Osfest was an annual music festival held at Oswestry Showground, organised by Seventh Sense Management.
History
Plans for the festival were made public in December 2009. The first show took place in 2010 and featured headliner
Lemar alongside a variety of local and national acts. In 2014, the festival was postponed until August, reportedly due to difficulty booking acts in May. Following the 2014 edition the organisers announced that the festival would not return for 2015 and for the foreseeable future.
Location
Osfest was held on the outskirts of the
Shropshire market town
Oswestry
Oswestry ( ; ) is a market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483 and A495 roads.
The town was the administrative headquarters of the Borough of ...
. The showground is host to a variety of farming markets throughout the year, including the Oswestry Show.
Yearly lineups
The 2012 headliner was
Razorlight.
For 2014, the acts announced so far include:
Wiley,
Nina Nesbitt,
Foxes (Singer),
Neon Jungle,
Conor Maynard,
Union J,
Elyar Fox
Elyar Afshari ( az, Elyar Əfşari; born 15 July 1995), better known by his stage name Elyar (previously Elyar Fox) is an English pop singer, musician and songwriter. His debut single " Do It All Over Again" was released in January 2014, peakin ...
and Luke Friend.
In 2013, the acts included: JLS
- LAWSON - WILEY - JAMES ARTHUR - THE ENEMY - THE PIGEON DETECTIVES - A*M*E - KING CHARLES - LUCY SPRAGGAN - GET CUBS - CHARLIE BROWN - TICH - PROPELLERS - ROOK AND THE RAVENS - JKLMNO - THE TASTE - DAN THE THIEF - DANNY GRUFF AND THE PEACEMAKERS - PORTLIGHTS - MAYDAYS - THE FALLOWS - SOUNDS & SCENARIO
Osfest Website LineUp Page
References
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Music festivals in Shropshire