Alt-Fest

Get the lowdown on our location, its amazing history and detailed travel information. View Larger Map Boughton Estate Kettering Northamptonshire NN14 1BJ The Boughton Estate is a truly beautiful location for Alt-Fest, part fields, part woodland and part WW2 Airfield and extends to over 11,200 acres! The World War II airfield to the north of Grafton village was built in 1941. This was the base for the American Eighth Air Force, 384th Bombardment Group (H), who flew many sorties against fortress Europe. Alt-Fest will be using some of the secret 'pods' which were used by the airbase to hide their B17/24 planes inside the woods, these concrete runways and 'pods' ...

Arch Enemy: Angela and Alissa As many of you will have learnt, Angela Gossow recently decided to call time as singer of Arch Enemy. For 13 years she stood at the forefront of extreme metal completing 6 studio albums and performing countless shows globally. One of the most respected and loved figures on the metal scene meant that anyone trying to fill her shoes would have to be something very special indeed. The chosen one has been announced as Alissa White-Gluz formerly of The Agonist and in many people's eyes the only real contender for the job. Alissa formed The Agonist in Montreal, Canada in 2004 and put out this statement on leaving. "It's ...

ART AT ALT-FEST Unlike many festivals which simply put bands on, Alt-Fest is a celebration of the alternative subculture as a whole, it is a gathering of the clans. Music of course plays a huge part in this but we think art is another way that people find of expressing themselves, another way that they can show their individuality. To this end we have added the highly talented Bonnie to our team who will be engaged in various projects around the site. Here she gives us an insight in how she plans to make Alt-Fest stand out from the rest. You clearly have a passion for art but how did you arrive at this point, tell us a little about yourself, Have you done anything ...

Booking a band, a quick guide by Gary Trueman Many people think that when a festival decides on who it wants to play it’s a simple matter of making a couple of phone calls, agreeing a price and that’s it. Nothing could be further from the truth, so in an effort to explain why band X or performer Y didn’t get to play when they were asked for here’s a quick run through of the booking process. First of all you need to know which acts fit with the festival you’re putting on. Thankfully as Alt-Fest encompasses a wide range of genres the vast majority of the fans’ suggestions are considered and a list drawn up. Being fan led we believe in asking who you want to see and ran polls for the ...

Alt-Fest Camping:A Survival Guide By gileZ Armalyte Your handy cut-out-and-keep (well, print-out-and-keep) guide to all things Alt-Camping... Summer 2014 cannot come quickly enough for Alt-Festers, with the normally serene Kettering countryside being torn a new one by virtue of some of the greatest names in alt. music at the UK's hottest, and most exciting, new festival. With the festival running from August 15th to 17th, the easiest, and cheapest way to make the most of your Alt-Fest experience is to take full advantage of one of the many on-site camping areas. The camping sites are open from 10am on Thursday 14th August to Noon on Tuesday 19th August, so plenty of time to ...

Alt-Fest is honoured to have the renowned Circus of Horrors performing throughout the weekend so it seemed only natural to catch up with ringmaster Dr Haze to find out a little about what makes him tick and what he has planned for us next August. One thing's for sure, with Circus Of Horrors you know you're going to be in for a hell of a show. Circus of Horrors is your brainchild, how did you decide that this is what you wanted to do for a living? How did you start up and when? "It started properly 18 years ago at the 1995 Glastonbury Festival. I was born and bred in a traditional circus, my father was a lion trainer. I decided to leave the circus when I was 20 and have a go at ...

Devolution Magazine Joins Forces With Alt Fest! In less than 9 months one of the biggest and most diverse events will finally be taking place in Kettering, Northants, UK– Alt Fest, which is solely unique by being crowd funded will be making its highly anticipated debut with over 180 carefully selected bands from all over the globe making this an epic and ultimately eye opening showcase that will certainly appeal to all genres of the alt spectrum. Devolution Magazine are incredibly proud to not only sponsor and enthusiastically support the Alt Fest team with this mammoth launch but also to proudly help produce the official programme and magazine for the event! We are a ...

DOM AND MISSY DISCUSS ALL THINGS ALT-FEST A brand new major festival is bound to raise a few eyebrows in these tough economic times.  Add to that the fact that almost everything about Alt-Fest is different and it’s inevitable that people are going to have plenty of questions.  It’s just as obvious that the festival will gain many sceptics who for one reason or another will try and insist it can’t work.  There’s only one real way to get the real facts and dispel all those false rumours on an event already causing quite a stir in the music world and that’s to talk directly to the people at the top, the people who thought up and have made Alt-fest a reality.  Those ...

WIN BACKSTAGE ACCESS FOR THE FAMILY! We all love the chance to win free goodies but how often do you get the chance to actually watch your idols from the side of the main stage? Or even get the opportunity to rub shoulders with the alt elite at the artists bar and meet up with some of the bands playing? We all know that we have the ability to unite and be people powered.... be that getting Rage Against The Machine to number One or taking online action for a cause close to our hearts. As an Alternative and totally independent event, powered by the people, crowd led and crowd curated we want to ask you to help us take over Facebook. Together if we all get involved and share posts etc ...

Alt-Fest is proud to have one of the UK's most original and entertaining bands headlining the S.O.P.H.I.E. Stage in association with TBFM Online this year. The Fearless Vampire Killers death pop sound and flamboyant stage shows have seen them rapidly gain an army of adoring fans. Guitarist and vocalist Kier Kemp had a chat with us about playing Alt-Fest, touring the US and... er... nudity. Things have really taken off for you recently, so much so that some people are surprised you formed half a decade ago. What was it like realising all that hard work was paying off? "Well something you need to realise is bands exist in a bubble. We get such a twisted view of our own 'success' that ...

You, the Alt-Fest faithful were very vocal in wanting us to book stoner rock kings Godsized, so of course they were one of the first bands named on our line up for 2014. The band made up of Dan, Glen, Chris and Gav had a chat to us about how important it is for them to be playing the SOPHIE stage, why touring Poland sticks in the memory and also why sorting your beer out should be high on your festival agenda. Your album 'Time' has been out for a little while now. We liked it a lot here at Alt-Fest, what sort of a reception did it get from fans? Dan - "Thanks! It was great actually, they really seemed to dig it. People had to wait a long time for that and our fans are important ...

Alt-Fest needs volunteer stewards Alt-Fest needs volunteer stewards Alt-Fest needs volunteers to be stewards this August and in return for working a few hours over the weekend you'll have access to the festival in your spare time free of charge. We've teamed up with the highly experienced Green Stewards company who are present at many of the UK's high profile events. Stewarding is a great way to see a festival from a new perspective as well as the obvious financial saving. The Green Stewards website has all the information you need and answers the most frequently asked questions for those new to it. The basic way it works is this. The company takes a returnable deposit ...