Consett Festival 2014

The 2nd annual Consett Festival will be taking place on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th April 2014 at Consett Rugby Club Playing Fields, in Consett, County Durham.

Line-up

The first acts confirmed are The Ska-Toons, The Whodlums, Acoustic Weller, Joe & Olly, Hannah Lamb, Thin Man, Katie Stafford, Jen Stevens & The Hiccups, Consett Phoenix Youth, The Me Me's, Slow Moving Targets, Meghan, Peculiar Disco Moves, and more.

Acoustic Friday: Driven Serious, Gilded Thieves, Gary Grainger and Friends, Kindred, and Chris Justice.

Tickets

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Tickets are priced at £7 for Saturday, a child (13-17 year olds) ticket is £4, Under 13s free. A Friday ticket is priced at £4

On site

The Festival offers a full day of live music from 2 stages, family activities and an opportunity for local traders/business people to raise awareness of their business.

The activities

The activities for this year have not yet been announced.

The stalls

Expect a range of stalls selling home made jewellery, knit wear, paintings, photographs, music and musical instruments, cakes, personalised pets accessories and local band merchandise.

Food

A traditional catering van backed up with fresh candyfloss, doughnuts and a hog roast.

Drinks

As well as the standard bar drinks there will be a Real Ale tent supplying locally produced Ales and Ciders.

Accommodation

This event does not have camping but there are a number of hotels, hostels and guest houses in the area.

More info

This is a non-profit festival to help promote the town of Consett and celebrate their heritage. Any profits will be directed back into the following year's festival.

More information will be here when available.