Towersey Festival
24 August - 27 August 2018
With a history that dates back to 1965, this long running 5-day music festival has been offering up fantastic music in the small village of Towersey. Towersey Festival is a celebration of musical roots and it takes place over the August Bank Holiday weekend providing the perfect end to the summer.
It has developed significantly from the one-day event it was in 1965 and whilst it has folk at its roots it has become more eclectic inviting a wider range of artists from singer-songwriters to poets and acoustic sets to street theatre performers.
There is a children’s festival working into the programme too, to keep younger festival goers interested.
While no line-up has been announced as yet for 2018, 2017's lineup is a good indication of what you can expect and included The Blockheads, KT Tunstall and Newton Faulkner among others.
Line-up has not been announced yet.
outskirts of Thame, Oxford.
There are camping options available for this event.
- honeyfeet
- Richard Thompson Electric Trio
- Forest Of Fools
- Van Susans
- Faustus
- Reg Meuross
- Urban Folk Theory
- Louis Louis Louis
- The Brickwork Lizards
- The Proclaimers
- Thame Pop Choir
- Frumptarn Guggenband
- Daphne's Flight
- Martin Simpson
- William The Conqueror
- The August List
- Soothsayers
- Tickled Pink
- Tankus The Henge
- The Fisherman's Friends
- Frumptarn Guggenband
- Whapweasel
- Chris While and Julie Matthews
- Elemental Joe
- Bella Gaffney & Polly Bolton
- Blackbeard's Tea Party
- The Committee Band
- Blackbeard's Tea Party
- The Shires
- Frumptarn Guggenband
- The Chipolatas
- Imar
- Peter Knight & John Spiers
- A Little Bit Country
- Andy Robbins
- Polkaworks
- Last Chance Ragtime Band
| honeyfeet | Venue 65 |
| Richard Thompson Electric Trio | Venue 65 |
| C.C. Smugglers | Venue 65 |
| Sharon Shannon Band | Venue 65 |
| Wildwood Kin | Venue 65 |
| Billy Watman | Venue 65 |
| Forest Of Fools | The Bar Stage |
| Van Susans | The Bar Stage |
| Prog Floyd | The Bar Stage |
| The Boutones | The Bar Stage |
| Louis Louis Louis | The Bar Stage |
| Ponderosa | The Bar Stage |
| John Buckley | The Bar Stage |
| Faustus | The Big Club |
| Reg Meuross | The Big Club |
| Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne | The Big Club |
| Whetstone Brinsford Kirkpatrick | The Big Club |
| Pon Aelius | The Big Club |
| Urban Folk Theory | Festival Dance House |
| Louis Louis Louis | Festival Dance House |
| Dartmoor Pixie Band | Festival Dance House |
| Bristol Ceilidh Quartet | Festival Dance House |
| The Brickwork Lizards | Venue 65 |
| The Proclaimers | Venue 65 |
| Big Country | Venue 65 |
| William The Conqueror | Venue 65 |
| Pon Aelius | Venue 65 |
| Faustus | Venue 65 |
| Thame Pop Choir | Market Square |
| Frumptarn Guggenband | Market Square |
| Daphne's Flight | The Big Club |
| Martin Simpson | The Big Club |
| Mera Royle | The Big Club |
| Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne | The Big Club |
| Bella Gaffney & Polly Bolton | The Big Club |
| William The Conqueror | The Bar Stage |
| The August List | The Bar Stage |
| Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne | The Bar Stage |
| Moonrakers | The Bar Stage |
| Great Western Tears | The Bar Stage |
| Wilford Social | The Bar Stage |
| 2am Band | The Bar Stage |
| Soothsayers | Festival Dance House |
| Tickled Pink | Festival Dance House |
| Whapweasel | Festival Dance House |
| Pink Weasel Big Band | Festival Dance House |
| Frog on a Bike | Festival Dance House |
| Tankus The Henge | Venue 65 |
| The Fisherman's Friends | Venue 65 |
| Beth Orton | Venue 65 |
| Martin Joseph | Venue 65 |
