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Festivals

Cropredy Festival:
August 11 - 13

Tinie Tempah

Hayseed Dixie

Sometimes pigeon-holed
as simply a folk festival,
Fairport Convention’s
Cropredy is as much as
general music festival as
any other, if not more so
with acts such as Madness
and Hayseed Dixie
reinforcing that statement
this year. Along with the
finest in folk and folk rock,
from Lindisfarne, Steeleye
Span, Ralph McTell and
Cara Dillon, the Cropredy
audience over the years
have seen the likes of

Alice Cooper, Robert
Plant, Status Quo and The
Buzzcocks. So this isn’t just
a bunch of people in straw
hats clutching banjos, this is
a serious contender on the
festival scene for all ages.
As well as the
aforementioned acts,
Fairport Convention
themselves will be
joined by the Bootleg
Beatles, Coco and The
Butterfields, Headspace
and Babylon Circus. www.
fairportconvention.com

The Big Feastival:
August 26 - 28
Becoming somewhat of a
legend in its own right, the
Big Feastival is a summer
festival running from Friday
August 26 to Sunday
August 28, combining topclass food with live music
from your favourite bands
on Alex James’ farm in
Kingham.
The Feastival focuses
on teaching essential food
skills to help people make

better choices in their
everyday diet with help
from Jamie Oliver himself.
This year the music is being
provided by Tinie Tempah,
Mark Ronson, Kaiser Chiefs,
Ella Henderson, Foxes, DJ
Fresh, Reef, The Proclaimers
and Duke amongst many
more. If you’d like to chow
down on some incredible
food and music, head to
www.thebigfeastival.com

Wilderness Festival:
August 4 - 7

The Jive Aces

The Flaming Lips

Newbury Retrofestival:
August 12 - 14
Comprising everything you
could call vintage, from
classic cars to music from
another era, Newbury’s
Retrofestival features all
the fun of the past with
daredevils, aerial displays
from historic aircraft and
a selection of retro musical
groups to keep you jiving
like you’re back in the last

millennium.
Music comes from The
Jive Aces, The Small Fakers,
Ready Steady Who, The
Happenings, Stompin’
Steve and Dawnie and The
Roasters plus many more.
Head to the Newbury
Showground from August
12 to August 14.
www.retrofestival.co.uk

Wilderness Festival returns
to Cornbury Park in
Oxfordshire on Thursday
August 4 to Sunday
August 7 for another
year of brilliance and
eclectic musical talent
including Robert Plant and
The Sensational Space
Shifters, The Flaming Lips
and Crystal Fighters.
The imitable cocktail
of Wilderness offers
sumptuous communal dining,
theatrical performances

from top-class companies,
thought provoking debate
and the tranquillity of the
Lakeside Spa. This years
programme continues in
the tradition of pushing
the boundaries of what
you thought was possible
at a festival, cementing
Wilderness’ reputation as
a pioneer amongst the slew
of modern day festival
style events.
For your tickets, visit:
www.wildernessfestival.com

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