Kate Nash will be headlining the mainstage Saturday line up at this years Wychwood festival. Whilst Cult hero Craig Charles will be playing a live version of his popular BBC 6Music funk and soul show on the Sunday. Craig will be playing the best in funk and soul from old school roots through to current club sounds. 

You can expect a high-energy and eclectic performance on Sunday from seven-piece band Police Dog Hogan, who combine fiddle, banjo, mandolin, drums and guitars with knockout four-part harmonies in an exuberant fusing of country, pop, folk, and rocking urban bluegrass! 

Making their festival debut on Saturday are Swindon band NewQuay Times. Their collective influences range from Throwing Muses to Fleetwood Mac and Tom Petty.

Emily and the Woods will be joining them with her family of musicians. Emily’s band features her father, brother and drummer Roy Dodds, who has played with Wychwood favourite Eddi Reader of Fairground Attraction. The latest Emily and The Woods EP, Eye to Eye, was released 2011 and featured Ted Dwane of Mumford & Sons and Marcus Hamblett of Sons of Noel and Adrian.

Also added to the Saturday line-up are Bristol based trip hop band Seasfire. The band write beautifully melancholy songs full of love and loss and have been hotly tipped by BBC introducing and have played a session at Maida Vale for Steve Lamacq’s BBC 6Music show.

These musicians join some fantastic act who we have already announced such as The Human League, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, The Beat, Caravan Palace, Eddie & The Hotrods, Sam Lee & Friends, Public Service Broadcasting, Moulettes, John Otway and many more.

Wychwood Music Festival 2013 at Cheltenham Race Course, Gloucestershire, GL50 4SH Fri 31st May to Sun 2nd June 2013 Tickets

CINEMA

DocTent  is coming to Wychwood 2013! In this unique and never before seen space, you are invited to delve into the world of documentary film as you have never experienced it before. This is your chance to watch, discuss as well as make compelling non-fictional films and discover the art of capturing reality.

A packed program of the most intriguing, entertaining and surprising docs will run throughout the weekend, interspaced with workshops and discussions with the filmmakers themselves.

On top of this, DocTent is your chance to play a part in filming and editing the extraordinary WychDoc Project! A truly collaborative effort, this will be a documentary entirely filmed and edited by festival goers and free to view during and after the weekend. Pop in to find out how.

A truly unique festival experience, DocTent will be pulling out all the stops to tickle your curiosity, widen your reality and awaken your creativity this summer. Promising stories from across the globe and across the festival, this is not one to be missed. DocTent runs in partnership with DocHouse, London’s only year round documentary film festival.

The British Ecological Society

The British Ecological Society is celebrating its 100th birthday at Wychwood Festival! A team of enthusiastic young ecologists and students will be manning the stall ‘Sex and Bugs and Rock ‘n Roll’, where you can discover the fun side of Ecology with entertaining hands-on activities.

Find out how to grow your own wildflower meadow, see the microbes on your festival feet, discover which plants and bugs inhabit the festival site, or just drop in to explore the ecology in a relaxed environment. There will be lots of different activities for all ages, with stickers, prizes and other giveaways.

You can also have your say about the activities on offer HERE 

Kid’s Literature Festival

Kids and adults alike are in for a treat as they welcome the Storytelling miniature Shetland ponies to Wychwood Festival for the first time. Talking Horses and other stories teach the special language of ponies and using fun, play and grooming and loving the ponies, they learn how to listen to, understand and talk to them!

Inspired by their time exploring outside and getting to know the ponies and other animals, children then imagine and write their very own stories. With plenty of exciting adventures to draw on and a bag of full ideas, everyone has a special story to tell.

Also launching a kids’ story writing competition soon to help budding young authors practice their skills, so please keep an eye on the Wychwood website and Facebook pages for further details.

They also have added a selection of fantastic authors and illustrators to the line-up. New additions include Petr Horacek, author of books such as ‘Strawberries are Red’ and ‘What is Black and White’. Petr is a past winner of the Books For Children Newcomer award and will be joined at Wychwood by the Walker bear!

Chris Edge spends most of his time in the local library dreaming up stories, but will be joining us at Wychwood again this year. Readers may be familiar with the thrilling adventures of Penelope Tredwell and her friends at The Penny Dreadful in books such as Shadows of the Silver Screen and Twelve Minutes to Midnight.

Writer, singer and fantastic story teller Karen Langtree is also making a return to the festival. Karen started writing stories as a child and at the age of 10 was runner-up in a WHSmith competition with a story about Betty Bubble being rescued from the evil Percival Plughole! Karen’s books include My Wicked Stepmother and the Fairy Rescuers books.

Cheltenham based illustrator extrordinaire Gemma Hastilow will be performing Gemma’s jokes events on Saturday and Sunday at Wychwood. Gemma’s illustration work includes drawings for Horrible Science Magazine, The Poetry Chest by John Foster and Creative Activities For Scientific Enquiry by Hammond and Longmore.

These authors and illustrators join our already announced acts Shoo Rayner, John Dougherty, Philip Ardagh and Tony de Saulles.