GuilFest adds The Wonder Stuff

plus My Passion, ASIWYFA, Babylon Circus, The Soldiers, and more

By Scott Williams | Published: Wed 5th May 2010

GuilFest 2010 - The Wonder Stuff
Photo credit: Scott Williams

GuilFest 2010

Friday 16th to Sunday 18th July 2010
Stoke Park, Guildford, Surrey., England MAP
£100 adult weekend, or £110 with camping; Children (12-16) £50 weekend, £60 with camping

The Wonder Stuff, and are amongst the latest acts confirmed for this year's GuilFest.

The Wonder Stuff
Alternative rockers, The Wonder Stuff are confirmed to headline The Good Time Guide Stage on Friday. Originally from Stourbridge in the West Midlands, The Wonder Stuff have had four UK top ten albums, a band split, and 12 UK top 40 singles including 'The Size of a Cow', 'Dizzy', and 'Welcome to the Cheap Seats', and will be appearing at Stoke Park for the first time in four years.

The Rocksound Rock Cave will see new additions Electro-Punk outfit My Passion support The King Blues on Sunday, and instrumental rock band And So I Watch You From Afar on Friday.

Ten piece French ska and reggae band Babylon Circus, Nell Bryden, and Ian King are all confirmed to perform on The Good Time Guide Stage on Friday.

Organisers have also announced that The Soldiers, formed by three British Army servicemen, will be performing a special one-off show with GuilFest regulars, Rock Choir on the Main Stage at GuilFest on Sunday. The Soldiers debut album, 'Coming Home' hit the top 5 in the UK Album charts and achieved double platinum status, with sales of over 600,000 to date, raising over a quarter of a million pounds for charities including ABF, The Royal British Legion and Help For Heroes.

They join an already announced line up of Orbital, The Human League, Status Quo, N – Dubz, Just Jack, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Hawkwind, Seth Lakeman, Hadouken!,Chase and Status (DJ set), Level 42, 10cc, The Blockheads, The Blackout, Tinie Tempah, The King Blues, The Twang, Fucked Up, and more. For the full line-up details to-date, please click here.

Also this year GuilFest welcomes Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage Cafe to the festival – Which will be providing a Canteen where you can purchase their unique take on festival favourites, and attend special survival workshops - where 'Three Hungry Boys' from the Channel 4 show will be showing off skills they have learnt about 'living off the land' from Hugh.

The family friendly festival will take place from Friday 16th until Sunday 18th July 2010. Tickets are priced at £100 for an adult weekend, or £110 weekend with camping. Children between 12 and 16 years old tickets are priced at £50 for the weekend, £60 for weekend with camping. N.B. Children between 12 – 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Children aged under 12 have free entry with a ticket holding adult. Campervan tickets are priced at £60.

Day tickets are available Friday adult tickets are priced at £40, Saturday or Sunday tickets are priced at £45. Kids tickets are priced at £30 for each of the three days.

To buy tickets, click here.

Held in Stoke Park, in Guildford, visitors can expect a weekend featuring seven stages of live music, the Cosmic Comedy Zone, Theatre Tent, amazing Kidzone, as well as unique attractions such as Farmer Giles Barndance, The 70s Disco, the brand new Ceroc Dance Tent, UNISONzone, massive late licensed bar, Calypso Cocktail bar, great food and drink from around the world, and much more besides!


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