Wickham Festival '12

The family-friendly Wickham Festival (formerly known as the Eastleigh Festival) offers live music and entertainment for all ages with camping in a relaxed folk festival setting, and will be held in the Hampshire village of Wickham just east of Eastleigh and just north of Fareham.
This four-day event happens from Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th August 2012. There will be three music stages in 2012 plus an open stage and other attractions including street theatre, a solar-powered cinema tent, circus tent, digital funfair, storytelling tent, crafts fayre and Real Ale Festival.

Line-up

The latest acts confirmed are The Wurzels, Steve Tilston, Karine Polwart, Rory McLeod, The Outcast Band, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Les Barker, The Fake Thackrays, Kitty the Lion, Lady Maisery, Chris Sherburn & Denny Bartley, The Long Notes, Ducie, Tinderbox, and Jack McNeill and Charlie Heys. .

Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra (with Ruby Turner plus special guests to be confirmed), Levellers, KT Tunstall, The Proclaimers, Bellowhead, Oysterband, Show of Hands, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Dervish, Jim Causley, The John Otway Big Band, Heidi Talbot with John McCusker & Boo Hewerdine, Shamus O'Blivion and the Megadeath Morrismen, Edward II, Home Service, Beshazzar's Feast, Jackie Oates, Session A9, Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker & John Doyle, Rua Macmillan Trio, Manran, Merry Hell, Red Hot Chilli Pipers, The Jason Wilson Band featuring Dick Gaughan & Dave Swarbrick, Calan, Babelfish, Jack McNeill, and Charlie Heys, plus many more. For the line-up details, and day splits, as available please click here.

Plus the festival has now merged with the Wickham Easter Festival due to take place in April (for more details click here) and had a line-up including Steve Tilston, Karine Polwart, Maddy Prior Trio, The Acoustic Gathering, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Charlie Mckerron Trio, Chris Sherburn & Denny Bartley, Rory Mcleod, Les Barker, Andy Dinan & Friends, Karen Tweed, Huw Williams & Maartin Allcock, Maggie Boyle & Paul Downes, The Long Notes, Fake Thackray, Lady Maisery, The Askew Sisters, Rachel Hair, Black Peak, Tinderbox, Hampshire Songs Session, and more. Most of the artists who were scheduled to appear at Easter will now appear at the main event in August.

Tickets

A 4-Day early bird adult season ticket is priced at £120, with under-16s being half-price and under-10s free. Camping tickets are priced at £20 per tent or caravan for the whole weekend. Day tickets will be available at a later date.

To buy tickets, click here.

On site

Other attractions for festival goers include The Groovy Movie Solar-Powered Cinema, storytelling, theatre, children's entertainers, unsigned bands stage, Punch & Judy, dance displays, healing area, campsite 'Posh Wash' showers, craft fayre, exotic foods fayre, and real ale bars.

Getting there

Wickham is easily reached by road, rail, coach, bus and air. If coming by road, Wickham is just two miles north of the M27 (junction 10) near Fareham and is less than 10 miles from both the M3 and A3. Alternatively, for a scenic route, take the A32 from Alton and head south through the beautiful Meon valley.

There will be more information here when it becomes available.