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Early bird tickets 2 May for Wittfest 2026

The amazing music festival on your doorstep – Wittfest 2026 – will be on Saturday 4 July this year. Its a beautifully organized festival in the huge carpark of the Travellers Rest pub, Witton Gilbert, with a great line-up of bands, a fantastic high stage and great sound.

Tickets are £20 – funds go to the excellent village association Children’s Hopes and Dreams (CHAD) which supports a host of great activities and organizations, and the pub.

You can get early bird tickets for this local Durham music festival at £15 each on 2 May from 2pm till 5pm at the Travellers Rest (Front St, DH7 6TQ)

The organizers will be organizing a similar festival at the Kings Head in Lanchester on Saturday 1 August. Early bird tickets are also available for this, also at £15, at the same time and place.

The Wittfest is highly recommended, featuring a great set up, lots of seating, room to dance, plus several bars.

As usual, the bands in 2026 will be excellent. The lineup is

Other events organized by CHAD for your diaries:

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Wittfest music festival early-bird tickets tomorrow 18 May

Witton Gilbert’s own music festival is coming up on Saturday 13 July, the annual Wittfest. It is held at the lovely Traveller’s Rest pub.

Entry is by wristband and the early-bird price £10 wristbands are on sale tomorrow, 18 May from 2pm-5pm, only at the Traveller’s Rest. After tomorrow they are £15 each. Traveller’s Rest is also having a bottomless brunch tomorrow.

Here is the line-up for the Witfest, with bands all afternoon and evening from 12:30pm – 10pm:

Children under 16 are free, although the festival is quite crowded.

For more information contact Jon Reynolds, John Rooney or John Nixon via the very active Witton Gilbert page on Facebook.