exclusive: more comedy acts, authors, & films, for Wychwood

eFestivals can exclusively reveal more comedy acts, authors, films, and more for next month's Wychwood Festival 2011 which returns for the seventh year to Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th June.

The comedy line-up at next month's festival is completed by Dan Smith, Russ Powell, Wil Hodgson, Christian Steel, and Tom Toal.

There are also a few more authors added to the Kids Literature Festival including Chris Bradford, Andy Briggs, and John Dougherty author of books including Zeus on the Loose who will be performing readings from some of his books along with poems, songs and silliness.

The film tent at this year's Wychwood Music Festival is programmed by Whirlygig Cinema; a London-based project working to expose the talents of new and exciting filmmakers through short film events. At Wychwood they will provide a host of short film showreels, features, documentaries and live AV events, celebrating in particular the interplay between music and film. Highlights include 'Exit Through The Gift Shop' directed by Banksy, 'The Mighty Boosh On Tour: Journey of the Childmen', 'The Little Shop of Horrors' and more.

This year the Healing Gardens will include Reflexology, Indian Head Massage, Holistic Palmistry, Thermo Auricular Therapy (Hopi), Homeopathy, Reiki, Crystal Healing, Chakra Balancing, Osteopathy, Swedish Massage, Seated Massage and Thai Massage. Sessions can be booked in advance on the official website.

Headlining will be The Charlatans, The Waterboys, and Ian Anderson. Also on the bill are Robyn Hitchcock paying tribute to Captain Beefheart, Eddi Reader, Bluetones, Cornershop, Transglobal Underground, Roddy Woomble, The Epstein, The Travelling Band, Jali Fily Cissokho, 3 Daft Monkeys, Delta Maid, ahab, The Beetroot Kings Elfynn, The Wurzels, Eliza Carthy, Neville Staple, Kissmet, Oxford Imps, Arcadian Kicks, Handshake, François & the Atlas Mountains, and Moussu T e lei Jovents, with many more still to be announced.

For young Wychwooders CBeebies superstar Justin Fletcher aka Mr Tumble returns this year to wake festival goers up on Sunday morning on the main stage. Bring your best singalong voices, dancing feet, and your favourite fancy dress costumes.

As always, Wychwood is a festival of not only music, but crammed full of other things to see and do, from comedy to cinema, and from workshops to the healing gardens. The Children's Lit Fest line-up includes Lazlo Strangolov, Steve Cole, Simon Mason, Philip Ardagh, Ian Whybrow, Cathy Hopkins, Judith Kerr, Jeremy Strong and illustrator Korky Paul.

An adult weekend ticket is priced at £115
Weekend disabled (2 for 1) ticket £115
Youth (aged 16-18)/concession weekend tickets £90
Child 10-15 year old weekend tickets are priced at £55
Children aged 5-9 years weekend ticket £15, and those under 5 can attend for free. Day tickets are also available.

A weekend camping pass is priced at £20, a concession/youth weekend camping pass is available at a price of £10. Children under 16 can camp for free, live in vehicle/campervan passes are priced at £35 per person.

To buy tickets, click here.

eFestivals is again proud to be a sponsor of Wychwood Music Festival in 2011, as part of our commitment to put 10% of our turnover back into festivals.

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