Cornbury Music Festival
| Cornbury Festival | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Annually |
| Location(s) |
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| Inaugurated | 2004 |
| Attendance | c. 20,000 |
| Website | cornburyfestival |
Cornbury Music Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in Great Tew Park in Oxfordshire, England.
History[edit]
Cornbury Festival was founded by music promoter Hugh Phillimore.[1]
It was originally set up on Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick’s Oxfordshire estate, Cornbury Park,[2] and has been given the nickname “Poshstock” in national press.[3] The festival moved to Great Tew Park in 2011.[4]
The 2017 edition of the festival was originally announced as the last,[5] but this decision was subsequently reversed.[6]
Recent Headliners[edit]
- 2022: Bryan Adams, James Blunt, Ronan Keating
- 2019: The Specials, Keane, The Beach Boys
- 2018: Squeeze, Alanis Morissette, UB40
- 2017: Bryan Adams, the Pretenders, Jools Holland, Kaiser Chiefs[7]
- 2012: James Morrison, Elvis Costello, Jools Holland[8]
- 2011: Ray Davies[8]
- 2010: Noisettes, Candi Staton, Dr John, David Gray, Seth Lakeman, Jackson Browne[9]
- 2009: The Pretenders[10]
- 2007: The Proclaimers, Suzanne Vega, Hothouse Flowers, Echo & the Bunnymen[11]
- 2006: Robert Plant[12]
Notable attendees[edit]
David Cameron attended the festival with his wife Samantha in both 2008 and 2012.[13][14] Mark Carney attended in 2012.[15]
References[edit]
- ^ Hampton, Janie (13 July 2005). "See you in the Waitrose tent". The Guardian.
- ^ Orr, Gillian (2 July 2010). "Cornbury Festival - 'Poshstock' parties on". The Independent. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ McNulty, Bernadette (7 April 2017). "Has the UK's festival scene reached saturation point?". Financial Times. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "Cornbury Festival on the move 'to stay independent'". Oxford Mail. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "Music festival set to end next year". 26 October 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Cancelled Cornbury festival to return". 11 October 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Harrison, Bridget (6 July 2017). "Cornbury Music Festival" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ a b Robinson, Peter (3 October 2017). "Band on the run: Cornbury Festival, the Cotswolds" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Cavendish, Dominic (5 July 2010). "Cornbury Festival review". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018.
- ^ Cavendish, Dominic (13 July 2009). "In Praise of Cornbury Festival, David Cameron's local summerfest". Archived from the original on 22 June 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Simon, Paul (14 July 2007). "Festival Watch: Cornbury Music Festival, Charlbury, Oxfordshire". The Guardian.
- ^ Oxfordshire, David Sinclair at Chasrbury (11 July 2006). "Cornbury Festival" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ Meltzer, Tom (2 July 2012). "What were the Camerons doing at Cornbury music festival?". The Guardian.
- ^ Moss, Victoria; Smith, Olivia Buxton; Brett, Hattie; Cronin, Emily; Holt, Bethan (19 June 2016). "Which Middle Class Festival goer are you? How to dress for every British field this summer" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Ashton, James (27 November 2012). "Mark Carney and the Cornbury connection". Evening Standard. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
External links[edit]
- www.cornburyfestival.com Archived 2016-04-23 at the Wayback Machine