Donington
Park Farm, Isley Walton, Derbyshire www.offthetracks.co.uk Bands lined up to
delight OFF THE TRACKS festival-goers this summer include Dre
Donington
Park Farm, Isley Walton, Derbyshire
www.offthetracks.co.uk
Bands
lined up to delight OFF THE TRACKS festival-goers this summer include
Dreadzone, Banco de Gaia, the Martin Barre Band, Dub Pistols and Zub
Zub.
Off
The Tracks isn't your average festival. Fans of live music, real
ales, beautiful countryside and great camping facilities need look no
further than Off The Tracks for a wonderful festival experience on
4th, 5th and 6th September.
Off
The Tracks is a family-friendly music festival staged at historic
17th century Donington Park Farm - just a couple of miles from
Donington Park Racing Circuit.
Dreadzone,
headlining the marquee on Saturday night, blend dub, reggae, techno,
folk and rock. Banco de Gaia, Friday's headliners, fuse dub with
Arabic and Middle Eastern samples over reagae, rock and trance.
Martin Barre, of Jethro Tull fame, and his band top the bill on
Sunday.
There
will be at least 30 more acts rocking the main stage in the Marquee,
and raising the roofs of the Black Barn, Oak Room and Threshing Barn.
If
you get thirsty we'll be serving about 70 real ales, ciders, perries.
The fabulous food includes venison reared on the site, falafel, a
hogroast and proper cooked breakfast.
We have arts and crafts stalls, activities for children and our
camping facilities and showers are tip top.
Off
The Tracks proves that small is beautiful and can serve up top music
and entertainment without being corporate.
It's
our 27th year at this unique site, staging this very special festival
in its beautiful setting.
Join us. It's only £80 for an advance weekend pass per adult, so you
can afford to say good bye to summer in the best possible way.
For more information visit www.offthetracks.co.uk
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Banco De Gaia
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FRIDAY
MARQUEE
STAGE
BANCO DE
GAIA Performing 'Last train to Lhasa'
Here and
Now
4Square
BLACK
BARN
Shamus
Oblivion and the Megadeath Morris Men
4Square
Caravan of
Thieves
THE
THRESHING BARN
Leatherat
OAK
ROOM SESSIONS
Outwoods
Country Riders
THE
ENERGY ORCHARD
Healing -
Yoga - Shiatsu and reflexology
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Dreadzone
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SATURDAY
MARQUEE
STAGE
DREADZONE
DUB
PISTOLS
Fat
Digester
Caravan of
Thieves
Ushti Baba
The Noses
BLACK
BARN
Erica
Zub Zub
Isembard's
Wheel
Black
Light Secret
A Thousand
Furs
Heg and
the Wolf Chorus
THE
THRESHING BARN
Shirazamataz
- Arabic Dance Workshop
Flying
Sound Silent Disco
Dr Matt
OAK
ROOM SESSIONS
DoubleCross
THE
ENERGY ORCHARD
Healing -
Yoga - Shiatsu and reflexology
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Jethro Tulls - Martin Barre
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SUNDAY
MARQUEE
STAGE
MARTIN
BARRE BAND
Calaita
Flamenco Son
Firefly
Burning
THE
ENERGY ORCHARD
Healing -
Yoga - Shiatsu and reflexology
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Off the Tracks site at Donington Park Farmhouse
? We are environmentally-conscious in all that we do and
committed to enhancing our green credentials and sustainability
? As a
family-owned business we believe that businesses bring more to
communities when they have family values at heart and embrace
responsibility for their employees
? As both
a farm and a venue, we take a unique holistic approach to the growth,
preparation and serving of our food and believe in sustaining high
standards of quality throughout
? Where we
are unable to grow what we need ourselves we try hard to source it
locally and from other family-owned businesses
? We are
committed to responsible stewardship of the countryside and wildlife
that surrounds us and strive to act always with nature in mind
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Site of Special Scientific Interest
(SSSI)
Stunning historic location
Wild
deer have been kept at Donington Park for almost a thousand years,
over which time it has built up a rich history and tradition. Today
it works as part of the Park Farmhouse estate, allowing us to serve
our own venison on all our menus, all year around.
