Lancaster's award-winning FREE Music Festival: Welcoming Walkable Wonderful is famous for reflecting the city of Lancaster’s vast musical abundance, excellence and diversity while bringing in top notch acts from around the UK and worldwide.
In 2019 the festival will feature around 50 venues, all easily walkable within the city, ranging from cafés and coffee shops, bookshops and banks and including the majority of the city's 30-odd wonderful pubs and bars. Our headline stage will be inside the courtyard of historic Lancaster Castle and there will be music and street theatre in the city's public squares and outdoor spaces.
With over 500 performances - the majority of them free - from more than 300 local, national and international artists plus street theatre and music workshops, we can promise there will be something for everyone.
We look forward to welcoming you but in the meantime make sure you follow us on social media to keep up-to-date with all our plans and artist announcements.
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The festival is free to attend. However, there are several ticketed events and there’s a nominal £2 entry into the Castle main stage (a 2 day unlimited re-entry pass is available for £5).
Lancaster can be accessed using the M6 motorway to Junction 33 or Junction 34 then using A roads. The city centre and university are clearly signposted. For current local travel news click here.
Lancaster City Centre is easily accessible using Public Transport. The train station and bus station are both located in the city centre, just a short walk from most participating festival venues. By Train Lancaster Station is on the (Virgin) West Coast Line and is easily accessible from stations along this line. Northern Rail and Trans Pennine express also operate trains on this line to stations between Manchester and Barrow-in-Furness, as well as to the lake District and Cumbria. Morecambe, Bare, Heysham and Carnforth are all accessible by train. For timetable enquiries ring 08457 484950 or go to www.nationalrail.co.uk or take a look at the Live Departure Board for Lancaster here. By Coach and Bus National Express nationwide coach services stop at Lancaster Bus Station in the city centre and Lancaster University. For coach timetable enquiries and bookings call 08705 808080 or visit www.nationalexpress.com. For public transport information call Traveline on 0870 6082608 or visit traveline.info. By Air Manchester and Liverpool John Lennon Airports are just over an hour's drive away from Lancaster. There is a frequent direct rail service between Lancaster and Manchester Airport. Manchester Airport - for flight enquiries call 0161 489 000 or go to www.manchesterairport.co.uk Liverpool John Lennon Airport - for flight enquiries call 0870 750 8484 or go to www.liverpoolairport.com Blackpool Airport - for flight enquiries call 01253 343434 or go to www.blackpoolinternational.com By Sea For details of sailings between the Isle of Man and the Port of Heysham - call the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company on 01624 661661.
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