Pulse Festival 2013

Returning for a third year, Pulse Festival expands to two days of music, food and festivities with two stages of some of the best live music and a complete farmer's market with fine food and beer. Kids entertainment, including, bouncy castles, face painting, tractor rides and lots more.

The event, which was cancelled due to bad weather last year, returns earlier in the year on Friday 10th and Saturday 11th May 2013 at Sunnyfields Farm, Southampton, in Hampshire.

Line-up

Latest additions are The Majestic, Guns Of Navarone, Limbo Cabaret, Kayla Painter, Akahum, Mr Tom, Tom James, Lucy Kitchen, Bookeeper, Lily McCauley, and DJs Matt Clark, and Paul Sawyer.

Dreadzone have been announced as headliners, plus Subgiant, Pronghorn, Heath:Ward, Imperial Leisure, Pachango, Sean McGowan, Uber Tone, The Novatones, Drumscapes, Doghouse Boat Boy, Woman E, Bookeeper, Stone The Crows, The Widowmaker, Science Of Eight Limbs, Welcome Pariah, and Toupe. For the line-up details, day and stage splits, as available please click here.

As well as named acts the festival will draw on the bristling South Coast live scene. As last time, the music will be eclectic, interesting and spot on for a good old knees up. Band and artist submissions are now open, so if you would like the chance to play on one of the two fantastic stages please see the website for details.

Tickets

Tickets are priced at £40 for adults for the weekend with camping, and for teens (10-16yrs) weekend tickets are priced at £20, with under 10's Free. Friday days tickets are priced at £10 for adults, and £5 for teens, and Saturday day tickets are priced at £20 for adults and £10 for teens.

To buy tickets, click here.

Food & drink

The festival is held at Sunnyfields Farm who have a cafe and host a farmer's market every weekend. The Farm are pioneers of the Food & More Project and it is this project which has enabled the festival to happen. The project is all about farms being more than just places that grow food, which means things like music can happen too.

The Village Bells

The local pub is expected to up sticks once again and move onsite for the duration. The Village Bells will be selling a fine selection of local Ales, Ciders and Wines all at normal pub prices.

Kids

Children are the inspiration behind this festival and so there will be all sorts for the children to do.

Ethos

Pulse Festival has been set up with a clear purpose in mind and that is to raise money and awareness for the Children's Heart Unit in Southampton known as Ocean Ward. The Festival is organised by Mark Ward and Olly Maw (Subgiant). Both have young children with Congenital Heart Disease who have both had life saving treatment at the unit in Southampton. But it's not just Mark & Olly, this festival has a whole team of dedicated friends and supporters behind it.

Fund raising

The festival supports Families of Oceanward, a local charity who really make a difference to the patients and relatives of children with Heart problems.

More information will be here when available.

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