Photo credit: Striking Faces The Wickham Festival’s switch to a new site has proved to be a huge success. Organisers took the long-standing popular event to a new field a few hundreds yards away in a bid to avoid the mud which proved such a problem last year. And...
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Wickham Festival has been hailed as a “Triumph over adversity.”
Title image of child in mud: Graham Hiley Body images: Striking Faces While many events across the south were forced to cancel by Storm Antoni last weekend, the popular four-day festival overcame a succession of set-backs. Several days of torrential rain left the fields waterlogged at a time when...
Review: Wickham Music Festival, Day 4 – 6 August 2023
Wickham Festival fans were treated to real rock royalty on the final day of a fantastic four-day event. Despite problems with the weather and the mud, the music lifted everyone’s spirits to make it all worthwhile. After three days of great acts, the final day saw the Zombies make...
Review: Wickham Music Festival, Day 3 – 5 August 2023
By Graham Hiley Wickham Festival fans were blown away – but by the music rather than the forecast gales. Winds of 40mph had been predicted along with thunderstorms and torrential rain ,and although there were a few heavy showers, the worst of the storm passed by the picturesque setting....
Review: Wickham Music Festival, Day 2 – Friday 4 August 2023
By Graham Hiley If you thought the Saw Doctors could not get any better than they were at Wickham last year, then think again! Singer Leo Moran told the crowd: “Last year was our first big gig back after six years so we were a bit nervous but we...
Review: Wickham Music Festival, Day 1 – Thursday 3 August 2023
By Graham Hiley Even the rain could not dampen spirits on the opening day of the Wickham Festival. There was a defiant party mood among fans determined to enjoy the music despite the days of heavy rain which left the ground soft and, in places, muddy. And their commitment was...
Review: Let’s Rock, Southampton Common, 8 July 2023
Review By: Ian Howie-Lee & Catherine Collins – Photo Credit: Kate Hunter Photography Thousands of revellers once again descended on Southampton Common yesterday for the return of retro ‘80s festival, Let’s Rock, with headline performances from Soft Cell and Boomtown Rats. There were ‘80s costumes and neon galore, and...
Preview: Wickham Festival, Wickham, Thursday 3 – Sunday 6 August 2023
A host of stars are confirmed for Wickham Festival as The Proclaimers, Midge Ure and The Saw Doctors head a star-studded line-up at four-day event. Tickets are selling fast for the ever-popular event in the heart of Hampshire, which runs from Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 August, with fans...
Preview: Smoked & Uncut, Lime Wood Hotel, Lyndhurst
Here come the girls! Lime Wood has an all female line-up for Smoked & Uncut, which celebrates its 10 year anniversary this year. Headliners, Kelis, Gabrielle, and DJ Harriet Rose will take centre stage at the fabulous summer festival, which takes place on Saturday 8 July at Lime Wood hotel...
One month to go until Buckinghamshire’s biggest festival, PennFest, returns
It’s now just one month until Buckinghamshire’s biggest music festival, PennFest, returns with its most impressive line-up yet – and tickets are selling fast! The two-day festival with optional camping is held in picturesque countryside near the village of Penn Street – just 26 miles from central London, and...