🎶 Music Stage
Sponsored by Sonnox
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12:45 – Chemical
Chemical are a Charlbury Primary School's two-piece band, featuring Thomas on guitar, keyboards and lead vocals, and Felix on drums and backing vocals.
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14:00 – Genevieve Milesk
Psychedelic indie fusion. Together with her remarkably gifted 5-piece band, her live shows are energising, joyous, affirming, therapeutic occasions to sing, dance and heal.
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15:30 – The Vodka Shots
The Vodka Shots bring their own brand of cool, bluesy vibes for this homecoming gig.
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17:00 – Boe-Jigge
Highly-original band, kind of folky, kind of classical, with elements of catchy childish humour - a unique musical experience!
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18:30 – Seven O'Clock Junkies
Not a run-of-the-mill covers band. Likely to be heard humming REM. Quite often Bruce Springsteen and the Beatles. From mainstream pop to left field in one eclectic sweep.
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20:00 – Hope and Glory
It’s the first sign of Madness! The finest Ska and 2-tone tribute band in the UK, covering the very best of Madness, the Specials, Bad Manners and the Beat.
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All Day – Mingus Tree
Mingus Tree will be roaming the festival bringing their jazzy vibes where they go.
📚 Culture Club
Sponsored by Cornbury Park
Talks and readings throughout the day. Please check the information board for up-to-date timings.
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12:00 - 14:15 – Printmaking Workshop
Family-friendly printmaking workshop with local artist Anthony Lloyd. Suitable for all ages and abilities – it’s free, so just drop in!
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Debbie Hall – Adventures in Maps
Debbie Hall of the Bodleian Library's Map Room, on Adventures in Maps — what maps have meant for travellers, explorers, and even pirates
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Athol Williams – Life and politics in South Africa
Anti-corruption campaigner and poet Athol Williams — the first person to earn five master's degrees from five global top-ranked universities — will talk about life and politics in South Africa, and read a selection of his poetry.
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Rachel Morris – Tudor and Renaissance wizards and magicians
Author Rachel Morris will talk about Tudor and Renaissance wizards and magicians, and the less well documented stories of their home lives—their wives
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James Clarke – NOXAIDUK
The festival shares the day with Ukraine's Constitution Day, and to mark it, James Clarke, head brewer and managing director of Hook Norton Brewery, will talk about charity NOXAIDUK, which he set up to help the victims of the war
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Rupert Ponsonby – Nature and the environment, and science
Rupert Ponsonby, former parliamentary under-secretary at DEFRA, will talk about nature and the environment, and science.
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18:00 – Charlbury Ukulele Group
The Charlbury Ukulele Group will play some of their favourite songs - bring along a ukulele and/or your voice if you want to join in!
🎈 Children’s Tent
Sponsored by The Chipping Norton Theatre
Charlbury Pre-School and Little Wild Things will be back this year running the ever-popular Children's Tent together with Chipping Norton Theatre. Join them and experience fun and engaging activities. Come along during the afternoon for face painting, hair tinsel and much more! Kevin’s Community Circus will be on site as well with all sorts of entertainment. And there will be ice lollies for sale!
Parental supervision required