Isle of Wight Festival



























Isle of Wight Festival

IOW2018-Logo-2Lines-Colour.png
Logo of the 2018 Isle of Wight Festival

Genre
Rock, Pop
Dates 21–24 June 2018
Location(s)
Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight, England
Years active 1968–1970
2002–present
Website www.isleofwightfestival.com



Isle of Wight Festival Main Stage 2015


The Isle of Wight Festival is a British music festival which takes place annually in Newport on the Isle of Wight, England.[1] It was originally a counterculture event held from 1968 to 1970.[2][3]


The 1970 event was by far the largest and most famous of these early festivals and the unexpectedly high attendance levels led, in 1971, to Parliament adding a section to the Isle of Wight County Council Act 1971 preventing overnight open-air gatherings of more than 5,000 people on the island without a special licence from the council.


The event was revived in 2002.[4]




Contents






  • 1 Original Festival details


    • 1.1 1968


    • 1.2 1969


    • 1.3 1970




  • 2 Revived festival details


    • 2.1 2002


    • 2.2 2003


    • 2.3 2004


    • 2.4 2005


    • 2.5 2006


    • 2.6 2007


    • 2.7 2008


    • 2.8 2009


    • 2.9 2010


    • 2.10 2011


    • 2.11 2012


    • 2.12 2013


    • 2.13 2014


    • 2.14 2015


    • 2.15 2016


    • 2.16 2017


    • 2.17 2018




  • 3 Awards


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Original Festival details


The original events were promoted and organised by the Foulk brothers (Ron and Ray Foulk) under the banner of their company Fiery Creations Limited and their younger brother Bill Foulk. The venues were Ford Farm (near Godshill), Wootton and Afton Down (near Freshwater) respectively.[5] The 1969 event was notable for the appearance of Bob Dylan and the Band. This was Dylan's first paid performance since his motor cycle accident some three years earlier, and was held at a time when many still wondered if he would ever perform again. Followers from across the world trekked to the Isle of Wight for the performance. Estimates of 150,000–250,000 attended. The 1969 festival opened on Friday 29 August—eleven days after the close of Woodstock. Dylan was living in Woodstock, New York, at the time and it was widely believed that he would perform there, after the event had been "put in his own backyard". As it happened, Dylan left for the Isle of Wight on 15 August—the day the Woodstock festival began.


The 1970 event was by far the largest and most famous of these early festivals; indeed it was said at the time to be one of the largest human gatherings in the world, with estimates of over 600,000, surpassing the attendance at Woodstock. Included in the line-up of over fifty performers were Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, The Doors, The Who, Lighthouse, Ten Years After, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Joni Mitchell, The Moody Blues, Melanie, Donovan, Gilberto Gil, Free, Chicago, Richie Havens, John Sebastian, Leonard Cohen, Jethro Tull, Taste and Tiny Tim. The unexpectedly high attendance levels led, in 1971, to Parliament adding a section to the Isle of Wight County Council Act 1971 preventing overnight open-air gatherings of more than 5,000 people on the island without a special licence from the council.[6]


The 1970 festival was filmed by a 35mm film crew under the direction of future Academy Award-winning director Murray Lerner who at that point had just directed the Academy Award-nominated documentary Festival of the Newport Folk Festival. The footage passed to Lerner in settlement of legal fees after a dispute with the Foulk brothers in which each side claimed against the other for breach of contract. Lerner distilled material from the festival into the film Message to Love (released on video in the US as Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival: The Movie[7]) released theatrically in 1996 and subsequently on DVD. In addition to this film, Lerner has created full-length films focused on performances by individual artists at the 1970 festival. To date there have been individual films of Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Moody Blues, Free, Taste, Leonard Cohen, Jethro Tull, The Doors and Joni Mitchell.



1968


Held on 31 August and 1 September 1968.


  • Attendance: 10,000 (approx)[8]


Site – Ford farm, near Godshill.



  • Headline act: Jefferson Airplane.

