Glastonwick 2008

Glastonwick 2008 is the 13th annual beer, music, poetry and more beer festival.

Held at Church Farm, Coombes from Friday 4th to Sunday 6th July, Glastonwick promise a weekend of enormous quantities of delicious real ale (including many new brews as usual), farmhouse cider, perry, and top quality entertainment.

Frequent trains run to Shoreham from Brighton, Worthing (both only 10 minutes away by train) and other stations along the West Coastway Line. From there, you just need to jump on the special shuttle bus linking the festival with Shoreham High Street and Railway Station, Southwick Square and Manor Hall Road, and Portslade.

This year camping is offered on site for £5 per night (Friday and Saturday), but you MUST book in advance if you wish to camp on site.

The festival is open from 6pm to midnight on the Friday, 12 noon to midnight on the Saturday, and 12 noon to 6pm on Sunday.

There will be about 65 cask-conditioned ales, all from small independent breweries - mostly unusual but with a few 'old favourites'. About 10 farmhouse ciders and perries, and plenty of food including vegetarian options.

There will be entertainment compered by Attila the Stockbroker. On the Friday evening there will be performances from Strawberry Blondes, TT Smith, Swill & The Swaggerband, and Al Baker & Alan Parry.

On Saturday there will be performances from Blyth Power, Ppz30 (Belgium), Luke Wright, The Meow Meows, Contingent (Belgium and Southwick!), Robb Johnson & The Irregulars, Crispin Thomas, Wob and Band, Steve Drewett, Eastfield, Babar Luck, and Pog.

Sundays performances will come from John Otway, Fish Brothers, Jason Pegg, Rory Ellis (Australia), Tracey Curtis, and Livingston Freeman.

Tickets can be purchased by sending a cheque made out to Barnstormer Events with your ticket requirements and an SAE to P.O. Box 668, Portslade, East Sussex, BN42 4BG.

Ticket prices (available from Monday 21st April):

Friday evening (6pm to midnight): £7
Saturday (noon-midnight): £10 - SOLD OUT
Sunday daytime (from 12 noon): £5

Camping tickets (Friday and Saturday nights): £5 per person per night (from outlets or direct from Attila).

Tickets are also on sale at the following outlets:
The Evening Star, 55-56 Surrey Street, Brighton (01273 328931)
The Romans, Manor Hall Road, Southwick (01273 592147)
The Duke of Wellington, 368 Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea (01273 389818)
The Buckingham Arms, 35-39 Brunswick Road, Shoreham-by-Sea (01273 453660)

There will be more information here when available.

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