We're committed to conserving the natural habitats of the park; a
heritage which includes not only the deer but also very rare species
of insect life which live in the park's ancient Oak trees, a
collection worthy of protection in their own right. We work with
Natural England in the preservation of the insect and tree species
and are advised by the British Deer Society on the conservation of
the red and fallow deer herds.
History of Park Farm
The road outside the Farmhouse was called The Redway, and the house
was built as Redway House in the early 1600s. In about 1720 the brick
Barn buildings were all added as a model farm, as was the fashion in
the early part of the Agricultural revolution. It formed part of the
Donington Estate, owned by the Hastings family, who lived at Ashby de
la Zouch Castle until the civil war and then moved to Donington Hall
thereafter. Donington was extensively rebuilt by the Marquis of
Hastings, the first Governor General of India, in the 1790s, and at
that time Wilson Lodge was altered and "Gothicised" to match the
other two entrance Lodges to the park and the Hall itself.
Wilson
Lodge (the part of the Hotel behind the stone wall) was a gated
entrance. A bell pull was installed at the top of Walton Hill, and
the gatekeeper had just enough time to pull his boots on and open the
gates before a carriage approached, on its way to the Hall. The Army
built a new road to by-pass the Lodge during the second world war,
and this is now the Caravan Site entrance. In 1988 the Lodge was
rebuilt entirely and also joined on to the Hotel by the current
owners. The front stone wall was also straightened so that the Lodge
could no longer serve as a point of entrance.
The
Threshing Barn is entirely original, except for its doors. Those at
the front have been shortened, and the rear doors have been replaced
with an alcove. In the 18th century it was used as a place to preach
to the local farm workers by John Wesley, who, with his brother
Charles, was sponsored by Lady Selena Hastings. She also used oak
from Donington to build chapels in Spa towns and other fashionable
centres in the somewhat flawed idea of trying to convert the wealthy
to Methodism.
The
farm was purchased by the Shields family in 1926, and many of the
barns were converted into pig stys. An army building was added during
the second world war, and this is now used for Wedding Breakfasts.
The first wedding party was held in 1985, and in 1986 the Farmhouse
was converted to a four bedroom Guesthouse. The Hotel has continued
to develop ever since that date, with alterations being carried out
over each winter period.
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"We believe Off The Tracks is now among the
best-value and most-enjoyable festivals you can find, and the people
who come back time after time seem to agree with us."
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Read what other festival goers have to say about us
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Festivals for All
E Festivals
FFA Review
OTT has that most precious of commodities in abundance; it has THE
VIBE.
All festivals
claim it - few ever achieve it.
Even less manage the trick of consistently delivering this most holy
grail of festival atmospheres.
OTT pull the rabbit from the hat year, after year, after year. Twenty
Five to be precise.
Vibe oozes from this festival's very pores. It's that tingling
feeling of excitement as you drive through the gate.
That buzz as you walk into the arena. It's the people.
For just a few short days, the organisers, the volunteers, the bands,
and the crowd just become as one.
A collective consciousness of Good Times. Never have I met such a
diverse, knowledgeable, friendly, and passionate bunch.
It's all ages - all types. Everyone is a player at OTT. You have an
impact here.
It's big enough to have your own space, but small enough to carry you
away with those collective Good Times.
OTT is like popping round to your mates of an evening for a quiet
chill out, or going into town for a bawdy night out.
OTT can be glad-rags or slippers, or both, nobody minds.
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Advance
weekend tickets:
Adult £80
Youth £45 (12 to 16 yrs)
Advance tickets include camping.
Buy
direct online from www.offthetracks.co.uk,
Day and evening tickets can only be bought at the gate and are
subject to availability.
Friday evening: £25 (from 6pm)
Saturday all day: £35
Saturday evening: £25 (from 6pm)
Sunday: £30
Sunday evening: £20 (from 6pm)
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Venue:-
Donington Park Farmhouse
Melbourne Road Isley Walton
Castle Donington Nr Derby, Derbyshire
DE74 2RN Nr JCT. 24 M1
Most of us will never do great things,
But we can
all do small things in a great way..
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