A Cotswolds festival has announced its line-up as it prepares for its 13th year.
Hosted at Blur bassist, Alex James’ farm, The Big Feastival will deliver live music, chefs, award-winning food, and a programme of family entertainment.
This year, the Big Feastival has headliners Becky Hill and Snow Patrol, along with a range of other acts including Cat Burns, Cian Ducrot, Natasha Bedingfield, Kate Nash, and Ash.
Alex James, the festival's host said: "I’m so excited for Big Feastival 2024, every year the festival gets bigger and better.
"We already have a stellar music line-up with so much more still to announce.
"This is the ideal way to spend your August bank holiday weekend, with friends, family and plenty on offer to keep everyone entertained.
"See you all on the farm."
Opening the festival on Friday will be headliner Becky Hill.
Ms Hill is recognised as one of the UK’s most successful musicians and released her debut single, Gecko (Overdrive) in 2014.
Since then she has won two BRIT Awards and released many hit singles including Back & Forth with Jonas Blue, Wish You Well with Sigala, and Crazy What Love Can Do with David Guetta and Ella Henderson
Closing the festival on Sunday will be Snow Patrol.
The band first experienced mainstream success in 2007 with their number one album Eyes Open.
It was the biggest selling UK album that year and it featured the single Chasing Cars, which was the most played song of the 21st Century on UK Radio after spending 166 weeks in the Top 100.
The band have gone on to release a further four top five albums which have produced multiple top 20 singles including Run, You’re All I Have, Signal Fire, Take Back The City and Just Say Yes.
The line-up also has Triple Brit Award nominee Cat Burns, whose single Go climbed to number two on the UK singles charts, and Irish singer-songwriter Cian Ducrot, who will perform on the main stage.
He came to prominence in 2022 after his single All For You received attention on TikTok, and his debut album Victory topped the UK Album Charts in 2023.
Other acts include Joel Corry with tracks including Sorry, Lonely, Head & Heart, Bed and Out Out , Ella Henderson with songs including Ghost, Let’s Go Home Together and React, singer-songwriter Kate Nash, and Irish rockers Ash.
Also featuring are indie group Scouting For Girls and Irish four-piece The Florentinas.
The risqué musical comedy troupe, The Cuban Brothers, will also return.
The Big Feastival has also shared news about its new boutique camping partner, Green Yurts, who are specialists in high-quality camping structures.
Big Feastival will be announcing more music acts soon including Saturday’s headliner.
There will also be a line-up of some of the biggest stars of the gastronomy world, in addition to the UK’s best street food announced in the coming weeks.
There will also be further announcements made about the culinary based activities and family entertainment on offer at the event.
The event is presented by M&S Food and is set to take place this summer from August 23 to 25.
For more information on the programme so far and to purchase tickets, including camping and weekend tickets, visit the festivals website.
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