tickets now on sale for Blissfields

Tickets have gone on sale for Blissfields festival held from Friday 4th to Sunday 6th July. This year the booming festival has scaled up to a three-day festival and has moved to a new site, Matterley Bowl, near Winchester.

Tickets for this intimate family friendly festival for people who want something very removed from the big commercial festivals can be bought here.

The price is just £60 for the weekend with camping; £40 for those aged 8-16 for the weekend with camping, with campervans costing just £15, and Thursday night camping available for an extra fiver. Children aged under 8 are free. A limited number of Day tickets are also be available.

The Friday Headliner is The Wonder Stuff and other acts booked for the festival include: Imperial Leisure, The Pan I Am, Subgiant, Peggy Sue and the Pirates, Modernaire, Six Nation State, Pistola, Jim Bob (ex-Carter USM), Abdoujaparov, Red Eye Banquet, Chris T-T (Band and Solo), Subsource, Soweto Kinch, The Beat Maras, Beans on Toast, Hush the Many (Heed the Few), Andy Comley, Blisskrieg, Nathan "Flutebox" Lee, Captain Phoenix, Lazy Habits, Subliminal Girls, Ruth Theodore, Skuba, Life at The Pines, Dead!Dead!Dead!, Echaskech, Monty and the Butchers, Rival Joustas, and The Jacks. There are still many more acts yet to be announced, including Saturday and Sunday headliners and main supports still to be added.

But that's not all attendees can expect. There will also be over twenty bands on the Local Showcases on 'Stage Thrice', from Southampton, Winchester and Basingstoke, on the Sunday the stage will host acts promoted by The Lock Out from London.

The festival will also have 'The Living Room' which will be presenting mainly acoustic acts in its themed marquee throughout the weekend! Previous Living Room performers have included Newton Faulkner and Kate Walsh.

For the fans of dance there's also a host of DJs including, Dan Hayes (Subgiant), DJ Chukles (West One Two Music), Mont D'Or (Obsession raves), Little Chief (Blissfields in the City), Pistola Matt (iPod selector B7!), DJ Chix (Blissfields legend), Kozmik Ken (Space rock extraordinaire), Olly Salter (Revive), Steve Moore (Revive), Benzo (Revive), and Bloody Awful Poetry DJ's!

As well as a great variety of music, the festival offers plenty of fantastic hand-picked food stalls, craft stalls, drinks at very reasonable prices, great workshops for you and the kids, relaxing areas and quirky cafes.

The campsite will open from 4pm Thursday 3rd July until noon on Monday 7th July, and includes a Family Area, a Live-in Vehicle Area. Note that Thursday night camping costs an extra £5.

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