Wickham Festival
| Wickham Festival | |
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | folk, world, traditional, rock, pop |
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| Country |
 United Kingdom
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| Years active | 2003–present |
| Next event | August 3, 2017 – August 6, 2017 |
| Participants | See Lineups |
| Capacity | 7,000 |
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| wickhamfestival.co.uk | |
Wickham Festival (previously known as Eastleigh Big Top Music Festival, sometimes referred to as Wickham Festival-Incorporating Stokes Bay Festival) is a 4-day music event, that takes place in the village of Wickham, Hampshire. Listed by The Guardian as a top 'Family Friendly Boutique Festival', Wickham hosts live music across three stages, as well as food stalls, craft stalls, real ale and cider bars and childen's entertainers. The 2015 Wickham Festival was named Best Festival (Cap. under 15,000) at the Live UK Music Business Awards.
Although the history of the festival can be traced to the 2003 Eastleigh Festival, the first Wickham Festival was held from 3–6 August 2006 in and around the village community centre, with a line-up rooted in folk and traditional music. Since then the festival has expanded (moving to its current site in 2013) to become a venue for both well established artists and those just breaking through, across many musical genres, and has previously hosted talks from the likes of Tony Benn and Bill Oddie. Recent years have seen high profile performances from rock and pop artists, including James Blunt,Wilko Johnson and Lightning Seeds. The festival has not lost touch with its roots, continuing to promote folk music, world music and such festival stalwarts as Richard Thompson,Bellowhead and Steve Earle. Wickham Festival has also introduced British audiences to international musicians, including Carlos Núñez Muñoz,The Spooky Men's Chorale and Le Vent du Nord.
The origins of Wickham Festival can be found in the original Gosport Festival of the early 1990s, and the Eastleigh Music Festival. Both these events were organised by local councillor and music promoter Peter Chegwyn.
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