exclusive: The Christians for Wychwood

eFestivals can exclusively reveal more new additions to this year's Wychwood Festival 2011 which returns for the seventh year to Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th June.

Soul singing '80's band The Christians will be bringing their 'Harvest For The World' to Wychwood's main stage on Sunday.

Also announced today is Salford performance poet John Cooper Clarke who will appear in the Big Top on Saturday.

Added to the line-up in the Big Top on Sunday are Baka Beyond, and Baraka, with Titi Robin, and Chapelier Fou also announced as part of the special collaboration with The French Music Office in London which will showcase World Music bands in the Big Top on Sunday evening.

Added to the Comedy line-up are Robin Ince, Ray Peacock, Matt Richardson, and Iszi Lawrence who join the previously announced Tony Law, Silky, and Sol Berstein.

Headlining will be The Charlatans, The Waterboys, and Ian Anderson. Also on the bill are Robyn Hitchcock paying tribute to Captain Beefheart, Eddi Reader, Bluetones, Cornershop, Transglobal Underground, Roddy Woomble, The Epstein, The Travelling Band, Jali Fily Cissokho, 3 Daft Monkeys, Delta Maid, ahab, The Beetroot Kings Elfynn, The Wurzels, Eliza Carthy, Neville Staple, Kissmet, Oxford Imps, Arcadian Kicks, Handshake, François & the Atlas Mountains, and Moussu T e lei Jovents, with many more still to be announced.

For young Wychwooders CBeebies superstar Justin Fletcher aka Mr Tumble returns this year to wake festival goers up on Sunday morning on the main stage. Bring your best singalong voices, dancing feet, and your favourite fancy dress costumes.

As always, Wychwood is a festival of not only music, but crammed full of other things to see and do, from comedy to cinema, and from workshops to the healing gardens. The Children's Lit Fest line-up includes Lazlo Strangolov, Steve Cole, Simon Mason, Philip Ardagh, Ian Whybrow, Cathy Hopkins, Judith Kerr, Jeremy Strong and illustrator Korky Paul.

An adult weekend ticket is priced at £115
Weekend disabled (2 for 1) ticket £115
Youth (aged 16-18)/concession weekend tickets £90
Child 10-15 year old weekend tickets are priced at £55
Children aged 5-9 years weekend ticket £15, and those under 5 can attend for free. Day tickets are also available.

A weekend camping pass is priced at £20, a concession/youth weekend camping pass is available at a price of £10. Children under 16 can camp for free, live in vehicle/campervan passes are priced at £35 per person.

To buy tickets, click here.

eFestivals is again proud to be a sponsor of Wychwood Music Festival in 2011, as part of our commitment to put 10% of our turnover back into festivals.

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