The Acoustic Festival of Britain adds Midge Ure and more

The Acoustic Festival of Britain 2016

Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th June 2016
Uttoxeter Racecourse, Wood Lane, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, ST14 8BD, England MAP
£105 with camping

Daily capacity: 5,000

Midge Ure leads the latest acts announced for The Acoustic Festival of Britain. This the 11th year of the festival sees it moving to June and will take place over the spring bank half term holiday from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th June at Uttoxeter Racecourse, in Staffordshire.

Also added to the bill are The Jive Aces, Blair Dunlop, Swanvesta Social Club, Wildfire Folk, The Counterfeit Stones, Remi Harris Trio, Toriah Fontaine, Los Pacaminos, Chris Woods Groove, Judie Tzuke, The Ukulele Theatre, Dean Friedman, Plumhall, Professor Verymental, The Roving Crows, The Outcast Band, The Beautiful Sound, Dodgy, Funke and the Two Tone Baby, Vix & Her MsChiefs, and The Mersey Belles.

The first names announced were The Blockheads, Nell Bryden, King King, T.Rextasy, BabaJack, and Tony Wright (Terrorvision).

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Early bird offer tickets are on sale priced at £85 for the weekend with camping an additional £20. There is also an option to pay in 4 monthly payments. Children aged 10-15 years old at the time of the festival will need a child's ticket priced at £25 for the weekend with camping.

A ticket for kids aged 5 to 9 years old is priced at £5 for the weekend with camping, and an infant aged 4 years and under is priced at at £1.

A Thursday arrival and camping ticket is an additional £5, a family weekend with camping ticket (includes 2 x Adults & 2 x Children with Camping from Thur. 2pm & entry to the main arena & all stages from Thursday Evening and all day Fri. Sat and Sunday) is priced at £225.

A Caravan/Trailer tent/Campervan pass is priced at £10.

Day tickets will be available at a later date.

The Acoustic Festival of Britain offers the chance to camp in the same area as you park.

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