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Subject: Off the Tracks Summer Festival - 4 - 5 - 6 Sept 2015 Tickets On sale NOW

 

Donington Park Farm, Isley Walton, Derbyshire www.offthetracks.co.uk Bands lined up to delight OFF THE TRACKS festival-goers this summer include Dre

 

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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
Facebook: www.facebook.com/offthetracksfestivals

Twitter: www.twitter.com/offthetracks

 

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Banco De Gaia

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

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

 

Martin-Barre

Jethro Tulls - Martin Barre

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

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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.

"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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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.

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

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