Rockfield Country Music Festival

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The third Rockfield Country Music Festival takes place on the Queen's Jubilee bank holiday weekend from Friday 1st of June to Monday 4th June 2012.

The Festival is held in the 400 acres of Monnow Valley and boasts a beautiful riverside location. The village of Rockfield, which is 3 miles outside of the market town of Monmouth, is approximately 1 hour's drive equidistant between Cardiff and Bristol, right on the England-Wales border.

The Festival is a 4-day extravaganza of Wild West and country music entertainment. More than 24 country bands will take to the stage in the 120ft marquee. Last year saw 300 caravans and as many as 3,000 people attend the show and 2012 looks to be bigger and better than ever!

EVENING SHOWS

Top Country Music Acts

Each evening, Rockfield offers you some of the UK's top country music talent. Many of our acts are Country Music Award Winners, including:

BCMA Hall Of Fame nominees - Texas Tornadoes Best Duo 2011 - Spur
Rising Star 2009 - Kay D
2007 Nashville Star Search winner - Rachel Cain

The evening is compered by DJ Pepper who will be playing your favourite country music tracks between bands.

Western dress is encouraged and is usually worn by a vast majority of the attendees. There is also the nightly prize for the best dressed, a charity raffle, etc.

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Each year, the festival holds a Battle Of The Country Bands competition on the Saturday and Sunday afternoons where twelve up and coming country artists and bands compete for audience votes to win £2000 of recording time from sponsors Monnow Valley Studio. Last year saw Dutch band, Sidewinder, who had travelled for sixteen hours just to play the competition, walk away with the prize and they return to play as a main act in 2012.

The standard of competitors remains very high and includes Ayesha Jeffries who studied songwriting with Pam Tillis at the CMAA in Australia.

Other entertainment includes The Lawmen (Bristol) wild west show which re-enacts gunfights and bar brawls from the Wild West, plus line dancing lessons, a bucking bronco machine, horseshoe throwing, The Lamb National (sheep racing) and a fast draw contest.

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WEEKENDTICKETSONLY £35

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£5 Per Person!

4-Day Adult weekend tickets - which include free camping or caravan pitch - are just £35 per person, with day tickets costing £12 pp. However, if you order your tickets rather than pay on the gate, you get a £5 discount per person!

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Sidewinder

Sidewinder were due to play at the first Rockfield Country Music Festival in 2010. However, the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud caused chaos to European travellers and the band had to cancel their trip. Undettered, Sidewinder arranged to return in 2011 and made the 16 hour journey on the ferry to the UK and to Wales.

They were the final band to play on the Saturday night and went down a storm, collecting a record number of votes from the audience and securing their prize of £2000 recording time at Monnow Valley Studio. While back in the UK, Sidewinder will be playing the Rockfield stage as one of our main acts and we look forward very much to meeting them all again!

For further information please visit Countryband-Sidewinder.com

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