Our 2019 Wickham Festival dates are Thursday 1st to Sunday 4th August 2019. If you’ve yet to book your ‘earlybird’ weekend season tickets for next year you can still save a whopping £60 on every adult ticket if you book by Friday 31st August via our tickets page. We’ve already sold a record number of ‘earlybird’ tickets for 2019 so please hurry if you’ve yet to book. Prices rise on 1st September.
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The Wickham Festival is here to stay! The best event yet has been crowned by the announcement of a two-year deal to stay on the same site. Continue reading “Wickham Festival goes from strength to strength”
The Wickham Festival has been immortalised in song!
Phil “Swill” Odgers from the Men They Couldn’t Hang loves the event so much that he has penned a special tribute. Continue reading “Listen to the Wickham Song from Phil Odgers”
Smiling makes the day go quicker, according to manic rockers Tankus the Henge.
That would explain why the Wickham Festival has flown by! Continue reading “Day 4 – review”
There was a real throwback to the Eighties as a trio of top bands made it party night at the Wickham Festival. Continue reading “Day 3 -review”
What a difference a year makes as Boo Hewerdine finally got his moment in the spotlight. Continue reading “Day 2 – review”
One way to take a break from the sun in the day or relax later in the evening is to visit the cinema. Here’s what’s on for the rest of the weekend.
Here comes the Sun! Headliner Steve Harley could not have picked a better opening song as he closed the opening night of the 2018 Wickham Festival. Continue reading “Day 1 – review”
If travelling to the Wickham Festival this weekend please note campsites are open from 12 noon to 9pm Wednesday and then from 10am onwards on Thursday.
The excitement is really starting to build at our festival site and morale couldn’t be more positive for this weekend. Wickham Festival kicks off at 4:30pm this Thursday and according to the BBC web site it’s going to be a weekend of sunshine just as we welcome Alistair Russell to kick things off.
Continue reading “The Wickham Festival 2018 site build story in pictures”
It’s just a week to the start of this year’s Wickham Festival and today we’ve been onsite all day on the hottest day of the year so far. It’s been blazing sunshine as we commence our 2018 site build. Phew … it’s been a scorcher!
Continue reading “It’s just one week until the music starts at Wickham Festival 2018!”
We’ve just uploaded all our stage times here on Clashfinder to help plan your visit. This is a printable timetable where you can see what is happening on all stages at the same time. You can highlight acts you’re interested in seeing and much more. Instructions are provided here. As many of you know you’ll always leave Wickham Festival having discovered new artists, often from the local area. We’ve even added stage times for The Twisted Tearooms so you really have everything all in one place 🙂
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We’ve just added a site map page illustrating the new layout for Wickham Festival 2018. Please note we have TWO main stages this year. Main Stage 1 has been re-named The Valley Stage as it’s closest to the Meon Valley. Our new enlarged Main Stage 2 has been named The Village Stage as it’s closer to Wickham village.
With only 3 weeks until the music starts we’ve just updated our line up section with stage times for our two main stages. We’ve also added a new profiles pages for Hattie Hatstar and Nick Tann.
We’ve just updated our comedy page with all the information for our 2018 line up. The comedy starts after the music, so this is a great way to end your evening. This year it is being extended for the full 4 days and each night comedy will start at 23.30.
"A folky gem of a festival and a joy to discover". Another wonderful review of this year's Wickham Festival: www.festivalkidz.com/reviews/wickham-festival-2018-review/
Wickham Festival 2018 Review - Festival Kidz
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If Wickham Festival taught us one thing, it's that just because a festival is not on Festival Kidz' radar certainly doesn't mean it shouldn't be.
Brilliant review. Captures all the reasons I have been coming with my kids for the last 7 years! They are now 16 and 14, and have enjoyed roaming free all weekend since the first time. It is a fantastic festival, great music, everyone is SO friendly, and there has been no trouble at all in the years we have been going. A family safe weekend that all will enjoy! 👍😀
Thanks for having us. We had a blast :)
Such a good review. It’s a festival for all ages and lots of things for children to do. From the pizza-eating green fairy. 🧚♀️
What a fabulous review !!
Another great review of the 2018 Wickham Festival. Thank you Johnny Whalley and Folk Radio UK www.folkradio.co.uk/2018/09/wickham-festival-2018-part-2-live-review/
Wickham Festival 2018 (Part 2 Live Review) | Folk Radio
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Johnny continues his highlights of this year's Wickham Festival including Vishtèn, Ímar, Talisk, The East Pointers, Gordie MacKeeman, The Dhol Foundation, Hò-Rò, Flook, Bella Gaffney and Polly Bol...Did anyone see / hear 'Band of Love - Folk Fever' at the BBC Radio 2 Festival in Hyde Park today (Sunday)? If so, what did you think of their folk interpretations of disco classics? www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqHmTXN4i7s&index=8&list=PLCnSpLtzhvOYXx94IcOw2aIsZNPGr5JNz&t=0sProvided to YouTube by Universal Music Group I'll Put You Together Again · The Band Of Love Folk Fever ℗ An Island Records Release; ℗ 2017 Mighty Village Rec...
Very good music from them
It's a great idea and enjoyed their performance however.....on the album they have a bloke singing Gloria Gaynor's feminist anthem 'I Will Survive'!. Big disco boob or what!. Won't be downloading that particular track. Thumbs up for Gimme The Night & Night Fever though which I think are the best tracks on it.
Yes got the album -they would be amazing at Wickham - you should book them!
Can you book them for next year?
Loving the album 😀😀
Thought they were excellent and interested a wide age group in the audience.
Love it!
Would love to see the band of love headline next year
Thursday night party tent, but move Dhol to a bigger tent and a Fri or Sat. That'll work!
Love it! Next year?
they where awesome definite for Wickham next year please Peter
Didn't like them. Neither folk or disco.
It was a great set
Pleased to hear the Taste of Wickham Festival last Sunday was a huge success. Wickham is such a lovely village with a great range of shops, restaurants, cafes, pubs, tearooms, bistros etc. Well worth a visit all-year-round! www.facebook.com/tasteofwickham/
"A truly memorable festival". Lovely review of this year's Wickham Festival on 'Folk Radio UK'. Thank you Johnny Whalley www.folkradio.co.uk/2018/08/wickham-festival-2018-part-1-live-review/
Wickham Festival 2018 (Part 1 - Live Review) | Folk Radio
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Johnny shares his highlights from this year's Wickham Festival in a two-part live review which delivered perfect weather and music to match. In part one he covers Martyn Joseph, Findlay Napier, Reg Me...
Sarah Bradbury nice review of Boo Hewerdine and his band here... 😊
Thanks. Chris, Chris, Mark & Boo, you might like this too!
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