The Only Way is The Dixie Fields Festival on July 13, Ward Thomas added to the line up

A Mini festival celebrating all things country and 

merging International artists with local talent.

Country music fans in Essex are finally getting their own music festival.

Put on the Dixie Chicks and drive!

One full day of music – Saturday 13th July – plus camping on both the Friday and Saturday nights

Dixie Fields, a new country festival taking place in Chelmsford in July 2019, with headliner Lauren Alaina!

On April 5^th the festival announced, that hot off the heels of their headline tour, Sony Music UK artistes Ward Thomas are joining them on Saturday 13th July.

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WARD THOMAS @ DIXIE FIELDS
We waited as long as we could but we had to get it out there - Ward Thomas are joining us @Dixie Fields Festival on Saturday 13th July. Hot off the heels of an AMAZING headline tour (I went, I saw, I loved!) we are delighted that the girls will be playing in Essex this summer. Get your tickets now: www.dixiefields.com
Posted by Dixie Fields Festival on Friday, 5 April 2019

Dixie Fields Festival

Their vision for Dixie Fields is to combine well-known and popular country artists from US with local UK talent to give festival goers a taste of the fastest growing musical genre there is.

WHEN: Saturday 13 July 2019 - Dixie Fields Festival, Rollstones Farm, Chelmsford, Essex | WEBSITE 

LINE UP SO FAR:

Laura Alaina (USA), Holloway Road (Southend UK), The Jackson Line (Facebook; Alt-Country trio from Chelmsford, Essex) Megan O’Neill (IRE), Royal South (USA), Gary Quinn (BCMA Multi award winner) , Hannah Paris (Essex UK), Jackson Michelson (USA; Curb Records; Facebook), Remember Monday (The Voice UK 2019 Team JHud), Stevie O'Connor, Megan McKenna (Essex, UK) & Ward Thomas

Advance Admission: £47.00 + £3.76 Booking

Advance Camping + Entry Adult Weekend Camping + Entry Per Person £77.00 + £3.76 Booking | TICKETS

Georgie Thorogood, organiser of Dixie Fields Festival talked to the lovely Samantha Melrose who produces Alex Krupa's Country Show (Weds 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm) which broadcasts on Andover Radio (Portland house, 55-57 High Street, SP10 1LP). It was first broadcast on Weds April 3, 2019. 

Listen from 38 mins (the show also includes tracks from artists playing Dixie Fields):

Related interview with website Your Life In Song here.

Georgie Thorogood, Operations Director for Dixie Fields said “We are so excited to be bringing this event to Essex. I’ve been a huge fan of country music for many years, spending hours listening to Dolly Parton and the Dixie Chicks and I’m delighted that it is experiencing a huge surge in popularity in the UK”.

Headliner LAUREN ALAINA captured America’s hearts when she competed on Season 10 of American Idol. In 2017, Lauren followed up her No. 1 debuting first album, WILDFLOWER, with the release of the critically-acclaimed ROAD LESS TRAVELED. The album landed on multiple end-of-year “Best Of” lists including Billboard, Rolling Stone and Amazon, and it became the top-streamed female country album release of the year. Praised as “full of life lessons and uplift” (PEOPLE), the collection of 12 songs all written by the young star includes Lauren’s first No. 1 hit, title track “Road Less Traveled."

To make a weekend of it you can make a weekend of it, with open air cinema on the Friday evening, a full American pancake brunch on the Sunday morning, and camping tickets available.

“We can’t wait to see so many country music fans all in one place and want to make Dixie Fields as interactive as possible, so bring your guitars, get involved with the “Country-oke”, wear your hats and generally have a dang good time”!

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Dixie Fields is a new boutique country music festival debuting in 2019, featuring US star Lauren Alaina and a cinema under the stars, camping, BBQ, and a host of other great country music.

On the Friday evening they will kick off with a true country film, played on our outdoor cinema followed by an intimate camp-side country acoustic set. Saturday sees their full line up, headlined by Lauren Alaina. And on both Saturday and Sunday mornings, we’ll treat all our campers to an American style brunch.

PHOTO: The festival is planned right by Hylands Park, Chelmsford (Image: Chelmsford City Council) 

Dixie Fields is taking place in grassland fields previously used by the V Festival, bordering beautiful Hylands Park, just outside Chelmsford, Essex.

The festival is described as “a laidback affair, fully sustainable, ethically sourced and packed with clean and wholesome good times”.

The music festival will take place on land adjacent (on three fields directly between the A414 Greenbury Way, Margaretting Road) to where Liam Gallagher and Stereophonics headlined the brand new RiZE Festival which took place for the first time at Hylands Park on August 17 & 18, 2018. RiZE replaced V Festival, which operated for 22 years before it closed last year.

The Dixie Fields event will start off as a one-day festival and will eventually build up to a much bigger three-day event over the next few years. It will be small to start off and will cater for up to 4,999 people.

TICKET OPTIONS:

Admission to Dixie Fields for a full day of music and fun on Saturday 13th July 2019. A celebration of all things country; music, food, drink and shopping as well as a fairground and other attractions.

Camping Tickets include:

Two nights of camping, admission to Dixie Fields on Friday evening for open air cinema, campfire socials, country karaoke & more. American pancake brunch on Saturday morning followed by a full day of more music, fun and frolics for the main festival day. Start your Sunday with another American style breakfast alongside a little more music to perk you up for the journey home!