with the bookings we have confirmed so far for next year’s festival. With Weekend Earlybird prices rising on January 1st 2025 we are keen to make many more announcements throughout December.

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We’ll update this news post from top (older) to bottom (newer) to tell you our site build story for 2024 on our brand new 28 acres of flat and well-drained grassland. Don’t forget to follow our Facebook page to get the very latest news and more photos. It really is an exciting task having a new site to construct what we think will be a huge improvement to previous years. The weather is looking perfect too, plenty of sun but no heatwave … the ideal weather for a festival.

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We’ve just added stage times for our Quay West, Acoustic, and Twisted Tearooms Stages to our line up page.  These smaller stages are the place to see the very best local artists and the wealth of talented musicians we have right here on our doorstep. Wickham Festival has always been about supporting local artists and promoting our part of the world. 

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Our new Festival fields are looking amazing in this week’s sunshine. If you’re heading to Wickham you’ll love our new site. And if you were put off returning by last year’s rain & mud then do please give us another try… you really will love our new site.

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It’s only 10 days to go until this year’s Wickham Festival!  We are pleased to say that all performance times on both our main stages have now been added to our website over the weekend and can be viewed in our line up section.

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We’re delighted to say that our late night comedy is returning to Wickham Festival this summer from Thursday through to Saturday. The comedy will start after music on the main stages finishes at 23.00. There’s also late-night storytelling and other entertainment until the arena closes at 01.00.

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Great news! In the last few days, the Premises Licence for our wonderful new Festival site has been approved by Winchester City Council. We now have 28 acres of flat and well-drained grassland for our arena with much better pedestrian and vehicle access than ever before. No more long walks from campsites to arena. No more slippery slopes to negotiate. And hopefully no more mud! Our new arena field is so much better in every way. These photos taken last week show how lovely our new arena field is.

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It’s been a busy and productive fortnight at Wickham HQ with 10 new bookings confirmed since we announced the legendary Suzi Quatro will be headlining our Friday night. She will be joined on Friday 2nd August by Ranagri, The Spooky Men’s Chorale, Sarah Smout, and The Longest Johns. This will be a Wickham debut for the award-winning English/Irish folk band Ranagri.

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