Friday 10th - Sunday 12th August 2012

Tickets for Wilderness, the award-winning festival that debuted this year on the Cornbury Park estate in Oxfordshire are now on sale for the 2012 weekend spectacular.

The ground-breaking festival of musicianship, theatre, talks, panel debates, late-night parties, outdoor pursuits and food experiences was named as the UK’s ‘Best New Festival’ at this year's Festival Awards UK.

The Festival Awards UK are the annual ‘Oscars’ of the contemporary music festival industry, with a mixture of industry experts, reviewers and journalists deciding on the best festivals the country has to offer.

The festival will return to Cornbury Park after a highly-successful debut year, with over 10,000 festival-goers in attendance. The festival will take place on Friday 10 August – Sunday 12 August 2012 for another three-days of spellbinding experiences and enchantment.

Tickets are available at www.wildernessfestival.com.

This year’s festival saw unique happenings across the weekend. Antony and the Johnsons’ collaborated with the Heritage Orchestra, there were promenade theatre shows from The Old Vic Tunnels, a full lakeside spa, talks from the likes of philosopher Julian Baggini and an evening 200-person strong banquet from the likes of Thomas Hunt, Skye Gyngell and Moro’s Sam & Sam Clark all shaped a mouth-watering weekend.

Tim Harvey, Wilderness organiser, says: “Winning the best new festival award, attracting over 10,000 people and still getting rave reviews - It's been a overwhelming start to Wilderness!

"The Wilderness concept is pretty special. It goes beyond the normal boundaries of a music festival experience and we've got a world-class team of collaborators and curators lined-up for ‘Round 2’ next August. The ideas being worked on for 2012 are mouth-watering and I can't wait to start announcing our plans early next year."

Lady Rotherwick, who opened the gates of her family home for the weekend added: “We’re used to having music festivals on the Cornbury Estate but Wilderness was more interesting, eclectic and special than anything we’ve had before. 

“The Wilderness experience is all about having no boundaries, it’s a weekend of free-spirited exploration and enjoyment. We look forward to seeing everyone here again next year!”

2012 LINE-UP ANNOUNCED!

MUSIC

 Wilco  
 Rodrigo and Gabriela  
 Spirtualised  
 Cloud Control  
 Giant Giant Sand  
 London Folk Guild  
 London Folk Guild artists  
 Stornoway  
 Field Music  
 Fatoumata Diawara  
 Milagres  
 Jenny O  
 Grant lee buffalo  
 Cass McCombs  
 Bat for Lashes  
 Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings  
 Crystal Fighters  
 Lianne Li Havas  

 BANQUETS AND FOOD 

Valentine Warner Banquet   
 Fergus Henderson & St. John's Banquet   
 Yotam Otoolenghi Banquet   
 Moro Souk Dining Tent  
 Thyme Kitchen Garden Café  
 Sourced Market Venison Roast  

THEATRE

The Old Vic
Tax Deductable Theatre

TALKS & DEBATES

The Fo:rem  
 IQ2 (1)  
 The Royal Observatory (3)  
 Granta  
 Idler (5)  
 5 x 15  
 Oxford University astrophysics dept (4)  
 School of Life (2)  
 Natures  
 Liars League  
 Literary Death Match  
 Fast Future (6)  
 Elephant  
 Tibor Jones  
 Jamie Catto  
 Roman Krzanirc The wonderbox  
 Alex Krotoski   
 Huffingdon post  
 Robin Ince  
 Adam Buxton 'BUG'

For more information go to www.wildernessfestival.com

Contacts

General Enquiries and Disabled Access
info@wildernessfestival.com

Volunteer Enquiries
info@wildernessfestival.com

Traders ofirpndra@gmail.com

Press Enquiries
Nicola Rutledge
nicola@thisisinkling.com
+44 (0)7931 717415