Trowbridge Village Pump Festival
| Trowbridge Village Pump Festival (Village Pump Folk Festival) | |
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Lindisfarne headlining in 1991
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| Genre | Folk music, Blues, roots, Ceilidh, Celtic music |
| Dates | third weekend in July (4 days) |
| Location(s) | Westbury, Wiltshire, England, UK |
| Years active | 1973 - present |
Coordinates: 51°19′04″N 2°16′23″W / 51.317796°N 2.272950°W
The Village Pump Festival is a folk music festival that takes place near Trowbridge. It has its roots 47 years ago in a barn at the Lamb Inn Trowbridge, it then moved to Stowford Manor Farm, Farleigh Hungerford, England. The music covers a variety of genres from folk and roots to blues, celtic and Ceilidh with a variety of other entertainment including a family field, with puppetry and story telling.
The event arose from the folk club of the same name founded in Trowbridge in 1970 and the annual festival held there until 1984, when it moved to its present location.
Prior to 2010, all events took place in marquees and the compact site includes camping, car parking, three separate stages plus children's tent, two beer tents and a myriad of trade stalls selling items from all over the world. 2010 saw the introduction of an outdoor main stage (the Moonshine Stage), with two marquees (the Horizon and Old Rosie Stages), and several additional small stages and undercover performance areas.
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