Furness Fest 2008 - Live Music Festival

'Furness Fest 2008 promises to be one huge shotglass full of vintage South Cumbrian homegrown talent, blended with a selection of the UK's finest unsigned performing artists and topped off with a splash of established international musicians - all resulting in an explosive cocktail of the best entertainment ever seen on the Furness Peninsular'.

'One of the twenty best music festivals you've never heard of' - The Observer Newspaper.

'One of Britains twelve best boutique festivals' - The Sunday Times.

Furness Fest 2008 is fully licensed to run over three days, from midday on Friday 18th until 02:00 on the morning of Monday 20th July. The line up will feature over 70 groups of performing artists will play out over two stages for around fourteen hours each day. The purpose built Sunset Stage will be the focal point of the event and will host our higher profile acts, while the Sinkfall Stage will be home to a huge range of up and coming talent from all over the United Kingdom. At night, we'll be rocking to the sound of the best UK based international DJ's within the Homegrown Dance Arena tent of 4,000 square feet. 

The Furness Fest main Sunset Stage

As the large, expensive and over commercialised festivals lose their appeal, regional events are now in vogue and proving highly popular with todays festival fans. There are some fantastic festivals already established in Cumbria and Furness Fest now joins this select club. However, there will be few events that can tick the same boxes in terms of the quality of entertainment in the way we do. With a nice small capacity of only 2,500 Furness Fest will also be both spacious and comfortable. 

Furness Fest marquees

We have very much concentrated on the 'unsigned' artist for this event, with our local performers being a major feature. We've considered hundreds of groups and applications are still coming in to play. It's been a difficult task seperating out the quality, but we now have a very impressive playlist - especially for a maiden event. With London chart breakers The Holloways, Irish folk punk rockers Neck and a DJ line up including Greg Vickers, Aim and DJ Food, we've produced a musical experience of a calibre not seen before in the Furness area.

We've also built in some additional mini events and non-music based entertainment, in keeping with some of the best national festivals. We have also concentrated very much on making Furness Fest a family event, with half price tickets on offer for under 16's and free entry to under 5's. And with children, there comes a need for childrens activities also and a small dedicated team are working hard to deliver some exciting and interesting activities for our younger guests!

View from the festival site

At Furness Fest, we've spent over a year making sure there will be something for everyone and the planning is now complete. If you enjoy high quality entertainment, good company and that great festival atmosphere, Furness Fest is for you.

We can say for sure that this maiden event will be a weekend to remember, for many people; for many years to come. With your support, Furness Fest will become an important showcase for both our local performers and the Furness area.

Make sure you don't miss out on what Furness Fest 2008 has to offer and bag yourself a ticket soon!