Sellindge Music Festival 2008

Note that the dates for this event have changed. It was previously announced for July, but has now moved to June.

The Sellindge Music Festival takes place at Hope Farm, Sellindge, near Ashford in Kent, with a fusion of folk, world, dance and indie music. Having grown out of the Sellindge Steam Special, the Sellindge Music Festival is now a dedicated two-day music festival thanks to the success of 2007's event.

The Main Stage line-up is as follows:
Saturday 7th June
Idlewild, The Hair, Marner Brown, Syd Arthur, Steer Clear, Revolution, Lucy Kitt, and Red Lite Run.
Sunday 8th June
Mark Morris (Bluetones), Emunah, The Sea, Kris Dollimore, More Than Normal, The Lionhearts, The Tunics, JC's Flatline Junkies, and Buswell.

This is the split of folk artists playing on the following days:
Saturday 7th June
The Park Bench Social Club, Jon Woode, Raphael Mead, Waterhorse, The Folk Collective, Luke Jackson, Tzee, The Get Miles, The Jigsaw Project, Handshake, and The Rattlers.
Sunday 8th June
Rory Mcleod, Wheeler Street,Robert Brown, Blabbermouth, Alice Heggie, The Singing Loins, Flake Brown, and Hotrods & Dragsters.

852 records will be hosting a day of electro-dubstep-breaks-house-trance-techno in the Dance Arena. DJS confirmed for Saturday include Holmtik, Stenchman, Dave Linton, Scott Ayers, and Some Peep Show. The South Coast's Delete will be hosting the dance arena on Sunday June bringing with them UK and international electro DJs.

More acts and headliners will be confirmed over the coming months.
BBC Introducing will be hosting a stage at Sellindge featuring selected artists from Kent. The line-up for saturday is headlined by Star chamber with Seven Story Down, Floors & Walls, Letters From London, Spooka, Outa City Committee, Mr Basista, Polka Party, Freshman, and The Beautifully Decayed.
Sunday has the follwoing acts St Peters Band, Tom Williams and The Boat, Monday Street, Electric River, One Day Elliott, Los Salvadores, The Long Weekend, Motion Picture Soundtrack, and Eben.

The festival supports charities close to the organisers hearts.

Tickets are on sale, but 'early bird' prices are confirmed as £20 for day tickets, and weekend with camping costing £40. To buy tickets, click here.

There will be more information here when available.

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