Two slightly smaller festivals, Wilderness and Black Deer issued updates in the last few days.

Wilderness is possibly the most British and (upper) middle class event I have ever seen.  Set in the beautiful Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire, Wilderness is a celebration of music, food, thought and life.  With an attendance of circa 10,000, this is firmly at the more boutique end of the spectrum. The presence of opera, world class chefs and an extensive ‘wellbeing’ element – christ i hate that word – only serves to further nail home the boutiqueyness (real word).   Early bird tickets are on sale here and so are the posh accomodation options.  I am guessing these involve gold plated cutlery.

It’s easy to be cynical but this looks like a lot of fun.  Tickets from £168

A very different kettle of bourbon, Black Deer is a festival celebrating Americana and Country Music.  Taking place in Eridge Park in Kent,   2018 was the festival’s first year.  They did such a good job that they are up for a best new Festival award gong at the National Association of Outdoor Events annual awards.

Iron and Wine and Passenger were the 2018 headliners.  In addition to a strong representation of the genre, there were custom motorbikes, strong whiskey and smoked meat.  Y’all stop on by now….. hmmmm.

Tickets are from £115 plus booking fees for weekend camping.  They have a 4 for the price of 3 offer which is pretty good, which would reduce the cost to about £86 plus fees, which to be fair is a pretty good deal.  Tickets here.