Wychwood Music Festival

Wychwood Music Festival 2012 promises live music from James, The Saw Doctors and Bellowhead, plus poetry, film, workshops and a host of family fun, over three jam-packed days at Cheltenham Racecourse.

Music festival and family fun thrill seekers lookout, Wychwood Festival is back for another year running, with three absolutely jam-packed days of live entertainment promised at Cheltenham Racecourse from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 June 2012.

Dubbed the UK’s leading festival for families, the summer highlight will be providing an ‘utterly delightful festival experience’ for all ages, featuring an eclectic mix of music from folk to world to pop.

Live music highlights include Bellowhead, The Damned, The Cuban Brothers, Fay Hield & the Hurricane Party and The Magic Tombolinos on the Friday; James, Hawkwind, Sharon Shannon, Dr & The Medics and JuJu on the Saturday; and The Saw Doctors, Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends, Dodgy, Duke Special and The Dhol Foundation on the Sunday.

Culture vultures can look forward to a fantastic selection of poets to entertain and inspire them at Wychwood, including Birmingham’s poet laureate Dreadlock Alien, ‘exhilarating Polish slam poet’ Bohdan Piasecki and ‘hypnotic American beat poet’ Jeremy Toombs.

There will be family theatre including The Bopps songs from Nick Jr, The Sea Show by Squashbox Theatre and the Captain Barnacle Puppet Show from Mrs Brown’s Pig.

A dance workshop venue will play host to Pilates, yoga, flamenco, tap, Bollywood and more; an adult workshop venue will include sessions on poster design, making pinhole camera and enamelling; a children’s workshop venue will be the setting for poetry, performance, drama, theatre and music; while the art and craft venue is giving children the chance to get creative with mask, bird, costume, hat and flag making sessions.

Plus, there will be comedy from some of the UK’s top acts on the circuit, a film tent showcasing new and exciting filmmakers, kids literature author events, a headphone disco, healing gardens and sculpture gardens.

No music festival would be complete without the chance to camp, and Wychwood is no exception – offering a plenty of pitches, regularly serviced toilets, showers, water points, a cafe and on-site shop for last minute essentials.

A true UK, let alone Gloucestershire, highlight, don’t delay in getting tickets for the whole family to enjoy Wychwood Festival 2012.

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