Wickham Festival News

Stage times announced for The Quay West Cave and Acoustic Stages

For the first time there will be four stages at Wickham Festival this year.  We’ve just added stage times for our Quay West Cave, sponsored by Quay West Studios, and Acoustic Stages on our line up pageThere’s a huge variety of artists including Vincent Treacey who will be appearing on the Acoustic Stage on Saturday. He took a 10 year break from music and has only recently come back.

Another one to watch is Alice Milburn, a 16 year old from Southsea with a bluesy jazzy voice.  Last year she sang at the Albert Hall for an audience including David Cameron and The Queen.  She will be performing on the Acoustic Stage on Saturday.

Tom and Ash are back and their extraordinary duo of intricate, ‘obnoxiously talented’ classical guitar techniques has consistently impressed. They always deliver this up with the minimum of fuss in a bizarrely relaxed style whilst their guitar work is impeccable.  They will be appearing on the Acoustic Stage on Sunday.

We welcome Calvin Thomas to the Quay West Cave on Sunday.  He has a stunningly beautiful voice, and has been playing recently on tour in the West Country alongside festival favourite ‘Beans on Toast’.

He is one of three up and coming artists we have this year coming from Plymouth. The others are Jack Cookson and Alice Gullick.  Jack was nominated for this year’s Young Folk Awards and is touring Europe with Hattie Briggs.  Alice Gullick has worked with Calvin and Jack in the past on several tracks and also looks to be blossoming into a stunningly well-regarded voice on the youth folk scene. This embed is a collabortion of Calvin & Jack …

 

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Artists appearing in the 'Quay West Cave'

Thursday 4th AugustJust Millie22.00 - 23.00
Daughters of Davis21.00 - 21.45
iOLA20.15 - 20.45
TenderLore19.30 - 20.00
Rich Mayor18.45 - 19.15
Jack Francis18.00 - 18.30
Friday 5th AugustKodiak Jack22.00 - 23.00
Quartz21.00 - 21.45
New Tropics20.00 - 20.45
Foxer19.15 - 19.45
The Dead Freights18.30 - 19.00
Nomura17.45 - 18.15
Trouble County17.00 - 17.30
Bring the Revolution16.15 - 16.45
Captain Trips15.30 - 16.00
Dollface Honey14.45 - 15.15
Shoot the Duke14.00 - 14.30
Underground Pilots13.15 - 13.45
Aviv and the Eunuch Horn12.30 - 13.00
Saturday 6th AugustRichard Morris22.00 - 23.00
Native People21.00 - 21.45
Bel Esprit20.15 - 20.45
Sad Palace19.30 - 20.00
Cassava18.45 - 19.15
Fever18.00 - 18.30
Bea Munro17.15 - 17.45
Arcade Hearts16.30 - 17.00
Jack Grace15.45 - 16.15
The Bayonettes15.00 - 15.30
Holly Isobelle14.15 - 14.45
True Deceivers13.30 - 14.00
Joe Mongan12.45 - 13.15
Castafoire12.00 - 12.30
Sunday 7th AugustDan Eagle20.30 - 21.15
Winters Hill19.30 - 20.15
The Dead Reds18.45 - 19.15
Sigma Falls18.00 - 18.30
Destroy the Fleet17.15 - 17.45
Calvin Thomas16.30 - 17.00
Ross Murphy Band15.45 - 16.15
Andy Comley15.00 - 15.30
Splinter14.15 - 14.45
Marmalade Moonshine13.30 - 14.00
Turnaround12.45 - 13.15
Jets12.00 - 12.30

 

Artists appearing on the 'Acoustic Stage'

Thursday 4th AugustKenny Alexander20.40 - 21.20
Peach & The Newbeats19.50 - 20.30
Paper Trains19.00 - 19.40
The Vela Tides18.10 - 18.50
Friday 5th AugustThe Real Raj20.40 - 21.20
Amy Goddard19.50 - 20.30
Steve Lowis19.00 - 19.40
Ed Goodale18.10 - 18.50
Pipe and Tabor17.20 - 18.00
Aaron Pearce16.30 - 17.10
Jazz Wran and the Ruby Welts15.40 - 16.20
Owen Hackett14.50 - 15.30
Tony Arthur14.00 - 14.40
Nick Scanlon13.10 - 13.50
Gardner12.20 - 13:00
Saturday 6th AugustJim Chorley20.20 - 21.00
Michael Baker19.30 - 20.10
Alice Gullick18.40 - 19.20
Vincent Treacey17.50 - 18.30
Matt Blake17.00 - 17.40
One 4 the road16.10 - 16.50
Joe Rushforth15.20 - 16.00
Alice Milburn14.30 - 15.10
Electric Eden13.40 - 14.20
Richard Morris12.50 - 13.30
St Vincents College Band
1st years
12.00 - 12.40
Sunday 7th AugustSteve Picken20.20 - 21.00
Nick Tann19.30 - 20.10
Tom and Ash18.40 - 19.20
Pete Christie17.50 - 18.30
The Day and Night Collective17.00 - 17.40
Lucy Kitchen16.10 - 16.50
Devin Jade15.20 - 16.00
Andy Hawxwell14.30 - 15.10
Stokes Bay Strummers13.40 - 14.20
Shanty Singers11.30 - 13.15

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    Another well-deserved Award for Wickham village. What a lovely village Wickham is.Following the wonderful, amazing, astounding news that the very first year of entering South and South East in Bloom, Wickham were awarded GOLD,they are very pleased that their certificate is going to be put up on display in Warwick Lane in Wickham Square.

    You are all invited to join us on Wednesday 21 January at 10am when Cllr Craig Manuel, Chair of Wickham and Knowle Parish Council, will be unveiling the certificate and we will be talking about our plans for entering the village again in 2026.

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    Looks like 2026 will be a great year at the Wickham Festival with @sawdoctors @The_Proclaimers Ferocious Dog and Curtis Stigers already confirmed with more to follow. Check out our gallery of pics from last year to get in the mood https://www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/gallery/wickham-festival-2025/
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    We are delighted to announce that long-time Wickham favourites @sawdoctors will be headlining Saturday night (August 1). Tickets on sale now http://www.wickhamfestival.co.uk

    We will be announcing another major headliner at 9am on Friday. We have had many requests to bring back this great party band who have been popular here for decades. Any guesses?

    Widely recognised as one of the world's greatest guitarists, Australian Tommy Emmanuel will make his Wickham Festival debut on Sun. 2nd Aug. 2026.

    We're delighted to announce that the great American singer & saxophonist CURTIS STIGERS will be returning to Wickham in 2026 on Sun. 2nd Aug. Day & weekend tickets now onsale via http://www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/tickets

    We're delighted to announce that The Proclaimers will headline the Sunday night (2nd August) at the 2026 Wickham Festival. Day & Weekend tickets now onsale. http://www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/tickets