by Charlotta Mattila
The annual Larmer Tree Festival, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, has announced over thirty new music acts around the nation with the second wave of line up.
These include fresh talents from the South West, such as Bournemouth-based Drew Allen along with Wesley Bennett, Tinderbox and Pachango. Just to mention a few other performers, Tom Jones, The Beat, Bill Bailey, the world-famous pop rock band, The Magic Numbers, and Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela will be entertaining the audience between 15 and 19 of July in the Victorian Larmer Tree Gardens.
When speaking about the Southwestern highlights, the festival will introduce the Breakthrough Music Awards winners The Villanovas from Bournemouth and The Drystones, who won the recent live finals claiming their spots on the 2015 bill. Besides recently announced comedy legend Bill Bailey, Laura Doggett, Count Bobo and the 7-piece Ethiopian-inspired band Tezeta all come from the western cities of Bristol and Bath.
As part of this year’s collaboration with BBC supporting emerging talents, the Bristol-based Meadowlark will be kicking of the stage on Thursday 16th . Since taking off the music world two years ago, the duo has gained success, and the covers of singer-songwriter Kate McGill have been watched on YouTube by millions. Last year the rising star James Bay filled the BBC collaboration slot.
Seafret are another duo who have received a lot of interest from BBC Introducing. With a growing fan base they are sure to draw a big crowd, as will Molotov Jukebox, fronted by the singer, actress and fashion icon Natalia Tena known from Harry Potter and Game of Thrones.
Followed by high demand from the festival audience, a number of last year’s acts will be making return in 2015. The most requested return act this year are Music Weeks ‘One To Watch’ Hunter & The Bear who have just completed a Europe-wide tour, and folk legend Steve Knightley, following on from his solo tour around England.
The festival is held in the Larmer Tree Gardens, Victorian pleasure grounds, surrounded by acres of woodland and dotted with Indian pavilions and Roman temples, even with the possibility to see free macaws. This stunning spot provides a perfect environment to enjoy the five-day long music and art festival.
Tier four tickets and day tickets are currently on sale, with weekend tickets priced from £174 and discounts for children and teenagers. Lamer Tree Festival also rewards loyal festival goers and early birds. For full details visit their website.
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