voting starts today for Wychwood's BBC Introducing Stage

This year for the first time festival fans can judge acts for the 'BBC Introducing...in Gloucestershire' stage at this year's Wychwood Festival.

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The family-friendly, intimate and inclusive festival which offers a blend of world, roots and contemporary music, alongside comedy, workshops, and more invites members of the public to vote on their favourite bands for the festival's third stage, on the Wychwood Facebook profile (here).

Friends of the festival and fans of the 70 shortlisted bands, get the opportunity to help curate the annual BBC Introducing Stage at the three-day festival with a chance to be directly involved in selecting the line-up.

BBC Introducing presenters from BBC Radio Gloucestershire and the six surrounding regions, including BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Bristol, BBC Radio Oxford, BBC Radio Wiltshire and BBC Coventry & Warwickshire have each submitted 10 emerging acts that they are currently championing on their station.

Each artist and their track is ready and waiting to be listened, loved or discarded by the public, the press, industry experts and the festival organisers before all votes are collected and verified and the final line-up of 28 bands across the weekend is decided.

The public will be able to have their say alongside industry luminaries such as BBC 6Music's Tom Robinson and Wychwood Festival Director Graeme Merifield and the final, three-day line-up will be announced in due course.

To vote click (here).

The festival is headlined by Bellowhead who top the bill on Friday, and James are Saturday night headliners, and Sunday's headliner has not yet been announced. Also confirmed are The Damned, Duke Special, Mahala Rai Banda, Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party, Gary J Armstrong, Urusen, The Cuban Brothers, Thrill Collins, Doctor and the Medics, JuJu, The Magic Tombolinos, Howard Marks, Dizraeli and The Small Gods, The Fisherman's Friends, Dhol Foundation, Kathryn Roberts And Sean Lakeman, and The Roving Crows. Over the coming months there will be lots more acts announced for Wychwood's four stages including the headliners for Sunday.

The Comedy line-up will include Robin Ince, and special guests.

For young Wychwooders Cbeebies star Katy Ashworth will be appearing on Saturday at Wychwood, and there will be an opportunity to meet with her afterwards. Over the weekend, stars of Nick Junior, The Bopps, namely Keith Littler and Stan Bopp, will also be entertaining the little ones.

For the line-up details, day and stage splits, as available please click here.

An adult weekend ticket is priced at £115, weekend disabled (2 for 1) tickets are priced at £115, youth (aged 16-18)/concession weekend tickets are priced at £95, 10-15 year old weekend tickets are priced at £55 and those under 5 can attend for free but need to be accompanied by a grown up.

General camping passes (charged per person) are priced at £20 for an adult weekend/disabled camping ticket, a weekend youth/concession camping pass is priced at £10, with those aged under 16s able to camp with grown ups for free.

To buy tickets simply call the festival on 01993 772580, or, click here.

eFestivals is again proud to be a sponsor of Wychwood Music Festival in 2012, as part of our commitment to put 10% of our turnover back into festivals.

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