Charlbury Riverside Festival 2014

The Charlbury Riverside Festival is now in its 19th year, and the organisers claim that it's the largest FREE festival of its type in Oxfordshire. Charlbury returns on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th July 2014.

Line-up

In total more than 40 acts will be playing across three stages.

Main Stage

Saturday: The Epstein, Candy Says, Zurich, The Shapes, Dubwiser, King B, Torn Like Colours, and The Madcaps.
Sunday: The Standard, Grudle Bay, Eyes For Gertrude, Jess Goyder, The Mighty Redox, The Knights of Mentis, The Wonder Beers, and ToLiesel

Second Stage

Saturday: Damn Vandals, Be Good, Sean Taylor, Des Barkus, Kid Kin, After The Thought, Maaians, Balloon Ascents, and Limbo Kids.    
Sunday: Empty White Circles, Vienna Ditto, Pony & Trap, Paul McClure, Little Brother Eli, Bunsen Honey, Tamara, Rainbow Reservoir.

Sound of the Shire

Friday: Jay Scott & The Find, Ilona, The April Maze, Raphaella, Christine Gregory, Bridie Jackson & The Arbour, Jules Rendell, and Aimee Mackenzie.
Saturday: The Standard, The Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band, Funkestra, Hope and Glory, Brickword Lizards, David Celia, Dubwiser, The Epstein, The Jesters, and Revival.    
Sunday: Grudle Bay, Black Hats, Little Brother Eli, Fused, Marianna Magnavita, Stark, Melic, Knights of Mentis, TBC, and ToLiesel

The festival is famed for showcasing Oxfordshire’s music talent and this year is again inviting thriving independent record stores Rapture (in Witney) and Truck (in Oxford) to run the second stage. 

Riverside Fringe stage

The Fringe stage will also be returning this year – last year it featured everything from song and dance acts to performance poets and a contortionist.

On site

As well as three stages, there's always a smorgasbord of very reasonably priced food and drink stalls and a large kids' area with many free activities.

Despite the work involved and the cost of putting on an event of this size, the festival is still run entirely by volunteers and still free for all to enter. It's a truly family-friendly festival.

Restrictions

Like all festivals, festival goers cannot bring bottles and cans into the arena, but the two bars and other refreshment stalls will be selling drinks at very reasonable prices. No camping at the festival, see website for information on nearby camp sites and hotels. No dogs other than assistance dogs.

How to get there

Entrance to the Festival site is down Mill Lane, virtually opposite Charlbury railway station. The station is on the London Paddington to Hereford and Worcester line, 15 minutes from Oxford. On the Saturday there are buses from Oxford, Woodstock, Witney, Chipping Norton and Banbury to the centre of Charlbury, five minutes walk from the Festival.

Accommodation

This event does not offer camping. The area has local hotels and B&Bs and there is the Cotswold View Caravan and Camping Park on the outskirts of Charlbury.

More info

For more information, see the Charlbury Riverside Festival website.

This festival also programme the Riverside Stage at The Cornbury Music Festival at Great Tew on the first weekend of July.

More information will be here when available.

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