Plymouth Volksfest - CANCELLED 2015

Plymouth Volksfest - CANCELLED 2015 - around the festival site
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Plymouth Volksfest - CANCELLED 2015

Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th May 2015
Newnham Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 5BN, England MAP
£80 for full weekend with camping
Daily capacity: 10,000
Last updated: Tue 12th May 2015

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Plymouth Volksfest has been cancelled. Organisers made a statement saying, "Regrettably, after the continued deterioration of the health of one the key Event Coordinators it is not possible for the 2015 show to take place. It has been a difficult decision to make at this very late stage.

Face value of all tickets will be refunded through The Ticketsellers - www.theticketsellers.co.uk

Plymouth outlets are not able to make refunds on tickets - all refunds will be processed by The Ticketsellers.

If you wish to make any enquiries directly to the remaining organisers please contact via email - tickets@plymouthvolksfest.co.uk - whilst every email will be answered please be patient, as you can imagine there is a lot to get through.

I would like to thank you for your support and understanding during this difficult time, we're disappointment beyond words that we're not able to give you the weekend we had planned, it really hasn't been an easy decision to make.."

eFestivals wishes Vince a speedy recovery.

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Plymouth Volksfest is a VW themed weekend being held at Newnham Park on the outskirts of Plymouth. The dates for 2015 are confirmed as Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th May.

The idea of the event is to offer everyone a chilled out family friendly weekend with lots of entertainment for all. They have two music tents, a comedy tent, children's entertainment, stalls and more, not forgetting the Show'n'Shine VW displays.

Line-up

Ocean Colour Scene, East 17, Atomic Kitten, Wilko Johnson, Finley Quaye, Otis Redding III, Mad Dog Mcrea, Land of the Giants, Lionface, Antimatador, Vince Lee & the Big Combo, Moriaty, Alex Hart, Double Denim, Haunt the Woods, Andy Quick's Unidentified Flying Orchestra, 4th Street Traffic, Thomas Ford, Melosa, ChainSka Brassika, There Goes Lizzie, Richard James and The Redoubt, Manushka, Russell Sinclair, The Retro Gents, Empire of Fools, The Paisley Strays, and Dead Set Dream. The Saturday night headliner and more acts are yet to be announced.

The line-up across six stages, including the main stage, local stage, an Aztec themed dance area with indoor and outdoor stages, The Dave chill out stage, a jammin stage, a cabaret and comedy tent, open mic, burlesque, cinema, kids performance classes, and more.

For the line-up details, as available please click here.

Tickets

An adult weekend ticket is priced at £80 with camping. Youth (16 - 17 yrs) weekend with camping ticket is priced at £80, a festival junior (11 - 15yrs) weekend ticket is priced at £25, children aged 5-10 years weekend tickets are priced at £10. Children aged under 5 years can attend for free. All children under 18 must be accompanied by a ticket holding adult. Ticket prices do no include booking fees.

Non-VW owners

Whilst this festival is called Volksfest, it is not prohibitive in letting non-Volkswagon owners attend. Whilst many VW owners camp in special reserved camping beside the main arena, above the arena on the slopes of Newnham Park is open to all, with the added bonus of being able to camp next to your vehicle most of the time. BBQ's (off the ground) are permitted, but not open fires, there are proper festival food stalls in the main arena.

No Glass

No Glass is permitted on site, please remember this when packing. Please do not leave any kit behind when you leave the Park. There are specific designated recycling points on the hill, please use them, try to leave the site as you found it.

Kids stuff

There's a wealth of activities for kids to do - these are often not fully listed in the programme, and there is a chalk board at the entrance, and more information in the workshop tents, as well activities in the large kids' area.

Show'n'Shine

The festival offers VW owners a chance to show off their vehicles in various categories, and provide festival goers a chance to look at all the entries in the arena. This year the show and shine display is going to be held on the Sunday.

This year's fancy dress theme has not yet been announced.

Dogs

Dogs are welcome onsite under full supervision. They must be kept on leads at all times, even in camping areas, and must be cleaned up after.

More information will be here when available.




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