News - 26th January - OLLY MURS HEADLINE GUILFEST'S SATURDAY NIGHT

The one and only multi-talented Olly Murs is coming to GuilFest to headline the Main Stage on Saturday 14th July 2012!.

Singer-songwriter, musician, TV Presenter and X factor finalist Olly Murs is no stranger to success. Despite being early in his musical career, he can already lay claim to four number 1 singles and two wildly popular albums! His fabulous self-titled 2010 debut which featured the huge number 1 single “Please Don’t Let Me Go” entered the UK chart at number 2, going double platinum and selling over 600,000 copies! 2011’s “In Case You Didn’t Know” even exceeded this, debuting at number 1 in the UK album charts, again achieving double platinum status and spawning the fantastic number one singles “Heart Skips a Beat” and “Dance With Me Tonight”.

Also confirmed for this year’s festival is the Jamaican reggae legend, Jimmy Cliff! Jimmy will also be performing on the Main Stage on Saturday 14th July. Best known for his original songs, “Sitting in Limbo”, “You Can Get It If You Really Want”, and “Many Rivers to Cross”- as well as his definitive cover versions of Cat Steven’s “Wild World” and Johnny Nash’s “I can see clearly now” (from the hit film Cool Runnings) Jimmy is currently the only living musician to hold the Order Of Merit, the highest honour that can be granted by the Jamaican government for achievement in the arts and sciences.

2012 LINE UP

Olly Murs - headliner Saturday 14th July

Jimmy Cliff

HISTORY

Guilfest, formerly known as Guildford Festival of Folk and Blues and Guildford Live, began in 1992 and is now a 3-day music festival with camping held on Stoke Park in Guildford, Surrey, England every summer.

NOT too big, not too small, Guilfest remains an independently run festival with a very friendly atmosphere, held in the beautiful surroundings of Stoke Park, Guildford over the weekend of the 10th, 11th and 12th July 2009. Visitors can expect a weekend of live musical entertainment coupled with comedy, children´s entertainment, street theatre, theatre tent, art/craft exhibitions, and caterers from around the world providing a variety of meals in a truly festive atmosphere.

With its 150 foot beer tent and calypso cocktail bar, an extensive KidZone and well maintained toilet trailers, Guilfest caters for young and old alike, to local visitors wanting to just come for the day, to families from further a field camping for a 3 day mini holiday! Guildford´s outdoor swimming Lido and Spectrum Leisure Centre on either side of the festival grounds offer easy breaks from the main festival site with a refreshing swim as well as a showering opportunity for the campers. All in all, Guilfest has something for everyone with its friendly relaxed vibe and eclectic mix of music and entertainment, so come along and see for yourself why we´ve been nominated as best family and medium sized festival for the past 3 years.

Guilfest - Line Up 2011
Roger Daltrey, Razorlight, James Blunt, Peter Andre, Public Image Ltd, Erasure, Ziggy Marley, N-Dubz, Adam Ant, Gallows, Noisettes, Echo & the Bunnymen, Saw Doctors, Nero, Pendulum, Modestep, Chipmunk, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Hugh Cornwell, The Rifles, The Blow Monkeys, Edei, Gogobot, Neville Staple, Uk Subs, The Skints, 999, Anti Nowhere League, The Lurkers, The Lambrettas, Missing Andy, The Grit, Random Hand, Dirty Revolution, The Sex Pistols Experience, Newtown Kings, Dc Fontana, Stone Foundation, Loyd Grossman's The New Forbidden, The Farm, Wretch 32, The Popes, Yasmin, Alice Gold, Dj Fresh, Redlight, Dc Breaks, Starboy Nathan, Vintage Trouble, Bare Noize, Bar 9, Roxxxan, Yo Video, Talay Riley, Paradise Point, Little Fish, Saint Jude, Kate Rusby, Funeral For A Friend, Skindred and many more...

Guilfest - Line Up 2010
Orbital, Hadouken, 65daysofstatic, The South (Formerly The Beautiful South), Elmor, Macavity's Cat, Draven, Redwood, Ruarri Joseph, The Wonder Stuff, Dreadzone, Babylon Circus, Nell Bryden, Ian King, Goliath, Kill Claudio, Ben Montague, The Rhizomes, Newrising, Susie Clarke Collective, The Human League, N-Dubz, Just Jack, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Ali Campbell's UB40, Naree, Two Fingers Of Firewater, Rock Choir, Hawkwind, Hazel O'connor & The Bluja Project, Alvin Stardust, Mungo Jerry, Infidels, The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, Avondale45, The Goldrush, Velvet Razor, The Stanley Blacks, Status Quo, Level 42, 10cc, The Blockheads, The Soldiers Ft Rock Choir, Pama International, Wobbly Squadron, The Twang, The Delays, Young Knives, Seth Lakeman, Simon Friend (Levellers), The Dirty Disco, District 6, Saint Jude, The Wonderyears, The King Blues, My Passion, Lower Than Atlantis, Eaststrikewest, Cars On Fire, Turbowolf, Subsource, The Dirty Chimes, Play Dead Sister, Nylon Sky plus many many more.....

