No Direction Home Festival

No Direction Home Festival
Welbeck Abbey, Sherwood Forest
8 – 10 June 2012

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A festival by the team behind End of the Road, in the grounds of a Domesday-listed abbey in the Northern reaches of Sherwood Forest.

Acts include...

Music: Richard Hawley, Andrew Bird, The Low Anthem, Dirty Three, Gruff Rhys, The Unthanks with the The Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band, Slow Club, Martin Carthy, Euros Childs, Austra, Liz Green, Diagrams and Woodpigeon.

Comedy: Josie Long, Joanna Neary, The Behemoth (John-Luke Roberts and Nadia Kamil), Robin Ince, Thom Tuck, Tom Bell, Isy Suttie (Dobby from Peep Show), James Acaster, Simon Munnery, John Robins, Tony Law, Sarah Bennetto, Storytellers' Club.

Literary fixtures: Jon Ronson, Nat Segnit, Richard Milward, James Atlee, Katharine Hibbert, Richard King, Ben Masters

Vintage films with: Georges Méliès, Buster Keaton, Marilyn Monroe, David Lynch, Werner Herzog.

Workshops including: cooking from the School of Artisan Food, music from The Flying Boathouse Society.

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A brand new festival from the team behind the End of the Road, No Direction Home this year makes its first outing at Welbeck Abbey in the northern reaches of Sherwood Forest, with a stellar bill headed by Andrew Bird, Richard Hawley and The Low Anthem. It is the first time that this historic and beautiful setting, first mentioned as far back as the Domesday Book, will play host to a festival. A main stage is to be built by a lake with views of the ancient abbey and there will be music, merriment and new twists on everything you’d expect from the End of the Road team including a carefully crafted programme of film, literature, workshops and comedy, plus additional twists including the following...

The Lost Picture Show Cinema is a vividly realised vintage cinema, a cellulose time machine, woven from intricately sewn and draped fabric. Smartly turned-out usherettes whisper salacious gossip about long-dead stars over trays of ice cream, soda and popcorn. Surely the most glamorous and luxurious festival cinema in the world, The Lost Picture Show will screen everything from the Victorian experiments of Georges Méliès to the slick Hollywood product of today, via 20s musicals, 60s psychedelia and 70s schlock horror; Buster Keaton, Marilyn Monroe, David Lynch, Werner Herzog and many many more. Some of the treats in store include brand new shorts, live re-scores, deranged documentaries and some very special live performances.

A literary yurt will play host to several authors a day reading from and discussing their writing - including Jon Ronson, Nat Segnit, Richard Milward, James Atlee, Katharine Hibbert, Richard King, Ben Masters and many more. Browse a carefully chosen selection of titles at the Lutyens and Rubenstein bookshop next door where all of our signings will take place. Each morning the Crazy Comic Club will convene where kids can create their own comic.

A Secret Post Office will allow visitors to send postcards to each other for free via a No Direction Home 'internal mail system' (example address: "Rob with the curly hair in the blue and yellow tent by the large oak tree") and a No Direction Home Games Track offers old-school sports day fun of the egg and spoon / tug of war variety.

Overlooking the lake will be a Flying Boathouse, curated by The Local's Howard Monk. Here you'll be able to grab an ale and take in all that the Flying Boathouse Society has to offer such as instrument-making, songwriting, live bands, quiz olympics, DJs and much more. Full lineup announced soon.

Welbeck's own School of Artisan Food will run a worskhop venue at the festival. It’ll offer classes throughout the day, including opportunities to learn everything from how to make butter from scratch to how to make Indian flatbreads.

With nine new bands just announced including Euros Childs, Woodpigeon and The Wave Pictures, the stage is set for an enchanting (and given the setting in view of an ancient abbey, nigh on historic!) first year.

http://www.nodirectionhomefestival.com

Ticket prices for the inaugural No Direction Home Festival:

Adult weekend (inc camping) £105
Youth 13-17 years (inc camping) £55
Child 6-12 years (inc camping) £0
Child 3-5 years (inc camping) £0
Infant 0-2 years (inc camping) £0
Campervan / Caravan pass £40
Postage + packaging (per order) £5