Giants Of Rock 2018

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Friday 26th to Monday 29th January 2018
Butlins Resort, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5SH, England MAP
from £129
Daily capacity: 6,500
Last updated: Tue 16th Jan 2018

Giants Of Rock will be held from Friday 26th to Monday 29th January 2018 at Butlins Resort, Minehead, in Somerset.

Line-up

Confirmed for the festival's 4 music venues are Hawkwind, Uriah Heep, Magnum, Nazareth, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Larry Carlton, Fran Cosmo (of Boston), Bobby Kimball (of Toto), Slade, FM, Snakecharmer, Big Country, Stray, Curved Air, Martin Turner ex Wishbone Ash, Deborah Bonham, Chantel McGregor, Roscoe Levee & Walrus, Marc O'Reilly, The Brew, Those Damn Crows, Welcome Back Delta, Killit, Dark Side of the Wall, Limehouse Lizzy and more.

For full details, please see the line-up page.

Tickets

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Tickets are priced from £129 per person based on four people sharing, for 3 nights.

Accommodation

Room Only accommodation offers either double, single or bunk beds with private bathroom and TV, but no kitchen facilities or lounge, more like a hotel room. Self Catering accommodation offers private bathroom, full kitchen facilities and separate lounge area with TV. Tickets are selling fast, and Room Only accommodation is available in 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 berth rooms, and Self Catering accommodation is also available in 4, 6, and 7 berths.

On site

Butlins Minehead looks out across a sandy beach. The site is equipped with a supermarket, newsagent, cash points and restaurants. Onsite facilities include a cinema, Splash Water World - a sub-tropical environment that has a wave pool, a swimming pool, 3 flumes and also a flume based raft ride - Ten-pin bowling and amusement arcade. Sports include Archery, Football, Basketball, Darts, Petanque, Fencing, Kwik Cricket, Netball, Rounders, Table Tennis, Outdoor Bowls and Crazy Golf.

Getting There by Road

Heading north the simplest route is to take the M5 to Taunton (Junction 25), then take the A358 and A39 to Minehead. Heading south on the M5, you can follow the signposts for the A39 from junction 24. Butlins Minehead Holiday Camp is just half a mile along the seafront road from Minehead town centre.

Getting There by Train

If travelling by train, the nearest main line station to Minehead is Taunton. A bus transfer service is operated by Southern National between Taunton Station and Minehead. This service is available at an additional cost. On Mondays to Saturdays, there's approximately an hourly service, with the last bus leaving Taunton Railway Station at 10:15 pm. On Sundays and Bank Holidays services run every 2 hours from 9:35 am - 9:35 pm. For general information call Southern National on 01823 272033. Please note that National Express coaches stop inside the main entrance.

There'll be more information here when available.

 

For more information and to book tickets, see the Giants Of Rock website.




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