Southend’s biggest music festival is back in 2017!

Offering so much more than music, Village Green Festival celebrates all art forms (with strictly NO cheesy face painting or bouncy castles!).

Set in the picturesque grounds of the beautiful Victorian park, Chalkwell Park, Village Green festival goers are spoilt for activities and entertainment with eight different stages, gardens and green space and different marketplaces. If you want to take a break from the live music, you can enjoy some theatre, spoken word, poetry, lindy-hop and fox trot lessons, outdoor arts, circus and cabaret acts, films, workshops, games and much much more. Every activity is arts-led.

Village Green 2017 Line Up & Activities

Village Green Main Stage

• Nothing But Thieves
• Kate Nash
• Ardyn
• Courts
• Airways
• Daryl Easlea: Compere of Village Green Stage

Art

• Arts Award - nationally accredited scheme recognising the value of artistic activities
• Love in #Southend 125 - writing love letters to Southend for her 125th birthday
• Sign of the Times - “Positive Protest” to campaign for a better and fairer world
• Railing Against The Machine - building an art wall to unite rather than divide
• Art Car Boot Rally - affordable way for artists and makers to take part and show and sell work
• March of the Makers - marquee for artists and makers of all disciplines to offers demos and try outs

Dance

• TBC!

Family

• Imagination Station Puppet Show - musical puppetry mayhem
• Miss Bopalong - interactive family dancing using fun props
• The Jacqson Diego Story Patch - emporium of story magic
• Nu-Urban Gardeners - exploring notions of land and landscape
• Hannah Brailsford & Tiny Tales - puppetry and storytelling
• Stilts Pro - stilt walking theatre
• Pluto Juggling - circus skills workshop
• Essex Wildlife Trust - local wildlife workshop
• Buttercup Club - fun toddler group with sensory, tactile Messy Play
• Usborne Books - book fun
• Bricks 4 Kids - interactive family fun with LEGO
• Arts Award - nationally accredited scheme recognising the value of artistic activities
• Hardeep Singh Kohli: Chat Masala - comedian, broadcaster, journalist, and chef
• Love in #Southend 125 - writing love letters to Southend for her 125th birthday
• Sign of the Times - “Positive Protest” to campaign for a better and fairer world
• Railing Against The Machine - building an art wall to unite rather than divide
• Art Car Boot Rally - affordable way for artists and makers to take part and show and sell work
• March of the Makers - marquee for artists and makers of all disciplines to offers demos and try outs
• Oak Stage - line-up of emerging music talent from under 25s across the region
• Candy Camper - old favourites from the days before Haribo…
• Crepe de la Crepe - mouth-watering crepes and waffles

Music Line Up

Theatre

• TBC

Jazz Café

• Digby Fairweather
• Karen Sharp
• Steve Fishwick
• The Dominic Ashworth Duo
• Mick Foster
• Clare Foster & Shanti Jayasinha

Chat

• CoppaFeel! - breast cancer awareness charity
• Grrrl Zine Fair - cult punk publishing party
• Hardeep Singh Kohli: Chat Masala - comedian, broadcaster, journalist, and chef
• Deborah Frances White: Global Pillage - award-winning stand-up comedian, corporate speakers, screenwriter, and executive coach

Food

• Hardeep Singh Kohli: Chat Masala - comedian, broadcaster, journalist, and chef
• George Egg: Anarchist Cook - fanatic self-taught cook with a somewhat anarchic approach to making meals
• Candy Camper - old favourites from the days before Haribo…
• Crepe de la Crepe - mouth-watering crepes and waffles
• Garrards - gourmet festival grub
• Kloud Nine - festival delicacies
• Fuud - pies, pies, and more pies
• Henry’s Coffee Bar - for coffee connoisseurs and caffeine pit-stoppers
• Water Bug - refreshments from a VW Bug
• Jerk Spice - jerk curry, brown stew chicken, rice, peas, and coleslaw
• Gelato Italia - local Sicilian family-run business who make their own ice cream
• Burrito Boys - delicious burritos and quesadillas
• Celtic Pride - homemade Welsh beef burgers and succulent sausages
• Thomas Peak Catering - quality traditional food

Village Green 2017 Tickets

Adult (18+)

• £15 in advance
• £20 on the day

Teen (11-17)

• £10 in advance
• £15 on the day

Child (10 & under)

• FREE!