Endorse-It In-Dorset 2008

Endorse-It In-Dorset returns on Friday 8th to Sunday 10th August 2008, taking place near the village of Sixpenny Handley in the green open setting of Cranborne Chase, Dorset.

Expect a mixture of ska, dub, punk and more, from quality festival acts. Acts confirmed so far include headliners Skatalites, plus acts including Back To The Planet, Alabama 3, Buzzcocks, Inner Terrestrials, Dreadzone, The Beat, Pronghorn, Goldblade, Subgiant, Cropdusters, Flipron, Innocent Civilian, Some Dogs, Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs, Imperial Leisure, The Big, The Highliners, Fat Drunk & Stupid, Six Nation State, Optic Nerves, Arno Carstens, Steranko, Cash Converted, and Guns of Navarone. For the line-up details as available please click here.

This year the Endorse-It In-Dorset Festival is providing a brand new experience for guitar playing festival goers - The Axe Factor. Combining the internet and punk band Fat, Drunk and Stupid, Axe Factor will provide a stage, band, guitars and all the songs up front for you to learn on the web from early May 2008. Then when you're there you can join in on stage. For those who don't play guitar, but want a chance to get on stage, back by popular demand is the Endorse-It Punk Karaoke.

New this year and exclusive to Endorse it will also be Pub Joke Karaoke, where willing audience members get the opportunity to get up on stage and try their hand or more appropriately, stain resistant trouser power, live on stage. Not to worry as the jokes are pre-written and there will be a couple of caustic put-downs to deal with any hecklers brave enough to do any 'back seat' comedy.

Comedy is hosted by Hosted by MC Bentley, and this year includes Susan Vale, Tim Ewins, Susan Murray, Ian Cognito, Hack Saw and Lobotomy - Familiar from their other guise as Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs, Paul B Edwards, and Del Strain.

The festivals also has a great kids area, food, beer, stalls, silver service restaurant, tipi hire, loadsa loos, family camping area, healing area, chill-out area - all the usual.

The festival is held on a beautiful rural site overlooking Cranbourne Chase in Dorset, the vibe is a safe, family friendly old school type of festival, with a reputation for quality entertainment at an affordable price.

The ticket prices are as follows:-
Adult (16+) weekend with camping: £75
Family weekend with camping (2 adults & 2 kids aged 10 to 15): £210
Kids (aged 10 to 15) weekend with camping: £40
Under-10s: £10
Campervans/Caravans £20

There are a limited number of Family, kids and campervan/caravan tickets, so please do book early to avoid disappointment. We recommend you buy your tickets well in advance, as the festival regularly sells out.

Tickets can be purchased by clicking here.


photo by Paul @ LGO

eFestivals is pleased to again sponsor of Endorse-It In-Dorset. This is part of eFestivals' commitment to put 10% of our turnover back into festivals, making festivals better for us all.

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