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.
Continue reading “Last Chance to save £60 on every 2019 adult weekend season ticket”
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.
For those who enjoyed The SAS Band (Spike's All Stars) at our 2016 Wickham Festival, they're at G-Live in Guildford on Saturday 1st December following an extra show at The Brook in Southampton on Wed, 28th Nov, (Thur. 29th now sold-out).
Link for The Brook show: the-brook.com/event-details/8667145/sas-band-extra-night-/
Any chance of booking them for 2019, can’t make any of those dates 😢
An acoustic music venue with a fireplace at its centre, the kettle always simmering to make cups of tea, a piano, musicians, story tellers & more. The Magic Teapot will be at Wickham for the 1st time in 2019.
Here's a link to The Magic Teapot Facebook page: www.facebook.com/magicteapotvenue/
Had this at bearded theory this year in the campsite and it was a nightmare as bongos etc going all through the night, they have put a curfew on bongo's 10pm next year due to number of complaints.
That won't be needed if the temperature is anything like this year!!
Sounds good. Imagine it will be very busy
Beautiful singer Brodie MurrayMurray would be fab here video will follow x
Melanie Parker, I’m Genuinely excited by this news 😁
I’m liking the idea.
Can’t wait! Xxx
NICE 😀😀😀😀
Corniche Wah Plumridge your fave place 🤭
Adrian Dyer think this is what I told u about
Sarat Jones thought of you x
Great idea
Ben Millier Sean Carey
Pauline David
Another artist confirmed for the 2019 Wickham Festival. American blues legend Lil' Jimmy Reed, the last of the original Louisiana bluesmen, will be appearing with his band on Friday 2nd August 2019. liljimmyreed.com/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rso3WeEYkALil Jimmy Reed - Hoochie Coochie Man at the Edinburgh Blues Club, Voodoo Rooms , Sept 17th 2015
We're pleased to say that The Spooky Men's Chorale from Australia will be returning to our Wickham Festival in 2019. spookymen.com/about/
spookymen.com
FYI Judy Knight xx
Jess Oliver Stef Oliver get ya hats on 😂
Hurrah!!
Made my day!
They are just awesome
Excellent news 👍
Brilliant. Please do try to schedule them so they can do a workshop session, too - they're always great fun and I've got a bunch of Wickham Festival buddies who have yet to experience that!
Very excited....already
Corniche Wah Plumridge
Hakeber Samon-Thims!
Great new video from Winters Hill who've performed at past Wickham Festivals and provided the soundtrack to our official 2016 Wickham Festival video. www.facebook.com/wintershillband/videos/1707498869360323/
Winters Hill
For all Americana and Country fans 🌵
🔥🔥‘The War Lover’ Video! ❤️❤️
Please share 😀😀 Enjoy! 🌵
Stream on Spotify 👇🏼
open.spotify.com/track/3LBmERd90DXakeXLso7d1S?si=QzBA2QRLRRGwKUqhR_6xfA
Thanks to // The Wedgewood Rooms // BBC Music Introducing
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