The festival season is nearly upon us, and back with yet another fabulous line up is Aspatria Music Festival. With last year’s turn out bigger than ever, organisers have said this year will see an even larger crowd.

Seeing in its fourth year, the festival was set up in 2013 by local musicians Damon McRea and Matthew Turnbull in a bid to raise money for CDH UK. Four years on and the festival continues to be a non-profit event that raises money for various charities.

Matthew said: “AMF 2016 is coming along swimmingly. The committee are working very hard to ensure everything is in place and that the weekend will run without any issue.

“The turnout for last year was around 650 people which was our highest yet, great for a town as small as Aspatria. This year were looking at hitting 1000 people and making the weekend a sell out.”

Originally known as Spyatstock, this year’s Aspatria Music Festival promises to be bigger and better than ever. With more than 30 artists already signed up, the event is set to be another excellent platform for Cumbrian talent to showcase their work.

After calling it a day back in 2007, The South is making a return and the nine piece band is set to headline at this year’s Aspatria Music Festival in July.

Matthew added: “Some of the biggest highlights of the weekend are definitely BOOMIN and The South. We are also looking forward to our family day on the Sunday (17). This will provide a whole range of activities and things to do. Including bouncy castles, Walk about artists and Astral Circus will be doing lots of different workshops including a fire show Stuart and his team we’re brilliant last year, everyone really enjoyed them

“Both our Friday and Saturday headliners we are sure they will go down a treat. The reaction to BOOMIN last year was phenomenal so they are back by high demand as our Friday headliner. We are also pleased to be able to secure the very popular Lottery Winners, Colt45 and also Superfly. We are also really excited to have some new bands that haven’t played in Cumbria before.”

With the first act taking to the stage on Friday 15, the grounds of Aspatria RUFC will be full to bursting as more than 1000 music lovers come together to enjoy a hearty line up of acts including COLT 45, The Lottery Winners and of course household name,The South who will be bringing with them all the classics we know and love such as ‘Perfect 10‘ and ‘Don’t Marry Her‘ on the Saturday night.

With two stages and more than 50 performers the weekend event promises to deliver everything you could want from a local festival. Although camping isn’t permitted at this year’s festival, fear not. Aspatria is rife with wonderful accommodation, so if you don’t fancy travelling home, stay the night in a quaint B&B.

Weekend tickets are £50 and day tickets, ranging from £10 to £30 are also available. 

Visit www.aspatriamusicfestival.co.uk or visit Aspatria Rugby Club, the town’s Esso garage and 4Play Cycles in Cockermouth for tickets.