| The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band | Venue 65 |
| INLAY | Venue 65 |
| Frumptarn Guggenband | Market Square |
| Whapweasel | The Big Club |
| Chris While and Julie Matthews | The Big Club |
| JigDoll Ensemble | The Big Club |
| The Rheingans Sisters | The Big Club |
| Jim Woodland | The Big Club |
| Steve Turner | The Big Club |
| The Chipolatas | The Big Club |
| Elemental Joe | The Bar Stage |
| Bella Gaffney & Polly Bolton | The Bar Stage |
| Alice Florence and the Vines | The Bar Stage |
| CELTIC HEARTBEAT | The Bar Stage |
| The Very Lazy Sundays | The Bar Stage |
| Dung Beatles | The Bar Stage |
| Boodlum Band | The Bar Stage |
| Blackbeard's Tea Party | Festival Dance House |
| The Committee Band | Festival Dance House |
| Blowzabella | Festival Dance House |
| Peeping Tom | Festival Dance House |
| King Kontra | Festival Dance House |
| Blackbeard's Tea Party | Venue 65 |
| The Shires | Venue 65 |
| Blair Dunlop | Venue 65 |
| Blowzabella | Venue 65 |
| Harry Pane | Venue 65 |
| Frumptarn Guggenband | Market Square |
| The Chipolatas | Market Square |
| Imar | The Big Club |
| Peter Knight & John Spiers | The Big Club |
| Roy Bailey | The Big Club |
| Lady Maisery | The Big Club |
| All About Children's Choir | The Big Club |
| INLAY | The Big Club |
| A Little Bit Country | The Bar Stage |
| Andy Robbins | The Bar Stage |
| Harry Pane | The Bar Stage |
| Rob Murch & Michelle Holding | The Bar Stage |
| Pon Aelius | The Bar Stage |
| Blue Jay | The Bar Stage |
| Ramona Rose | The Bar Stage |
| Polkaworks | Festival Dance House |
| Last Chance Ragtime Band | Festival Dance House |
| Frog on a Bike | Festival Dance House |
| The Valiant Dance Band | Festival Dance House |
| Artist | Stage | Day |
| 2am Band | The Bar Stage | Sat 25th |
| A Little Bit Country | The Bar Stage | Mon 27th |
| Alice Florence and the Vines | The Bar Stage | Sun 26th |
| All About Children's Choir | The Big Club | Mon 27th |
| Andy Robbins | The Bar Stage | Mon 27th |
| Bella Gaffney & Polly Bolton | The Big Club | Sat 25th |
| Bella Gaffney & Polly Bolton | The Bar Stage | Sun 26th |
| Beth Orton | Venue 65 | Sun 26th |
| Big Country | Venue 65 | Sat 25th |
| Billy Watman | Venue 65 | Fri 24th |
| Blackbeard's Tea Party | Festival Dance House | Sun 26th |
| Blackbeard's Tea Party | Venue 65 | Mon 27th |
| Blair Dunlop | Venue 65 | Mon 27th |
| Blowzabella | Festival Dance House | Sun 26th |
| Blowzabella | Venue 65 | Mon 27th |
| Blue Jay | The Bar Stage | Mon 27th |
| Boodlum Band | The Bar Stage | Sun 26th |
| Bristol Ceilidh Quartet | Festival Dance House | Fri 24th |
| C.C. Smugglers | Venue 65 | Fri 24th |
| CELTIC HEARTBEAT | The Bar Stage | Sun 26th |
| Chris While and Julie Matthews | The Big Club | Sun 26th |
| Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne | The Big Club | Fri 24th |
| Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne | The Big Club | Sat 25th |
| Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne | The Bar Stage | Sat 25th |
| Daphne's Flight | The Big Club | Sat 25th |
| Dartmoor Pixie Band | Festival Dance House | Fri 24th |
| Dung Beatles | The Bar Stage | Sun 26th |
| Elemental Joe | The Bar Stage | Sun 26th |
| Faustus | The Big Club | Fri 24th |
| Faustus | Venue 65 | Sat 25th |
| Forest Of Fools | The Bar Stage | Fri 24th |
| Frog on a Bike | Festival Dance House | Sat 25th |
| Frog on a Bike | Festival Dance House | Mon 27th |
| Frumptarn Guggenband | Market Square | Sat 25th |
| Frumptarn Guggenband | Market Square | Sun 26th |
| Frumptarn Guggenband | Market Square | Mon 27th |
| Great Western Tears | The Bar Stage | Sat 25th |
| Harry Pane | Venue 65 | Mon 27th |
| Harry Pane | The Bar Stage | Mon 27th |
