Twinwood Festival News
5th January 2013 Happy New Year everyone! We have another fabulous night time venue to announce for Twinwood Festival 2013. Terry's Late Night Lounge will be open on Saturday and Sunday nights where Terry Elliot will be playing swing, blues, jazz, vintage western, R&B and lounge, all with a cool late night feel from 10pm til late! |
24th November 2012 Here are the first acts confirmed for Twinwood Festival 2013: Si Cranstoun Plus Dance Acts and More Great Artists still to be announced! |
5th September 2012 The results of the "Twinwood's Got Talent" competition in the Open Mic Club at Twinwood Festival 2012 were: |
28th August 2012 Thank you all for supporting the best Twinwood Festival ever! We're absolutely thrilled to be reading so many wonderful blogs, facebook comments and tweets of Twinwood 2012, and of course seeing your fabulous photos. Tickets for Twinwood 2013 are already available to buy online. Incredibly campsite A is already over two thirds full for next year – that has never happened so fast before! The team who run Twinwood is small, and we all multi task. Today we are disassembling, cleaning and packing everything away safely ready for next year. Your lovely positive vibes are keeping our tired souls going. |
17th August 2012 Just 7 days to Twinwood! |
25th July 2012 For the second year running, our fantastic local brewery Potbelly has kept its real ales and ciders at the same great price, despite heavy increases in government duty, just to keep all you lovely people happy over what will be a hot and sunny August bank holiday weekend at Twinwood Festival! |
17th July 2012 Twinwood Arena and the festival site is looking amazing and we are all looking forward to what will be the very best vintage event of the year! This year we have over 60 bands, 10 stages, 14 different venues, 8 indoor venues (you'll be amazed by the huge Colonial Club with its massive dance floor and stage), 4 music bars, over 100 traders, sprung dance floors, air displays, classic vehicles, comedy, burlesque, museums, fashion, hair and beauty, food and drink including real ale bars, great camping facilities and much much more! Every year we strive to make the festival better than the one before and Twinwood Festival 2012 really will be bigger and better than any event we have ever staged!!! This is our 11th successive year and still, as always, Twinwood Festival is The No. 1 Vintage Music & Dance Festival! |
7th June 2012 The largest of our new undercover venues at Twinwood Festival this year is the Colonial Club which has 16,000 square feet of sprung wooden flooring, a huge stage, seating, an indoor vintage market, bar and refreshment area, and an array of fantastic entertainment throughout all of the days and well into the nights. Fashion shows, pageants, and dance classes feature throughout and there are great acts including Max Raabe & Palast Orchester, The Lamours, The Casablanca Steps, Hannah Northedge, Alex et Serge, and the Mainline Band all hosted by the wonderfully witty and talented Dusty Limits. Then the weekend culminates with an all day tea dance on Monday hosted by DJs Radio Flyer, Major Swing and Kitty playing the very best in 20s, 30s and 40s dance music! |
5th May 2012 Twinwood's Got Talent! Last year, two acts from the Open Mic Club were chosen to perform on the Main Stage. This year we again have some fantastically talented performers. Come in on the Saturday or Sunday evening at Twinwood Festival and help us to decide who deserves to be on the Main Stage next year! |
26th April 2012 We are pleased to announce that on Sunday and Monday this spine chilling film will be shown twice daily in the Tin Hat at around 2.30 and 7.00 each day: |
19th March 2012 The line up for the Variety Show in the Tin Hat is now finalised and features comedian Richard C Parker, pinup songstress Annie Andrews, fabulous sixties numbers from Samantha Hughes, Popular mother and daughter team Sincerely Yours, and the glamorous six Tootsie Rollers as well as a comedy sketch with a "Beyond the Fringe theme". Starts at five and will be great fun! |
13th March 2012 We're pleased to welcome the all singing all dancing retro girl band, The Tootsie Rollers, performing at Twinwood Festival on Saturday! |
14th February 2012 Campsite A is now sold out, but we have an extended campsite B with all the facilities and great panoramic views, which we're sure that you'll all enjoy. |
14th February 2012 We're very pleased to have the fabulous cabaret artiste Dusty Limits hosting the Colonial Club this year. Dusty is highly acclaimed throughout the cabaret scene and boasts a three octave singing range. |
24th January 2012 We are delighted that Alex and Serge are returning again this year and will be performing cabaret numbers in Le Cafe de Bois de Jumeau and the Colonial Club, also we are pleased to announce the Twinwood debut of Hannah Northedge who will also perform in these two venues. |
24th January 2012 Si Cranstoun is now performing on Saturday at The Control Tower Stage at Twinwood Festival! |
14th December 2011 At next years festival we will be having a safe left luggage facility run by Macmillan. This will be a building close to the arena where you can leave your folding chairs etc while you explore the site. |
