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Lichfield Festival market day gets a new sponsor

Lichfield Festival’s popular market day is to get a new name and new backing for 2012, with the announcement that Florette UK, the bagged salad specialist which has its UK headquarters at Fradley Business Park, Lichfield, is to become its major sponsor.

Lichfield Festival market day gets a new sponsor

Stone Roses set for V Festival

The Stone Roses are being lined up to headline next year’s V Festival at Weston Park, it emerged today.

Stone Roses set for V Festival

Crunch art and philosophy festival 2011

The internationally-reknowned Crunch art and philosophy festival returns to Hay-on-Wye just over the Welsh border with Herefordshire from November 18-20, 2011.

Crunch art and philosophy festival 2011
Countdown to Lichfield Roots and Folk Festival

This year’s Lichfield Roots and Folk Festival promises to be the best yet, according to organisers.

Countdown to Lichfield Roots and Folk Festival

V Festival 2011 – fans and the bands

Pictures of fans and some of the stars from V Festival 2011 at Weston Park. Bands include the likes of Rihanna, The Saturdays, Eminem, Olly Murs and Bruno Mars while celebrities include Coleen Rooney and Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington.

V Festival 2011 – fans and the bands

Pop power dominates as thousands pack V Festival

It was the year pop took over the V Festival with a line-up packed full of chart-topping artists.

Pop power dominates as thousands pack V Festival

V Festival campers ready to rock in luxury

Here’s a way to enjoy the V Festival in style – if you have a few thousand pounds to spare. While tens of thousands slum it under canvas, a select few were today waking up in pop-up hotels and designer sheds.

V Festival campers ready to rock in luxury

V Festival always keeps us coming back to Weston Park

It’s that time of the year again when for one weekend and one weekend only it’s cool to be seen wearing wellies, all thoughts of washing go out the window and around 85,000 music fans descend on Weston Park, writes Amy Burns. It can only be V Festival 2011.

V Festival always keeps us coming back to Weston Park

V Festival – get ready to rock

Andy Richardson presents his video guide to this year’s V Festival at Weston Park.

V Festival – get ready to rock

V festival 2011 – who’s on where at Weston Park, Staffordshire

Here’s the complete breakdown of the acts performing at Weston Park in Staffordshire for V Festival 2011.

V festival 2011 – who’s on where at Weston Park, Staffordshire

V festival camping – in style

Camping at the V Festival at Weston Park can even be an enjoyable experience as Nicky Butler found out.

V festival camping – in style

Why V Festival is the hottest ticket around

The tickets whose temperatures send the mercury soaring are presently stuffed deep in the wallets and pockets of 85,000 fans from around the UK at V Festival, writes Wolverhampton Civic Hall’s Jonn Penney.

Why V Festival is the hottest ticket around
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