Free Festivals

scarlet_macaw

This one surely deserves to be on the main list. A great free music festival (predominantly but not exclusively folk,) Held over the August bank holiday weekend in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.


All main events are free, though there are some paid workshops, and you also need to pay for gigs on Thames riverboats and Steam trains held over the weekend. Go for a day or camp for the weekend (there is a charge for the camp site.)

tuvoc

Great free festival August 22 - August 31st. Lots going on all week.
Stages at Rugby Pitch 23rd Aug, High Street 24th, Quayside 25th and party in park on 30th. Plenty more in the pubs all week.:beer:
Search bridgnorthmusicfest for more information

Nanz

This isn't specifically related to free music festivals, but my website the Summer Festival Guide has a huge amount of information on there for festivals in the UK and Europe.

Some of the free ones we know about are:
Danube Island Festival in Vienna
Northampton Music Festival
GDIF2014 in Greenwich & London's Docklands

BhPrit

Free festival with arena acts, funfair, sports village, 3 realistic gorilla's, live music including Britains got talent finalist Only Boys Aloud.

A chance to have your photograph with Queens Baton on its tour around the UK before the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Sunday 25 May 11am to 5pm, aberdare park

More information www (dot) rctcbc (dot) gov (dot) uk/ aberdarefestival

spills_climbs

Don't forget the Crystal Palace festival this year, it's wonderful. It rained at Glasto but Palace was super sunny, lots of free stalls, free music all weekend and all the local restaurants and shops ran stalls, competitions and offers, there was even live comedy in Crystal Palace station. It was fab. Do come along and enjoy. Oh, and the beer & cider tent was well worth a visit, there was even a bit of mead! Great weekend, I can't wait for this year's event. Details of the programme will soon be up on the website crystalpalacefestival.org

paddyrg

Not free but dirt cheap is Scrumpstock (for cider fans!) http://www.scrumpstock.co.uk/

sezzer

Lots of free events around the city; theatre, art, dance, music, comedy.......


'Bath Fringe is a festival of all the artforms that anyone wants to put into the mix. It takes place for 17 days or thereabouts in the early summer in the beautiful city of Bath, with the collaboration of many of its beautiful & talented population.

Bath Fringe 2014 runs from Friday May 23 to Sunday June 8, (and a few days either side).'

goamike

Simmerdown festival in Handsworth park in Birmingham.

Steel Pulse
Musical Youth

20th July Sunday.

miss-loop

Davenport's Magic Kingdom in North Walsham, Norfolk is having a free Family Fun Day on Sunday 31st August - There will be close-up table magic, stilt walking, face painting, balloon modeling, escapology and Punch and Judy!

Sunday 31st August 2014 10am-4pm

For more details see the Davenport's Magic Kingdom Website

Ladywriter1968

28 June
Bermondsey
Southwark Park
London
12pm to 8pm
FREE
Fresh from their stint at the Royal Albert Hall and ahead of their summer gigs at Bestival and Knebworth, pop legends Chas 'n' Dave will be taking to the stage at this year’s Bermondsey Carnival.

In a joint statement Chas and Dave said: "We're really looking forward to coming back to Bermondsey for this year’s carnival. It will be such a great way for us to kick off our summer series of festival gigs."
The carnival is a great big family day out and once again Bermondsey Beat have created a great music programme.
6.30pm Chas and Dave
5.15pm Rough Science
Rough Science fuse their first love Ska with Indie, Electro Pop and steady jump up dance beats. They are back after taking a break from gigging to record their long awaited debut album and new EP.
4pm Indika
Indika have deep roots in the Reggae sphere and have toured with such Reggae-greats as Gregory Isaacs, Horace Andy and Mykal Rose. Locally based, they can be found in residency at the Thomas a Beckett bar every Thursday, lending their vast experience to classic tunes from yesteryear as well as playing their own songs, instrumentals, and jammin in Bermondsey Dub style.
2.45pm Little Devils
Little Devils bring a modern and original flavour to the fabled Blues genre, with lead singer Yoka’s powerful delivery of the bands self-penned tunes earning them wide recognition
Bermondsey Voices are a community choir based in St James Church. They sing a wide variety of material encompassing all kinds of genres from Folk, Pop and Opera with many other weird and wonderful songs in their repetoire. Find out more about them here.

Rotherhithe and Bermondsey Choral Society founded in 1998 and are still going from strength to strength by pushing the boundaries of what a community choir can do. Their repertoire includes well-loved choral classics as well as more modern and rarely performed works and songs. Their latest project is ‘A History of Bermondsey and Rotherhithe in Song’. Find out more here.
Irish dancing display by the Deborah Whelan Irish Dance Academy. Born and raised in South East London, Deborah Whelan, by age twelve she won her first All-Ireland Championship title. In 2002 Deborah reached the pinnacle of her career when she was crowned World Champion. She now holds dance workshops throughout Europe and still finds time to run her very successful dance academy back home in SE16 and has already had three championship winners since January.
The festival is also proud to present our Dance Hall. Created by local dancers, musicians and entrepreneur Laura Erwin, this lively stage will present the best local dancers and there will be a chance to have a go at a range of dance styles from zumba to contemporary. While you recover, enjoy the sounds of young jazz musicians Tomorrow’s Warriors and some fabulous talented young musicians from the All about the Band project.
We also have Rumble if the Jumble our very own mass jumble sale where you might be lucky enough to find a hidden treasure and Reuben Bonds funfair with allsorts of rides and games to keep you busy throughout the day.

link here: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200157/festivals_and_events/2648/bermondsey_carnival