This summer, Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway’s Vintage Festival is back on 13th-15th July and they have teamed up with HMV’s MAMA Group to transform the stately home Boughton Estate, in Northamptonshire, into the capital of British culture and cool.
“Vintage Festival is a sensual delight, a big dressing-up box, a collector’s dream and a joyous creative feast for all ages. For one glamorous weekend we celebrate the MUSIC, FASHION, FILM, ART & DESIGN, DANCE and FOOD from the 1920s to the 1980s that has made Britain the world’s creative and cultural hot bed.”
Wayne Hemingway MBE says: “This summer is the ‘summer of culture’ for the UK with events such as the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Cultural Olympiads. I’m really looking forward to Vintage this July to see everyone glammed up and hunting for those vintage finds in our enormous Vintage Marketplace and outlasting each other on the dancefloors of our five nightclubs.”
Celebrating a range of musical genres, styles and capturing some classic sounds, get ready to hear some of the finest names in musicianship at Vintage in 2012, including Sergio Mendes of ‘Mas Que Nada’ fame & his Orchestra, Aloe Blacc, Cameo, Chic Ft Nile Rodgers, Nouvelle Vague performs Dawn Of Innocence, Baxter Dury, Betty Wright, Alice Russell and St Etienne.
The Vintage nightclubs will each be dedicated to a different decade and feature real dancefloors and sound systems. There’ll be a 1940s swing, 1950s rock ‘n roll and 1960s pop, easy listening and mod culture, 1970s soul, reggae, funk and disco classics and warehouse rave, boogie and house culture from the 1980s.
Catwalk shows are curated by Twiggy, Jo Wood, Rusty Egan and Brendan Cole with hair and beauty makeovers. 250 vintage fashion and mid-century modern homeware sellers, and 45 fashion and upcycling workshops. Fashionistas can get stuck into sewing or pattern cutting workshops and have the chance to spot iconic creations from the some of the most influential fashion designers.
With possibly the largest vintage hair, beauty and male grooming parlour Britain has ever seen, Vintage will ensure that all visitors feel fabulous and look glamorous 24/7. Offering hairstyling and make-up touch ups, from Farrah Fawcett’s 1970s iconic wings to new romantic curls, 50s D.A. and the classic 60s bouffant beehive.
The vintage film scene will also take pride of place on the Boughton Estate to showcase some of the most iconic, stylish films, TV shows and documentaries from 20s silents to 80s horror and 90s classics.
Prices: Tickets for this year’s Vintage Festival are priced at £139 for weekend adult camping, £89 for weekend young person camping, £125 for weekend non-camping and £75 for weekend young person non-camping. Children, up to and including 10 years old, go free.
Location: Situated in the heart of middle England, Boughton House is just 1 hours travel from London and Manchester and within an hour from Birmingham, Nottingham and Cambridge.
For further information go to www.vintagefestival.com.
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