Worcester Music Festival 2012

Now in it's fifth year The Worcester Music Festival returns this time as a four day event and will take place later than usual to coincide with the August Bank Holiday weekend from Friday 24th until Monday 27th August, and is held all over the City of Worcester. The festival happens in numerous venues with more than 400 live performances, many of which are completely free of charge to raise money for various charities.

Line-up

Friday: Adamantium, Aeonian Dog, Age Of Anarchy, Andy Thomas, Answer Back (acoustic duo), Calvin 'Wesley' Duggan, Captain Horizon, Case Closed, Charlie Boswell, Chris Whiting, Claire Boswell, Colin Baggs, Evolution Of Man, Flygone, Fortress, Fury, Fustercluk, Hullabaloo, Into the Fire, Jack Blackman, Jake Marsh, Juey, Lauren Wright, Lewis Spelt Backwards, Mansize (acoustic), Neotropics, Nudybronque, Omnia Opera, Organically Funked, Sally Haines, Shambollix, Sideways Glance, Signal 6, Signify, Small Engine Repair, Smileymic, Smiling Ivy, Stuntdog (Acoustic set), Swamp Snakes, Swing 42, The Crooked Empire, The Failed, The Humdrum Express, The Misers, The Mourning Suns, The One Twos, The Rusty Knives, Thunder Lion, Two Dollar Salad, Way Out West.

Line-up

Saturday: 11:11, Abraham Lincoln Bikini, Absolute Ataxia, Alex Round, All For One, Andrew Dwyer, Angiebones, Angus Clements, Armchair Committee, Babble, Bang On The Ear, Becky Rose, Big Dogg, Billy WhizZ featuring Flowdacia, Black Cat Bone, Black Russian, Bob Jones, Chris Marsh (C-Bear), Christine Hopgood, DJ Andy Coleman, Fatbwoi, Flesh Eating Foundation, Forgery Lit, Franco + The Dreadnought, Ged Wilson, Get Bag. Pack Bag. Go., Giant-ELF-FisT, Hades the Cat(acoustic), Hennesea Hitchhiker, Idyllic, Inca Hoots, James Mattey, Jasper In The Company Of Others, Jayne Gaze, Jennifer Ludlow, Jenny Hallam, Kevin Jenkins, Laszlo's Diary, Leslie Wilson, Less for Murder, Malthouse Passage with guest caller Ian Craigan, Marie-Claire Berreen, Massive Head Trauma, Michael D Wynn(DJ), Mighty Mystro, Mothertrucker, Neil Corbett, Night Movements, nineplanfailed, Notty, Open Mic, Outkri Disorder, Quinn, Richard Clarke & The Rafters, Ricta, Robert Adam Plant, Russell Douglas, Sally Haines, Sarah Oreggio, Scratchin battle between DJ Random & Jonny Scratch, Skewwhiff, Smoke Farm Soldier, SpaceBetween, Steven Goodwin, Stuart Woolfenden, Stubblemelt, Sub Kon allstars, Sue Bell, Tallulah Fix The Annas, The Detached Collective, The Detached Collective(acoustic), The Dirty Dockersm, The Groove Front, The Higgs-Boson Trio, The Indigo Kings, The Self Titled, The Whipjacks, Theo Tim Kirby, Tokamak Tom Caswell, Twinkle & The Sluts, Twinkle Echo, V2A, Vital Statistics Theatre Company, Weak13, Wes Dance.

Sunday: Alexis Andreo, Ancient Addicts, Andy Meanock, Anya Arkhamists, Artstar, Aulos Bobby Ward, Chris Marsh (C-Bear), Christine Hopgood, Colin Baggs, Concrete Belly, Cowley Cowboys, Cracked Actors, Da Vinci, Das Sexy Clap, Das Sexy Clap (Unplugged), Dean Elliott Band, Deltorers, Disciples Of Tone, Dr Stanley, Dryftwood, Farcical, Flat Stanley, Gary Rolfe, Granny's Attic, Gwen and Ken, Hitchhiker, Host, Indika Jak Raven, James Gwynne, James Herring, Jennie Harwood, Jenny Hallam, Johnny Kowalski and the Sexy Weirdos, Jon Gomm, Jon Sterckx, Juke Joint, John Kill the Romantic, Kill the Romantic (Unplugged), Kim Lowings (Guesting), Kim Lowings, Kings and Folk, Kung Fu Claire & The Mexicali Kid, Lakhota, Lakota Sioux, Lea Haworth, Mansize, Mansize (Unplugged), Marcus Rua, Marina Del Ray, Mark Leedham, Matt Killock ,Michael Knowles, Mitch Reynolds, Model One, Moonstyle, Naked Remedy, Naseby Crossing, Northern Sky, Open Mic, Patrick Plunkett, Pete Clough, Pete Taylor, Please Make Love in the Garden, Red Shoes, Red-Divide, Reinforced!, Ria Rich Barker, Rob King, Ronin, Rubicava, Sarah Oreggio, Seeley's Jazz'Ole Sick Boys Club, SJS Skewwhiff (Mark & Beanie), Sophistication String Duo, Stompin' on Spiders, Stripped Down Blues, Stuart Woolfenden, Stuntdog, Sugar Mama, Sunrise Over Europe, Tammy Down, The Boy And The Flatpack Band, The Broken Oak Duet, The Crooked Empire (Sean Sheldon acoustic set), The Detached Collective, the jellybean rebellion, The Manic Shine, The May Dolls, The Miffs, The Night Shift, The number six players, The Retinal Circus, Time Of The Mouth, Trap Floors, Treefrogs, Twinkle Echo, Tyler and Vo Van Goghs, Trip, Vault of Eagles, Vault of Eagles (Unplugged,) We Used To Have Horses, Zim Zim.

Monday: BabelFish, Bell and the Boys, Bitterroots, Blue Nation, Breakfast at Charlie's, Chloe Anderton, Chris Jones, Christine Hopgood, Claire Wilkin, Coldshoulder, Columbus Giant, David King (DJ), Done By Sunrise, East West Infusion, FouadSymphonics, Gordon Wood and Phil Bird, Graham Collins, Khaos Theory, Nick Lines Open Mic, Paper Dreams, Penny White, Pete Clough, Resin, Sam Holmes, Sherry Counsellors, SJS, Stompin' on Spiders, Streetfight, Silence, Tap Jam, WMF special, The Brickshed, The Broken North, The Loved and Lost, The Players, The Retinal Circus, Toby Parker, Twisted Species, and Worcester Ukulele Club.

Fund raiser

This is in the main a free event but aims to raise money for a selection of local charities by means of collection buckets, donations, CD and merchandise sales etc.

The event is run entirely by volunteers and has raised nearly £20,000 for local charities through raffles and donations.

More information

For more information, see the Worcester Music Festival website.

More information will be here when available.

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