TRAVELLING BY CAR
Travelling by car to GuilFest is easy - situated just a couple of miles from the M25 makes getting to the festival childs play

From the M25
leave the M25 at junction 10 and join the A3 heading for Guildford Leave the A3 to follow signs for Leisure Centre (4 miles from M25) Once on the slip road you will need to take the first sharp left, driving past the Travel Inn The festival is then 400m on the right. To park your car you will need to drive up to the next roundabout and turn right, hugging the fringes of Stoke Park - the car park entrance is 400m on the right

From the A3 heading North towards Guildford
Drive past the University & Cathedral turn off - DO NOT get off here
Exit at next junction remaining in the right hand lane - take a right and then left to head towards the town Centre - getting into the left hand lane
Remaining in the left hand lane continue straight driving through 3 sets of lights, the 3rd will have the Guildford Fire Station directly on your right
Once past the 3rd set of lights continue straight and the festival is 400m on your right. To park your car continue to the next roundabout and turn right, hugging the fringes of Stoke Park - the car park entrance is 400m on the right

TRAVELLING BY TRAIN
Guildford is on one of the main lines from Portsmouth and London so getting a train should not pose too much of a problem. However, Guildford does have 2 train stations, one in the main town and the other at London Road (which is not on the main line) Guildford. London Road is very close to Stoke Park and is only a 5 minute walk to the festival entrance.

Arriving at London Road Station
Exit the station and make your way to London Road, this is the road that passes goes directly over the station via the bridge. Walk up the hill away from the town centre. Keep walking straight for about 5 minutes until you see the large grassy area to your right, this is Stoke Park and you´ll probably see a lot of happy smiley people there - just follow them to the entrance.

Guildford Town Main Station
Exit at platform 1 and either jump in a taxi from directly outside or take the short stroll to the bus station and approx. If you feel like a good 30 minutes walk - why not take in the sights of Guildford and walk it.

To get to the bus station
Leave the railway station from platform 1´s exit (there are 2) walk down to the pedestrian crossing at the road - once across the road turn right and follow the path round. Once over the river you will see some traffic lights about 100m, cross over the road and again turn right in front of the Friary Shopping Centre. Follow the path all the way round the Friary Shopping centre - the Bus station is on the other side

There should be special buses provided for festival go´ers - however there is an information office inside the station

Walking to the festival from the Train Station

Leave the station at platform 1 and walk down to the pedestrian crossing about 50 yards towards the underpass. Cross the road and turn right, follow the road round as it snakes round to the left over the river wey about 100 yards from the station.

At the next pedestrian crossing (By the Drink Nightclub) cross over the road and make your way towards the Friary Shopping Centre, on the other side of the double crossing turn left, following the road towards the big roundabout and the Police station on the right. At the roundabout, cross the road by using the pedestrian crossing and head towards the large church on your right. Once on the other side keep going towards and through the under pass toward York Road - at the other side turn right and follow York road up to the next pedestrian crossing
Walk up to the traffic lights (Past the Elm Pub) and turn left - Walk down Chertsey Street towards the railway bridge 500m
Turn right after the railway bridge - its best to cross over and go through the pedestrian tunnel turning right as you exit
Follow the road up about 200m crossing the road - and you are there - GuilFest should be very visible on your left. Follow the fence round to the right towards the entrance where you will be issued your wrist bands

TRAVELLING BY BUS
Guildford bus station is set to one side of Guildford High Street but luckily it makes it easy to walk to the festival or order a taxi. The train station is a short stroll to the bus station and approx 30 minutes walk directly to the festival.

Walking to the festival from the Bus Station
leave the bus station from left (if your back was to the Friary shopping centre) and walk towards the roundabout by the Surrey Police Headquaters At the roundabout turn right - so you will need to cross the road and go up York Road
There is an underground footpath - go through this and turn right so that you are heading up York Road on the opposite side of the road. Walk up to the traffic lights (Past the Elm Pub) and turn left - Walk down Chertsey Street towards the railway bridge 500m
Turn right after the railway bridge - its best to cross over and go through the pedestrian tunnel turning right as you exit
Follow the road up about 200m crossing the road - and you are there - GuilFest should be very visible on your left. Follow the fence round to the right towards the entrance where you will be issued your wrist bands

Taxi´s to the festival
Leave the bus station from the right (if your back was to the Friary Shopping centre). Follow the path round in front of the shopping centre. There is a taxi rank in front of Fopp.

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