March Newsletter

We are 8 weeks away from opening the gates on the Thursday at Bearded Theory 2019. The new gate opening time is 9am on the Thursday and gates will remain open until 9pm. Tickets will be dispatched towards the end of April over a 2-week period. If you have moved address since buying your tickets, please contact See Tickets to update your delivery address to avoid any future headaches.

We are putting the final preparations in place and have been announcing some of the amazing things we have lined up for this year on our social media platforms. We have 9 stages offering vast differences in music genre and some amazing creative activities to keep you entertained for the 4 days you are in our care. We have made some great improvements that will enhance your stay with us from the moment you leave the A38. We are already booking acts for 2020 and remain hopeful we can announce a couple of acts in this year’s festival programme.

We have now sold out of campervan and caravan passes and we are down to the last few tickets for all remaining ticket types. There will be no further ticket warning.

The day running orders are detailed below for Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the festival. Thursday we are only putting a couple of acts on once the gates have closed across various venues (not the Pallet) and as such we are not sure of the running orders until the day (check the blackboards later in the evening).

We hope you find the newsletter interesting reading and the legendary Billy Duffy from the Cult answered a few questions for us ahead of the festival. We will have questions answered from all our headline acts and more besides which will be shown on social media every Friday night until the festival.

Speak again soon

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The One Big Showcase has announced its line-up of amazing unsigned performers gracing their new big top styled stage in 2019. The One Big Showcase is run by the Academy of Music and Sound, the UK`s biggest network of independent music schools.

The Friday is headlined by ska reggae band THE KUBRICKS and joined by indie rock band HOT PLASTIC, heavy rockers HAWXX, blues rock acoustic act KATY HURT and country act DANA IMMANUEL & THE STOLEN BAND. Saturday is topped by indie rockers TRES KING, rock act CANDIDATES, reggae hip-hop actCUBA LIBRE, folk band PAVY ARK and folk classical act MARSHES ft BETH PORTER. Sunday welcomes ska band BAD TRANSMISSION, grunge rock bandDUTCH MUSTARD, funk band the RETROSETTES, folk act and solo singer JEZ HELLARD.

National Express are providing travel to and from Bearded Theory from 16 locations in 2019. Coach travel will be available from Manchester, Stockport, Stoke-on-Trent, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham, Derby, London, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Leicester, Bristol, Cheltenham, Birmingham, Liverpool and Chester.

Child ticket prices have been discounted and no booking fee is applicable to any fares. Tickets are now on sale either via http://www.seetickets.com/tour/bearded-theory or https://www.nationalexpress.com/en/events/bearded-theory

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Adult Early Bird: £105 SOLD OUT
Adult Standard: £122.50
Age 12-16: £55
Age 6-11: £28
Age 0-5: Free

Vehicles

Campervan pitch: £37.50 – SOLD OUT
Caravan: pitch: £37.50 – SOLD OUT
Cars: £12.50

Tickets will be available via http://www.seetickets.com/tour/bearded-theory or http://www.beardedtheory.com by calling the See Tickets box office on 0871 220 0260 (calls cost 13p per minute plus network extras).

LINE UP SCHEDULE

Tickets are now on sale either via www.seetickets.com or The National Express website

Please be aware several pick up points are close to selling out, if you wish to use this service please book now to avoid disappointment.

PALLET

THE WOODLAND

MAGICAL SOUNDS

MAUI WAUI

CONVOY CABERET

APPEARING OVER THE WEEKEND

ONE BIG SHOWCASE

We are delighted to have been selected for Festivalkidz Recommended status which was chosen by parent reviewers. We are proud to have been selected for this and we promise to have an amazing children’s village once again catering for all ages.

THE CHILDREN’S VILLAGE promises another action-packed year full of fun, laugher, education and general festival craziness.

The Village Green hosts disco dance workshops, circus skills, it’s a Knock Out, busk stops, the Village Green stocks to throw things at your parents or a rubbish band performer (should they dare venture into your area).

