more acts announced for The Big Chill

Newton Faulkner, Explosions In The Sky, and Morcheeba

By Scott Williams | Published: Fri 14th May 2010

Big Chill @ Eastnor Castle 2010 - Newton Faulkner
Photo credit: Luke Seagrave

Big Chill @ Eastnor Castle 2010

Thursday 5th to Sunday 8th August 2010
Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 1RL, England MAP
£155 for the weekend
Daily capacity: 30,000

Newton Faulkner, Explosions In The Sky, and Morcheeba join the line-up at this summer's The Big Chill Festival.

Newton Faulkner
The latest acts confirmed to appear on the main Deer Park Stage are Brit nominated guitar virtuoso Newton Faulkner, Explosions In The Sky, and 15 years since their debut 'Who Can You Trust?' Morcheeba, are back, reunited with singer Skye Edwards and heading to Eastnor.

The Big Chill will take place from Thursday 5th until Sunday 8th August at Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire. Massive Attack, and M.I.A. will headline with one more headliner still to be announced. Also confirmed are Kelis, Roy Ayers, Henrik Schwarz, Roots Manuva, London Elektricity, Kirsty Almeida, Gilles Peterson, The Leisure Society, Netsky, Breakage, Layo & Bushwacka!, Foreign Beggars, High Contrast, Tinie Tempah, John Hegley, The Bug, Mixmaster Morris, Jose Padilla, Cringe, The Fisherman's Friends, Toddla T & MC Serocee, The Heatwave, Futureboogie, Terry Callier, Plan B, and many more. For the line-up details as available please click here.

The Big Chill festival has outdoor bars and stages with live music, DJs, VJs, A/V acts, comedy, dance, art installations and more. Musical styles include dance and electronic, alternative/indie and of course, chill. This year will be the 15th anniversary of the festival.

The Big Chill offers both families and ravers a diverse range of art, films, poetry, cabaret, kids spaces, comedy, and literature in addition to the music.

Tickets are on sale priced at £155 per adult with a maximum of 4 tickets able to be bought per household, teen tickets (13 to 17 years old) are priced at £60, and kid (12 and under) are £4. Live-in vehicle tickets are priced at £50 (per vehicle for the weekend), and car park tickets are £7.50 in advance, more on the gate. Sunday Day tickets are priced at £70 and are only valid for camping on Sunday night.

To buy tickets from Seetickets - click here.

To buy tickets from Gigantic - click here.

To buy tickets from Ticketmaster - click here.

To buy tickets from Ticketline - click here.

Cancelled Glade Festival ticket holders are being offered the chance to exchange their tickets for Big Chill tickets. Any festival goers who purchased full price Glade Festival tickets via Ticketline for £135, can contact Ticketline requesting to swap their Glade ticket for an Adult Weekend Big Chill ticket. Glade ticket holders will be charged an additional transaction fee of £7 per ticket swapped, meaning that they will get a Big Chill ticket which would have cost them £155 + £7 booking fee for £135 + £7 booking fee instead, saving them £20.



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