Strawberry Fields Festival '12

Now entering its 3rd year and expanded to three days, Strawberry Fields Festival is one on the fastest growing festivals in the UK. Hidden away in the East Midlands countryside at a place renowned locally for its strawberry picking this festival offers a multi staged line-up of international and local acts, and is held on Friday 10th to Sunday 12th August 2012 at Cattow Farm in Heather, Leicestershire.

Line-up

Latest additions Jaguar Skills, The Cuban Brothers, Stooshe, Kyla La Grange, The Carpels, I Am In Love, Young Blood, and Bear Cavalry.

The first acts announced were Labrinth, The Charlatans, Hadouken!, Young Knives, The Last Party, Modern Faces, The Draytones, Bibelots, Black Drummer, By The Rivers, The Dash, Missdavinalee, Yours Truly, Buster Shuffle, Kav, Marner Brown, Red N Pink, The Lysergic Suite, The Ghosts, Karova, The Mercanaries, Selective Service, Friction, Drumsound & Bassline Smith, Magikstar, Grooverider, Total Recall b2b Dialogue, Funtcase, Eptic, Dream, Badklaat, Torqux & Twist, Substantial Error, Slipmatt, Shades of Rhythm, Nicky Blackmarket, Danny Howard, Sonny Wharton, and more. For the line-up details as available please click here.

Red Bull Studios Live will be bringing a whole new stage and a surprise unannounced line up of DJ's on Saturday too.

There's equal importance on the dance scene with big production and Funktion1 sound coming as standard. There's still more local and national emerging talent to be announced on the many other stages. BBC Introducing acts and quality alternative artists can always be found playing stages such as the Strawberry Jam Stage, the Cocktail Lounge or even in the natural Stone Circle.

Tickets

Early Birds have now sold out. Adult tickets are priced at £80 and include admission to the whole weekend, 3 nights camping, and free parking. A Family ticket is priced at £180. A teen (and 11 to 16 years) weekend ticket with camping is priced at £60. A child (and 5 to 10 years) weekend ticket with camping is priced at £20. A campervan/caravan pitch ticket is priced at £20. Quiet camping is priced at £5 extra. There is also a deposit scheme available.

To buy tickets, click here.

Apart from the quality musical experience, Strawberry Fields Festival hosts a vintage clothes fair (Strawberry Glam), has a fun fair, onsite hair and make-up artists, a theatre production company, pole dancing lessons, a Festaxi service, Healing Zone, and festival glamping in luxury, furnished bell tents.

More information will be here when available.