GuilFest
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| GuilFest | |
| Location(s) | Guildford, England |
| Years active | 1992 - present |
| Date(s) | Weekend in July (3 days) |
| Genre(s) | Rock, Alternative rock, Indie rock, Dance, World music, Punk Rock, Reggae, Folk music. |
| Website | www.guilfest.co.uk |
GuilFest, formerly the Guildford Festival of Folk and Blues, is a British music festival, held in Stoke Park, Guildford each July. The festival, like the larger Glastonbury Festival, features a range of genres including rock, folk, blues, and in recent years pop. Winner of Best Family Festival Award for 2006.[1]
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The event was started in 1992 by Tony Scott, a Guildford businessman who is a keen festival-goer.
From 1992 to 1994 it was a one day event. In 1995 it became a two day event with onsite camping and was moved to nearby Loseley Park. GuilFest returned to Stoke Park in 1996 and became a three day festival in 1997 with headliners Jethro Tull.
1998 acts included Space, Shed Seven and The Lightning Seeds.
1999 acts included James, The Saw Doctors and Jools Holland & His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra.
2000 was Van Morrison, Joan Armatrading, David Gray, Culture Club, Motörhead and Rolf Harris.
2001 included Pulp, James, Reef, Dreadzone, Lonnie Donegan and Dead Men Walking.
2002 acts included Jools Holland, Fun Lovin' Criminals and The Pretenders .
In 2003, the main acts were Alice Cooper, The Darkness and Atomic Kitten.
In 2004 the main acts were Katie Melua, Simple Minds, Blondie and UB40.
The 2005 event, the biggest in its history, featured 6 music stages along with a comedy tent. The headline acts were The Pogues, Paul Weller, and Status Quo, other acts included The Storys.
The 2006 event was headlined by Embrace, a-ha and Billy Idol, and featured Nizlopi, The Wonderstuff, The Lightning Seeds, The Stranglers, Gary Numan and The Storys. GuilFest won the Best Family Festival Award for 2006[1].
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The 2007 event is scheduled to be held again at Stoke Park on the 13th, 14th, and 15th July 2007 and will be headlined by Supergrass, Squeeze and Madness. The Magic Numbers will play before Madness on the Sunday.[2]
- The GuilFest website
- UK Festival Awards GuilFest
- eFestivals GuilFest coverage
- Halden GuilFest Photographs
- ^ a b UK festival Awards 2006- The Winners
- ^ Official Guilfest Website-2007 event. Retrieved on 2007-03-29.