The first acts have been confirmed for this year’s Leopallooza festival, at Week St Mary, near Bude, on July 31.
Eliza Doolittle, pictured, The King Blues, Crazy Arm, Little Fish, and the Ex Lovers are pencilled in to appear, with another 15 acts still to be announced.
Now approaching five years old, this is the South West’s fastest growing non-corporate live music event.
Having played host to arguably some of the best bands in the West Country, it also attracts bands teetering on the verge of success from across the UK.
Although the site, near Bude, could hold up to 5,000 people, there are only 1,500 tickets available (having tripled in size since 2007), as this is a festival that prefers nurtured, organic growth over the quick cash-in, reflected in the low ticket price.
The event is set in the beautiful Wyldes near Bude in North Cornwall, where the festival site is constructed from reclaimed materials, the second stage is powered by solar energy, there’s a bar called The Flying Squirrel and an eatery called The Hungry Badger.
Leopallooza festival, at Week St Mary, near Bude, on July 31. Tickets cost £20 for the day and night. See www.myspace.com/leopallooza for more details.
