first acts announced for Off The Tracks Summer Festival

Dreadzone, and Simon Friend's Seismic Survey

By Scott Williams | Published: Fri 4th Jan 2013

Off The Tracks Summer Festival 2013

Friday 30th August to Sunday 1st September 2013
Donington Park Farmhouse, nr Castle Donington, Isley Walton, Derbyshire, DE74 2RN, England MAP
£75 for w/e inc camping, youth (12-16) £40

Daily capacity: 2,000

Now celebrating its 25th anniversary the popular family-friendly Off The Tracks Summer Festival has announced Dreadzone, and Simon Friend's Seismic Survey as the first acts confirmed to appear over the weekend of Friday 30th August until Sunday 1st September 2013.

This popular family-friendly festival takes place in and around the courtyard of a farmhouse and offers folk, roots, dance and fusion on two stages, accompanied by 70 real ales, ciders and perrys, acoustic sessions, stalls, and atmospheric surroundings. The facilities include hot showers and caravan hook-ups.

Tickets are priced at £75 for an adult ticket for the weekend with camping, and £40 for a youth (aged 12 to 16 years) ticket, children aged under 12 go free and do not require a ticket. Advance tickets also cover free camping and parking, including caravans and live-in vehicles.

To buy tickets, click here.

For the first time a double ticket is available covering admission to both the Spring and Summer events. The double tickets include admission to the Spring Festival (Bank Holiday weekend, May 24-26), and this, the Summer Festival, for £120 for adults (saving 20 per cent, or £30, on the usual advance ticket price). Double tickets for 12-16 year olds are £60 (a saving of 25 per cent or £20).

To buy the special double festival tickets click here.

There's also a children's play area for the kids, and children also have the opportunity to take part in circus workshops, and the parade. In The Orchard at Off The Tracks offers workshops and therapies such as yoga, tuning in, Tai Chi & Chi Kung, Shiatsu, Metamorphic Technique, meditation, and chanting & voice work.

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