We’re happy to say that you’re now able to purchase Wickham Festival 2021 T-shirts online in preparation for the summer.
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Half price tickets for NHS Staff
To show our gratitude to all NHS staff we’re offering them half price tickets. They’ve just gone on sale this morning on our tickets page. If purchasing these tickets please bring your NHS Photo ID with you to the Festival.
Wickham Festival 2021 To Go-Ahead As Planned!
The Government have announced their intention to allow large gatherings including music festivals to be staged without restrictions from June 21st onwards. This means our Wickham Festival in August can go-ahead as planned.
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Wickham Festival presents: An Evening with Breabach – Tuesday 16th February
The award-winning Scottish folk band Breabach, current holders of the Album of the Year award, will become the first band from Scotland to embark upon a virtual tour in 2021, covering some of their favourite venues and festivals in the UK – including Wickham. Supported by grant funding from Creative Scotland, they have teamed up with BAFTA winning animator Cat Bruce to create a unique performance for a virtual tour between 11th February and 6th March 2021. Each of the five band members has written brand new music, which has been set to a new animation – Dùsgadh – specifically created for the tour.
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2021 Wickham Festival Tickets Update
Hello and a Happy New Year! Let’s hope that with the roll-out of the vaccine, 2021 is a much better year than 2020. Certainly the prospects for our Festival being staged as normal next August look much, much better than they did a few weeks ago.
December 2020 Update
With the good news on vaccines it looks much more likely that festivals and other outdoor events will be able to take place as planned next summer. Our own plans are well-advanced. 53 of the 55 main stage artists booked for 2020 are now confirmed for 2021 and we’ve added Lindisfarne and Scottish fiddle ace Duncan Chisholm to our 2021 line-up which can be viewed here.
Thank you to all our supporters!
We should have been enjoying the first evening at Wickham Festival 2020 right now with Spike’s All-Stars about to take to the stage as our opening headliners. Just to rub it in we’re forecast a glorious weekend of sunshine over this weekend.
Wickham Festival to stage a special show
Wickham Festival organisers are to stage a one-off drive-in concert starring Show of Hands after being forced to postpone this year’s main event. Continue reading “Wickham Festival to stage a special show”
Please support our new Crowdfunder page
Thank you to the 100s of people who’ve contacted us since we were forced to postpone this year’s Wickham Festival to 2021. Your support and encouragement to keep going has been a huge source of comfort to us. Thank you to all who have pledged to rollover your tickets to next year. That is a tremendous help to us at this difficult time.
Wickham Festival organisers unhappy with lack of Government guidance
Wickham Festival organisers have hit out at the Government after being forced to postpone next month’s event. Continue reading “Wickham Festival organisers unhappy with lack of Government guidance”
Wickham Festival postponed to 2021
Dear Friends,
Firstly, we’d like to say a huge thank you for your patience and support while we’ve been navigating our way through this very difficult time – it really does mean so much to all our Wickham Festival Team.
Wickham Festival – COVID-19 UPDATE Monday 1st June, 2020
With the sun shining, lockdown easing, open-air markets & other venues opening, we thought you might like an update on this year’s Wickham Festival.
First & foremost, the health & safety of all our artists, audience, staff & suppliers along with our local Wickham community must come first. Our Festival can only go-ahead if it’s felt safe for it do so in 10 weeks time.
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Wickham Festival – COVID-19 UPDATE – Part 2
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Wickham Festival – COVID-19 UPDATE
Hello! The Prime Minister has announced the closure of all public entertainment venues for the foreseeable future. Assuming this ban is relaxed at some point before early August the Wickham Festival will be ON. Given our August dates are still 20 weeks away we hope the peak of the pandemic will be over by then and you will be able to leave your homes and enjoy yourselves again listening to the likes of Van Morrison, The Waterboys and many more.
Van Morrison confirmed for Wickham Festival
Van Morrison is to headline this year’s Wickham Festival. Continue reading “Van Morrison confirmed for Wickham Festival”
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We're looking forward to welcoming Van Morrison to Wickham on Saturday 7th August 2021. Tickets selling fast.
www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/tickets
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVk1BGbT3x4
Snooze.. but Slambovian Circus of Dreams !!!!! Wowser,, good call Pete XX !!!!!