| honeyfeet | Venue 65 | Fri 24th |
| Imar | The Big Club | Mon 27th |
| INLAY | Venue 65 | Sun 26th |
| INLAY | The Big Club | Mon 27th |
| JigDoll Ensemble | The Big Club | Sun 26th |
| Jim Woodland | The Big Club | Sun 26th |
| John Buckley | The Bar Stage | Fri 24th |
| King Kontra | Festival Dance House | Sun 26th |
| Lady Maisery | The Big Club | Mon 27th |
| Last Chance Ragtime Band | Festival Dance House | Mon 27th |
| Louis Louis Louis | Festival Dance House | Fri 24th |
| Louis Louis Louis | The Bar Stage | Fri 24th |
| Martin Joseph | Venue 65 | Sun 26th |
| Martin Simpson | The Big Club | Sat 25th |
| Mera Royle | The Big Club | Sat 25th |
| Moonrakers | The Bar Stage | Sat 25th |
| Peeping Tom | Festival Dance House | Sun 26th |
| Peter Knight & John Spiers | The Big Club | Mon 27th |
| Pink Weasel Big Band | Festival Dance House | Sat 25th |
| Polkaworks | Festival Dance House | Mon 27th |
| Pon Aelius | The Big Club | Fri 24th |
| Pon Aelius | Venue 65 | Sat 25th |
| Pon Aelius | The Bar Stage | Mon 27th |
| Ponderosa | The Bar Stage | Fri 24th |
| Prog Floyd | The Bar Stage | Fri 24th |
| Ramona Rose | The Bar Stage | Mon 27th |
| Reg Meuross | The Big Club | Fri 24th |
| Richard Thompson Electric Trio | Venue 65 | Fri 24th |
| Rob Murch & Michelle Holding | The Bar Stage | Mon 27th |
| Roy Bailey | The Big Club | Mon 27th |
| Sharon Shannon Band | Venue 65 | Fri 24th |
| Soothsayers | Festival Dance House | Sat 25th |
| Steve Turner | The Big Club | Sun 26th |
| Tankus The Henge | Venue 65 | Sun 26th |
| Thame Pop Choir | Market Square | Sat 25th |
| The August List | The Bar Stage | Sat 25th |
| The Boutones | The Bar Stage | Fri 24th |
| The Brickwork Lizards | Venue 65 | Sat 25th |
| The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band | Venue 65 | Sun 26th |
| The Chipolatas | The Big Club | Sun 26th |
| The Chipolatas | Market Square | Mon 27th |
| The Committee Band | Festival Dance House | Sun 26th |
| The Fisherman's Friends | Venue 65 | Sun 26th |
| The Proclaimers | Venue 65 | Sat 25th |
| The Rheingans Sisters | The Big Club | Sun 26th |
| The Shires | Venue 65 | Mon 27th |
| The Valiant Dance Band | Festival Dance House | Mon 27th |
| The Very Lazy Sundays | The Bar Stage | Sun 26th |
| Tickled Pink | Festival Dance House | Sat 25th |
| Urban Folk Theory | Festival Dance House | Fri 24th |
| Van Susans | The Bar Stage | Fri 24th |
| Whapweasel | Festival Dance House | Sat 25th |
| Whapweasel | The Big Club | Sun 26th |
| Whetstone Brinsford Kirkpatrick | The Big Club | Fri 24th |
| Wildwood Kin | Venue 65 | Fri 24th |
| Wilford Social | The Bar Stage | Sat 25th |
| William The Conqueror | Venue 65 | Sat 25th |
| William The Conqueror | The Bar Stage | Sat 25th |
| Name | Star | Distance | Prices From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Spread Eagle Hotel - Thame | 1.2 ml | £79.00 | Book | |
| The Oxfordshire Hotel & Spa | 1.3 ml | £89.10 | Book | |
| The Oxford Belfry - QHotels | 3.4 ml | £71.40 | Book | |
| Peacock Hotel | 3.5 ml | £130.00 | Book | |
| The Lambert Arms (J6 M40) | 3.8 ml | £53.10 | Book | |
| The Mole & Chicken | 4.0 ml | £85.00 | Book | |
| Ramada Oxford | 5.1 ml | £35.00 | Book | |
| The Red Lion at Longwick | 5.2 ml | £49.00 | Book | |
| Fox Country Inn Junction 5 M40 | 5.8 ml | £55.00 | Book | |
| Common Leys Farm | 6.1 ml | £50.00 | Book | |
| The Kings Hotel | 6.4 ml | £65.00 | Book | |
| Greenhills Garden Apartment | 7.2 ml | £85.00 | Book | |
| Crazy Bear Hotel | 7.3 ml | £199.00 | Book | |
| The Coach & Horses Inn | 7.7 ml | £68.00 | Book | |
| Tree at Cadmore End | 8.1 ml | £75.00 | Book |
Towersey, Thame, Oxon, OX93QF
