Bearded Theory add Martin Harley Band, Hobo Jones, & more

more acts for the Waters Edge Stage line-up

By Scott Williams | Published: Wed 21st Dec 2011

Hobo Jones And The Junkyard Dogs

Friday 18th to Sunday 20th May 2012
Kedleston Hall Park, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 5JH, England MAP
£74 - SOLD OUT
Daily capacity: 5,000
Last updated: Wed 9th May 2012

Martin Harley Band, and Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs are amongst the latest acts confirmed for the Waters Edge Stage at Derbyshire's Bearded Theory which takes place from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th May 2012.


Hobo Jones And The Junkyard Dogs
Hobo Jones
Martin Harley Band will headline Sunday on Waters Edge Stage joining them that day will be Leatherat, Ash Victim and the previously confirmed Mad Dog Mcrae, Bemis, and Jordan Delap.

Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs, and The Longshanks join the Saturday line-up headlined by the already confirmed 3 Daft Monkeys with True Deceivers, and Pete Jackson also appearing that day.

Friday will see Trantism headline with Jemma Johnson and the newly announced Stevie - One Bloke One Mandolin also performing.

The Sunday family friendly but a little less cheesy slot will be announced next month.

Levellers, The Damned, and Dreadzone will be headlining the festival held at Kedleston Hall Park, Derby, in Derbyshire. System 7, The Ashan Project, Astralasia, Banco De Gaia, Terrorvision, Mad Dog Mcrea, Tarantism, The True Deceivers, Show of Hands, Chumbawamba, Radical Dance Faction (RDF), The Selecter, The Urban Voodoo Machine, Credit to The Nation, The Popes, Random Hand, Kissmet, Imperial Leisure, Ferocious Dog, WitchDoktors, Rasta4Eyes, The Travelling Band, RoughNeck Riot, Tracy Jane Sullivan, Cracked Actors, Boot Hill All Stars, Karl Phillips & The Midnight Ramblers, Pronghorn, Back to the Planet, Los Albertos, and King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys, and more.. The festival will have bands, DJs, and comedians. For the line-up details as available please click here.

Every year Bearded Theory attempts to break the world record for the most amount of people wearing a fancy dress beards in one place and at one time.

Tickets are now on sale with a weekend ticket priced at £74, 13-16 weekend tickets are priced at £40, 6-12 weekend tickets are priced at £25, children aged 5 and under are free and Family Tickets are priced at £190 (2 x adult & 2 x children). All children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. No day tickets will be released for sale for the 2012 festival.

There is also a payment plan available where festival goers can pay for half of their ticket now and pay the rest in March 2012.

There will a charge for car parking of £5. Please note you will be charged £10 at the gate if you do not have a ticket. A campervan ticket is priced at £5.

To buy tickets click here.

For the first time a joint ticket is available for both Bearded Theory, and the Spring Off The Tracks Festival held in Derbyshire on consecutive weekends in 2012 with discounted camping also available to stay during the week between them. A joint entrance ticket to both Derbyshire festivals is priced at £110, and also includes the offer of discounted camping facilities between festivals at the home of Off The Tracks, the Donington Park Farmhouse Hotel, at Castle Donington. The Spring Off The Tracks Festival takes place from Friday 25th until Sunday 27th May 2012 at Park Farmhouse, at Castle Donington - a week after Bearded Theory.

To buy the special combined 2 festival tickets click here.


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