Weyfest

Weyfest
Frequency	annually
Inaugurated	2004
Website
www.weyfest.co.uk

Weyfest is an annual music festival held at the Rural Life Centre in Tilford, Surrey in the United Kingdom. It usually occurs around mid/end of August.

Music is performed from the 3 outdoor stages and an indoor stage. Crafts, stalls, other entertainment and the exhibits of the Rural Life Centre as well as a campsite. Weyfest has earned a good reputation for abundant clean toilets, a large variety of fairly priced high quality food & reasonable bar prices and a safe and friendly family environment. It has been voted one of the UK's top festivals by Planet Rock (radio station) listeners and the Daily Telegraph.

History

The 2004 edition was held as a three-day event at the Holly Bush Public House, Frensham, and raised funds for Treloar's. Following a change of licensee, the 2005 edition was held at the same venue as a two-day event to raise funds for Lord Mayor Treloar's College, and was restricted to 500 tickets.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In 2006, the event took place in the grounds of the Exchange Hotel, Farnham, moving inside in the evening.^[4]

In 2007, the event was moved to the Rural Life Centre, Tilford,^[5] and it reverted to being a three-day event in 2010.^[6]

Headline acts

2005 Dr Feelgood, The Wildcards, Mike Sanchez Band, Freeway Jam, Jackie Lynton Band^[1]
2006 Dayglo Pirates, Jackie Lynton Band^[4]
2007 Osibisa, Steve Gibbons, The Nashville Teens, King Earl Boogie Band, Ric Sanders^[5]
2008 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Rockpile^[5]
2009 Jethro Tull, The Beat, Mungo Jerry
2010 Seth Lakeman, The Stranglers, Nine Below Zero, The Zombies
2011 Focus, Newton Faulkner, The Blockheads
2012 10cc, Asia, The Hoosiers, Go West
2013 UB40, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Stranglers, Toploader, Roachford
2014 Squeeze, The Feeling, Big Country, The Undertones, Jethro Tull, The Orb, The Move, Chas & Dave, Ward Thomas
2015 The Waterboys, Level 42, Paul Carrack, Nazareth, The Quireboys, Hugh Cornwell, Andy Fairweather Low, Mungo Jerry, Ward Thomas, Roachford

References

1 2 "Weyfest 2005" (pdf). Application Annexe. Waverley Borough Council. 2005. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
↑ "Occasional Application for a Public Entertainment Licence - The Holly Bush Public House, Shortfield Common Road, Frensham". Licensing (General Purposes) Sub-Committee. Waverley Borough Council. 13 June 2005. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
↑ "Weyfest 2005 '05". Festivals. eFestivals. 8 July 2005. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
1 2 "WeyFest Review". Reviews. MCMLXVIII. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
1 2 3 "Weyfest at The Rural Life Centre". Weyfest. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
↑ "Weyfest". Festivals. eFestivals. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2012.

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