A free, family-friendly 2-day music festival featuring some of Oxfordshire's best-loved local bands. More than 40 acts playing across four stages: rock, indie, jazz, and folk on the main two stages and all sorts on the Fringe and Buskers stages!
Mill Field, Dyers Hill, Charlbury, OX7 3QG, Sat 20 July - Sun 21 July 2019
To hear Oxfordshire's finest music talent for free, head to Charlbury this weekend for the ever-popular Riverside Festival. The festival, held on the beautiful banks of the River Evenlode, has grown year on year since it began life 24 years ago, attracting thousands of music lovers of all ages, and prides itself on being free, friendly and super-relaxed.
There’s a packed programme of music, with more than 40 acts playing across four stages - rock, indie, jazz, and folk on the main two stages, and all sorts on the Fringe and Buskers stages! Headlining the main stage on Saturday is four-piece Oxford band Kanadia, whose big and bold alt-rock sound and impressive stage presence has won them a growing fan base in Europe and a big following across the Atlantic in Mexico, the US and Canada. Sunday headliner is popular upbeat garage punk band Self Help. Other acts to look out for are Riverside favourites 2 Tone All Skas, The Knights of Mentis, Mighty Redox and eclectic Turkabilly band, Brickwork Lizards.
The second stage, run by independent record stores, Rapture in Witney and Truck Store in Oxford has an impressive line-up of local bands including Peerless Pirates, Death of the Maiden and Ghosts in the Photographs.