Wickham Festival News

The Saw Doctors to headline on Saturday 1st August 2026

It’s that time of year when we make the first updates to our main line-up page. In recent days we’ve announced our headliner for Saturday who will be top Irish band The Saw Doctors. We last welcomed them as part of their 2023 comeback tour after they had a five-year break.  

With our 2026 listing in place, as ever we’ve archived everything to do with our festival this past summer in our archive pages.  Please visit our 2025 archive page for everything to do with Wickham Festival 2025. What a festival of great music it was! In the coming weeks we’ll also publish our gallery from last year, so watch out for this.

For 2026 we’ve also added Tommy Emmanuel, who is widely recognised as one of the world’s greatest guitarists. Hailing from Australia, this will be Tommy’s Wickham Festival debut on Friday, 31st July 2026. The video below has had an incredible 28 million views on YouTube.

Another act we are delighted to welcome is Curtis Stigers. He proved himself as a firm favourite with many when he joined us in 2024. We had many people comment he was their “surprise” act that they viewed with curiosity and were bowled over by his incredible performance. 

We’ve many more acts to announce later this month and with prices going up at the start of January, now is a great time to secure your ticket or gift a loved one this Xmas with a weekend to remember.

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    Another well-deserve

    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.

    Please spread the word,the more the merrier 💐🌸
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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