Endorse-It In-Dorset will make you a guitar hero.

This year the Endorse-It In-Dorset Festival is providing a brand new experience for festival goers - The Axe Factor. Two years in conception, 'The Axe Factor' overhauls all those old style open sessions in folk tents and offers you the chance to jam with on stage.

Have you ever taken an instrument along to a festival, hoping to join in with the music sessions, only to realize that the bearded ones are playing tunes that you've never heard of? Then to make matters worse they won't even tell you what key it's in, passing you off with, "If you'm don't know by now boy, there b'aint no hope, in'im." Well, Endorse-It In-Dorset has solved the problems for you and is giving you the chance to be a guitar hero.

Forget X-Factor, this is Axe Factor! Combining the internet and the raw talent of punk band Fat, Drunk and Stupid, Axe Factor will provide a stage, band, guitars and all the songs up front for you to learn on the web from Thursday 1st May 2008.

At Endorse-It In-Dorset over the weekend of Friday 8th to Sunday 10th August you will be ready, you can pick your song beforehand, learn the lead breaks and cues and then when you're there you can join in on stage.

There will be a panel of judges including: Simon Growell, Sharon Frogspawn and Louis Grolsch who will give you constructive feedback and even sympathy, should the need arise.

For those who don't play guitar, but want a chance to get on stage, back by popular demand is the Endorse-It Punk Karaoke. No practice is needed, you just bring your voice and Dutch courage.

Endorse-It In-Dorset takes place near the village of Sixpenny Handley in the green open setting of Cranborne Chase, Dorset. The festival is a safe, family friendly old school type of festival, with a reputation for quality entertainment at an affordable price.

Expect a mixture of ska, dub, punk and more, from quality festival acts. Acts confirmed so far include Back To The Planet, Inner Terrestrials, Dreadzone, The Beat, Pronghorn, Goldblade, Subgiant, Cropdusters, Flipron, Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs, Imperial Leisure, The Big, The Highliners, Fat Drunk & Stupid, Six Nation State, Optic Nerves, Arno Carstens, Steranko, Cash Converted, and Guns of Navarone.

You can expect music and comedy, plus a kids area, food, beer, stalls, tipi hire, loadsa loos, family camping area, healing area, chill-out area - all the usual.

The ticket prices are as follows:-
Adult (16+) weekend with camping: £75
Family weekend with camping (2 adults & 2 kids aged 10 to 15): £210
Kids (aged 10 to 15) weekend with camping: £40
Under-10s: £10
Campervans/Caravans £20

There are a limited number of Family, kids and campervan/caravan tickets, so please do book early to avoid disappointment. ALL tickets must be bought in advance – there will be NO TICKETS AVAILABLE TO BUY ON THE GATE. If you don't have a ticket, you won't get in the entrance, so please don't try.

Tickets can be purchased by clicking here.



eFestivals is pleased to again sponsor of Endorse-It In-Dorset. This is part of eFestivals' commitment to put 10% of our turnover back into festivals, making festivals better for us all.

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