The Ocelot Oxford and Newbury 121 July 2016 edition | Page 26

Festivals Cornbury Festival: July 8 – 10 Cornbury Festival celebrates everything quintessentially British yet again this year, with an incredible musical lineup, glamping on offer and all the creature comforts you’d want from a weekend in the sun at the Great Tew Park from July 8 to 10. All Saints, Corinne Bailey Rae and Booker T join the Saturday bill topped by Bryan Ferry, along with purveyor of The Power of Love Gabrielle Aplin, alt-country star Lucinda Williams and dreamy songsters Turin Brakes. Sealing the bill are trio Red Sky July, (husband and wife Riverside Festival: July 23 – 24 Going from strength to strength and loved by all who attended last year, Riverside has become a major fixture in Oxfordshire’s music calendar with more than 30 acts playing across three stages. Despite the cost of putting on an event of this size, it is entirely free to enter and that is down to the astonishing community effort that goes into staging the festival. Acts featuring this year include The Dreaming Spires, Leader, Alphabet Backwards, Neverlnd, Dubwiser, Zurich, Les Clochards, Lowws, Might Redox, Calling Stanley and more. If you’ve not been involved in Charlbury’s Riverside Festival before, be part of it this year. Not only is it Corinne Bailey Rae duo Ally McErlaine [Texas] and Shelly Poole [Alisha’s Attic]), folky newcomers Cattle & Cane, and Lighthouse Family frontman Tunde who will revisit the band’s classic catalogue. After his triumph as surprise special guest last year, Seal returns with his own headline slot on Sunday. Joining Seal are Cornbury favourites The Shires, along with celebrated singer-songwriter James Morrison, guitar virtuoso Newton Faulkner and 60s rock combo The Zombies. www.cornburymusicfestival.com Dubwiser good fun, but it’s also a great way to meet like-minded people and enjoy the best summer party around. Before the Festival, the team of volunteers select acts, book stallholders, order supplies, organise publicity and arrange children’s activities. Then for the weekend itself volunteers are needed to assemble stages, set up sound systems and erect fencing, marquees and stalls; pull pints and pour Pimm’s; sell programmes and T-shirts, help with the recycling, run the kids section and generally keep the festival-goers happy. If you would like to help, even if it’s just for an hour or two, email [email protected] www.riversidefestival.charlbury.com 26 www.theocelot.co.uk Ocelot 121 Ox2.indd 26 20/06/2016 19:33