exclusive: Levellers to headline Wychwood Festival

Wychwood Music Festival 2014

Friday 30th May to Sunday 1st June 2014
Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 4SH, England MAP
offer - £145 for the weekend, with camping

Daily capacity: 7,500

Last updated: Thu 8th May 2014

eFestivals can exclusively reveal Levellers will headline theSaturday night of this summer's 10th family-friendly Wychwood Festival which returns to Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire.

Levellers are the festival's most requested band ever organisers reveal, so it's fitting to have them headline the 10^th Year. The Levellers commented, "We are really looking forward to coming back to Wychwood Festival this year for their 10th anniversary celebrations!"

Also added to Saturday's line-up are Reef, with Peter White, and King Charles the Big Top Saturday, Smashing Blouse sessions headliner.

While Sunday's line-up sees the addition of Lee Thompson's Ska Orchestra, Gabby Young and Other Animals, and Baraka, while NewQuay Times, join the Friday bill.

For the kids another festival favourite Justin Fletcher aka Mr Tumble returns to the main stage on Saturday, and Justin Fletcher commented, "Looking forward to bags of singing and dancing and having a party at Wychwood Festival this year!"

eFestivals can also reveal more of the eFestivals sponsored comedy line-up joining comedians Paul Tonkinson, Gary Delaney, and Wes Zaharuk. Canadian comic Paul Ewing, opening Friday's comedy session that also features Luke Honnoraty. Saturday's line-up includes Andy White, Laura Lexx, Graham Whistler, and Gavin Webster, and on Sunday it will be the turn of Freddie Farrell, and Jellybean Martinez.

Friday's headliners are The Stranglers, and Boomtown Rats headline Sunday mainstage, with Craig Charles, The Real Thing, Newton Faulkner, Gentleman's Dub Club, Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer, 10CC's Graham Gouldmand's Heart Full of Songs, Bad Manners, Gaslight Troubadours, Thrill Collins, Wolf Alice, Benin City, Pixel Fix, Racing Glaciers, La Chiva Gantiva, Bipolar Sunshine, Glitches, Lloyd Yates, Sam Garrett, Phoria, Merry Hell, and Polly & the Billet Doux, the first acts confirmed.

For the latest line-up details click here.

Wychwood Festival will be welcoming authors and illustrators including Korky Paul, Tony de Saulles, Phil Ardagh, Jo Cotterill, Jo Nadin, John Dougherty, Wendy Meddour, Christpher Edge, and Karen Langtree.

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Adult weekend tickets are priced at £125, weekend disabled (2 for 1) tickets are priced at £125, youth (aged 16-18)/concession weekend tickets are priced at £100, and 10-15 year old weekend tickets are priced at £60. Tickets for children aged 6 to 9 years old are priced at £20. Children aged 0-5 years can attend for free.

General camping passes (charged per person) for an adult weekend/disabled ticket is priced at £20, a weekend youth/concession camping pass is priced at £10, with those aged under 16s able to camp with grown ups for free. A campervan pass is priced at £60 with no additional camping passes needed.

Wychwood has established itself as being one of the best family festivals in the UK, and prides itself on its eclectic mix of Indie, pop, world and folk music programming combined with comedy (sponsored by eFestivals.co.uk), loads of workshops, seminars and creative activities for all ages, all on a compact site.

The Wychwood Music Festival boasts four music stages with over 100 bands, plus comedy, 100 workshops and events for all ages, kids literature festival, healing and sculpture gardens, The Headphone Disco until the wee hours, great food and real ales, and much more.

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