Woolfire Festival
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The Woolfire Festival was an annual music festival held since 2005 on a former sheep farm in Woodmancott, Hampshire
, England
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Woolfire was said to be a 'vibrant open air festival where you can let your hair down and discover some groundbreaking new music'. Audiences are invited to escape into the site's lush parkland, where dynamic live performances meet dazzling visuals and décor, for an unmissable weekend of entertainment.
The first licensed Woolfire Festival was held 13–15 July 2007, following two private parties of a similar nature on the site in previous years.
Its primary organisers were Charlie Albin and Corin Evans-Pritchard, who met at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
in Liverpool
, overseeing a small team of amateur and professional sound engineers, lighting technicians and other crew.
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Woolfire was said to be a 'vibrant open air festival where you can let your hair down and discover some groundbreaking new music'. Audiences are invited to escape into the site's lush parkland, where dynamic live performances meet dazzling visuals and décor, for an unmissable weekend of entertainment.
The first licensed Woolfire Festival was held 13–15 July 2007, following two private parties of a similar nature on the site in previous years.
Its primary organisers were Charlie Albin and Corin Evans-Pritchard, who met at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts is, despite its young age, one of the United Kingdom's leading institutions for the performing arts. The university is situated in the English city of Liverpool...
in Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, overseeing a small team of amateur and professional sound engineers, lighting technicians and other crew.
Woolfire Festival 2009 & Beyond
In 2009 the festival was scheduled for the weekend of August 14, however on 18 June the festival organisers sent an e-mail to ticket-holders informing them that the festival had been cancelled, citing financial difficulties amid the global economic situation. No further events have been announced or held since. In September 2010 a notice was placed on the Woolfire website stating that the festival was on permanent hiatus and that no future events are planned.Woolfire 2008 Lineup
As published on the Woolfire Festival Lineup - may not include short notice changes| Woolfire Stage | ||
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
Capitol K F.o.E Napoleon IIIrd Keyboard Choir Friends of The Bride |
A.Human Moneytree Stig Noise Soundsystem Cats In Paris Eaten By Tigers Innogen Atom Gang Maybe Myrtle Turtle Moulettes Mysterons The Ashbies |
Sub Sound Tribe Alex & The Ligers Proxy Loopy The Lies |
| Don Philippe Stage | ||
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
The Great One DJ Toller DJ Marcus Short Circuit BossManChief Braindrop & Graffiti Breakz DJ Beardy DJ Static |
Dauji & Deeroy Duologue Thomas J Speight Ffred Jones The L.C.D Shit! Hot Llamas Jacques Malchance Enjoyed DJ Krissy P R.C.Viking Tom Brydon Redline The Correspondents DJ Shorty & Hi Society Sound Ominous Soundsystem Larry G |
Sound Ominous Soundsystem Rustleaf A Cup of Tea Immerss R.C.Viking |
| Elysium Arena | ||
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
The Wind Whistles Applicants Modernaire Pagan Waderer Lu JayetAl 16-Bitch Chris Jackson Ben Hodgson DJ G Algy & Fred |
Codin Caron Georde Tlarin Flagbird/RifleBird My Panda Shall Fly The Scarlet Letter Union Amine Chi Champions Fleabane Skitanja Sly and the Family Drone You & Bloom StatueSon Vs. Petrolboy DJ Pete Dauji & Deeroy Will Lowes Barney & Neil |
Peter Lyons Blisskrieg Hektor Red Ryan O'Rielly |
Woolfire 2007 Lineup
| Woolfire Stage | |
| Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|
Rolo Tomassi Eaten By Tigers Innogen Big Skies & Melitzer Big Band Caesura DJ: The Great One |
UpCDownC The Rat Finks Tali Trow Strap The Button Loose Caboose Jump Ship The Dawn Chorus Waraba DJs: Jasper, Mr. O, Sam, Jacques Malchance, Larry Gabba |
| Dance Stage | |
| Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|
DJ Shorty Ed Wethered Pete + Patrick Hip-Hop Farmers The Fred Jones Trio Megan Kovacs Hapytap Butterflies on Strings |
Jim Mcreddie Frank McLaren Jim McKeanan Henry Tolla Static + Daytone Guy Sage + Will G Tim Cole Enjoyed Scenes of Nudity Blisskrieg Indigo Adara |
| Elysium Arena | |
| Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|
Ed Smith Minor Arc TOIYI Ambient Surround |
Algi Strutt George Ekocam Junkplanet You & Bloom Fuck Buttons Petrolboy / Statue Son Rich Phaseshift Will Sam + Jim Ed Rustleaf Jim Codin Ellis Misnomer Julia Kalika King Arthurs Men |