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Garforth Arts Festival 2006

Saturday 5th to Sunday 6th August 2006

Newcastle Racecourse, Newcastle upon Tyne, England MAP

£29.50 a day, or £55 for the weekend

last updated: Tue 10th Jan 2006

The seventh Garforth Arts Festival takes place from Monday 27th June to 9th July. Gosforth Gathering is a new two day alternative music festival, to be held at Newcastle Racecourse on the 5th and 6th of August 2006.

There'll be two stages, with the major artists on the main stage, and the second stage will feature unsigned bands. The Saturday has The Stranglers, Therapy?, Buzzcocks, and more, while Sunday has Biffy Clyro, The Bluetones, The Cooper Temple Clause, The Complete Stone Roses, 65daysofstatic, and more. For full line-up details (as available), see here.

The festival will be kept to a limit of under 10,000 people a day for 2006, but the organisers hope to expand in future years. There will be no on-site camping available this year.

Gosforth Gathering 2006 will be raising money in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust.

Tickets are priced at £29.50 for either day, or £55 for the weekend.

There'll be more information here when available.