13th December 2011 Following it's successful introduction at Twinwood Festival this year and the great line up of acts over the two nights Dell and Company "D" will again be running the Open Mic Club during the August Festival. If you feel you have talent and would like to perform at Twinwood next year in the Club, contact Dell on 01502 725364 to book your slot. Two acts who performed at the club have been chosen to appear on the main stage next year, so this may be your chance to shine at Twinwood in the future. |
7th December 2011 A fantastic additional venue will open for the festival in 2012: |
4th November 2011 We've just returned from Berlin and are excited to announce that we have signed the incredible Max Raabe & The Palace Orchestra for Twinwood Festival 2012. Twinwood will be their UK festival debut and there will be 2 performances. This international band fills massive venues across the world: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =21yzXbPGhWc |
4th August 2011 Can there be any more fantastic news from Twinwood? Oh yes there can! We're now having an end of festival Monday night party. Rock ‘n' Roll with Strollin' Steve in the Dance Marquee! The fun begins at 8 and carries on ‘til late, so keep your dancing shoes on! |
3rd August 2011 Yet another amazing announcement for Twinwood Festival! The full cast of London's Smash Hit Musical “MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET” are coming to perform at Twinwood Festival on Sunday 28th August. This award winning Broadway and West End show is a must for all lovers of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins. |
2nd August 2011 Vivien of Holloway are running a competition to win a pair of weekend tickets and camping to Twinwood Festival. All you have to do to enter is to post a photograph of yourself stylishly enjoying a 'Vintage Summer' in your Vivien of Holloway! And remember: the more glamorous, the better! |
27th July 2011 We are pleased to announce that an Honor Guard from the Joint Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps of the United States of America will be present at the Sunday morning service at the Festival. The service, with the Salvation Army Band, is extremely popular and makes a wonderful start to the day's events. We are proud and privileged to have such a presence of servicemen and women from today and of course from yesterday and the service is a poignant reminder of the sacrifices that they have made and are still making. |
24th July 2011 This year we have doubled the amount of undercover entertainment. There is a big marquee roof over the Dance floor at the Control Tower stage as well as two more large marquees around it. There are also three extra atmospheric night time venues down the woodland walk. The Casablanca Club, Le Cafe de Bois de Jumeau and The Open Mic Club. The main arena decking bar and the Nag's Head bar have also been transformed! |
12th July 2011 As of midnight last night, voting ended for our Miss Vintage Life Glamour Pageant. It was an incredibly close contest. Thank you so much to everyone who entered and everyone who voted. More details will be announced about the final round to be held at Twinwood Festival shortly! We can't wait to see you there! The 10 finalists and their final vote count at midnight are: |
28th June 2011 The Open Mic Club line up at Twinwood Festival has been finalised: |
23rd June 2012 We are pleased to announce that Vivien of Holloway will be awarding fantastic prizes for the 10 finalists of our Miss Vintage Life Glamour Pageant! The 7 runners up will receive a £25 gift voucher, 3rd place will receive a £50 gift voucher, 2nd place will receive a £100 gift voucher and the winner will receive an amazing £250 gift voucher from Vivien of Holloway! This is in addition to a Champaign Tea for 2 at the Ritz, London for the winner and a feature in October's issue of Vintage Life Magazine in their new Vivien of Holloway dress! |
31st May 2011 We're keeping Twinwood Festival Bar Prices down to the same as last year... just another example of our commitment to give you great value at a great festival! |
24th May 2011 Vintage Life Magazine, in association with Twinwood Festival are launching a vintage glamour competition. |
23rd May 2011 In addition to our existing wonderful traders we are pleased to tell you that Discover Vintage are having a shopping mews at the festival with a super array of vintage goods on sale. Also Vintage TV will again be at the show plus a few new names. It's becoming quite the place to do your Vintage Shopping! We'll soon be publishing the full list of traders so watch this space. |
7th May 2011 Once again Twinwood Festival is placed in the top twenty of all festivals by the press. |
28th March 2011 We've been on the telly again! "The Dambusters" documentary on Friday, an hour long TV film on the Yesterday channel (SKY 537), featured Twinwood extensively. It told the incredible story of Wing Commander Guy Gibson's 617 Squadron dambusting raids in 1943. |
26th March 2011 Congratulations to Sqn Ldr Geoffrey Wellum, the subject of the outstanding BBC drama "First Light" filmed at Twinwood last year, on being given the Freedom of the City of London. He was the youngest Spitfire pilot to fly in the Battle of Britain and we'll certainly be thinking of him and his brave colleagues when we watch our two Spitfires over Twinwood on Saturday and Monday. |
