Acoustic Festival of Britain 2009

Three stages of unplugged and acoustic music covering live folk guitar music, country music, bluegrass, with a few legends, and some tribute acts, held over the May Bank Holiday weekend.

The Acoustic Festival of Britain happens from Friday 22nd to Monday 25th May at Catton Hall, Walton-on-Trent, South Derbyshire in 2009.

The list of acts confirmed includes headliners Supertramp singer Roger Hodgson, and deacon Blue, with The Christians, Imelda May, The Animals, Baka Beyond, Chris Difford, The Blow Monkeys, Miles Hunt, Albert Lee, Martyn Joseph, Aziz Ibrahim, Mungo Jerry, and a special Woodstock event which will pay tribute to Joni Mitchell and Crosby Stills Nash & Young. For the line-up details, day and stage splits as available please click here. More acts will be confirmed over the coming months including one of the headline acts, and acts for the Comedy Club Stage.

Early bird tickets are on sale until the end of April priced at £80 for an adult early bird weekend and £30 for children. Limited day tickets priced at £20 are available. Campers in vans, caravans and trailer tents must pre book a special pitch, priced at £30 (These tickets are only available to people who have weekend ticket with camping).

To buy tickets, click here.

All children (5-16yrs) must be accompanied by an adult.

The festival offers four Stages set in 92 acres of parkland. For further convenience the site has been re-arranged from last year. The events site and parking site have been swapped to enable festival goers to drive directly onto the campsite and park right next to your tent. The events site will be nearer the The Stately House itself and surrounded by trees. The events site will also be more compact and cosy with craft stalls and food easier to access. The festival will also have 2 extra domes to include a cinema and a children's tent to feature workshops.

The festival also has stalls, craft displays, juggling schools, workshops, soccer skills, cinema, food hall, breakfast café on camp site, comedy hour, a buskers stage, a real ale tent, fair trade, children's area, camping, a tipi circle, and more. Access is permitted to the Festival arena from 12.00 pm Friday until 11pm Monday.

There will be more information here when available.

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