Hundreds ready for family friendly Cloudspotting Festival

The countdown to the 6th Cloudspotting Music and Arts Festival '“ the three-day family friendly festival that takes place in the stunning location of Gisburn Forest '“ is on.

In under a month’s time, a 1,000 strong audience of all ages will adventure deep into Lancashire’s largest forest to experience a sizzling line-up of music, arts and outdoor pursuits.

Full weekend camping tickets and day tickets are available from the festival website (www.cloudspotting-festival.co.uk) and also via The Grand Box Office (01200 421599 and The Grand website www.thegrandvenue.co.uk).

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More than 35 live music acts will perform across three stages over the long weekend alongside hordes of activities for families and younger revelers. A Cloudspotting Rio-Style Carnival – fitting for Olympics year – a sports day delivered by the Lancashire Sport Partnership, a family disco and a vintage mobile cinema are all part of the programme.

Arts workshops, mountain bike hire and walking trails are offered for the more active while yoga, storytelling and a pub-style music quiz are more relaxing pursuits on the menu.

The festival sports a superb range of beers and ales from Bowland Brewery and Hop Star Brewery and a mouth-watering choice of good value food outlets, making Cloudspotting a destination where you just need to turn up with your tent and chill-out.

The Friday night has an experimental edge with critically acclaimed headliner Kiran Leonard – whose debut album Grapefruit has earned wide praise – and popular Manchester eight-piece Honeyfeet featuring alongside local bands Good Foxy, and Bad Cardigan.

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Saturday highlights include a showcase from WahWah45 record label headed by one of the UK’s top reggae acts Resonators and funk outfit the Gene Dudley Group.

Sunday night will close with Scottish singer-songwriter King Creosote – who last summer headlined the Edinburgh International festival with his ‘From Scotland with Love’ show. Irish troubadour Marc O’Reilly and UK/US dream pop duo Big Deal also join the Sunday line-up.

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