exclusive: Wychwood announce Dub Colossus as final headliner

Wychwood Music Festival 2009

Friday 29th to Sunday 31st May 2009
Cheltenham Racecourse, Prestbury Park, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England MAP
£110 w/e adults with camping; youth/concession £85; campervans £30

Last updated: Fri 8th May 2009

Dub Colossus have been confirmed as the final headlining act at this year's Wychwood Music Festival.

Bringing their heady mix of world music to the Independent Stage Dub Colossus will close the festival on the Sunday night.

Dub Colossus are the latest project from Nick Page (aka Dubulah), who was the founding member of Transglobal Underground and Temple of Sound. He has assembled Ethiopian singers and musicians covering Azmari, and traditional styles, as well as the singing styles popular in the 60s and 70s. Their latest album 'Town Called Addis' showcases the vocals of singer Sintayehu 'Mimi' Zenebe who is known as 'the Ethiopian Edith Piaf'.

Joining them on the bill on the main stage will be folk-rock five piece The Men They Couldn't Hang, and hip-hop tinged, acoustic outfit Free Peace who will open the stage on Saturday.

The first of the Big Top headliners at Wychwood is confirmed as rising stars Red Light Company on the Sunday night.

Also exclusively confirmed as appearing on the Big Top line-up is Adrian Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds, Spiro, Attila the Stockbroker, The Long Notes, and Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson.

Dub Colossus will join the previously announced headliners of Super Furry Animals (Friday) and Supergrass (Saturday).

Tickets for Wychwood are on sale, priced at £110 for the weekend, with concessions costing £85, and up-to two under-12s FREE (extra under-12s £10 each), and a campervan/caravan pass is £30.
Day tickets are also available:
Friday: adult ticket is priced at £35, youth/concession £22.
Sunday: adult ticket is priced at £40, youth/concession £27.
Children under 12 tickets for any day are free.

To buy tickets, click here.

Wychwood has established itself in just four years as being one of the best family festivals in the UK, and prides itself on its eclectic mix of Indie, pop, world and folk music programming combined with comedy (sponsored by eFestivals.co.uk), solar powered cinema, loads of workshops, seminars and creative activities for all ages.

Why not check out this short film about last year's Wychwood festival?