Wickham Festival 2010

Wickham Festival (formerly known as the Eastleigh Festival) returns to it's old home after 2 years at Stokes Bay, and will be held in the Hampshire village of Wickham just east of Eastleigh and just north of Fareham.

This four-day event happens from Thursday 5th to Sunday 8th August 2010 and features live music and entertainment for all ages with camping. They'll be two performance stages plus a sessions bar, street theatre and dance displays, and lots of fun for kids.

Line-up

The acts confirmed for 2010 include Kid Creole and the Coconuts headlining on Saturday, and Levellers, Peatbog Faeries, Shooglenifty, Salsa Celtica, Show of Hands, Eliza Carthy, Martyn Joseph, Wolfstone, Chris Wood, Steve Tilston, The Men They Couldn't Hang, Uiscedwr, The Mighty Zulu Nation, 3 Daft Monkeys, Asere, Tyde, Cupola, and Black Bart. For the line-up details as available please click here.

Tickets

4 day Season Tickets:

Adult £85, £110 (from 1 February)
Under-16 £42.50, £55 (from 1 February)
Under-10s Free.

Camping Tickets:

£20 per tent or caravan for the whole weekend.

Day Tickets:

Day Tickets are also available priced at £25 for adults for the Thursday, £35 for the Friday, and £40 for either Saturday or Sunday. Under 16s day tickets are half price. Under-10s are free.

To buy tickets, click here.

On site

Other attractions for festival goers are expected to include The Groovy Movie Solar-Powered Cinema, Hand To Mouth Theatre Company, storytelling, Ticklish Allsorts, children's entertainers, unsigned bands stage, Punch & Judy, dance displays, healing area, campsite 'Posh Wash' showers, craft fayre, exotic foods fayre, and real ale bars.

Getting there

Wickham is easily reached by road, rail, coach, bus and air. If coming by road, Wickham is just two miles north of the M27 (junction 10) near Fareham and is less than 10 miles from both the M3 and A3. Alternatively, for a scenic route, take the A32 from Alton and head south through the beautiful Meon valley.

There will be more information here when it becomes available.

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