Let's Rock The Moor!

Let's Rock The Moor!
Let's Rock The Moor! logo
Dates 4 May 2009
22 May 2010
21 May 2011
13 May 2012
18 May 2013
17 May 2014
16 May 2015
21 May 2016
20 May 2017
19 May 2018
Location(s) Cookham, England, United Kingdom
Years active 2009–present
Website www.letsrockthemoor.com

Let's Rock The Moor! is an annual boutique and family-friendly 1980s music festival held in Cookham, Berkshire. Since the first festival in 2009, it has grown every year to become the UK's second largest festival for 1980s music and it has also raised money for local charities.[1]

Let's Rock The Moor! 2009

The first Let's Rock The Moor! festival was held on 4 May 2009 and featured Nick Heyward.[2] It closed the Cookham Festival and was attended by 1,200 mostly local residents. Other acts on the bill were Soul’d Out, Temposhark, and The Plants and Burdock. Nick Beggs from Kajagoogoo played bass guitar.[3]

Let's Rock The Moor! 2010

The second Let's Rock The Moor! festival was held on 22 May 2010 and was attended by about 2,000 festival goers.[4] The headlined acts were Howard Jones and Haircut 100.

Haircut 100 reunited for this performance.[5] Other bands on the bill were High School Musical, Girls Alouder, Soul'd Out, The Quotes, The Mean Red Spiders, Burdock, RedRoots and Distant Origins.

£7,600 was raised for local charities along with £6,000 for the Wooden Spoon charity.[6]

Let's Rock The Moor! 2011

The third Let's Rock The Moor! festival was held on 21 May 2011. The capacity of the event increased to 4,500 and was a sell-out.[7] Headlined acts for the festival were Rick Astley, T'Pau, The Real Thing and Curiosity Killed The Cat.

Other bands on the bill were The Mean Red Spiders, The Quotes, Who Are You?, The Stereosonics, Sintax, Izzi Stone and Hustle & Cuss.

Let's Rock The Moor! 2012

The fourth Let's Rock The Moor! festival moved to a new larger site on Marsh Meadow to accommodate an increased capacity of 6,500 and was also a sell-out.[8][9] The festival was held on 13 May 2012. The headlined acts were Billy Ocean, Go West,[10] Heaven 17, Boney M, Toyah, China Crisis, Nick Heyward and Modern Romance.

Other bands on the bill were The Fortunate, Paul Child Band and The Mean Red Spiders.

The new larger site saw an increase in the amount of entertainment on offer for children which included a circus and indoor cinema, as well as rides such as bumper boats, bubbles of fun, chair-o-planes, banana boat, the big slide and dodgems. Dave Benson Phillips (CBBC/CITV/Disney Channel) performed his Guitar Music Set on the main stage. Pat Sharp introduced the evening headline acts.[11] Up to £20,000 was expected to be raised for the festival's nominated charities, Wooden Spoon[12] and The Link Foundation.[13]

The festival was listed at number 3 in The Telegraph's guide to The Top 100 music festivals of April–September 2012.[14]

Let's Rock The Moor! 2013

The fifth Let's Rock The Moor! festival took place on 18 May 2013.[15] The line-up included Tony Hadley,[16] Bananarama, Howard Jones, Midge Ure, Five Star, Rozalla, Imagination, Altered Images and Brother Beyond.

An additional second stage called The Paddock Stage featured local bands.

Let's Rock The Moor! 2014

The sixth Let's Rock The Moor! festival took place on 17 May 2014.[17] The line-up included Big Country, Alexander O'Neal, Then Jerico, Dr & The Medics, T'Pau, Sonia, Nik Kershaw and ABC before Kim Wilde performed as the headline act.

Let's Rock The Moor! 2015

The seventh Let's Rock The Moor! festival took place on 16 May 2015.[18] The line-up included Samantha Fox, Bucks Fizz, The Christians, The Blow Monkeys, The Selecter, Odyssey, Betty Boo, Hot Chocolate, Roland Gift and Rick Astley before Level 42 performed as the headline act.[19]

Capacity for 2015 increased from 6,500 to 9,999 but the organisers withdrew an application to make it a two-day event [20]

Let's Rock The Moor! 2016

The eighth Let's Rock The Moor! festival took place on 21 May 2016.[21] The line-up included Johnny Hates Jazz, Cutting Crew, Katrina, Chesney Hawkes, Black Box, Aswad, Hue and Cry, Sinitta, Jimmy Somerville, Jason Donovan and Belinda Carlisle before The Human League performed as the headline act.[22]

Let's Rock The Moor! 2017

The ninth Let's Rock The Moor! festival took place on 20 May 2017.[23] The line-up included A Flock of Seagulls, Living in a Box, From the Jam, The Beat, The Blockheads, Go West, and Sister Sledge [24] before Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark [25] performed as the headline act.

Let's Rock The Moor! 2018

The tenth Let's Rock The Moor! festival took place on 19 May 2018. The lineup included Tony Hadley, Wendy James, Heather Small, Kim Appleby, Midge Ure, Tom Bailey, ABC and Billy Ocean before Adam Ant performed as the headline act. [26]

References

  1. ↑ "Let's Rock The Moor - The Retro Festival". Let's Rock The Moor. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Nick Heyward will headline Let's Rock The Moor". Music-News.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Let's Rock The Moor: Rolf Harris and Nick Heyward - Sun Arise, Cookham Festival 4 May 2009 - Video YouTube". Nme.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  4. ↑ REVIEW: Bands rocked the Moor in Cookham | News in Cookham | Get The Latest Maidenhead Advertiser News Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ "Rock the Moor in Cookham (From Bucks Free Press)". Archive.today. 20 April 2013. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "We Rocked the Moor Cheque Presentation". Cookham.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  7. ↑ PHOTO GALLERY: Let's Rock The Moor! 2011 | News in Cookham | Get The Latest Maidenhead Advertiser News Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ "Record 6,000 crowd pack out Cookham rock festival". Bucks Free Press. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  9. ↑ Let's Rock the Moor could raise £20k for charities | News in Cookham | Get The Latest Maidenhead Advertiser News Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ "Let's Rock The Moor Festival Gallery". Peter-cox.org. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  11. ↑ Let's Rock the Moor - Cookham Archived 21 April 2013 at Archive.is
  12. ↑ "Find out more about the Children's Charity of Rugby, Wooden Spoon". Woodenspoon.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  13. ↑ Sun shines for Let's Rock the Moor! in Cookham | News in Maidenhead | Get The Latest Maidenhead Advertiser News Archived 17 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ↑ Green, Thomas H. (9 April 2012). "Top 100 music festivals: April - September 2012". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  15. ↑
  16. ↑ "Spandau Ballet – News". Spandauballet.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  17. ↑
  18. ↑ In pictures: Let's Rock the Moor 2015 Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  19. ↑ "Let's Rock the Moor - Cookham Festival". Cookham.com. 7 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  20. ↑ No two-day Let's Rock The Moor but its capacity could still be increased to 9,999 festival goers Archived 6 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  21. ↑ PICTURE SPECIAL: Let's Rock the Moor 2016 Archived 27 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  22. ↑ Let's Rock the Moor releases Line up for May 2016 Archived 25 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  23. ↑ "PICTURE SPECIAL: Let's Rock the Moor 2017". Maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  24. ↑ "First Let's Rock the Moor! 2017 acts announced". Maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  25. ↑ "Headline act announced for Let's Rock the Moor! 2017". Maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  26. ↑ "Adam Ant and Billy Ocean set to headline Let's Rock the Moor! 2018". Maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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