Kendal Calling

[burnageblue]

Does anyone know if Kendal Calling is going ahead in 2009?

TIA

Edited January 15, 2009 by burnageblue

[naarjtie]

Hey there, it is indeed - 31st July - 2nd August!

We're aiming to have our new website go live on the 16th January with some rather major news - www.kendalcalling.com.

It's Kendal with one L by the way

[burnageblue]

Hey there, it is indeed - 31st July - 2nd August!

We're aiming to have our new website go live on the 16th January with some rather major news - www.kendalcalling.com.

[burnageblue]

My breath is so baited now it's like it is on a sunday morning at a festival after I'd forgotton to pack a toothbrush.

[Wooden]

Any updates yet ?? any idea when early bird tickets are going on sale ??

Cheers

[byethecrin]

A friends band is playing, they haven't been signed yet but are getting decent reviews at the moment so hopefully its only a matter of time...

http://www.myspace.com/suzukimethodmusic

Any news yet on the tickets front, really looking forward to it !!

Rob

[paulo80]

The website has finally been updated. Its been moved further north to Lowther Castle. Early bird tickets available next week - line-up announcement starting next Friday.

[Kowalski]

The website has finally been updated. Its been moved further north to Lowther Castle. Early bird tickets available next week - line-up announcement starting next Friday.

[Paul ™]

Agreed

Site was a farce last year, all on a hill and the access was daft

[halfpint]

Disappointed not in Kendal - theres a site very similar to lowther the other side of kendal.... ......but can't wait for the line up and hoping to get my ticket on monday

[MarkyJ]

Disappointed not in Kendal - theres a site very similar to lowther the other side of kendal....

[halfpint]

The county showground....would of been great.

[MarkyJ]

If it's where Lowther park used to be though, as in the visitor centre I won't complain, really nice setting. Also it'll actually feel like i'm going away this time

[naarjtie]

The showground would have been the closest choice but we're much happier with Lowther. Apart from the stunning views and the natural amphitheatre the infrastructure's surprisingly better tuned for a festival, with concrete roads looping the arena and carparks and multiple entrances.

Clicky for an aerial shot of the site in Live Earth - click 'aerial' at the top otherwise it's just a few vector shapes

I'll hold my hands up and say we grew too large last year on a site that could have coped in good weather but couldn't handle a downpour. We're sticking with the same capacity for 2009 despite the larger site and have listened to your comments from last year (we'll be handing out a free festival newspaper on arrival with all stage times, putting on more non-musical / kids entertainment and creating more areas to chill as well as quite a number of other things that we'll be announcing shortly. If you feel there's anything important I haven't mentioned feel free to PM me).

500 early bird tickets go on sale this Monday at last years prices (£55) over at www.ticketline.co.uk. We'll have our first artists announcements this coming Friday.

[Wooden]

New site sounds good, even closer for me now as well - about 30 mins away!!

Can't wait to see what the line ups gonna be, hoping to get my ticket sorted on monday, just bought tickets for Rock am Ring so i'll have to get ratching down the back of the couch for some pennies i think !!

[blondieandi]

Why where are you based?? Im from Egremont!!

[burnageblue]

Kendal Calling 2009 Wishlist

Any of the following -

Howling Bells

The Go Team!

Ebony Bones

Molotov

Art Brut

Jurassic 5

Roots Manuva

BSP again!

Teenage Fanclub

The Bluetones

The Coral

Roni Size and Reprazant

Andy C

DJ Hype

Sway

Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show?

[naarjtie]

Today took us completely by surprise - 9:30am this morning I got a call from Ticketline informing me all early bird tickets had gone. 500 tickets in 30 minutes! General tickets are going to be released on Friday - £70 for the weekend, camping included as per usual, and we'll be announcing some of the acts on the day as well.

Kendal Calling 2009 Wishlist

Any of the following -

...

[Andy_T]

When I rang Ticketline at 9:25 there were no tickets left . Guess I'll be buying on Friday assuming they don't sell out just as quickly!

[greavsy]

Anyone know what the capacity is for this?

THinking of coming up from Preston but have visions of spending 10 hours stuck on the A road getting into the site

[naarjtie]

Anyone know what the capacity is for this?

THinking of coming up from Preston but have visions of spending 10 hours stuck on the A road getting into the site

[Wooden]

Was expecting them all to sell but not that quick ! try'd to get some at my bait time at work (10.45) but they'd all gone, hope these others don't sell out that quick, i know last year they didn't sell out untill nearer the time but with the sucsess of last year i reckon they'll all go a bit quicker.

What time do they go on sale with TicketLine ?

[naarjtie]

To be honest I didn't expect them to sell that fast either - I wouldn't have been surprised if it took a week, at least until we'd announced some artists.

They'll be on sale 09:00 Friday through Ticketline. Good luck

[paulo80]

The Streets & The Travelling Band have been announced on the website, along with a few others.

Not going to be able to make it this year unfortunately - should be really good though. Last year was great - the mud dried out eventually, brilliant bands, beer in cans (good for combats), and a really friendly atmosphere.

[irons]

The Streets & The Travelling Band have been announced on the website, along with a few others.

Not going to be able to make it this year unfortunately - should be really good though. Last year was great - the mud dried out eventually, brilliant bands, beer in cans (good for combats), and a really friendly atmosphere.