Wilderness 2014

The festival of musicianship, theatre, talks, panel debates, late-night parties, outdoor pursuits and food experiences returns for a fourth year to Cornbury Park in Oxfordshire.

The 10,000 capacity festival will take place from Thursday 7th until Sunday 10th August 2014 and will offer an inclusive and wide range of entertainments and activities that make the most of the unique natural setting.

Line-up

Metronomy, Burt Bacharach, London Grammar, Jessie Ware with Wilderness Orchestra, Eats Everything, Psychemagik, Lukas & Jim Morrison, For Better and Worse, Mojo Filter, Carlo Rossi, Organic Jam, Tythe, Mark E, Gaz Mayall, Baby Soul, Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir, Hat Fitz and Cara Robinson, Dollar Bill, Black Kat Boppers, Sunshine Kings, Rumpus, Artful Badger, DJ Chris Tofu, The Turbans, Barking Bateria, Brass Volcanoes, Renegade Brass Band, Klischee, Woohoo Revue, Swing Patrol, Gentle Mystics, They Say Jump, Tythe, Tako Lako, Sam Smith, Connan Mockasin, Gregory Porter, Submotion Orchestra, Mount Kimbie, Soak, Greg Wilson, Futureboogie, Horse Meat Disco, Zero 7 (DJ Set), Joan As Policewoman, Slow Club, Chet Faker, Jack Savoretti, Teleman, Hozier, and Josh Record.

A new secret stage will be revealed this year, hosted in the Quarry, and evening curators are Rumpus, Artful Badger and Shangri-La Superstar & Continental Drifts.

Plus Friends of the Earth Busking Stage, “BitterSuite” – A Sensory Concert, Travelling Folk Barn with Two for Joy , The Local and The English Folk Dance & Song Society.

Tickets

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Early bird tickets have sold out. An adult weekend camping ticket is priced at £143.50. A young person (aged 11 to 17 years) is priced at £75, with children aged 10 years and younger going free. A campervan ticket is priced at £65, and a car park ticket is priced at £10. Weekend Camping Deposits were also available. Prices do not include booking fees.

Other entertainment

The festival of musicianship, theatre, talks, panel debates, late-night parties, outdoor pursuits and food experiences returns for its fourth year to Cornbury Park in Oxfordshire.

Wilderness will also offer a full program of theatre & performance, nature walks and talks, a Well Being Area, Spa, Boutique Babysitting, banquets under canopies, tented talks, midnight masked balls, barefoot dancing, parkland processions and ritualistic revelry.

Late night revelry

The Astronomers Ball, Aircraft Circus’s Midnight Circus, Spectacular Processions and Fire Shows inspired by the infamous Wychwood Forest Fayres created by Macnas & And Now.

Tented Theatre, Art & Promenade Performances

Victoria and Albert Museum, Shakespeare’s Globe, Slung Low, Oxford Shakespeare Company presents “As You Like It”, Bohemian Artists Studio, Son and Sons Productions, Petersham Playhouse.

Talks, Debates and Literary Arts 

Talks, Debates and Literary Arts curated by Secret Forum, with support from The Huffington Post UK, Intelligence Squared with Helen Croydon, Andrew Pierce and Stephen Bayley, School of Life, the British Humanist Association, How To Academy, Project Wild Thing, Letters of Note, Royal Observatory Greenwich, the Odditorium, and Book Slam with Irvine Welsh, Bill Hillman, Matt Rudd, Fred Page and Talia Randall.

George Monbiot, Zoe Williams, David Babbs, Danni Pafford, Sarah Corbett, Sir Antony Gormley will cover culture in Sunday Papers Live, HuffPost UK’s Mehdi Hasan, Tongue Fu, Guerilla Science, Book Slam, Guerilla Archaeology, Spark London, Chill Pill, Ugly Animal Preservation Society, and Liars League.

Outdoor Pursuits & Wellbeing

Lakeside Spa, and The Sanctuary wellbeing area, Sunset Yoga Classes, Pilates, Massages and Facials, Hunter Gather Cook, Fly Fishing, Horse Riding, Long Bow Archery, Wild Swimming, Woodland Foraging Walks, Boating, Greencrafts, Forest Runs, Philosophy Walks, Tai Chi, Morning Meditation, Capoeira.

Outdoor Pursuits & Wellbeing

These include Storystock, Charles Dickens Museum, Roald Dahl Museum, Angel Gardens, Discover Children’s Story Centre, Hullabaloo Arts, Mortimer Nannies, Croquet, Bearded Kitten’s Cricket Match, Chap Olympics, and Village Hall. 

More information will be here when available.

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