Annual outdoor music festival in Bristol, England from 1974 to 2007
Ashton Court Festival
2006 Ashton Court Festival main stage
The main stage at Ashton Court Festival, pictured in 2006.
Genre
music, dance, theatre, crafts
Dates
14 and 15 July
Location(s)
Ashton Court, Bristol, England
Years active
1974–2007
Website
www.ashtoncourtfestival.com/ (archived)
The Ashton Court Festival was an outdoor music festival held annually in mid-July on the grounds of Ashton Court, just outside Bristol, England. The festival was a weekend event which featured a variety of local bands and national headliners. Mainly aimed at local residents, the festival did not have overnight camping facilities and was financed by donations and benefit gigs.
Starting as a small one-day festival in 1974, the festival grew during succeeding years and was said to be Britain's largest free festival until changes brought on by government legislation resulted in compulsory fees and security fencing being introduced. After problems were caused by a temporary move to Hengrove Park in 2001, due to the foot and mouth crisis, and a washout in 2007, the organisers declared bankruptcy in 2007.
and 22 Related for: Ashton Court Festival information
The AshtonCourtFestival was an outdoor music festival held annually in mid-July on the grounds of AshtonCourt, just outside Bristol, England. The festival...
AshtonCourt is a mansion house and estate to the west of Bristol in England. Although the estate lies mainly in North Somerset, it is owned by the City...
Zawedde Emma Ashton FRSL (/ˈzɑːwi/; born 25 July 1984) is a British actress and playwright. She is best known for her roles in the comedy dramas Fresh...
2003, the weight of crowds returning from the Balloon Fiesta and AshtonCourtfestival put such a great strain on the Clifton Suspension Bridge that it...
Court. From 1974 until 2007, AshtonCourt also played host to the AshtonCourtfestival each summer, an outdoors music festival which used to be known as...
A rock festival is an open-air rock concert featuring many different performers, typically spread over two or three days and having a campsite and other...
1969. Gibb was one of the promoters of the Goose Lake International Music Festival in 1970, which attracted a crowd of 200,000 people. In 1970, Gibb traveled...
Bridge Between Life & Death released on Lo Recordings in April 2013. AshtonCourtFestival Culture of Bristol List of record labels from Bristol Bristol record...
2003 and 2004, the weight of crowds travelling to and from the AshtonCourtFestival and Bristol International Balloon Fiesta put such great strain on...
Hengrove Skills Academy, and in 2001 was the temporary home to the AshtonCourtFestival. Hengrove Park is the southern terminus of MetroBus route m1. Hengrove...
Oldbury Court Estate is a park in Fishponds, Bristol, about 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of the city centre. It is a park of Bristol City Council, and...
the UK's first media centre. He has been a board member of the AshtonCourtFestival, Circomedia and Bristol +. Penny has stated that he has "a passion...
2007) Festivals and other miscellaneous performances [A] As part of Nasty Fest [B] As part of AshtonCourtFestival [C] As part of Summer Sonic Festival [D]...
produce their early demos and guested on stage with them at 2006's AshtonCourtFestival, his first live appearance since the break-up of The Verve in 1998...
county of Avon May: Avonmouth Bridge opens in Shirehampton. c. July: AshtonCourtFestival begins. 1977 – Gay Pride begins. 1978 Royal Portbury Dock opens...
place at the AshtonCourt estate, which is owned by Bristol City Council, although it is actually in the district of North Somerset. The festival started in...
to Bruce Willis, with whom she has three daughters. She was married to Ashton Kutcher from 2005 to 2013. Her memoir Inside Out (2019) became a New York...
Mela Festival Bridgnorth Folk Festival, Shropshire Bridgwater: Guy Fawkes Carnival Brighton Festival Brighton Festival Fringe Bristol: AshtonCourt, Bristol...
Vera, was produced by the Royal Court Theatre in 2012. I, Daniel Blake won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Best British Film at the 2017 BAFTAs...
bands outside of the student union and became involved with the AshtonCourtFestival, then the largest free event in the UK, and started going to Glastonbury...
it to Bristol City Council in lieu of inheritance tax. AshtonCourt is host to several festivals each year, including the Bristol International Balloon...
city centre. AshtonCourt estate, a 850-acre (3.4 km2) recreational area owned by Bristol City Council lies just to the north, the Long Ashton by-pass (Brunel...
Global Information