Keynsham Music Festival 2011

Keynsham Music Festival is an annual FREE music and arts event with an audience of 10,000. One of the last free festivals in the South West, and takes place at Keynsham Memorial Park, in Bath on Sunday 3rd July.

Line-up

Top Stage: Escort Knights, Bass 6, Centrefold, Fabric, Some Velvet Morning, and Jon Amor.
Co-operative Fair Trade Stage: Keynsham Brass Band, Rebecca Cant, Troubador Hook, Lions Duck Race, Trish Brown, Vamos, Bashema, and Troy Ellis.
Time Out Stage: Theo Alteri, Obnoxious Toddlers, Ost, I am hope, Bohemian Embassy, In Extremis, The Daturas, Largo Embargo, and Hope Remains Lost.
Performance Stage: To be announced.

The Keynsham Music Festival has now been going for 12 years and attracts some of the best unsigned bands in the region. The free festival has four stages and supports local bands, around Bath and Bristol.

New for 2011

Thanks to an Arts Council England grant, the Keynsham Music Festival are putting on two new events on Saturday 2 July and hope that these will become regular features of the festival. Keynsham Town Centre will be a hive of activity with a day of internationally acclaimed street performers programmed by Lee Dowse of Crossant Neuf Circus. Expect an eclectic cocktail of eccentric cabaret, music, comic stupidity, magic and incredible acrobatic acts of daring taking place under the clock tower from 12 noon and suitable for all the family. Whilst this is going on in the town centre, there will be a new stage, Keynsham Sounds, in Keynsham Memorial Park from 1-6. Programmed by young Keynsham residents, this stage will showcase some of the best new young bands in the area as well as activities such as grassboarding, a Silent Rave at 9.30pm, UV facepainting and a fire show. And for very young residents, there is story telling and crafts down by the Bandstand from 2.30pm.

Other events

Keynsham is busy from 28 June with festival events taking place in the town. Highlights include an outdoor screening of Sing-along Mamma Mia! on Friday 1 July at 9.45pm in Keynsham Memorial Park. The screening will be free but you will be asked for a donation towards costs. BBQ and bar available from 8.30pm. In the event of rain the screening will take place in a large marquee.

Donation

The festival in the park is free but they do ask for a donation of around £2 per adult.

Accommodation

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

More info

For more information, see the Keynsham Music Festival website.

More information will be here when available.