Heavenly Planet Festival
Heavenly Planet, Reading's brand new festival for 2009, today announces its decision to make the festival a free of charge event, for all to attend and enjoy in its inaugural year.
The family friendly festival takes place on Friday 10th and Saturday 11th July at The Thames Promenade, Reading and hopes to attract up to 15,000 visitors. The decision to make Heavenly Planet free further cements the ethos of the festival - bringing the community together to celebrate music and optimism. The recommendation for Heavenly Planet to be a free event will be considered by Reading Borough Council's Cabinet members on 16 March.
Festival Republic, Thomas Brooman and Reading Borough Council, the three partners behind this new festival, believe that the decision for a free event in the first year will help to establish Heavenly Planet as a festival favourite and a staple part of Reading's culture for many years to come. The aim is to provide a festival that everyone can enjoy, with inclusion for all at its heart, offering as many people as possible the opportunity to attend and experience what Heavenly Planet has to offer.
Quote from Thomas Brooman CBE:
"We are completely committed to establishing this new festival for the people of Reading and for the broader audience we believe it will attract.†We are keen for as many people as possible, people of all sorts, to come along and help to create this new festival experience and the way that we know will create the biggest impact and the best possible future for the festival is to present it free of charge in its first year."
World-class artists will appear including Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, The Wonder Stuff, Patrick Duff, Toto la Momposina and Chase & Status featuring Plan B & Takura. Beat*Reading will host the best in dance, drum ‘n' bass, dub-step, UK hip-hop and live programming. The festival will continue to host a series of world class acts across the two days and further
The Heavenly Planet Festival will be ticketless and open to all. Further details will be available in the run up to the festival.