bring your Ukelele to Wychwood Festival

This summer's Wychwood Festival invites festival goers to bring their ukuleles to this year's event to play in a very special gig with The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain ahead of their main stage performance on Sunday afternoon.

Those who wish to improve their ukulele skills will be able to join local ukulele group, The Ukeholics who will be running a workshop on the Saturday of the festival to help rehearse a few tunes, plus there will be a late night practice session on the campsite too.

Revellers will be given a one in a lifetime opportunity to join a rogue band of underground, maverick ukulele players. Taking place on Sunday 2nd June at this year's Wychwood Festival on Cheltenham Race Course, ticket holders with a ukulele of their own can join in for the special unannounced gig.

All participants will be told the time and location of a show on Sunday and will then join forces with The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain and dozens of other ukulele players to spring a surprise performance on fellow festival goers.

Friday headliner Soul II Soul, Saturday headliners The Human League, Dreadzone and comic Bill Bailey close the festival on Sunday. Also entertaining the crowds are Lucy Rose, Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, Caravan Palace, Kate Nash, Craig Charles, Police Dog Hogan, The Beat, John Otway, Sam Lee, Eddie and The Hot Rods, Moulettes, Public Service Broadcasting, The Other Tribe, Polarsets, Cave Painting, The History of Apple Pie, Mt. Wolf, Dems, NewQuay Times, Emily And The Woods, Seasfire, Eliza and the Bear, Shields, Clement Marfo & the Frontline, and more.

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

Authors and illustrators include Caryl Hart, Jenny Smith, Petr Horacek, Chris Edge, Karen Langtree, Gemma Hastilow, Shoo Rayner, John Dougherty, Philip Ardagh and Tony de Saulles. Also at Wychwood over the weekend will be CBeebies' Mr Bloom, Talking Horses, Spot the Dog, Winnie the Witch, Kipper and other kids' favourite characters.

Wychwood have still got a number of other slots to fill plus all the eFestivals comedy and the BBC Introducing.

The family-friendly, intimate and inclusive festival which offers a blend of world, roots and contemporary music, alongside comedy, workshops, and more aims to build on the success of the first eight years, and will return to Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire from Friday 31st May until Sunday 2nd June 2013.

An adult weekend tickets are priced at £120, weekend disabled (2 for 1) tickets are priced at £120, and 10-15 year old weekend tickets are priced at £55. Children aged under 9 years old can attend for free.

General camping passes (charged per person) for an adult weekend/disabled camping ticket for £20, a weekend youth/concession camping pass is priced at £10, with those aged under 16s able to camp with grown ups for free. A campervan pass is priced at £35.

Friday adult day tickets are priced at £37, a Friday youth/concession day ticket is priced at £24. Saturday adult day tickets are priced at £53, and a Saturday youth/concession day ticket is priced at £40. Whilst a Sunday adult day ticket is priced at £43, and a Sunday youth/concession day ticket is priced at £20.

A child (aged 10-15 years) day ticket is priced at £20 for any day, and a day ticket is free for kids aged under under 10 years.

To buy tickets, click here.


eFestivals is proud to sponsor the comedy at Wychwood Music Festival, as part of our commitment to support festivals - see here for more information.

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