- GuilFest
infobox music festival
music_festival_name = GuilFest
location =Guildford ,England
years_active= 1992 - present
founders = Tony Scott
dates = Weekend in July (3 days)
genre = Rock,Alternative rock ,Indie rock , Dance,World music ,Punk rock ,Reggae ,Folk music .
website = [http://www.guilfest.co.uk www.guilfest.co.uk]GuilFest, formerly the Guildford Festival of Folk and Blues is a
music festival held inStoke Park ,Guildford ,England each July. The festival, like the largerGlastonbury Festival , features a range of genres including rock, folk,blues , and in recent years pop. In 2006 GuilFest was awarded the title of "Best Family Festival" in the UK Festival awards.cite web | url=http://www.virtual-festivals.com/festivals/article.cfm?articleid=3044 |title=UK festival Awards 2006- The Winners | accessdate=2007-06-27]Previous GuilFests
The event was started in 1992 by Tony Scott, a Guildford businessman who is a keen festival-goer.
From 1992 to 1994 it was a one day event. In 1995 it became a two day event with onsite camping and was moved to nearby
Loseley Park . GuilFest returned to Stoke Park in 1996 and became a three day festival in 1997 with headliners Jethro Tull.1998 acts included Space,
Shed Seven andThe Lightning Seeds .1999 acts included James,
The Saw Doctors and Jools Holland & His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra.2000 was
Van Morrison ,Joan Armatrading , David Gray,Culture Club ,Motörhead andRolf Harris .2001 included Pulp, James, Reef,
Dreadzone ,Lonnie Donegan andDead Men Walking .2002 acts included
Jools Holland ,Fun Lovin' Criminals andThe Pretenders .In 2003, the main acts were Madness,
Alice Cooper ,The Darkness andAtomic Kitten .In 2004 the main acts were
Katie Melua ,Simple Minds , Blondie andUB40 . The 2005 event, at that point the biggest in the event's history, featured 6 music stages along with a comedy tent. The headline acts wereThe Pogues , Paul Weller, andStatus Quo , other acts includedThe Storys .The 2006 event was headlined by Embrace,
a-ha andBilly Idol , and featuredNizlopi ,The Wonder Stuff ,The Lightning Seeds ,The Stranglers ,Gary Numan andThe Storys . GuilFest won the Best Family Festival Award for 2006.The 2007 event was held again at Stoke Park on the 13th, 14th, and 15th July 2007 and the
BBC Radio 2 main stage was headlined bySupergrass ,Squeeze and Madness.The Magic Numbers played before Madness on the Sunday.cite web| url=http://www.guilfest.co.uk/2007/ |title=Official Guilfest Website-2007 event| accessdate=2007-03-29] The second stage (sponsored byEnts24 ) featured Richard Thompson,The Saw Doctors , and Uriah Heep as the headliners.cite web| accessdate=2007-04-17| url=http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/070416a.shtml | title= Richard Thompsom, The Saw Doctors, & Uriah Heep for GuilFest |date=2007-04-16 ]The 2008 event was sponsored by the
University of Surrey and headlined by The Levellers, Blondie and The Australian Pink Floyd Show.:"For more line-up details see
GuilFest line-ups "ee also
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List of music festivals in the United Kingdom External links
* [http://www.guilfest.co.uk The GuilFest website]
* [http://www.virtualfestivals.com/awards/2006/index.cfm?action=category&id=7 UK Festival Awards GuilFest]
* [http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/guilfest/ eFestivals GuilFest coverage]References
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