Celtic Blue Rock Festival 2009

With musical entertainment on five stages plus a Teen Tent showcasing young bands, and lots of festival peripherals throughout the day, this festival aims to be a community family event with a wide variety of bands.

There's a Main Stage, an Acoustic Stage, Dance Tent, and a Student Stage offering loads of performances from a wide variety of both local and national artists. This year's headliners have not yet been announced but plenty of local performers are expected to be playing.

The line-up includes Judas Johnson, Ockhams Raiser, Winter Knights, OneRandomSunday, Rathole, Whimwise, Broken City Skyline, Futs Lung, Tranquill Fury, Strange Folk, The Mams, Livin In a Valvestate, The Mighty Fuod, Adrift, Sky full of Liars, Mr Spoon, Tilted Smile, Voodoosnakes, Jim Taylor, AKAHUM, Citystereo, Cat Mouse Cat, Tom Rodwell, Cowboy and the corps, The Stilletoes, Lounge Fly, MegAndMark, JohnQPublic, Black Bart, OK, Senor Billice and the Skalamaties, Blind Ambition, Tootenskamoon, Aberkadabas, Robbies Babies, Johnny Action Finger, Rayguns, Not the only Clown in the Village, Molara / Powersteppers (tbc), Wamajama, Hybridz, Jedi Sound System, Purple Turtles, Serpentine , The Lovely Somethings, PickyMix, Forgotten Flowers, Hot Fiction, MENACER, Attack Pattern, Jen Jeniro, sleepgoodfeelgood, Negative Profile, The Buffalo Kings, Bigtopp, Echoed Silence, Sweetfontaine, Mike Brown Band, Eddy Johns, Kali Mist, Brainglue, Random Perception, Chronic Upstarts, Sendelica, Quantumbeats, Gonzodisciples, Futuretown, Rico And The Thieves, Broken nose, Oneyeopen, Who Saw Who, Neocaine, Wrinkly Rappers, Messaround Sound, Supergene, and Luned.

Expect that there will also be workshops, Ecozone, chill-out space, chai, and a Kid's Area as well as arts and crafts activities in the Craft Zone.

New for 2008 was the Baby Blue Rock a youth area for young people aged 16 to 26, which offered sound, lighting and stage management workshops with a view to them learning event management skills. This is expected to return in 2009.

Vouchers (tickets)
To gain entry to the festival in August a Ceridwen Grain Voucher priced at £37 needs to be purchased. Children aged 12yrs and under do need a voucher to gain access as entry will be free to young children. To buy vouchers contact the festival office on 01239 831968 to pay by credit card over the phone, or click here to buy online.

CAMPING
FREE camping will be allowed on both Friday and Saturday. The site of the Celtic Blue Rock Community Arts Festival is held, according to older maps, on the Maengwynhir mountain offering magnicient views of Pembrokeshire on a clear day.

PLEASE NOTE:
The organisers want to encourage car sharing, reduce road congestion and help the environment. Camping and entry to the festival is FREE for all, BUT there is a £15 charge for vehicle parking for non-members and if you aren't a member, you might not get in if you don't have a ticket (which you get as a member). See the official Celtic Blue Rock website for details.

All surpluses from the Festival will be donated to worthy community causes. No animals allowed on site.

More information will be here when available.

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