  • Other acts: Arthur Brown, The Move, Smile, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, Plastic Penny, Fairport Convention, and The Pretty Things.[9]



1969


Main article: Isle of Wight Festival 1969

This took place on 30 and 31 August 1969 at Wootton, with an estimated attendance of 150,000.[8]
The line-up included Bob Dylan, The Band, The Nice, The Pretty Things, Marsha Hunt, The Who, Third Ear Band, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Fat Mattress, Joe Cocker. Many celebrities of the day also attended the Festival, including John Lennon and Yoko Ono, George Harrison with Pattie Boyd, Ringo Starr with Maureen Starkey, Keith Richards and Jane Fonda.[10]



1970


Main article: Isle of Wight Festival 1970

This event was held between 26 and 30 August 1970 at Afton Down. Attendance has been estimated by the Guinness Book of Records to have been 600,000 or even 700,000, due to an announcement by British Rail at that time concerning the amount of sold ferry tickets, although promoter Ray Foulk has said he believes it to have been only half of that.[8] It is arguably the best-remembered of the early versions of the IoW festivals, due to its line-up, attendance and news coverage. The line-up included Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, Chicago, The Doors, Lighthouse, The Who (their set produced a live album), Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Moody Blues, Joan Baez, Free, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Kris Kristofferson, Donovan, John Sebastian, Terry Reid, Taste, and Shawn Phillips.



Revived festival details


The event was revived in 2002 at Seaclose Park, a recreation ground on the outskirts of Newport. It has been held annually since that year, progressively extending itself northwards beyond Seaclose Park along the fields of the eastern Medina valley. Many notable artists have performed since its revival including The Rolling Stones, Amy Winehouse, Paolo Nutini, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Paul McCartney, Muse, Boy George, Stereophonics, Faithless, Donovan, Ray Davies, Robert Plant, Queen + Adam Lambert, David Bowie, Manic Street Preachers, The Who, The High Kings, R.E.M., Travis, Coldplay, The Zombies, The Proclaimers, Bryan Adams, The Police, Foo Fighters, The Killers, Nile Rodgers and Chic, Fleetwood Mac, Madness, Paloma Faith and Kings of Leon. It was sponsored by Nokia from 2004 to 2006. The promoters of the event now are Solo Promoters Ltd.



2002


Main article: Rock Island 2002

Held 3 June 2002



  • Attendance: 8,000 (approx)

  • Headline acts (Saturday): The Charlatans, Robert Plant



2003


Main article: Isle of Wight Festival 2003

Held 14–15 June 2003



  • Attendance: 15,000 (approx)

  • Headline acts:

    • Saturday: Paul Weller, Starsailor

    • Sunday: Bryan Adams, Counting Crows





2004


Main article: Isle of Wight Festival 2004

Held 11–13 June 2004



  • Attendance: 35,000 (approx)

  • Headline acts:

    • Friday: Stereophonics, Groove Armada

    • Saturday: The Who, Manic Street Preachers

    • Sunday: David Bowie, The Charlatans





2005


Main article: Isle of Wight Festival 2005

Held 10–12 June 2005



  • Attendance: 50,000 (approx)

  • Headline acts:

    • Friday: Faithless, Razorlight

    • Saturday: Travis, Roxy Music

    • Sunday: R.E.M., Snow Patrol





2006


Main article: Isle of Wight Festival 2006

Held 9–11 June 2006



  • Attendance: 50,000 (approx)[11]

  • Headline acts:

    • Friday – The Prodigy, Placebo

    • Saturday: Foo Fighters, Primal Scream

    • Sunday: Coldplay, Richard Ashcroft





2007


Main article: Isle of Wight Festival 2007

Held 8–10 June 2007



  • Attendance: 60,000 (approx)[12]

  • Headline acts:

    • Friday: Snow Patrol, Groove Armada

    • Saturday: Muse, Kasabian

    • Sunday: The Rolling Stones, Keane





2008


Main article: Isle of Wight Festival 2008

Held 13–15 June 2008



  • Attendance: 55,000 (approx)[13]

  • Headline acts:

    • Friday: Kaiser Chiefs, N.E.R.D

    • Saturday: The Sex Pistols, Ian Brown

    • Sunday: The Police, The Kooks





2009


Main article: Isle of Wight Festival 2009

Held 12–14 June 2009



  • Attendance: 50,000 (approx)

  • Headline acts:

    • Friday: The Prodigy, Basement Jaxx

    • Saturday: Stereophonics, Razorlight

    • Sunday: Neil Young, Pixies





2010


Main article: Isle of Wight Festival 2010

Held 11–13 June 2010[14]



  • Attendance: 60,000 (approx)

  • Headline acts:

    • Friday: Jay-Z, Florence and the Machine

    • Saturday: The Strokes, Blondie

    • Sunday: Paul McCartney, P!nk





2011


Main article: Isle of Wight Festival 2011

Held 10–12 June 2011[14]



  • Attendance: 65,000 (approx)

  • Headline acts:

    • Friday: Kings of Leon, Kaiser Chiefs

    • Saturday: Foo Fighters, Pulp, Tom Jones (Big Top)

