Welcome to the fourth year of Staxtonbury, the Family Music Festival, showcasing mainly local talent from all over the Yorkshire region. For the third time the event will take place at Manor Farm, Staxton (off A64), YO12 4SH, by kind permission of Mr T. Hill. You can find us on the We're Here page.

Evolving into a 'proper' family music festival, Staxtonbury 4 promises to be even more fun than ever, whilst we strive to retain the overwhelming family friendly atmosphere that past festival goers have created themselves, we try to help things along to keep the safe environment that has been established in the past three years. This in turn gives everyone the opportunity to have as much fun as possible in a weekend in this lovely part of Yorkshire!

Following comments and suggestions made by festival goers from previous events there will be a number of new ideas introduced this year. First of all for the more ardent music fans a new stage (designed by Phil Booth and sponsored by Music Galleries of Scarborough) will be complimented by a professional state of the art sound system controlled by some of the top sound engineers in the area. Hopefully this set-up will bring out the best in our regular bands and will enable the new bands to show us what they can do and see if they can cement a permanent place in the Staxtonbury line-up.

In addition to the main stage there will be an acoustics marquee, manned by two of Scarborough top musicians Tom Townsend and Paul Tilley, who will oversee music workshops over the whole weekend and with other musicians and sound engineers giving advice to both young and older aspiring musicians.

Another first for this year will see the introduction of an arts & crafts workshop, again available to all age ranges, with advice and help on hand from local artists. All this along with a climbing wall (another first!) for Saturday afternoon, competitions, bouncy castles, slides and rides. There will also be a childrens entertainer and Zumba presentations.

Staxtonbury IV will see the introduction of a mini beer festival which will be headed by the now nationally famous real ales produced just over Staxton Hill at The Wold Top Brewery. This celebration of real ale will be complimented by a new food area, providing a variety of different foods to compliment any palet, and all within view of the main stage. Extra seating and cover (should it be needed) will enable you to dine alfresco.

If you fancy a more relaxing weekend leaving the others to spend all their energy on the activities you can always lay back and soak up the atmosphere (and hopefully the sun) resting on the bales.

Be sure to book early as the first 3 years have all been sell-outs and as we always limit the numbers this year should be no exception. There will be plenty of cover available in case of any rain so don't wait until the last minute! Don't be like the hundreds of disappointed applicants who left it too late last year!

This year we are offering free camping to everyone attending our festival so get out those sleeping bags and give the tent an airing so you can make a weekend of it. We cannot guarantee the weather but we can guarantee you will have a good laugh and lots of fun.

There will be the best security in the North of England (Professional Security) looking after the event, and again it must be emphasised that unaccompanied youths should not apply for any festival tickets.

We really hope you can make it tothis year’s Staxtonbury, this website has loads of information and great ideas on how to make the most of a cracking festival, so please do take a look around.

See you there!