25th March 2011 Great news for those of you staying over on Monday night. Strollin' Steve is putting on an extra 40s/50s dance in the Marquee and we'll be keeping the Nag's Head bar open 'til late. |
24th March 2011 We're pleased to announce that "Lipstick and Curls" will be doing hair and make-up at the festival, so make your appointment early and check out their website at www.lipstickandcurls.co.uk |
11th March 2011 Late night extra! We are pleased to announce that the popular Burlesque artiste Kitten Von Mew will be performing in the Casablanca Club and Le Cafe Bois de Jumeau on both Saturday and Sunday nights. |
4th March 2011 The American radio broadcast originally scheduled for 4th April will now probably take place at the Twinwood Festival. This is due to more revelations coming to light and a bit more research is needed to be done by the experts before the final definitive truth can be made public. The plot thickens!!! Watch this space for updates. |
24th February 2011 Great news for the dancers. The Control Tower Stage dance floor will now have a roof over it which will be a big improvement for the day time rock'n'rollers and the night time forties dancers. The music will be relayed through the Control Tower Stage sound system and the dance floor will be lit up at night. |
13th February 2011 The attempt at the Guinness World Record for the Largest Swing Dance will be held on Sunday 28th August in the Main Arena at approximately 7.30pm. John Miller, Terry Elliott, and Strollin' Steve will be your hosts. Make sure you're there, its going to be a fantastic occasion! |
10th February 2011 On 4th April an American Radio station will broadcast live from Twinwood Control Tower. The subject of its broadcast is the final and definitive statement on the truth of Glenn Miller's disappearance. |
11th January 2011 Another addition to the line-up is the Wootton Big Band. They will be the opening act of the festival playing at 11.30am on Saturday Morning. These talented young musicians are all from the nearby Wootton Upper School which is renowned for its musical excellence. |
10th January 2011 Oh La La... we have another addition to Le Cafe Bois de Jumeau line-up. Alexandra Carter and Serge Pachnine join us to perform some of the great French vintage classics on Saturday and Sunday night. Make it a date... vous ne regretterez rien!!! |
7th January 2011 Have a go at learning how to belly dance in the Dance Marquee at 5pm on Sunday. Caroline and some of her students will be on hand to teach you. Should be great fun!!! |
24th November 2010 We have just requested our Monday Air Display from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. |
6th November 2010 We have just booked the fantastic P51 Mustang for Saturday and the incredible Spitfire MH434 for Sunday (remember the amazing display at the memorial unveiling ceremony at the last festival). We now just need to finalise the air display for Monday, watch this space! |
30th October 2010 The Rock 'n' Roll acts for the Control Tower Stage and the Marquee are now confirmed, and there's even more this year! Thirteen more red hot bands now complete the festival's fifty strong line up, plus we have an extra DJ, Galaxie Bob, who will be helping Strollin' Steve to keep things rocking along nicely! See line up for more details. |
21st October 2010 All the 2011 entertainment for the Arena Stage, Hangar, Café Bois de Jumeau, Open Mic Club, and the Casablanca Club (including the belly dancer) has now been finalised, and we now expect to have the Control Tower Stage, Marquee, and the Tin Hat confirmed within the next few days. Watch this space! |
14th October 2010 The very popular Ray Gelato and the Giants have agreed to perform on Saturday and the fabulous Kai Hoffman will guest with him. A polished performance not to be missed! We are pleased to announce that Kai will also be performing on Monday with her Kai's Cats. Close your eyes and its Bing Crosby, then close your eyes again and its Perry Como. That's the amazing voice of Roy Chappell backed by his pianist Colin Hilton who will be performing both of the crooner's greatest hits in the Tin Hat on Saturday and Sunday night. |
6th October 2010 The sensational Lola Lamour returns to the festival next year and will appear on the main stage as well as singing in the Casablanca Club on Saturday and Sunday nights. We also have a newcomer to the festival appearing on the main stage and in the Casablanca Club. Her name is Maddie Brown, and you'll love her voice! Both acts not to be missed! |
