Towersey Village Festival 2010

This major folk arts festival, returning for its 46th year, features a professional programme of folk and roots music, ceilidhs, international dance teams, family entertainers, workshops and a Children's Festival which incorporates entertainment, music, puppetry, circus skills and craft workshops.

The dates for 2010 are confirmed as the Bank Holiday weekend of Thursday 26th to Monday 30th August.

Line-up

Acts confirmed are Bellowhead, Dhol Foundation, Chris Wood, Martin Simpson & friends, Brass Monkey, Genticorum, Spider John Koerner, Jackie Oates, Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings, Kan, Whapweasel, Steamchicken, Fay Hield, Colum Sands, Nancy Wallace, Hekety, Sara Grey, Kieron Means and Ben Paley, and The Committee Band play Towersey Ceilidh Tent in their retiring year. Plus The Music of Cosmotheka, Great Western Morris, and Gaorsach Rapper.

For the line-up details, day and stage splits as available please click here. There are many more artists to be revealed.

The Towersey 'Showground' will be a good deal bigger and house three new performance stages instead of the traditional seated Arena. The 3 stages spread across the Showground will feature dance displays, music, comedy, magic, puppetry, clowning and storytelling. Musical and comic walkabouts will wander the Showground with stiltwalkers, jugglers and street theatre throughout the weekend. Plus activities from Yoga to Bop Around, through hands on Workshop learning to Concerts, Ceilidhs, Club Sessions.

Tickets

The early bird offer has ended. Normal tickets are priced as follows:
Adult £104 (Camping £18 extra)
Adult Concession N/A (Camping £18 extra)
Youth (12-17yrs) £73 (Camping £18 extra)
Child (5-11yrs) £52 (Camping FREE)

Day tickets are priced at £52 (Fri £31) for adults. To buy tickets, click here.

New for 2010

This year there will be more seats on the Showground and a new & improved Market Square Stage. Plus the World's biggest parasol with a 12m span, the MegaSol is a place to picnic, or just take some shade. In 2009 the festival introduced some relaxed late night specials in The Hive and there's an even more diverse programme for 2010 with 'Bedtime Stories for Grown Ups', comedy with Funny Folk and music with new faces, singer songwriters and some alternative folk.

Ceilidh

This year's theme for the Ceilidh has not yet been confirmed.

Children's Centre

The famous Children's Festival and Shooting Roots for Youth, has a busy schedule offers hands on learning, a chance to be involved, to loosen up, to meet new friends and even form a band. Both the Children's Festival and Youth programmes are staged in specially dedicated venues; both have a programme packed with opportunities, vision, and skills.

Acoustic Stage

The Acoustic Stage is expected to return for late night wind downs, new sounds and local acts. The programme runs Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Camping

There's a home for hundreds of camping families with Site 1 which is a family, quiet site, but indeed open to the wider family, i.e. children, youth, aunties, uncles, grandparents and anybody else who forms a family group. A 'Chill Out Zone' is on Site 2, a gathering point in the middle of the site for that 'coffee and book moment' the 'meet you there place', the visual arts, the get away from the hubbub space or just a spot to 'chill'. Campsites 2 and 3 are expected to have better provision for disabled people in 2010 and those who want to stay up late.

Camp sites are for season ticket holders only and will open at noon on Thursday. Please do not arrive in Towersey before then.

There is also a large FREE car park for day visitors, flat with access for the disabled although said to be a bit rough underfoot.

More information will be here when available.

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