Nene Valley Rock Festival
Nene Park, Peterborough, 31st Aug - 3rd Sept 2023
* Subject to licences and contracts *
Classic
Blues
Prog
Rock!
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3 fully covered stages
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64 bands
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on-site camping & motorhomes
+ many more!
(maximum 1,000 available)
Latest News
On our website
Whilst it is still essential for us to be confident of having the money needed to cover the costs of this event, we have now extended the timescale for a limited period so you can continue to book £129 Earlybird tickets through Crowdfunder. All the feedback we are getting is that you love the line-up and the fantastic site and want it to happen, but we've listened to what you've said about the economy and the timescale and made this change. However we still need you to book tickets NOW!
You can now sign up to our
Here are some other things you can find on our website
plus biographies and sample videos of every band playing at NVRF:
Music
We have signed up many exciting names! There are detailed announcements on Facebook and there are more details on this website:
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classic rock, blues rock and progressive rock
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bands you'll almost certainly know and others you'll wish you had discovered sooner
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some local, many from around the UK and some from overseas.
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two main stages that will alternate so you can see all of those bands
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another stage that will offer something different so there is always a choice.
See a summary of the bands announced so far here: NVRF23 Line-up
Location
The picturesque settings of Nene Park in Peterborough offers everything you might need at a festival:
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dedicated NVRF camp site within the park for tents, motorhomes and caravans, that will be priced per pitch, not per person
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close to hotels (closest just one mile away)
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permanent Caravan Club camp site if you want to use it
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bell-tent camping for hire (subject to availability)
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day parking
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peaceful family-friendly surroundings of the huge Nene Park & Ferry Meadows site
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just 2 miles from the A1
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close to Peterborough city centre
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camp site 200 metres from bus stops, 600 metres from Overton station on the Nene Valley Railway (steam train) and 600 metres from site shops, restaurant and permanent shower facilities within the boating complex
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just 250 metre walk from the camp site to the arena
Tickets
Some festivals sell tickets first then find they can't make it work! Our approach is different - we are first doing all we can to ensure enough people are ready to commit to the festival; until then we are able to give a guarantee of a 100% refund if there aren't enough people. Full details of how we will do this are here: Book your tickets
Arena
Your comfort matters!
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all stages and their audience are housed within fully covered marquees
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open sides, weather permitting, so you can sit in the sun if you wish
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space to bring your own camping chairs into the arena (note: this is at your risk and excludes the marquees unless by agreement with us, and subject to H&S rules)
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real-ale bar and food concessions operating within the arena
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additional benches for your use
Mission
We are all music lovers. The festival is all about the music and its fans - you! We aim to:
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provide opportunities to some amazing bands that the bigger, established festivals won't touch because they have yet "made it" so won't make money for them
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support the iconic bands from earlier years who now struggle to get gigs, many of whom are now cited as influences
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cover the costs of the festival but we will not take any wages or salary ourselves. Any profit stays in the festival and will go towards the following year.
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The festival is run on a not-for-profit basis. It is genuinely about the music!