The Children’s Village welcomes for the first time the rather insane Professor Pumpernickel. The mad professor who travels the country with his laboratory of lunacy and If you like fire, explosions, loads of mess and mind-bending magic, you will love him.

The Village Hall is playing venue to Mimi Maestro, action songs for little ones, Family Jam music workshop leading to a Family Jam Live show on Sunday afternoon, discos and a whole lot more.

We have a Disco Parade Sunday 5pm with carts, buggies and procession of Disco children, opportunity to decorate yourself, buggy or cart in the Bearded Kids tent. Bearded Kids Tent has lots of disco related craft workshops running throughout the festival.

The Beard Factory tent is back making beards for little ones throughout the weekend and we also have a Lego tent, sensory play tent with slime, story tent with typewriters, puppet theatre and many more exciting word activities, Natural Craft tent paint disco rocks, glitter pine cone mobiles, grass heads. Pamper salon, festival nails, tattoos and Baby Boo with First Aid sessions, baby change, microwave and other baby essentials.

THE ROGUES HIDEOUT (Teen Area) Hidden away in the midst of Bearded Theory Festival, the Rogues are returning to celebrate their 5th year with a new creative space. If you can find them amongst the magic and excitement of the festival, they’ll be making mischief with…

GRAFFITI ROGUES /// Freestyle graffiti and stencil art in a place where all urban art styles are encouraged.

ROGUE ROCKSTARS /// Build-a-band, be a rock star. No previous music experience necessary

ROGUE DJS /// Drop your favourite beats, mix tracks and learn to be a superstar DJ.

BEATBOX ROGUES /// Spit some ‘boots and cats’ into a loop pedal and layer a bassline with beatbox sessions.

ROGUE WOMBLES /// Collect and recycle objects to build decorative art sculptures and trash instruments.

ROGUE STICKERBOMBS /// Create your own stickers and go on rogue sticker tag missions.

All new Rogues are welcome to participate whether they have experience or not. Part of the fun is learning while enjoying making loud music and creating colourful and messy art in a safe environment. It’s three days jam packed full of live music, DJs, graffiti, beatboxing, Wombling, arts, sticker bombs, unicorns, mischief, mayhem and much more!

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Over the past few years we have been looking at ways to implement permanent pint pops which avoids cross contamination. We are now delighted to have got a system whereby we can clean all the glasses in an environmentally friendly way.

We never wanted to swap one environmental issue and replace it with another, and we are really pleased to confirm that thousands of permanent pint pots will be purchased and sold for £2 on all the bars at this year’s festival. The cost will offset the price of the glass and to fund the cleaning facilities in the bars to ensure good hygiene remains a top priority. When you buy another drink the pint pot will be replaced with new and the old pot cleaned in order to be re-used.

Last year the festival was delighted to avoid sending any of our waste to landfill for the first time in the festival’s history. 85% of all waste was recycled and 15% of it was used to generate power.

We will be issuing a full bar tariff in the next 2 weeks.

Tipi & Yurt hire are is now available and you can find full details via https://beardedtheory.co.uk/tipi-and-yurt-hire/ and booking can get be done via See Tickets https://beardedtheory.co.uk/tipi-and-yurt-hire/ .

The area is operated by the brilliant Hearthworks http://www.hearthworks.co.uk/ and many of the tents this year are nearly sold out so don’t leave it too late.

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1. What do you look forward to most about playing at festivals and in particular Bearded Theory Spring Gathering if indeed you have ever heard of it before now?

I had not heard about the festival until recently when Robert Plant played it…. therefore, it must be cool … I’ve been to Catton Hall though for an equestrian event with my girlfriend randomly enough

2. What would you be doing if you weren’t in the Music Industry?

probably time…

3. Name your top 3 favourite albums of all time?

never mind the bollocks
queen 2
mott

4. What was the best music festival you have been to and why?

Glastonbury in 83 had the vibes man!!! way before it became what it is
today…for example I literally slept behind the pyramid stage in my car… it was low key… and
totally enjoyable. about music and location … ley lines man not lines for portable atm machines

5. Who is your favourite hero or villain that had a beard?

Billy f*cking Gibbons all day every day my hero