Wychwood Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse from May 29 to 31 (From This Is Wiltshire)

Wychwood Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse from May 29 to 31

5:10pm Saturday 16th May 2009 in

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Wychwood is a family friendly, mini Glastonbury with Super Furry Animals headlining this year.

The festival is at Cheltenham Racecourse from May 29 to 31.

On the Friday Super Furry Animals are the big name, while Supergrass perform on the Saturday.

Folk heroes Stornoway, who opened last year’s main stage, make a welcome return, and the headliners for this year’s Independent Stage are Dub Colossus on the Sunday night.

Also on the bill are The Men They Couldn’t Hang, Irish folk star Cara Dillon and hip-hop outfit Free Peace.

Wychwood’s Big Top headliners are Red Light Company.

Rising singer-songwriter Ella Edmondson will perform on the Friday followed on the Saturday by The Bad Shepherds, a folk-come-punk project featuring her father - The Young Ones/Bottom star Adrian Edmondson.

Leni Ward is dropping in promoting a new album, Body, and 1980s pop idols The Wonder Stuff are one of the big draws.

Little Boots, aka Victoria Hesketh, is on The Independent stage on Saturday. The electro-pop singer and winner of the BBC’s Sound of 2009 poll is having a fantastic year so far, steadily taking over the airwaves.

A week after Duffy confirmed her Wychwood appearance in 2008 she scored her first number one single, so Wychwood could have the same magical effect for Little Boots. Her forthcoming single New In Town is released on May 25. It was recently Radio 1 presenter Sara Cox’s record of the week.

In the Big Top on the Friday, John Jones of Oysterband will perform a solo set before rejoining his band for a full set on the main stage on Saturday, while singer songwriter Declan Bennett has the honour of kick starting the whole Big Top weekend.

Tickets are £110 for an adult weekend pass. Call 01993 772580 or go to Ticketmaster.co.uk on 0844 847 1681, WeGotTickets.com or SeeTickets.com. Also available are adult day tickets starting at £35. See www.wychwoodfestival.com for more details.

The retro pop sounds of Steve Lamaq approved Goldheart Assembly will add to the festival atmosphere of Saturday’s Big Top line-ip while The Long Notes, Attila The Stockbroker, Rook & The Ravens and rising indie rock act Dakota will pave the way for Orchid Star on the Sunday.

Making his debut at Wychwood is Tom Robinson, BBC6 Music DJ, who will be curating his Fresh On The Net Sessions.The third stage will also have blues-tinged indie folk with a pop dash from The Amber Sleep, The Nouvelles, The Broken Biscuits and The Travelling Band, Shellsuit on Saturday and Queens English, Avipaul Kat, Flint and Paper Street Soap Company on Sunday. Further additions to The Dog House line-up are: Motion Picture Association, Jake Flowers Box Kid, Kathryn Edwards, Summer Holiday, Long Trick, The Witches, and Ten Bears on the Saturday while Tim Radins, The Tombots, Fraser King, Butler Williams play on the Sunday.