4th October 2010 Work has begun on several new projects for next year's festival. For those who wish to bypass the arena to go to other areas of the site we have created an enchanting extension to the Woodland Walk which runs through the wood at the rear of the main stage. This will ease the congestion in the arena and also eliminate the necessity to walk in front of the stage. Three new venues for night entertainment will be up and running for next year. The “Cafe Bois de Jumeau” will feature Fleur de Paris, Swing Museum and others performing Chanson et Musette from the 30s to the 50s including Hot Club, Gypsy Jazz, and Piaf etc. This will be a truly atmospheric venue. You might bump into a Humphrey Bogart or an Ingrid Bergman look-a-like when you enter the “The Casablanca Club”. Step back in time to Wartime Morocco when you enter this dimly lit exciting new venue and expect some exotic entertainment. Maybe Sam will “play it again”. Fancy yourself as a musician or singer? Then come to the “Open Mic Club” and let's see how much talent you've got. Who knows, we might sign you up for the next Twinwood Festival! The “Café Bois de Jumeau” and “The Casablanca Club” are situated close to the “Nags Head” bar and the “Open Mic Club” will be nearer to the arena but will have its own small bar. These three new night-time attractions are in addition to our existing venues, The “Hangar” (40's dancing), the “Marquee” (Rock n Roll) and the “Tin Hat” (Swing and Jazz) so now there's plenty of choice for all you late night revellers! |
27th September 2010 So far the following bands and artists have agreed to perform at Twinwood 2011: Ben Waters Band, Peter Donegan, The Jive Aces, Sticky Wicket, Hannah Northedge, Fleur de Paris, Midland All Star Band, Jim McAlister, The New Squadronaires, Maddie Brown, The Borderlines, Juke Joint Jump, The Hep Chaps, Si Cranstoun, The Revolutionaires, Ding Dong Daddios. There's loads more to come and of course all our regular hosts and DJs will be at the Festival as usual. We will now be putting more bands on the Control Tower Stage... more details to come very soon! |
12th September 2010 The film "First Light" depicting the experiences of the youngest Spitfire Pilot will be sreened on BBC2 on Tuesday 14th September at 9pm. This superb film was made at Twinwood Airfield earlier this year and should not be missed. |
8th September 2010 After another sell out, successful festival, plans are now underway for our tenth anniversary. Twinwood Festival 2011 will certainly be the biggest and best yet. More acts than ever will feature, especially on the Rock 'n' Roll (Control Tower) Stage. There will be an appreciable increase and variation of late night entertainment, giving a fabulously eclectic mix of music and entertainment based on the 40s and 50s eras. Please watch this space for more announcements and details on what promises to be a great tenth anniversary festival. |
9th August 2010 Paul Bonhomme, our Spitfire pilot for Sundays Memorial Dedication, has successfully defended his Red Bull Air Race World Championship and is confirmed as the 2010 World Champion. Congratulations from all at Twinwoods! |
1st August 2010 As most of you already know the finale of the Twinwood Memorial Ceremony on the Sunday of the Festival is a display of the Supermarine Spitfire MH434, considered by many to be the most famous of all Spitfires. What you dont know is that the pilot will be The Red Bull Air Race 2009 World Champion, Paul Bonhomme. Paul is currently in the lead in the 2010 world championship with one race to go at Lausitz in Germany on 7th/8th August. So lets keep our fingers crossed for him! One thing is for sure, our finale will be a most spectacular moment. |
9th July 2010 We are pleased to announce three new additional acts. On Friday night at the camper's marquee dance, hosted by Strollin' Steve, a great new band called "This Little Girl" will be doing a rock 'n' roll slot. On Sunday night in Ricardo Gazzini's Tin Hat Club a group of talented young musicians, The Wootton Quintet, will be playing red hot swing, and the fabulously talented Lynda Styan and her musical partner Anthony Mason will be entertaining you with their superb vocals and ukulele act on Saturday in various venues throughout the site. |
7th June 2010 There are a few picnic tables available in the marquee for Saturday. Each table will seat up to 4 people. Phone 01923 282725 to book. |
26th April 2010 Campsite A is now sold out but there are spaces left in the new adjacent campsite B |
27th March 2010 Twinwood Events is proud to boast that it has extensive, permanent, and well maintaned toilets. However during the festival we have to hire in extra loos and these have to date been the plastic portaloo cabins, but not any more, from this year on we are improving the situation by hiring in flush toilet trailers which include wash basins and are so much nicer. We know that everybody will appreciate this and it is just another example of how we are striving to make your experience at the festival better every year. |
6th March 2010 We've just been talking to one of our long time festival friends, promoter and broadcaster Marilynn Harrat and she will be bringing along a jazz trio featuring her husband Peter on sax. We are pleased to announce they will be doing a live session at the Tin Hat at the beginning of Ricardo Gazzini's show on Saturday. Not to be missed! |
2nd February 2010 LATEST NEWS ON THE FLYING DISPLAYS |
13th November 2009 CAMPERS CAN ARRIVE EARLY FOR THE 2010 FESTIVAL |
31st October 2009 THE 2010 LINE UP IS READY THE TWINWOOD MEMORIAL |
26th October 2009 THE TIN HAT CLUB RICARDO GAZZINI'S JAZZ NIGHTS RUGCUTTERS HANGAR DANCE This now means that there will Jazz at the Tin Hat, Hangar Dances, and Marquee Dances on Friday , Saturday, and Sunday night. So plenty of choice for all you late night revellers! EXTRA ROOM FOR DANCERS ON THE MAIN ARENA NEW CARAVAN AND CAMPING SITE TIN HAT CLUB LECTURES KEEP WATCHING THIS SPACE BECAUSE WE'LL BE |