Walk the line festival
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The Walk the Line Festival is a music and poetry festival which takes place at various venues in Cheltenham
, southern England
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The first Walk the Line festival took place on Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October 2009.
Cheltenham
Cheltenham , also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a large spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, on the edge of the Cotswolds in the South-West region of England. It is the home of the flagship race of British steeplechase horse racing, the Gold Cup, the main event of the Cheltenham Festival held...
, southern England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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The first Walk the Line festival took place on Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October 2009.
2011 line-up
- Ellen and the EscapadesEllen and the EscapadesEllen and the Escapades are a folk-pop band from Leeds, UK.In 2009, the band were chosen by BBC Introducing to perform at Reading Festival and Leeds Festival...
- Beans on Toast
- Crazy Arm
- Tellison
- Charlie Baxter
- Swift Manouver Swift ManouverSwift Manouver are an English rock band from Cheltenham, comprising Kingsley Salmon , Robert Paget and Aaron Evans...
- We are The Afterglow
- I The Lion
- Pink Crudge Caravan
- The Peppermint Hunting Lodge
- Miss 600Miss 600Miss 600 are an English acoustic duo from Derby composed of Hannah Garner and David Amar .-Background:...
- Changing Horses
- Midwest Dilemma
- Jim Wain
- Ellie Dussek
- Tina Lundelius
- Nina Condron
- Joe Noel
- 4bel
- Thrill CollinsThrill CollinsThrill Collins are a British acoustic trio, that specialise in 1980s and 1990s cover versions and are part of the nu-skiffle movement and of the larger Cheltenham folk music scene...
2010 line-up
- Brown Torpedo
- Midnight Mile
- Jim Lockey & The Solemn Sun
- The Dawn Chorus
- David FordDavid FordDavid Ford is a politician who is a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Ford has been leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland since 2001 and has been Northern Ireland Minister of Justice since April 2010.- Early life :...
- Hitchhikers of the Galaxy
- The EchoesThe EchoesThe Echoes were formed in London England in early 1960 by singer Chris Wayne for the Conway Twitty, Johnny Preston and Freddy Cannon tour of Great Britain. The Echoes were originally made up from “The Spacemen skiffle group” which were Joe Browns skiffle group. Joe was a regular on Boy Meets Girls...
- Reachback
- Will KevansWill KevansWill Kevans is an award-winning singer-songwriter and cartoonist. He is signed to Judy Collins' New York label, Wildflower Records and is married to the artist, Annie Kevans.- Musical career :...
- I Call A Strike
- CheChe (band)Ché was an American stoner rock band founded by former Kyuss drummer Brant Bjork. Ché released their only LP Sounds of Liberation in 2000....
- Joe Noel
- Pete TaylorPete TaylorPete Taylor was a radio and television sportscaster who worked for radio station KRNT and television station KCCI in Des Moines, Iowa...
- Gareth Harper
- Thrill CollinsThrill CollinsThrill Collins are a British acoustic trio, that specialise in 1980s and 1990s cover versions and are part of the nu-skiffle movement and of the larger Cheltenham folk music scene...
- Dale CampbellDale CampbellDale Campbell is a Canadian First Nations carver from the Tahltan nation of northern British Columbia.She was born in Prince Rupert, B.C., in 1954. Her ancestry is Tahltan from Telegraph Creek...
- Ryan Martin
- Edd Donovan
- Faded Circus
- My First Tooth
- The Strange Death of Liberal EnglandThe Strange Death of Liberal EnglandThe Strange Death of Liberal England is a book written by George Dangerfield, first published in 1935, attempting to explain the decline of the British Liberal Party in the years 1910 to 1914.-Thesis:...
- 6 Day Riot6 Day Riot6 Day Riot is a London based alternative pop band, formed in 2006, and featuring Tamara Schlesinger , Daniel Deavin , Edd Harwood , Gabriel Lucena and Rachel Coleshill...
2009 line-up
- 8-fold
- Ben MarwoodBen MarwoodBen Marwood is an English singer-songwriter from the English town of Reading.-Musical career:As part of the contemporary London folk scene, Marwood has performed alongside Frank Turner , Chris T-T, Pete and the Pirates and Glasvegas...
- Broadcast 2000
- Byron Vincent
- Chris T-TChris T-TChris T-T is an English singer/songwriter based in Brighton. He has released eight studio albums and one live collection. He has also been a piano accompanist; a radio and club DJ; written for a range of publications and currently contributes a regular column on the arts to left-wing newspaper...
- Crazy Arm
- Crowns on Rats Orchestra
- Fighting Fiction
- Lets Tea Party
- Oxygen Thief
- Post War Years
- Sam Isaac
- Talons
- This Town Needs GunsThis Town Needs GunsThis Town Needs Guns, are a math rock band originating from Oxford in the United Kingdom. They were formed in 2004, and are currently signed to Sargent House , Zankyo as well as Big Scary Monsters which ended in August 2009.Their debut full length album, Animals, was released in UK via Big Scary...
- Thrill Collins
- TubelordTubelordTubelord is an Alternative Rock band from Kingston upon Thames, England, formed in 2006. The band consists of Lead Singer and Guitarist Joseph Prendergast, Backing vocalist and Drummer David Catmur, Bassist Tom Coulson-Smith and Keyboardist and Sampler James Elliot Field.In 2009, the band signed a...