4 Aug 2012 Elton, Shropshire

Happening now!

Firefly is a small festival in the beautiful surroundings of the Shropshire and Herefordshire borders with a lovely intimate music festival vibe. Great music, campfires and a pub with home cooked food.

Held in the small forest clearing behind Elton Hall, near the town of Ludlow, Firefly is a glorious small festival in its own right but proudly maintains its original intimacy of those early, humble campfires, enchanting woods, hidden dingles and a natural amphitheater.

The lineup is always carefully hand picked to allow new acts to play alongside more established artists, creating an accessible, synchronized festival experience to be enjoyed in stunning surroundings and in the company of an attuned and happy audience.

Lineup

Sat August 4th

8 acts

Kyla La GrangeMain Stage
Bruno-CharlesMain Stage
Gentle MysticsMain Stage
The Wild Mercury SoundMain Stage
The Colour MovementMain Stage
CarouselMain Stage
Tom BradleyMain Stage
MonstaMain Stage

Tickets

The Campsite will be open from 2pm Saturday 4th August, and should be cleared by 4pm on Sunday, 5th August.

On entry, you will be given a couple of bags for your rubbish. One for recyclable stuff and one for normal rubbish. Use them! This is a beautiful area and rubbish is not pretty!

There is a small separate area for campervans and caravans for which you have to buy a pass. Please make sure you get yours in good time because there are a limited supply of them.

No cars or live-in vehicles are allowed in the main campsite

No open fires or tinfoil barbeques are allowed on site. However, you may use camping stoves or barbeques on legs. No glass bottles are allowed on any part of the festival site, including the camping areas. You may bring a personal supply of alcohol with you into the campsite (details to follow) which you will have decanted into plastic bottles, please, but you will not be able to bring it into the music areas where there are licensed bars.

There will be plenty of loos and and a couple of water standpipes for washing and drinking.

Don’t leave valuables in your tent or car. You shouldn’t need anything other than money. Definitely bring money because there are no cash machines on site! But keep your possessions with you.

Don’t bring your sound systems or play amplified music on the campsite. This is to ensure that Firefly does not exceed the permitted sound limits set out in the license and also it isn’t very ‘neighbourly”.

No cash machines.

Food & Drink

The Firefly Festival is held at Elton Hall, nr. Ludlow, SY8 2HQ. Whatever the direction you are coming from, you’ll find driving directions below, or you can click on the map to open up Google Maps. If you’re using Sat Nav, to avoid being taken through seriously windy roads, type in Ludlow then once you have arrived there, only then type in the postcode.

From London and the South East.

From the M25 take the M40 to Birmingham. Continue on the M42 (west) and join the M5 south to junction 5. Take the A38 to Droitwich – A4133 to Ombersley & Holt Heath – A443 to Newnham Bridge – A456 to Woofferton. Turn right (north) on the A49 – B4361 to Ludlow. As you approach Ludlow on the B4361, take the sharp left towards Wigmore, just before the Charlton Arms Hotel. (Don’t be tempted to take the short cut from Woofferton to Elton via Richard’s Castle – everybody gets lost!). Journey time 2.5 hours from the M25.

From Manchester and the North of England

From the M6 take the M56 west to junction 10. Turn south on the A49 to Whitchurch – Shrewsbury – Ludlow. Take the first slip road into Ludlow; go through Ludlow on Corve Street and Old Street. Cross the river Teme at Ludford Bridge and turn immediately right towards Wigmore (just past the Charlton Arms Hotel). Journey time 2 hours from the M6.

From Bristol and the South West

Take the M5 north to junction 6. Turn left on the duel carriageway – A449 to Ombersley – A4133 to Holt Heath – A443 to Newnham Bridge – A456 to Woofferton. Turn right (north) on the A49 – B4361 to Ludlow. As you approach Ludlow on the B4361, take the sharp left towards Wigmore, just before the Charlton Arms Hotel. (Don’t be tempted to take the short cut from Woofferton to Elton via Richard’s Castle – everybody gets lost!). Journey time 2 hours from Bristol.

From Ludlow

Take the Ludlow (cross the river Teme at Ludford Bridge just past the Charlton Arms Hotel) to Wigmore road (from the B4361 next to the Charlton Arms). Continue on this road through Mortimer’s Forest and down into the valley for 5 miles. Journey time 10 mins.

From Hereford

Take the A4110 north to Wigmore. At Wigmore turn right towards Ludlow (by the Olde Oake Inn). Go through Leinthall Starke

Videos

Firefly Festival 2012 — Official Video

Firefly Festival 2012 — Highlights