exclusive: Lightning Seeds, and more for Wychwood

eFestivals can exclusively reveal Lightning Seeds lead the line-up of new musical confirmations for this summer's Wychwood Festival.

With World Cup fever in the air Lightning Seeds have been confirmed to appear on the main stage on Saturday. Ian Broudie returns this spring with a new Lightning Seeds album, the first for 10 years, and will no doubt showcase one or two new songs at Cheltenham Racecourse, in Gloucestershire in June.

The Big Top has new additions for the bill including Oxford's The Epstein on Friday, Piney Gir, The Outcast Band, The Crowd, and Robbie Williams' harpist/backing singer now doing her own thing, the Lucinda Belle Orchestra on Saturday. Sunday's Big Top line-up swells with the inclusion of Rook And The Ravens, Austrian newcomers J.O.E.L, and The Echoes.

Supermarket Waitrose has been confirmed as the headline sponsor of the sixth annual event, and festival organisers have previously announced that Levellers will headline on Friday, Happy Mondays on Saturday, with Seth Lakeman taking the headline spot on Sunday evening. Joining them are Dreadzone, The South, Kila, Goldheart Assembly, 6 Day Riot, Beth Jeans Houghton, Toumani Diabate, King Creosote, 12 Stone Toddler, One String Loose, Pauline Black, The Travelling Band, The Leisure Society, John Smith, and Adrian Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds, and more. For the line-up details as available please click here.

Day tickets for Wychwood are now available. Friday tickets are priced at £35 for adults, and £22 for Youth/Concession tickets. Saturday tickets are priced at £50 for adults, and £37 for Youth/Concession. Sunday tickets are priced at £40 for adults, and £27 for Youth/Concession. Day tickets for teens aged 10-15 years old are priced at £20 for any day. Children aged under 10 years can attend for free, but need to be accompanied by a grown up.

Adult weekend tickets for the festival, which happens from Friday 4th to Sunday 6th June, are priced at £110, youth (aged 16-18)/concession weekend tickets are priced at £85, and 10-15 year old weekend tickets are priced at £50 with all children aged under 10 able to attend for free (Max 2 per adult) then £10 for each additional child. Disabled 2 for 1 weekend tickets are priced at £110.

To buy tickets click here.

This year Wychwood will be introducing a small charge for camping for the concession and adult tickets. A weekend camping pass is priced at £20, a concession/youth weekend camping pass is available at a price of £10. Children under 15 can camp for free, live in vehicle/campervan passes are priced at £40 (in addition to a camping pass for each person). Wychwood will offer the usual quality of campsite facilities and in 2010 the showers will be free.

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