The Staxtonbury Family Music Festival, commonly abbreviated to Staxtonbury, is a local British music festival, held every year at
Staxton
Staxton is a village in North Yorkshire, England, part of the civil parish of Willerby, and situated approximately 8.2 miles from Scarborough town centre.
Until 1974 the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the East Riding of York ...
, near
Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Scarborough () is a seaside town in the Borough of Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. Scarborough is located on the North Sea coastline. Historic counties of England, Historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town lies between 10 ...
, best known for its break through local music acts.
The festival has run since 2009, and has been very successful, not just with local people but a wider audience.
The size and nature of the festival, held over three or four days in the open air, with performers, crew and paying festival goers staying in tents, caravans and motorhomes, has meant that the weather is significant. It is now attended by around 10,000 annually.
Lineups
Artists
2011
* My Forever
* Stray Scene
* Shamrockers
* Attic Noise
* Blue Alibi
* The Shamrockers
* Big Me
* Amber Carey
* Stairwell 17
* The Grand Urge
* Rebecca Arundale
2012
Staxtonbury IV 2012 was held on Friday 6th, Saturday 7th & Sunday 8 July 2012.
2015
Staxtonbury VII (2015) was held from 3–5 July 2015.
Artists
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The Sherlocks
The Sherlocks are an indie rock band from South Yorkshire.
The band consists of brothers, Kiaran & Brandon Crook along with Alex Procter & Trent Jackson.
History Early career
The band played at Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2015.
The ...
*Shamrockers
*Snatch
*Huge
*Friday Street
*Qwikshift
*Kast Off Kinks
*Bogus Beatles
*Soul Rida
*Aftermath
*Another Manhattan
*Trilogy
*TFI
*Dustin the Blues
2016
The 8th festival was held from 2–4 July 2016.
2017
Staxtonbury IX was held from 7–9 July 2017.
2018
The festival was held between 6 and 8 July, over 40 acts appeared. Including local celebrity and presenter
Ryan Swain.
2019
The 11th festival was held from 4–6 July in 2019. It had 4 stages and featured performances on the main stage from Soul Rida, Boomin, Huge, Friday Street and DJ's Callum Russell and Ryan Swain. The festival had completely sold out of online ticket sales for the Saturday.
See also
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Staxton
Staxton is a village in North Yorkshire, England, part of the civil parish of Willerby, and situated approximately 8.2 miles from Scarborough town centre.
Until 1974 the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the East Riding of York ...
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Glastonbury
Glastonbury (, ) is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. The town, which is in the Mendip district, had a population of 8,932 in the 2011 census. Glastonbury ...
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List of music festivals in the United Kingdom
References
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Music festivals in North Yorkshire
Scarborough, North Yorkshire