I was sad to see that Van Morrison has written ‘protest’ songs accusing scientists of publishing ‘crooked facts’ etc. Protest songs used to be about equality, justice, racism etc, Not spreading false conspiracy stories because you’re fed up that some of your concerts had to be cancelled to prevent the spread of a dangerous virus in a pandemic. It would have been fine to have written his protests about governments failing to provide support for Music and The Arts and generally to help the poorest people to stay at home , and to self isolate when ill. But not publicising fake conspiracy stories about Covid-19 to justify his complaints against measures to protect the UK from a disease. Hopefully he will realise his error of judgement now that his 4 latest songs are on Variety list of 12 worst songs of 2020! downatthecrossroads.wordpress.com/2020/09/19/van-morrison-conspiracy-theories-and-protest-songs/amp/
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Looking forward to this, great festival and line up.
Great line up 😊
Great work Wickham - see you in the summer!
Literally cannot wait!
Great line up!
Not forgetting The Slambovian Circus of Dreams from New York State? (www.slambovia.com)
Steve Bissell I saw Lindisfarne in 1972. I guess you were about ten then!
I like Van Morrison! 😁
Sam Jefferies I wanna go to this if I'm not gigging myself. I've seen Van Morrison live very good. Also it's on around my birthday
Will you have the 2 metre distancing rule in place???
Gemma Noakes shall we get tickets?
John Otway blimey, last time I saw him I was 18.. (60 now)
Got tickets🥳
Wickham has a great line-up this year.
Love Van the Man. Saw him many years ago at the Rainbow Theatre in London. Fab ! It's a great line up too.
Something to look forward to😎
Wow! Van Morrison, The Waterboys AND Nick Lowe. Bring it on 😃😃😃
What are weekend season tickets?
Looks fabulous
and amazing The Slambovian Circus of Dreams !! good call Peter !!!
Can't wait.
Nick Lowe 😊👍
Rhonda Eaton Magdalena Olszyk why is everything in bloody August 😂😂😂
Steve Smith . Still looking likely! Or am I Utterly delusional?
Ann, have you ever been to this one?
Great to see outdoor beer gardens opening. Won't be long before we can raise a glass on our Wickham Festival fields again. Less than four months to go, tickets selling fast 😃 www.wickhamfestival.co.uk
Bought our rhubarb cider direct from Lilleys last year. Bloody lovely
I’ve arranged a heatwave
Jayne MW Michael Dickinson Lauren Burton We should do something like this 🤣🤣🤣
Fab fammily festival
Can’t wait 🍻
Salud 😎🍻🎶
Pam Smart what are we wearing?
Pauline Whiteman
Can't wait. So looking forward to it.
Looking forward to it 1😊
Four months today The Waterboys will be bringing this year's Wickham Festival to a rousing finish as they return to Wickham for the first time since 2013. Have you got your tickets yet? They're selling fast! www.wickhamfestival.co.uk www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zEvq5wLHNw
So looking forward to this 🤩 Received my Tshirt this weekend 😊
Don’t talk about the finish 😭
I wish I was a fisherman !
Can't wait 😊
Love this tune, great video as well !!!!! 💚💚💚💚💚
Can't wait!
Catherine Ellis 👍👍
Tara Casey , what do you think
We're looking forward to welcoming the legendary Van Morrison to this year's Wickham Festival. Plus The Waterboys; Lindisfarne; Capercaillie; Show of Hands; The South; Nick Lowe & many, many more. Tickets selling fast! www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/tickets
Finger crossed that everybody behaves themselves before then so that Wickham can go ahead. Can you tell me when T shirt orders will be shipped out please?
We r all looking forward to this gig thanks fir putting in such a great lineup
Got my ticket 🤞🤞🤞
Can't wait ❤️❤️
He should’ve had his second jab by then 🤭
Darran Hibbert
Marcia
