Lakefest

Lakefest is a festival, which began as a music and cider festival.

Origins
Lakesfest grew out from when Croft Farm Waterpark hosted its music and cider festival on 9 April 2011 It was attended by just over 1,500 people consuming 8,500 pints of cider. Bands including The Stages of Dan, The Roving Crows and The Wurzels starred. Classic West Country games like Welly Wanging and skittles were available to play, with prizes up for grabs. The feedback was so positive that planning went immediately into "Lakefest".

2012 Festival lineup
The 2012 festival included the following acts:

Friday 9th
 * EMF
 * Erica
 * Kickback
 * Rainy and the Dust
 * 3 Daft Monkeys
 * Toploader
 * Reef

Saturday 10th
 * Levellers
 * Dodgy
 * Chesney Hawkes
 * Roving Crows
 * The Wonderstuff
 * The Swing Man
 * Joe Wheldon
 * Smoke Feathers
 * ThunderRoad
 * Over The Hill
 * Missing Andy
 * Riff Raff
 * Avert Francis
 * Little Dave
 * Shippers
 * Timothy Parkes

2013 Festival Lineup
The 2013 Lakefest festival occurred over 3 days, on the weekend of 9–11 August 2013. The 2013 festival included the following acts:

Friday 9th
 * Ocean Colour Scene
 * The Beat
 * Missing Andy
 * Chip Shop Boys
 * Ruffanti

Saturday 10th
 * Levellers
 * Roving Crows
 * The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
 * Duke Special
 * Cosmo Jarvis
 * Baka Beyond
 * Erica
 * Gaz Brookfield
 * Funmilayo

Sunday 11th
 * Chas & Dave
 * 3 Daft Monkeys
 * Jim Lockey & The Solemn Sun
 * Wille & The Bandits
 * Avert Francis

2014 Festival Lineup
The 2014 Lakefest festival occurred over 3 days, on the weekend of 8–10 August 2014. The 2014 festival included the following acts:

Friday 8th Saturday 9th Sunday 10th
 * Buzzcocks
 * Snap!
 * Bad Cardigan
 * Sons Of Navarone
 * Shed Seven
 * The Lightning Seeds
 * the Bad Shepherds
 * Sarah Warren Band
 * Sons Of Earnest
 * Neville Staple Band
 * Fun Lovin' Criminals
 * The Roving Crows
 * Gaz Brookfield
 * Doctor and the Medics

2015 Festival Lineup
The 2015 Lakefest festival occurred over 3 days, on the weekend of 7–9 August 2015. The 2015 festival included the following acts:

Friday 7th Saturday 8th Sunday 9th
 * Ash
 * goldie lookin chain
 * babajack
 * haunted souls
 * lloyd yates
 * ferocious dog
 * Billy Bragg
 * Embrace
 * Cheeky Girls
 * Dreadzone
 * New Model Army Band
 * Notorious Brothers
 * D Ream
 * Hayseed Dixie
 * Nizlopi
 * Simon Murphy
 * The Magic Numbers
 * The Roving Crows

2016 Festival Lineup
The 2016 Lakefest festival returned for a 5th year and moved to a new location at Eastnor Castle deer park nr Ledbury Herefordshire now occurred over 4 days, from 11–14 August 2016. The 2016 festival included the following acts:

Acts Appearing over the four days from Thursday -Sunday included to name a few:
 * The Coral
 * Newton Faulkner
 * Starsailor
 * Big Country
 * The Roving Crows
 * Jasper In The Company Of Others

2017 Festival Lineup
The 2017 Lakefest festival occurred over 4 days, from 10–13 August 2017. The 2017 festival included the following acts:

Thursday 10th Friday 11th Saturday 12th Sunday 13th
 * The No Good Nancys
 * Paul 0'Neil
 * Ash C
 * The Road
 * Zombies
 * Dead Frequency
 * Water for Dogs
 * Feeder
 * Wilko Johnson
 * Kila
 * The Minkie Whales
 * The Charlatans
 * Alabama 3
 * Aswad
 * Arcadia Roots
 * Chimp On A Bike
 * Turin Brakes
 * Skewwhiff
 * Lost Boy
 * Imelda May
 * Seth Lakeman
 * Badly Drawn Boy
 * The Roving Crows
 * Paul Terry
 * Josh Fletcher

2018 Festival Lineup
The 2018 Lakefest festival is due to occur over 4 days, from 9–12 August 2018. The main acts have been revealed for the 2018 festival:
 * Reverend And The Makers
 * Dub Pistols
 * Pop Will Eat Itself
 * Arcadia Roots
 * Marc Almond
 * Toploader
 * The Proclaimers
 * The Darkness
 * The Farm
 * Melanie C
 * Peter Hook and The Light
 * Roving Crows