Wilderness '11

The MAMA Group announced the launch of a new festival, Wilderness, to be held at Cornbury Park in Oxfordshire.

The 10,000 capacity festival will take place from Friday 12th until Sunday 14th August and whilst most details have not been announced the event will offer an inclusive and wide range of entertainments and activities that make the most of the unique natural setting.

Line-up

The acts confirmed are Antony And The Johnsons, Mercury Rev, Gogol Bordello, Laura Marling, Toots And The Maytals, Daniel Johnston, The Low Anthem, Dry The River, Guillemots, The Urban Voodoo Machine, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Hayseed Dixie, chefs Skye Gyngell and Sam and Sam Clark from Moro, The Old Vic Tunnels, Tax Deductible Theatre Company, Factory Theatre, Bristol Natural History Consortium, Headspace and Boutique Babysitting. The Secret Garden Party will be presiding over a late-night concept party on the Friday night, titled 'Where The Wild Things Are', they promise to transform an ancient forest clearing into a theatrical landscape of make-believe with the help of resident performers Tax Deductible, The Artful Badger and The Feast of Fools.

The Last Tuesday Society host their first ever headline show at a UK festival with a Midnight Masked Ball on Saturday night with multi-tented extravaganza of weird and wonderful entertainments including ballroom dancing, late night story-telling, puppet theatre, processional bands, séances and life drawing classes.

Tickets

Early bird adult weekend camping tickets are priced at £99.50. Early Bird family tickets (two adults, two children) are priced at £250, children aged 10 years and younger go free. To buy tickets click here.

Other entertainment

Wilderness will also offer The Old Vic Tunnels curating a full program of theatre & performance, including the Tax Deductible Theatre Company, Skye Gyngell the Michelin-starred chef will join London restaurant Moro, to curate banquets for 800 people every day, Intelligence Squared the forum for live debate, The Idler magazine, devoted to the ethos of 'idling', the Bristol Institute of Natural History who will lead nature walks and talks. Headspace the 'meditation project' will also be leading meditation workshops in the Well Being Area, and Boutique Babysitting will also be available.

More information will be here when available.