Feature article: Glastonbudget festival 2009

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The Glastonbudget Festival took place near Wymeswold in May 2009

The 2009 Glastonbudget Festival took place over the May Bank Holiday. Three days of dry, warm and sunny weather made it the best event yet, with five stages playing a wide variety of new, tribute and covers bands and artists. The biggest live music event in Leicestershire and one of the largest tribute acts in Europe.

Our photo shows the Guthlaxton Soul Band playing in the Oxjam Marquee; the nine piece band put on a superb performance of well known covers to a large and enthusiastic audience.

New bands (playing original music) played in the big top marquee (the new acts main stage), the Oxjam tent, the Chary Arny tent, the Campsite Marquee, and at a number of other locations.

Apart from bands, the festival also saw several of Leicester's top solo singers performing, as for example, Steve Faulkner who entertained a crowd of nearly 1,000 after the main stages had closed for Saturday night (a large proportion of whom sang along to his set of modern indie and rock classics) . Steve also played on the main stage in the New Acts Marquee.

The festival's tribute stage featured a rich lineup of bands and an appearance by 80s star Chesney Hawkes. Sweltering in 22 degrees of sunshine, the fancy-dressing festival goers indulged themselves in a feast of rock classics, from the look-alike tributes through to first class covers band. Led Zeppelin band The Rubber Plants drew a huge ovation from the large crowd in the Oxjam tent after their hour-long celebration of songs from the 'Zeps.

Over 6,000 people went through the turnstiles, a smaller turnout than the organisers had predicted, but still a good sized crowd to fill the Wymeswold site.

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