first acts announced for Off The Tracks Summer Festival

Dodgy, The Beat, and Banco de Gaia are the first headlining to be announced for Off The Tracks Summer Festival which takes place from Friday 31st August until Sunday 2nd September 2012.

Also confirmed to appear are rising country-rock outfit Phantom Limb, up and coming British-Indian folk collective Moonshee, and festival regulars Biggles Wartime Band. A fourth headline act will be announced in a couple of weeks.

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For Summer 2012, Off The Tracks will also be unveiling its brand new Second Stage, following the development of a barn on the site. September marks the 24th anniversary of the first Off The Tracks, in September 1988.

Festival director Andy Cooper said, "All the signs are this year that people are increasingly seeing the value of small, independent festivals like Off The Tracks, which promote local resources and make a real contribution to the community. We're hugely excited about the summer line-up, following the huge success we had with the Spring festival in May.

"With many more artists and attractions to be announced, this promises to be one of the great Off The Tracks Festivals."

This popular family-friendly festival takes place in and around the courtyard of a farmhouse and offers folk, roots, dance and fusion on two stages, accompanied by 70 real ales, ciders and perrys, acoustic sessions, stalls, and atmospheric surroundings. The facilities include hot showers and caravan hook-ups.

Tickets are priced at £70 for an adult ticket for the weekend with camping, and £40 for a youth (aged 12 to 16 years) ticket, children aged under 12 go free and do not require a ticket. Car parking and campervan/caravan tickets are free for advance ticket sales, or priced at £25 for live in vehicles, and £5 for parking on the gate.

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There's also a children's play area for the kids, and children also have the opportunity to take part in circus workshops, and the parade. In The Orchard at Off The Tracks offers workshops and therapies such as yoga, tuning in, Tai Chi & Chi Kung, Shiatsu, Metamorphic Technique, meditation, and chanting & voice work.

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