3 days… 2 stages… 1 great festival…
The countdown has officially begun to Cheshire’s leading live music festival as Whatfest returns for 2009. Following the first successful festival, we will be returning bigger and better for 2009, with an extra day and an extra stage to make it a great festival for all the family. This years festival will feature some fantastic bands and [...]
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DJ Mark issues festival rallying cry to ‘Whatnotters’
BBC Radio DJ Mark Radcliffe has issued a rallying cry to Cheshire’s music fans to help turn Whatfest into one of the UK’s biggest festivals. Radio hero Mark has thrown his support behind the festival, even coining a new name for Whatfest revelers – ‘Whatnotters’. In a message to festival-goers Mark said: “Greetings Whatnotters, or whatever Whatfest-goers are [...]
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Battle of the Bands – Vote for who you want to play at this years Whatfest!
Northwich band Thought Explode have won the right to play at this years Whatfest! The band was crowned the winner of the festival’s Battle of the Bands competition, which has been running at the Pillar of Salt Pub, at Leftwich, throughout May and June. The final was held on Saturday, June 13, with judges including Liverpool [...]
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Tickets
Whatfest 2009 Tickets There are two main options for tickets, full weekend and single day passes. We have special rates for students, young people and children and also have some great deals for families. Please see below for the full list of prices and important ticket info. See you on the field! Tickets can also be purchased [...]
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The Bluetones
The Bluetones have always been one of those bands that make everything look easy. From the moment they arrived straight outta Hounslow, west London, seemingly fully-formed as one of the most exciting – and yet also the most nonchalant – bands of their generation, they’ve perennially gone about their business (essentially: purveyors of bespoke sparkling pop [...]
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Dodgy
The definitive line up of Nigel Clark, Andy Miller and Mathew Priest are back… Over Dodgy’s six-year rise to fame they released three albums and twelve top fourty singles, including three top tens and the top five hit Good Enough, still a staple of the Radio 2 playlist. In 1996 Dodgy sold out the Brixton Academy [...]
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The Answering Machine
The Answering Machine have been hailed as Manchester’s ‘most likely to..’ since their fledgling introduction back in Autumn 2006. Back then the band were a fresh-faced trio, armed solely with a canon of jittery, indie-pop gold and a drum machine. Forming out of all-night parties and gigs on a Manchester campus, Martin, Pat and Gemma [...]
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The Shallow Call
Salt. Chemicals. Apathy. Subsidence. Northwich is a town notable for little, but it was here that The Shallow Call drifted out of school and into a band. Brought together through a love of The Smiths, Clash, Love, Phil Spector and a shared bemusement with life in their little home, they began to write songs about [...]
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Luke Leighfield
Luke Leighfield started playing piano aged four, forced into it by his loving parents. He started learning the violin aged eight, and then played in various orchestras up until the age of eighteen. While in sixth form he started playing guitar and singing in his first (awful) band ‘Flatulent Mindy and the Badgers’, quickly followed [...]
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Chris Long (BBC Introducing)
From the moment he bought his first record at the age of 10, Chris became addicted to music, trawling record shops to amass a collection of albums and singles that almost breaks his back every time he moves house. By chance, he managed to turn that obsession into a job at the BBC. Across the decade [...]
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China Crisis
Sharing an affection for Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan, David Bowie, and Brian Eno, Daly and Lundon played with various Knowsley post-punk groups. Daly then spent time tinkering with synthesizers and a drum machine. Along with Lundon, Daly began writing songs. The pair eventually asked drummer and percussionist Dave Reilly to join them, and in 1982 [...]
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Dirty Avenues
Dirty Avenues is a five-piece Alternative Indie Rock band based in Manchester, England. Formed in 2006, the band now consists of founder member Andy Dainton on Lead Guitar, along with vocalist Chris Niebel, drummer Dave Ferrier, Bassist Angelo and Russian keyboard player Eugene Shvidko. The band’s compositions are usually the result of improvised jams that they develop [...]
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The Cordels
The Cordels are a twentysomething Warrington three-piece with a reputation as one of the hottest and best live acts on the scene today, crafting anthemic, indie-pop classics with pitch perfect harmonies and all 3 members on lead vocals. Their talents came to the attention of Jim Lowe who produced “The Stereophonics” albums including number one [...]
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