exclusive: more acts and entertainment for 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 the latest raft of acts and entertainments for the 10th family-friendly Wychwood Festival which returns to Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire from Friday 30th May until Sunday 1st June.

Wychwood today reveal that the dedicated BBC Stage will be returning with a hand picked selection of acclaimed newcomers and ones to watch from the surrounding regions of Gloucestershire, Hereford & Worcester and Coventry & Warwickshire and a line-up including Pretty Rascals, Stylusboy, Bunsen Honey, Emma McGann, The Fallows, Duplex, Nina Baker, and Jet Pack.

London promoters Smashing Blouse today also announce that Haus, No Ceremony, and Racing Glaciers will be joining their curated line-up.

While added to the Big Top line-up are Bela Takes Chase, James Michael, and Ran Kan Kan.

Friday's headliners are The Stranglers, Levellers will headline the Saturday night, and Boomtown Rats top the bill on Sunday on the main stage, with Reef, King Charles, Lee Thompson's Ska Orchestra, Gabby Young and Other Animals, Baraka, Craig Charles, The Real Thing, Newton Faulkner, Gentleman's Dub Club, Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer, 10CC's Graham Gouldman'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, A Way With Words, NewQuay Times, The Uke Junkies, Black Hats, KSH & The Going Goods, Sadie & the Hotheads, Railroad Bill, Robbie Boyd, The Vinyls, The Funky Jets, FTSE, Kyla la Grange,Fe, Champs, All Ears Avow, Bleachroom, Flee, Lost in Bat Country, Blue Horyzon, Spoils, Shaq Douglas, Pat Orchard, Crossing Adam, Beat Harlows, Julian Mensah & Andrew Amofa, Emily Lynn, and Tom Spice.

Plus Justin Fletcher aka Mr Tumble returns to the main stage on Saturday.

For the latest line-up details click here.

The eFestivals sponsored comedy line-includes Paul Tonkinson, Gary Delaney, and Wes Zaharuk, plus Paul Ewing, Luke Honnoraty, Andy White, Laura Lexx, Graham Whistler, Gavin Webster, Freddie Farrell, and Jellybean Martinez.

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.

Anyone who has been to Wychwood before will know that the festival offers an wide selection of activities for children, and this year is no exception.

The Booktrust Children's Reading Fund is dedicated to improving the lives of underprivileged children through literature and education, and will bring CBeebies presenter and children's author Cerrie Burnell, alongside their Rhymetime and Story sessions incorporating song, rhyme, rhythm and movement to help children develop a love of books and of hearing stories.

Wychwood are also partnering with World Vision, the world's largest children's charity who with their dedicated Hope House will allow festival-goers to take part in ‘Calabash’ and be transported to Sierra Leone and hear stories of children living in these areas.

Wychwood festival also partners with Toybox for the first time this year, a charity on a mission to end the injustice of street children, one of the world's most vulnerable groups. They will be resenting a marquee of fun activities for the whole family with a pop up piano , tree of life, story telling, workshops and entertainment.

Electric Cabaret will bring their surreal mime performance to the fastival. Also on site will be Stomp-inspired SoundSketch, plus there's a chance to learn the basics of Bhangra dancing, become a 'bubbleologist' with SamSam the Bubbleman and join the Brazilian/tribal inspired 'Glamba' drumming band.

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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.

Attendees can also visit the healing and sculpture areas to relax with a hot stone massage or reflexology session. Superspa DJ will also return to Wychwood this year, allowing festival-goers the chance to catch their favourite acts from the comfort of their own hot tub located directly opposite the main stage.

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