    • Sunday: Kasabian, Beady Eye





2012


Main article: Isle of Wight Festival 2012

Held 22–24 June 2012



  • Attendance: 55,000 (approx)[15]

  • Headline acts:

    • Friday: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Elbow

    • Saturday: Pearl Jam, Biffy Clyro

    • Sunday: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds





2013


Main article: Isle of Wight Festival 2013

Held 14–16 June 2013



  • Attendance: 58,000 (approx)

  • Headline acts:

    • Friday: The Stone Roses, Paul Weller

    • Saturday: The Killers, Bloc Party

    • Sunday: Bon Jovi, The Script





2014


Held 12–15 June 2014



  • Attendance:

    • Friday: sold out

    • Saturday: sold out

    • Sunday: 58,000+ (approx)



  • Headline acts:

    • Thursday: Boy George (Big Top)

    • Friday: Calvin Harris, Biffy Clyro

    • Saturday: Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Specials

    • Sunday: Kings of Leon, Suede





2015


Held 11–14 June 2015



  • Attendance: 58,000+ (approx)

  • Headline acts:

    • Thursday: Billy Idol (Big Top)

    • Friday: The Prodigy, The Black Keys

    • Saturday: Blur, Pharrell Williams

    • Sunday: Fleetwood Mac, Paolo Nutini





2016


Held 9–12 June 2016



  • Attendance: 58,000+ (approx)

  • Headline acts:

    • Thursday: Status Quo (Big Top)

    • Friday: Faithless, Stereophonics

    • Saturday: The Who, Richard Ashcroft

    • Sunday: Queen + Adam Lambert, Ocean Colour Scene





2017


Held 8–11 June 2017



  • Attendance: 45,000+

  • Headline acts:

    • Thursday: Razorlight (Big Top)

    • Friday: David Guetta, Run-D.M.C.

    • Saturday: Arcade Fire, Catfish and the Bottlemen

    • Sunday: Rod Stewart, Bastille





2018


Held 21–24 June 2018



  • Attendance: 72,000

  • Headline acts:

    • Thursday: The Wombats (Big Top)

    • Friday: Kasabian, The Script

    • Saturday: Depeche Mode, Liam Gallagher

    • Sunday: The Killers, Manic Street Preachers





Awards


2007


Won


UK Festival Awards


Best Major Festival


Outstanding Contribution to UK Festivals (John Giddings)



2009


Won


ILMC 21 Arthur Awards


Liggers' Favourite Festival



2015


Won


UK Festival Awards


Best Family Festival


Headline Performance of the Year (Fleetwood Mac)[16]


Isle of Wight Visitor Attraction Association Awards


Best Event


Festival Baby Awards


Best Festival



2016


Nominated


ILMC 28 Arthur Awards


Liggers' Favourite Festival


Won


Family Traveller Awards


Best Family Festival


Live Music Business Awards


Best Festival



2017


Nominated


ILMC 29 Arthur Awards


Liggers' Favourite Festival




2018


Nominated


UK Festival Awards


Best Festival Production


Best Major Festival


Line-Up of the Year


Radio Academy Awards


Best Live Coverage for Absolute Radio


Best Speech Programme


Best Radio Newcomer for James Bay


Music Week Awards


Festival of the Year


ILMC 30 Arthur Awards


Liggers' Favourite Festival


Q Awards


Best Festival/Event



Won


Audio Production Awards


Best New Producer (Nick Harris)


Event Production Awards


Music Event of the Year




2019


Nominated


Event Production Awards


Music Event of the Year


Music Week Awards


Festival of the Year


Broadcast Awards


Best Music Programme



See also



  • List of historic rock festivals

  • List of music festivals in the United Kingdom



References





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  11. ^ "Nokia Isle of Wight Festival 2006". Isle of Wight Council. Archived from the original on 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2009-06-12.


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  13. ^ "Isle of Wight Festival 2008". Isle of Wight Council. Archived from the original on 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2009-06-12.


  14. ^ ab [1] Archived January 4, 2010, at the Wayback Machine


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  16. ^ "The UKFA 2015 Winners | UK Festival Awards". www.festivalawards.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-04-11.




External links







  • Isle of Wight Festival

  • Isle of Wight Festival Official MySpace

  • Ray Foulk on The History of the Isle of Wight Festival

  • Isle of Wight County Press gallery of Festival pictures

  • Information on the Original IOW Festivals

  • 1970 Isle of Wight Festival Veterans

  • Isle of Wight Festival Rumours











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