- Wakestock 2008
Wakestock 2008, sponsored by Relentless energy drink, is a music and
wakeboard ing festival that will take place at two venues in the UK in summer 2008. The two locations areBlenheim Palace inOxfordshire andAbersoch inCardigan Bay ,Wales . The line-ups are fairly similar for both sets of concerts but some acts appear only at one of the events.Blenheim Palace
The first festival takes place on the weekend of 27 to 29 June at the magnificent
Blenheim Palace inWoodstock inOxfordshire ,England . The site will officially be open from 26 - 30 June. A large number of rock, pop and dance music acts will be performing over several stages.The palace is home to the
Duke of Marlborough and is a national heritage site. A specially constructed floating slider park will be put in place on the lake and over the weekend, in addition to the music, there is the opportunity to see some of the worlds best wakeboarders battle it out for the title of Relentless Wakestock Blenheim Champion. Spectators can view all the action from the natural grandstand which surrounds the lake.Abersoch
The Abersoch concert takes place on the weekend of Friday 4th to Sunday 6th July 2008 at Abersoch in
Cardigan Bay ,Wales . The line-up is for the most part the same as for the Oxford event but there is the addition of several more big names including local superstar Duffy.Line-Up
Blenheim Palace
There are also a number of acts which have not got a confirmed stage. [http://www.wakestock.co.uk/blenheim/music/2008_Blenheim_acts Lineup]
Abersoch
Some top acts are only performing at
Abersoch at the Wakestock concerts:*Sunday: Duffy,
The Hoosiers ,One Night Only External links
* [http://www.wakestock.co.uk/blenheim Blenheim Palace website]
* [http://www.wakestock.co.uk/abersoch Abersoch website]
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