GL7 May 2019

FESTIVALS
12 | MAY 2019
a few. District AREA 404 is
the new home for techno,
headlined by Carl Cox, Amelie
Lens, Four Tet and more;
www.boomtownfair.co.uk
Small is beautiful with
local festivals, as ever.
Folksy, rootsy and green, Wood
in Ipsden, 17th-19th May, will
feature Belshazzar’s Feast and lots
of ways to celebrate nature; www.
woodfestival.com. Raise a glass to
Bottle Kids, From The Echo and The Skandal while
raising spirits and funds for charity at Rokefest
near Benson, 24th-26th May; www.rokefest.
com. Hosted by Oxford Psychedelic Society,
Oddball Festival at Oxford’s Isis Farmhouse on
Saturday, 8th June stars Sun Ra Arkestra. Free
with entry or for season ticket holders, Cogges
Family Festival brings you craft, puppets, animal
handling and Morris dancing on bank holiday
Monday, 27th May; www.cogges.org.uk
Have a great time for great causes at BrightFest
in Brightwell, OX10 0SQ, on Saturday, 8th
June, with bands, family fun, a football
contest, bar (well stocked by The
Red Lion team) and food; www.
brightfest.org.uk. And Rugfest
is back, bigger than ever at
Wallingford Rugby Club, 21st-23rd
June, having joined forces with
Wallingford Beer & Blues, with
The Feeling, Freak Power, Galaxy
Thief and The Echo; www.rugfest.org
Basil Brush is the special guest at Wychwood
Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse, 31st May to
2nd June; www.wychwoodfestival.com
Fantastic cover bands and tribute acts will
entertain you at Witney Music Festival on
14th & 15th June with the annual two-week
takeover in the town, 24th May to 9th June;
www.witneymusicfestival.co.uk
Free family-friendly Riverside Festival in
Charlbury, 20th & 21st July, has a pixies theme
in honour of the Pixies band and the headliners
for Saturday are local stars Kanadia;
www.riversidefestival.charlbury.com
Indie royalty will reign at the biggest Truck
Festival yet in Steventon, 25th-28th July. Wolf
Alice, Foals, Two Door Cinema Club, Slaves,
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Nothing But Thieves, You Me At
Six, Don Broco, Johnny Marr, Public
Service Broadcasting and more will
star; www.truckfestival.com
The same weekend, glorious WOMAD will
celebrate the world’s many forms of music in
Malmesbury, starring Ziggy Marley, Orbital, Salif,
Keita, Anna Calvi and more; www.womad.co.uk
Wallingford’s free Bunkfest will bring you music,
dance and beer from 30th August until 1st
September; www.bunkfest.co.uk
Towersey near Thame will honour the late folk
singer and activist Roy Bailey with the help of Tom
Robinson, 23rd-26th August. Newton Faulkner,
Bruce Foxton’s From The Jam, The Selecter,
Hothouse Flowers, Seth Lakeman, Steve Harley
and Cockney Rebel, Fisherman’s Friends and the
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain will also star as
well as many more; www.towerseyfestival.com
Busted, The Feeling, Dodgy, Toploader and Judge
Jules will bring the ’90s vibe to Chilterns Live
near Tring, HP23 5QY; www.chilterns-live.co.uk
The Big Feastival returns to rock Alex James’
Cotswolds farm, 23rd-25th August. This
year’s foodie fun line-up includes Jess
Glynne, Rudimental, Elbow, Jo Wiley,
Prue Leith, Raymond Blanc and
perennial star Justin Fletcher (AKA
Mr Tumble) as well as munchies
galore! www.thebigfeastival.com
Latitude at gorgeous Henham
Park near Southwold, 18th to
21st July, offers Primal Scream,
EverythingEverything, Underworld, George
Ezra, Slaves, Lana Del Rey and more; www.
latitudefestival.com. Giddy up for some Jockey
Club Live musical highlights at UK racecourses,
including Madness (24th July), Pete Tong & The
Heritage Orchestra (31st July) and Jess Glynne
(8th August); www.thejockeyclublive.co.uk
Wild wonderland Wilderness Festival returns to
dazzle high society festivalgoers in Oxfordshire’s
Cornbury Park, 1st-4th August. You’ll find
banquets and feasting, plenty of celeb-spotting
opportunities, lakeside hot tubs, yoga and
intellectual and cultural brain food and lectures as
well as Robyn, Groove Armada and Freya Ridings.
Visit www.wildernessfestival.com
A new one-dayer, Over the Hill Festival will
feature some of the best UK Americana and roots