Big Chill @ Eastnor Castle 2010
Thursday 5th to Sunday 8th August 2010Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 1RL, England MAP
£155 for the weekend
Daily capacity: 30,000
Lily Allen, Paloma Faith, The Magic Numbers, Chrome Hoof, and more have been confirmed for this summer's The Big Chill Festival.
Sunday's main stage line-up also sees Paloma Faith making an appearance, and The Magic Numbers also confirmed to perform on the final day.
The Deer Park Stage on Saturday will also be playing host to the metallic robe wearing 11-piece experimental orchestra Chrome Hoof, and taking to the stage on Friday will be Martina Topley-Bird.
Other names announced today are Finnish band Husky Rescue who will be performing on the Revellers Stage on Friday. Also included in this year's festival line-up is Falling Up , a club night in Starburst focusing on futuristic soundsystem shakers.
The Chill X tent will be offering burlesque and cabaret from Hoochie Coochie, world music sets from DJ Ritu an fashioned Tea Dance, as well as performances from The Heavy, Phantom Limb, Randomonium, The Temperance Society, and The Incredible Sound Track Film Band.
Chillers will be invited to dance whilst completely changing outfits with other festival goers at the Swaparama nights as well as grove along to Randy & Earl's Old Record Club.
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.
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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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