Following confirmation that the Reading Festival is to go ahead in 2021, it now looks likely that some Oxfordshire music festivals will be able to take place, as long as they are ‘Covid-secure’.
Reading - and its sister event at Leeds - is set to take place from August 27-29 with sets by Stormzy, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Disclosure, Liam Gallagher, Lewis Capaldi and Queens Of The Stone Age. Many more names are to be announced.
Reading Festival takes place on the banks of the Thames and is a popular draw for Oxfordshire music fans. The line-up invariably features a clutch of Oxfordshire bands.
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Among the county's stars to have graced its stages are Radiohead, Foals and Supergrass.
Confirmation that Reading is going ahead makes it seem more likely that similar rock, pop and folk music showcases will happen in Oxfordshire.
A number of county festivals have also vowed to continue if safe, with Cornbury Festival, in Great Tew from July 9-11 - and headlined by Bryan Adams - suggesting revellers could be admitted after producing a negative Covid test result.
The Cornbury Festival website said: "We’re busy redesigning the site to incorporate a range of Covid safety measures which will be in place throughout the festival weekend.
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"We’ll have to limit our capacity and change to a slightly different format but we’re determined to stage another edition of our lovely little festival.
"We’re feeling positive and counting down the days to another weekend of fantastic music, delicious food, hopefully sunshine and, above all else, being together again."
One of the county's most colourful festivals is Wilderness at Cornbury Park in West Oxfordshire.
It's not all about the music - festival goers enjoy dressing up too, eating out under canvas, dancing in the woods and swimming in the lake.
The festival is scheduled to go ahead from August 5-8.
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Cropredy Festival hosted by Fairport Attraction is still scheduled to go ahead on August 12-14, after being cancelled last year like all other music festivals due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Truck festival in Steventon also plans to press ahead if safe.
The weekender would take place at Hill Farm from July 23-25.
While the line-up has not been announced, it is hoped to feature many of the acts from last year’s cancelled event, such as Bombay Bicycle Club, Catfish and The Bottlemen, The Kooks, La Roux and Oxfordshire’s Rhys Lewis.
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