Bearded Theory 24 Thursday photo gallery

Beard­ed The­o­ry 24: Thurs­day with Bat­tlesnake, Dut­ty Moon­shine, Bleach Lab, Soft Play. It feels great to be back at Beard­ed The­o­ry for anoth­er year of music and the most friend­ly crowd I’ve come across at any fes­ti­val. There’s a few tweaks evi­dent on that first stroll around the site: for a start, where’s the Some­thing Else…

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Bearded Theory – what’s in store for 2024

The Beard­ed The­o­ry fes­ti­val line­up has plen­ty for fans old and new this year… and (checks cal­en­dar) it’s only two months away! Plus there’s all the oth­er fun stuff that goes on dur­ing what has always been one of the most friend­ly fes­ti­vals of the sea­son.  Beard­ed The­o­ry’s old timers… Some artists make their way…

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Bearded Theory photo gallery Sunday fun

Stick­ing with tra­di­tion, Beard­ed The­o­ry Sun­days always start with the fan­cy dress com­pe­ti­tion on the main stage. This year’s theme was Fairy­tales and Folk­lore. And when the win­ners are picked, it’s time for The Bar-Stew­ard Sons of Val Doon­i­can to grace the stage for some rous­ing tunes. Here’s a few of the fab­u­lous out­fits dreamed…

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Bearded Theory photo gallery Thursday and Friday

Beard­ed The­o­ry 2023 – first pho­tos of the sun­ny fes­ti­val from open­ing acts on Thurs­day evening through to Fri­day after­noon. Thurs­day: Heart­worms, Oh My God! It’s the Church and The Orielles. Fri­day: Pan­ic Shack, Girl­band, High Hors­es, Dea Matrona, The Go! Team, The Bug Club, Beth Orton.  Beard­ed Theory 

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Bearded Theory 2023

Beard­ed The­o­ry fes­ti­val has always been the per­fect event to ease your­self into fes­ti­val sea­son. It’s a chilled event with a super-friend­­ly crowd and always has a great mix of fam­i­lies and dif­fer­ent ages. And as it takes place over the May Bank Hol­i­day, you’ve got a spe­cial rest and recov­ery day before fac­ing the…

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Bearded Theory first reveal for 2022

What a joy to see Beard­ed The­o­ry fes­ti­val back on track for 2022. Dates con­firmed are 26–29th May, at its reg­u­lar spot of Cat­ton Hall, Der­byshire. The line­up is look­ing good, nay, amaz­ing with Pat­ti Smith to appear. Also Place­bo, and The Flam­ing Lips. The Flam­ing Lips will close the fes­ti­val on Sun­day, no doubt…

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Review: Bearded Theory 2019

Fes­ti­val sea­son kicks off again with Beard­ed The­o­ry at Cat­ton Hall. As always it’s a musi­cal­ly diverse, friend­ly and spir­it­ed event

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Bearded Theory 2019 early news

EARLY BIRD TICKETS NOW SOLD OUT! REGULAR PRICE TICKETS NOW ON SALE AT £122. That’s £17 more. 4 (ish) pints. Go on, treat your­self. Get ready – tick­ets for Beard­ed The­o­ry 2019 go on sale on Sat­ur­day 15th Sep­tem­ber and the first 1,500 tick­ets are dis­count­ed to £105. Some peo­ple are busy count­ing off the…

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