Lunar Festival 2018 line-up announced

Thinking big while staying small.

The 2018 line-up for Lunar Festival, one of the UK’s most exciting and diverse music and arts festivals, has been announced.

Malian music legends Amadou & Mariam, electronic party pioneers Basement Jaxx, acclaimed cinematic pop duo Goldfrapp and legendary punk band The Stranglers headline the four-day event, which runs from Thursday 26th-Sunday 29th July.

Tickets for the 5,000 capacity festival, based near the picturesque Warwickshire village of Tanworth-In-Arden just thirty minutes south of Birmingham, will be released for general sale from 10.00 on Friday 23rd February.

For the first time in its five year history, the festival site will open up a day early exclusively to 500 weekend ticket holders on Thursday 26th July.

Committed to staying small whilst thinking big, the 2018 edition of Lunar Festival welcomes the introduction of Lunar’s Seven Elements: Learn, Listen, Taste, Relax, Laugh, Move and Create – placing creativity, community and celebration at the heart of an exciting and diverse programme.

promier John fell commented, “Lunar Festival offering is all about bringing together like-minded individuals, artists, fans and creatives, to realise a shared vision that inspires, entertains, enlightens and captivates through the Seven Elements. We’ve worked hard over the past year to make the 2018 programme our best yet, for the adventurous and the family-orientated.

“Lunar is 100% dedicated to celebrating the wonderful community of music and art lovers that have supported the festival to date, and we look forward to welcoming friends old and new to this year’s edition.”