Weeley Festival

Weeley Festival was a British rock festival that took place in August 1971 near the small village of Weeley outside Clacton in Essex, England. Weeley Festival was organised by Clacton Round Table as a small charity fundraising event for around 5,000 people. When plans for that year's Isle of Wight Festival fell through, focus shifted to Weeley and the festival grew in importance. Advance ticket sales were over 100,000, and estimates of attendance were between 110,000 and 150,000. The event was promoted as being non-stop music with acoustic acts scheduled to appear between the electric acts, and the music went on day and night. Friday 27th August 1971: Midnight: Hackensack 01.30 The Edgar Broughton Band 03.00 Juicy Lucy 04.30 Principal Edwards 06.00 Status Quo 07.30 Vechio 09.00 Gnidrolog 10.00 Ricotti Albequerque 11.30 Tir Na Nog 12.00 Mungo Jerry 13.00 Gringo 14.00 Fairfield Parlour 15.00 Stone The Crows 16.30 Natural Acoustic Band 17.00 Barclay James Harvest 18.30 Al Stewart 19.00 Colosseum 20.30 Comus 21.00 King Crimson 22.30 Mike Maran Saturday 28th August 1971: Midnight: Mott The Hoople 00.30 Belrig 01.00 Curved Air 02.30 Tudor Lodge 03.00 Groundhogs 04.30 Mick Saunders 05.00 Rory Gallagher 07.00 On 08.00 Bell & Arc 09.30 Caravan 11.00 Lindisfarne 12.00 Heads Hands and Feet 14.00 Julie Felix 14.30 Quintessence 16.00 Paul Bretts Sage 16.30 Gerry Laughran 17.30 Grease Band 19.00 Faces/Rod Stewart 20.30 Steve Tilston 21.00 T Rex 23.00 Country Jug 23.30 Van Der Graaf Generator Sunday 29th August 1971: 01.00 Stray 02.30 Arthur Brown 04.00 Louise 05.00 Fusion Orchestra 06.00 Assegai 07.00 Horne 08.00 Crow 09.00 Castle