Isle of Wight Festival
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The Isle of Wight Festival is a music festival which took place on the Isle of Wight, an island off the south coast of England. It was originally held from 1968 to 1970, the venues being Ford Farm (near Godshill), Wootton and Afton Down (near Freshwater) respectively. 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. The most notable of over fifty performers were the Who, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Clash, Bob Dylan, Joe Cocker, Jefferson Airplane, Arthur Brown, The Move, Plastic Penny, T-Rex, The Mirage and Jethro Tull.
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.
[edit] Revived Festival Details
2002 "Rock Island" June 3, 2002:
Headline Acts - The Charlatans, Robert Plant
2003 "The Isle of Wight Festival" June 14 - June 15, 2003:
Headline Acts - Paul Weller, Bryan Adams, Counting Crows, Starsailor, The Darkness
2004 "The Nokia Isle of Wight Festival" June 11 - June 13, 2004:
Headline Acts - David Bowie, The Who, Stereophonics, Manic Street Preachers, The Charlatans, Groove Armada
2005 "The Nokia Isle of Wight Festival" June 10 - June 12, 2005:
Headline Acts - R.E.M., Roxy Music, Travis, Faithless, Snow Patrol, Razorlight, Feeder,The Subways
2006 "The Nokia Isle of Wight Festival" June 09 - June 11, 2006:
Headline Acts - Coldplay, Foo Fighters, The Prodigy, Goldfrapp, Placebo
