Name: Worcester Music Festival 2015
Start: 2015-09-18
End: 2015-09-20
Location: various venues

Worcester Music Festival 2015

Friday 18th to Sunday 20th September 2015
various venues, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR1 3QN, England MAP
FREE

Daily capacity: 12,000

Last updated: Mon 3rd Aug 2015

Now in it's 8th year The Worcester Music Festival returns again as a three day event and will take place from Friday 18th until Sunday 20th September 2015 to coincide with Fresher’s Week at the University of Worcester, and is held all over the City of Worcester. The festival happens in numerous venues that are completely free of charge to raise money for various charities.

Line-up

Alfie Jack, The Assist, The Barefoot Bandit, Bella Nics, Ben Stancombe, Benjamin Dallow, Bethan and the Morgans, Bleak Zero, The Blue Dive, Breeze, Bren Haze, Byron Hare, Calm Like a Riot, Caroline 7, Chase the Deer, Code 46, Colossloth, Constructor, Dennis and The Menace, Ebony Clay, EdwardAlice, Esuna, The Fidgets, Flying Ant Day, Freaky Trigger, Fred's House, Go Primitive, Hipflask Virgins, Howard Sinclair, The Humdrum Express, Imaner, The insomniacs, Institutes, Jess Silk, Judas Johnson, Kim Lowings & The Greenwood, Kirky anda turkeys, Leader, Leon Gormley, Linerunners, Little Death Machine, Luke Wylde and the Japes, Marina Del Ray, Masiro, Massive Head Trauma, Mayors Of Toronto, The Model Folk, Monsters As Humans, Of Kings And Captains, Pig Daze, The Pink Diamond Revue, The Poor Boys of Worcester, PTR Williams, The Rainbreakers, Raptor, Roving Crows, The Rusty Knives, Sam Draisey, Sam Gwinnell, Speak Brother, Steve Strong, Stompin' on Spiders, The SuperKings, Texas Flood, Those Amongst Us Are Wolves, Tokyo Marching Band, Tom Forbes, Tone Tanner, Triptych, Vienna Ditto, Weddings, and Worcester Ukulele Clu, and more.

Around 1,200 acts applied to play in 2014, with 250 acts being picked to perform at festival venues, from pubs, clubs and cafes to historic buildings, record shops and on the streets.

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 £35,000 for local charities through raffles and donations.