ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL 2009

11 Jun 2009 - 14 Jun 2009
Seaclose Park, UK

Winner (UK Festivals Awards )

Feature: Festivals 2009: a year in review
The moments that have defined the last 12 months
Feature: VF is 10: the future of festivals
We talk to organisers about the last ten years
Feature: VF is 10: downers of the decade
We talk to organisers about the last ten years
Feature: VF is 10: highlights of the decade
We talk to organisers about the last ten years
Feature: VF is 10: changes in the industry
We talk to organisers about the last ten years
Feature: Nominate your Most Memorable Moment of 2009
We need your help to shape the nominations
Blog: A Greener Festival Blog #8
Photo Blog: Download 2009 Vs Isle of Wight 2009
How both fared, visually
Interview: IOW Festival 2009: John Giddings
We find out how he thinks the festival is going
Festival Review: Isle of Wight Festival 2009: Rated!
Seaclose Park, Newport, IW - 12-14 June
Interview: IOW Festival 2009: The Ting Tings
They chat festival essentials, the IW and their set...
Blog: The confessions of a festival floozy
The complicated joys of playing the festival field
Blog: The Isle of Wight-dentity Crisis
Is the Isle of Wight suffering from an identity crisis?
Photo Blog: VF's 1st Decade: Download Vs Isle of Wight Festival
The biggest head to head in the festival calendar in photos
Feature: The Big One - Isle of Wight Festival 2009
Seaclose Park, Newport, IOW - 12-14 June
Interview: Making the Wight choice - John Giddings
Survival: A Students' Guide to Festival Survival
How to survive your first ever festival
Feature: The art of blagging: festival tickets
Our guide to getting through the gate for nothing...
Interview: Tim Burgess: the Isle of Wight's Big Top juggler
How The Charlatans' frontman got in to curating a festival tent
Survival: Festival fashion: girls
Don't wear that, wear this!
Feature: Rumours round up
Who we think will play where this summer
Survival: How to pull at festivals
Our guide to finding love in the fields
Feature: We predict the new bands of 2009
Acts you don't know now, but will love by June
Feature: We predict the festival fillers of 2009
The acts you're likely to catch more than once
Feature: We predict the headliners of 2009
The ten bill-topping bands for 2009

Days: 4 | Capacity: 55000

The original Isle Of Wight Festival will forever be etched in musical history after it housed Jimi Hendrix's last ever performance, attracted the largest ever UK festival crowd and led to any future festivals being banned from the island after nearly half a million hippies turned the 1970 site into a chaotic free-for-all.

However, since it was re-ignited in 2002, the festival has forged a new identity that differs from its predecessors. Big names like The Rolling Stones and The Police ho... read more

Isle of Wight is a great festival, I've been a few times. That's why I requested it as one of my prizes for Absolute Summer of Festivals competitio...
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from: Crazy socks with virtual festival owners with me and chloe! by LaurieHughes

i thought last yrs festival was excellent, best one yet. maybe because of the company with me, dont know, but had a great time. only bad point was ...
from: Too big by padmorehouse

is it only me, or is this years line up becoming a bit of a farce?? tickets went on sale alot earlier than last year, with no bands announced! as i...
from: 2009 line up! by ricardo29

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