Lakefest

Lakefest is a fairly new festival, which began as a music and cider festival, yet in its second year has booked big UK bands propelling it to the status of a full blown music festival.

Origins

Lakesfest grew out from when Croft Farm Waterpark hosted its music and cider festival on April 9, 2011^[1] 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 a 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:^[2][3]

Friday

• EMF
• Erica
• Kickback
• Rainy and the Dust
• 3 Daft Monkeys
• Toploader
• Reef

Saturday

• 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 the 9–11 August 2013. The 2013 festival included the following acts:^[4]

Friday

• Ocean Colour Scene
• The Beat
• Missing Andy
• Chip Shop Boys
• Ruffanti

Saturday

• Levellers
• Roving Crows
• The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
• Duke Special
• Cosmo Jarvis
• Baka Beyond
• Erica
• Gaz Brookfield
• Funmilayo

Sunday

• Chas & Dave
• 3 Daft Monkeys
• Jim Lockey & The Solemn Sun
• Wille & The Bandits
• Avert Francis

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lakefest.

• The official site of Lakefest Festival
• Lakefest on eFestivals
• SoGlos online magazine for Gloucestershire
• This is Gloucestershire festival announcement
• Lakefest on FestivalsForAll.com

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