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Come Together Festival

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About Me

"Come Together Festival is a fantastic mix of music and arts set in the beautiful riverside venue of Henley's Marsh Meadows.The main aim of Come Together is to provide people from all walks of life with 'fun for free' and to inspire them to try new things." - BBCWe are a free community event, we aim to provide entertainment for all the community, staging some local artists as well as bigger names.We have 5 main performance areas. The main live stage, dance, acoustic, dub and performing arts stages.There is a kids area, loads of great stalls including clothing, jewellery, arts and crafts as well as food from around the globe, and a licensed bar.The festival has seen such success stories as the now signed bands SixNationState, My Luminaries and A Beggars Opera grace it's renowned Big Top style Live Stage in the past.It's open mic has had acts performing to the likes of Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Robert Plant!Warm Up BBC Review 2007Warm Up Launch BBC info 2007 Slideshow from 13th July Warm Up @ The Victoria Vibes BarSlideshow from 5th July Warm Up @ The Oakford Social Club

BBC 2006 Festival Info

BBC 2005 Festival Photos BBC 2004 Festival Review

My Interests

Music, Arts, Crafts, Stalls, Traders, World food, Magic, Comedy, Entertainers, Cabaret, Street Theatre, Circus, Dancers, Exhibitionists, Workshops, Kids fun, Fancy dress, Ecology, Well-being, Friends and Fun for Free!

I'd like to meet:

We would love to hear from anyone wanting to get involved with this unique event.You can email the festival at [email protected]~~~SPONSORS~~~SPONSORS~~~SPONSORS~~~ SPONSORS~~~We have opportunities within the festival from advertising in our in our programme to banners on marquees and all manner of things in between.If you feel you have other resources to offer, please contact us, as this can sometimes be more useful than money. ~~TRADERS~~~TRADERS~~~TRADERS~~~TRADERS~~~TRADERS~~Stall holders download a booking form here.If you have a special request you can email our stall manager~~BANDS~~~BANDS~~~BANDS~~~BANDS~~~BANDS~~~BANDS~~ Artists wishing to perform should send demos to Come Together Festival 38 Audley Street,, Reading, RG30 1BP.

Music:

Live Rock, Indie, Pop, Punk, Acoustic, Folk, Dub, Reggae, Gypsy, Electro, House, Breakbeat, Drum & Bass But we are not into pigeon holes. We just love music!

Movies:

Works in Progress at Come Together 06 Jewels at the first Warm Up @ The Oakford

Television:

Festival goers having a knees up - Come Together 06 Come Together Festival Site Tour 2004

Books:

Does Festival Eye count?

Heroes:

O.S.A.R. Peter Green Invesco PerpetualVik Martin Come Together's Official Photographer

My Blog

Festival Cancelled

Sadly this years event has had to be cancelled. The council has been overwhelmed with funding requests and therefore has been unable to offer us the financial support they have granted in previous y...
Posted by Come Together Festival on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:01:00 PST

Who's up for the return of Come Together Festival in 2008?

After the disappointing cancellation of last year’s festival we’ve finally woken from the winter slumber and we’re raring to go for 2008! Come Together 2008 will be taking place Satu...
Posted by Come Together Festival on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:46:00 PST

Scratchy Apache - The Sunday Social

--> --> The Sunday Social is organised by Scratchy Apache, the event production company set up by two of the organisers of the Come Together Festival, Henley's free community arts festival. After all...
Posted by Come Together Festival on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:59:00 PST

Why we cancelled in 2007

It is with regret that Come Together announces the cancellation of the Come Together Festival 2007. The unfortunate decision has been taken due to the over-waterlogged state of Marsh Meadows since the...
Posted by Come Together Festival on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:30:00 PST

Wish for sunshine and flip flops

The next Come Together Festival Warm Up isFriday 3rd August @ The Victoria Vibes Henley on Thames. It features live musicfrom Blardy BlarsWire JesusThe WookiesMegan & The Boys8pm - 1am Free Entry....
Posted by Come Together Festival on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:44:00 PST

Warm Up Review 13th July @ Victoria Vibes Bar

Last night we had another rip roaring Warm Up night at The Victoria Vibes Bar.    First up were Ecoute who a played a set of guitar driven melodic indie rock, unfortunately at t...
Posted by Come Together Festival on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:06:00 PST

Oh, what a night!

The second Festival Warm Up, was on Thursday night and we managed to capture the festival atmosphere perfectly. The bar area was decorated with a canopy of red and yellow material transforming it in...
Posted by Come Together Festival on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:45:00 PST

Warm Up Launch Night @ The Oakford Social Club, Reading

To keep you smiling until September we are pioneering the Come Together Warm Up nights! The first ever Come Together Festival Warm Up is taking place on Thursday 26th of April at The Oakford Social...
Posted by Come Together Festival on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:15:00 PST