Festival Too
Festival Too is a free music festival held yearly in King's Lynn, Norfolk, in the East of England, running throughout July. It has been running since 1985. It is free for anyone to attend, and is funded by donations and through local business support. in the region of 60,000 attend over the three weeks, with headline night audiences reaching 12–14,000 [1] every year allowing it to grow from a budget of around £5000 to around £100,000.[2] The festival spans across three weeks with line-ups including well known acts, plus local music acts (such as Battle of the Bands winners). Since 2018 there has also been a Festival Too Fringe.
Some major acts who have performed at Festival Too include.
Notable Acts
The festival is normally held across three weekends in July. The first weekend is held in King Staithe Square, while the final two weekends are held in the Tuesday Market Place. Notable acts normally appear across the final two weekends.
Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic Festival Too did not take place in 2020 or 2021 but returned to both the King Staithe Square (for the first weekend) and the Tuesday Market Place (for the second and third weekend) in 2022.
2023
- Liberty X
- Example
- Newton Faulkner
- Feeder
2022
- K-Klass
- Rozalla
- Fleur East DJ Set
- Judge Jules
- Reef
- Heather Small
- Will Young
2019
- Judge Jules
- Nadine Coyle
- Cast
- 5ive
- Marti Pellow
2018
- Angelo Starr
- Pixie Lott
- The Sherlocks
- The Darkness
2017
- KT Tunstall
- Space
- Busted[3]
2016
- Phats and Small
- The Vamps[4]
- The Wonder Stuff[5]
- Gabrielle
2015
- Heaven 17
- Bucks Fizz
- Republica
- Only the Young
- Dodgy
- The Fratellis
2014
2013
- Gareth Gates
- Diana Vickers[7]
- The Loveable Rogues
- Stooshe[8]
- Blue[9]
2012
2011
2010
- Lemar
- The Wanted
- Hayseed Dixie
- The Beat
2009
- S Club 3[12]
- Beverley Knight[13]
References
- ^ "King's Lynn packed for Festival Too finale".
- ^ "Here comes Festival Too – big names and bumpy rides!".
- ^ "(Festival Too King's Lynn - 15th July 2017)".
- ^ "(Festival Too King's Lynn - 2nd July 2016)".
- ^ "(Festival Too King's Lynn - 8th July 2016)".
- ^ "Scouting for Girls to headline Festival Too in King's Lynn".
- ^ "Photo gallery: Diana Vickers, Stooshe and The Loveable Rogues rock Festival Too in King's Lynn".
- ^ "Chart-toppers Stooshe to play King's Lynn Festival Too".
- ^ "Festival Too line-up is great – and it's all free".
- ^ "Thousands expected to attend the Festival Too finale with Marcus Collins and Lemar in King's Lynn".
- ^ "The Feeling join Festival Too line-up in King's Lynn". BBC News. 19 May 2011.
- ^ "Lynn Festival Too line-up unveiled". 9 April 2009.
- ^ "Lynn Festival Too line-up unveiled". 9 April 2009.
External links
- Festival Too website
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