Towersey Festival 2015

Towersey Festival 2015 - around the festival site
Photo credit: Ian Wright

Towersey Festival 2015

Friday 28th to Monday 31st August 2015
Towersey, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 3QU, England MAP
£120 adult weekend ticket (Camping £20 extra)
Daily capacity: 10,000
Last updated: Wed 8th Jul 2015

This thriving major folk arts festival, returns to celebrate it's 51st year, at a new site with the whole festival now located in fields at Thame Showground, Oxfordshire.

The dates for 2015 are confirmed as the Bank Holiday weekend of Friday 28th to Monday 31st August.

Towersey has developed in the last few years from a very Folky event into a more eclectic festival with a fair amount of World and broader acoustic music, singer songwriters stage, poetry, street theatre etc.

Line-up

Bellowhead, Show of Hands, Joan Armatrading, and Stornoway will headline. Also confirmed are The Travelling Band, John Smith, Sally Barker, Treacherous Orchestra, Anxo Lorenzo, Blackbeard's Tea Party, Chris While and Julie Matthews, Kizzy Crawford, Lisbee Stainton, Luke Daniels, Mark Radcliffe, Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting & Nancy Kerr, Phil Beer, Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin, The Spooky Men's Chorale, Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar, Keston Cobblers Club, Kim Churchill, Lady Maisery, Ninebarrow, Rob Heron and the Tea Pad Orchestra, Roy Bailey, Salt House, Sam Green & The Midnight Heist, Steamchicken, Askew Sisters, The Dovetail Trio, The Mischa Macpherson Trio, Tom Figgins, Bedlam, Chalktown, Floot Street, The Jam and Crumpet Band, King Kontra, Maniere des Bohemiens, Random, Steve Turner, Dartmoor Pixie Band with Sarah Bazeley, Van Susans, Worry Dolls, and Bob & Gill Berry, with many more still to be announced.

To see who is playing when see the Towersey Festival line-up page.

There will be a packed programme of folk and roots music, ceilidhs, international dance teams, family entertainers, workshops and a Children's Festival which incorporates entertainment, music, puppetry, circus skills and craft workshops.

Tickets

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Tier 3 offer tickets are priced as follows:
Adult £120 (Camping £25 extra)
Youth (12-17yrs) £84 (Camping £15 extra)
Child (5-11yrs) £55 (Camping no extra)
Tickets for children aged under 5 are free - they must be ticketed.

There is also an instalment offer this year with £30 paid now, and £30 by 30 April 2015 and the balance of the ticket by 30 June 2015.

Ceilidh

This year's theme for the Ceilidh has not yet been confirmed.

More information will be here when available.




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