Willow Festival 2016

Friday 8th to Sunday 10th July 2016
The Embankment, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 1EF, England MAP
£10

Daily capacity: 50,000

Last updated: Tue 5th Jul 2016

The revived Willow Festival continues to be the city's premier arts event showcasing over 180 live bands and many solo acts. The Willow Festival exists to promote the very best of new, emerging and unsigned live music artists and to help them realise a semi-professional or professional career within the music industry.

Happening for three days from Friday 8th until Sunday 10th July within the surroundings of the Embankment of the River Nene in Peterborough.

Line-up

There are no acts announced yet for 2016.

The festival is not a big name event and is focused on unsigned or new acts of all genres, and if you're into live music of all genres, and put music above celebrity, this is an event you should love.

Tickets

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Although The Willow Festival is a major event, the festival organisation is a "Not For Profit" entity and remains committed and focused on it's goals rather than commercial gains. Because of this ethos, ticket prices for the public are kept to a minimum and general entry is just £10 + booking fee and you can come and go as many times as you wish over the weekend festivities. 14 years and under will also be allowed free entry when accompanied by a parent or a responsible adult.

More info

The spin off is that the public are treated to a great weekend of live music covering all popular music genres including, rock, folk, funk, reggae, world music, jazz, punk, metal, country etc.

As well as live music, the event offers many other attractions including extreme rides, kid's fun attractions, alternative shopping experience, fair price bars and world food village.

Other attractions surround the festival site including indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a steam railway, restaurants & bars, nightclubs, theatres and city centre shopping.

Camping

Camping will be available at a cost. Bookings will be taken on a first come first served basis at the campsite situated adjacent to main festival site which has car parking, hot showers and maintained toilets, allows night time arrivals up to 10pm has 24 hour campsite security, catering and convenience store. Gates open for all campers 12 noon Friday and campers must vacate the festival site on Monday by 10.30am.

More information will be here when available.