Pulse Festival - CANCELLED 2012

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Pulse Festival has been cancelled.

A statement from organisers says:

"Well even the sunny fields of Sunnyfields have succumbed to this years onslaught by the Jet Stream. It is with great regret that we have decided put off this years festival.

This will come as an unwelcome surprise to many as plans were well underway and we had a great festival ahead. Of course we had the great news last week that the Heart Unit in Southampton will stay open, so it’s not all bad news.

The weather this year has been extreme and we need to remember that Sunnyfields is a working farm, the damage that could be caused by vehicle movements and 2000 pairs of feet jumping up a down would have lasting effects, we took a walk around the site yesterday and it is very boggy to say the least, even if the weather was to improve greatly between now and 1st September the ground would still not be suitable for holding a festival.

Sorry to all the ticket purchasers, not least the person who bought 18 of them, not 2 minutes before we sat down to write this!…. you will all be fully refunded in the next week or so.

We will be back though… don't despair. Next year will have to be doubly good to make up.

We'll miss you all.

The Pulse Team."

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Returning for a third year, Pulse Festival offers a day of music, food and festivities with two stages of some of the best live music and a complete farmer's market with fine food and beer. Kids entertainment, including, bouncy castles, face painting, tractor rides and lots more. All to raise money and awareness for the Children's Heart Unit at Southampton General Hospital.

The event, originally planned as a one-off event, returns for a third year on Saturday 1st September 2012 at Sunnyfields Farm, Southampton, in Hampshire.

Line-up

Acts confirmed include Backbeat Sound System, Pronghorn, Subgiant, Fos Brothers, Pachango, Arp Attack, Toupe, Heath:Ward, Science Of Eight Limbs, Stone Them Crows, Drumscapes, Anja Mccloskey, Welcome Pariah, and compere Grant Sharkey. For the line-up details as available please click here.

As well as named acts the festival will draw on the bristling South Coast live scene. As last year, the music will be eclectic, interesting and spot on for a good old knees up. Band and artist submissions are now open, so if you would like the chance to play on one of the two fantastic stages please see the website for details.

Tickets

Tickets are priced at £15 for adults, children (10-16yrs) tickets are priced at £7.50, with under 10's Free.

What to expect this year

Expect two live music stages, one outdoor and one in a marquee, great food and drink as well as a superb children's area.

Food & drink

The festival is held at Sunnyfields Farm who have a cafe and host a farmer's market every weekend. The Farm are pioneers of the Food & More Project and it is this project which has enabled the festival to happen. The project is all about farms being more than just places that grow food, which means things like music can happen too.

The Village Bells

The local pub is expected to up sticks once again and move onsite for the duration. The Village Bells will be selling a fine selection of local Ales, Ciders and Wines all at normal pub prices.

Kids

Children are the inspiration behind this festival and so there will be all sorts for the children to do from glump out - fun science, mono printing, story telling, tai chi, Pimp my Scrap, Face Painting, Tractor Rides, Nail Bar, Crazy Creatures, Hats'n'Masks, The Large Large Collage and lot's more.

Ethos

Pulse Festival has been set up with a clear purpose in mind and that is to raise money and awareness for the Children's Heart Unit in Southampton known as Ocean Ward. The Festival is organised by Mark Ward and Olly Maw (Subgiant). Both have young children with Congenital Heart Disease who have both had life saving treatment at the unit in Southampton. But it's not just Mark & Olly, this festival has a whole team of dedicated friends and supporters behind it.

Fund raising

All profits raised by this festival will be donated to Wessex Heartbeat and Friends of PICU, charities who directly support Ocean Ward and the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).

Camping

There will be limited camping available on the festival site with advanced tickets at £10 each, there are also several excellent campsites near by, a short taxi ride home to any of these is not going to cost much

More information will be here when available.

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