Southern Lights festival 2009
Friday 12th to Sunday 14th June 2009Smedmore House, Kimmeridge, Nr Wareham, Dorset, England MAP
£50 weekend adult tickets, junior (8-16) tickets £20, children (under 8s) £5
Last updated: Thu 29th Jan 2009
Southern Lights festival is back for a third year. A circus arts and music festival held from the Friday 12th until Sunday 14th June at and new site this year on the grounds of a stately home, Smedmore House, in a little village called Kimmeridge on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset.
Southern Lights Festival is a family fire, circus arts and music festival based in beautiful rural Dorset with a heavy workshop bias, plus street shows, walkabouts, The Tree House Theatre' providing entertainment suitable for smaller children, welly wanging, crazy games and a mad hatters tea party or two, there are good times to be had by all.
The line-up of music acts includes Three Daft Monkeys, and Druids Brew. With more to come. Electronic music acts so far confirmed are Reza Samadi, DJ Vesta, and The Safe Breakers.
The day time entrainment is led by workshops in a full spectrum of circus arts including poi, staff, devil stick, Diablo, hula hoop etc. For beginners right through to the most advanced.
The night time entertainment is brought to life by spectacular fireshows and great music.
Adult weekend tickets, including camping, are priced at £50, junior (8-16) tickets £20, children (under 8's) £5. There is a 10% discount on ticket prices until Tuesday 23rd April. To buy tickets, click here.
Southern Lights will have the addition of an all night chai café and main festival camp fire, toilets and showers. Tents, teepee's & live-in vehicles are welcome. No pets except for guide dogs. The site is open from 12 noon Friday until 10am Monday.
More information will be here when available.
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