Consett Festival 2016

The 4th annual Consett Festival will be taking place on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th June 2016 at Consett Rugby Club Playing Fields, in Consett, County Durham. Expanding to a third day the Monday will be a shorter day of 11am to 6pm and will consist of acoustic artists predominantly from Consett. Monday will also include, real ale, market stalls, food vendors and children's activities.

Line-up

Two stages with Sleeze Sisters, Slow Moving Targets, Driven Serious, Toxic, Acoustic Weller, The Buskers, Consett Phoenix Youth, SVP2 - Six Nowt, The Finetimes, Paul Moore, The Gypsies, Meghan, Sin City, Ruth McGivern, DB Jazz Project, Metis, Whipfist, and more to come.

Expect two full 11am to 10pm days of live music, real ale, kids' entertainment, food stalls, market stalls and some surprises.

Tickets

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Tickets are priced at £10 for adults, and £6 for teens (aged 13-17 years).

On site

The Festival offers a full day of live music from 2 stages, family activities and an opportunity for local traders/business people to raise awareness of their business.

The activities

The activities for this year have not yet been announced.

The stalls

Expect a range of stalls selling home made jewellery, knit wear, paintings, photographs, music and musical instruments, cakes, personalised pets accessories and local band merchandise.

Food

A traditional catering van backed up with fresh candyfloss, doughnuts and a hog roast.

Drinks

As well as the standard bar drinks there will be a Real Ale tent supplying locally produced Ales and Ciders.

Accommodation

This event does not have camping but there are a number of hotels, hostels and guest houses in the area.

More info

This is a non-profit festival to help promote the town of Consett and celebrate their heritage. Any profits will be directed back into the following year's festival.

More information will be here when available.

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