Welcome to The Workhouse Festival 2009

Workhouse News:

Tickets Available on Gate Now

Tickets are now available on site. Workhouse has begun! Sun is shining, no mud whatsoever. Campers are arriving and if you fancy it but haven't got your ticket yet you can buy them on the gate! Don't delay, get down here and see our amazing new saddlespan ready to play host to the best music about this weekend.

The monumental saddlespan stage is being erected as you read this and it looks fab! Freestylers, Blockheads, Holloways, Neck amongst many others will be storming onto this stage in less than 3 days!

New Additon to Line-up: Freestylers DJ Set

We can now confirm that 2 of the Nation's favourite 'Breakbeat Banditos' will be at Workhouse 09. Freestylers will be gracing our Main Stage at 6.25 on Friday. A perfect beginning to a perfect weekend.

Workhouse Watering-Hole

This year the Workhouse Festival will have 3 bars from which to sup delicious local lager, ales and award winning cider. Not forgetting, of course, what is probably the best fundraising beer in the world: Workhouse Ale.

Even better: Workhouse prices are cheaper than your local pub. All pints £2.50!

 New Special Ticket Offers:

Available Now: Discounted group ticket offers: 5 for the price of 4 and Family tickets. Making us one of, if not THE, cheapest 3 day camping festival this summer.  We have just revealed a whole package of special discounted ticket offers this week for our last batch of Workhouse Festival 09 tickets. Just follow the WeGotTickets link to take advantage of these offers. Have a look at the venue pages to see how much amazing entertainment we have managed to pack into this unique festival.

 If you live locally to the festival you can buy ticket in any of these local outlets:

LLanfyllin Spar, Llanrhaedr Post Office, Recycled Records in Shrewsbury, The Music House Oswestry, Natural Rhythms in Welshpool, Fuze Music in Newtown and the Quarry Shop in Machynlleth. If you are planning on bringing your car please buy car parking tickets in advance as they will be more expensive on the day.

 Come and explore the Workhouse Festival 2009

          The totally independent, not for profit, alternative festival                                        

Now in our 6th year we are a firm favourite for many festival goers who are looking for something a bit different for their summer. We are entirely independent, voluntarily run and all our proceeds are donated to the regeneration of the Workhouse building itself. That's right, no corporate sponsors, no merciless efforts at increasing our profit margins just a long weekend in Wales that is dedicated purely to having fun.

To help us in our mission this year we have an eclectic line up of music on the all new Main Stage. Our red green and yellow marquee has gone to pastures new and been replaced with a larger outdoor saddlespan stage from our good friends Roustabout. The excellent and quite frequently bizarre Cabaret Tent, fully equipped as ever with a bar serving our own locally produced  Workhouse Ale and cocktails, will be providing festival goers with a slightly different turn of performance. The Electronik Boutique (Dance Tent) gives us the beats through a state of the art Funktion-One sound system to dance our little sheeps wool socks off all weekend. The Kids Area is going to be as fantastic as ever with everything from Circus to Workshops for the whole family. The Green Crafts is a beautiful space to chill out and is once again full of lovely crafty people and innovative environmental ideas to inspire us to live greener lives. The custom made Cinema is back again this year showing award winning international films throughout the weekend. When you need to pamper yourself come and speak to one of our alternative therapists in the Healing Area and choose between reiki, massage or many others. The all new Gallery Bar will also be offering cocktails and is situated next to the recently created Garden of Reflection, another lovely space to come and relax in.

Of course there is much much more going on over the weekend. Take a look at the 'Venues' tag at the top of the page to get a better idea. So much more than just a Music Festival.

Workhouse Festival is a not for profit company limited by guarantee. Registered in England & Wales. Company Number 05850878.