Cornbury Music Festival

Cornbury Festival
Frequency	Annually
Locations	Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire, England Great Tew Park, Oxfordshire, England
Inaugurated	2004
Attendance	c. 20,000
Website	cornburyfestival.com

Cornbury Music Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in Great Tew Park in Oxfordshire, England.

History

Cornbury Festival was founded by music promoter Hugh Phillimore. ^[1]

It was originally set up on Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick’s Oxfordshire estate, Cornbury Park, ^[2] and has been given the nickname “Poshstock” in national press. ^[3] The festival moved to Great Tew Park in 2011. ^[4]

The 2017 edition of the festival was originally announced as the last, ^[5] but this decision was subsequently reversed. ^[6]

Recent Headliners

• 2022: Bryan Adams, James Blunt, Ronan Keating
• 2019: The Specials, Keane, The Beach Boys
• 2018: Squeeze, Alanis Morissette, UB40
• 2017: Bryan Adams, the Pretenders, Jools Holland, Kaiser Chiefs ^[7]
• 2012: James Morrison, Elvis Costello, Jools Holland ^[8]
• 2011: Ray Davies ^[8]
• 2010: Noisettes, Candi Staton, Dr John, David Gray, Seth Lakeman, Jackson Browne ^[9]
• 2009: The Pretenders ^[10]
• 2007: The Proclaimers, Suzanne Vega, Hothouse Flowers, Echo & the Bunnymen ^[11]
• 2006: Robert Plant ^[12]

Notable attendees

David Cameron attended the festival with his wife Samantha in both 2008 and 2012. ^{[13] [14]} Mark Carney attended in 2012. ^[15]

References

1. Hampton, Janie (13 July 2005). "See you in the Waitrose tent". The Guardian.
2. Orr, Gillian (2 July 2010). "Cornbury Festival - 'Poshstock' parties on". The Independent. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
3. McNulty, Bernadette (7 April 2017). "Has the UK's festival scene reached saturation point?". Financial Times. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
4. "Cornbury Festival on the move 'to stay independent'". Oxford Mail. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
5. "Music festival set to end next year". BBC News. 26 October 2016.
6. "Cancelled Cornbury festival to return". BBC News. 11 October 2017.
7. Harrison, Bridget (6 July 2017). "Cornbury Music Festival" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.^{[ dead link ]}
8. Robinson, Peter (3 October 2017). "Band on the run: Cornbury Festival, the Cotswolds" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
9. Cavendish, Dominic (5 July 2010). "Cornbury Festival review". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018.
10. Cavendish, Dominic (13 July 2009). "In Praise of Cornbury Festival, David Cameron's local summerfest". Archived from the original on 22 June 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
11. Simon, Paul (14 July 2007). "Festival Watch: Cornbury Music Festival, Charlbury, Oxfordshire". The Guardian.
12. Oxfordshire, David Sinclair at Chasrbury (11 July 2006). "Cornbury Festival" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
13. Meltzer, Tom (2 July 2012). "What were the Camerons doing at Cornbury music festival?". The Guardian.
14. Moss, Victoria; Smith, Olivia Buxton; Brett, Hattie; Cronin, Emily; Holt, Bethan (19 June 2016). "Which Middle Class Festival goer are you? How to dress for every British field this summer". The Telegraph– via www.telegraph.co.uk.
15. Ashton, James (27 November 2012). "Mark Carney and the Cornbury connection". Evening Standard. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

External links

• www.cornburyfestival.com Archived 2016-04-23 at the Wayback Machine