GuilFest
GuilFest, formerly the Guildford Festival of Folk and Blues, is a British music festival, held in Stoke Park, Guildford each July. The festival, like the larger Glastonbury Festival, features a range of genres including rock, folk, blues, and in recent years pop.
The event was started in 1992 by Tony Scott, a Guildford businessman who is a keen festival-goer.
From 1992 to 1994 it was a one day event. In 1995 it became a two day event with onsite camping and was moved to nearby Loseley. GuilFest returned to Stoke Park in 1996 and became a three day festival in 1997 with headliners Jethro Tull.
1998 acts included Space, Shed Seven and The Lightning Seeds.
1999 acts included James, The Saw Doctors and Jools Holland & His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra.
2000 was Van Morrison, Joan Armatrading, David Gray, Culture Club, Motorhead and Rolf Harris.
2001 included Pulp, James, Reef, Dreadzone, Lonnie Donnegan and Dead Men Walking.
2002 acts included Jools Holland, The Fun Lovin’ Criminals and The Pretenders .
In 2003, the main acts were Alice Cooper, The Darkness and Atomic Kitten.
In 2004 the main acts were Katie Melua, Simple Minds, Blondie and UB40.
The 2005 event, the biggest in its history, featured 6 music stages along with a comedy tent. The headline acts were The Pogues, Paul Weller, and Status Quo.
The 2006 event was headlined by Embrace, a-ha and Billy Idol, and featured Nizlopi, The Wonderstuff, The Lightning Seeds, The Stranglers and Gary Numan.
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