The V Festival is an annual music festival held in Chelmsford during the penultimate weekend in August. Organised by Metropolis Music and SJM Concerts, the event is held at two parks simultaneously which share the same bill; artists perform at one location on Saturday and then swap on Sunday. The sites are located at Hylands Park in Chelmsford and Weston Park in South Staffordshire. Although predominantly a rock music festival, a wide range of musical genres are accepted; in recent years pop acts have become ever more common. The "V" represents the Virgin Group, with the event being sponsored by Virgin Media and televised on Channel 4 and 4 Music.
Hylands House is a Grade II* neo-classical villa situated within Hylands Park a 232-hectare (574 acre) park south-west of Chelmsford in Essex in South East England. It is owned and operated by Chelmsford Borough Council. The last private owner lived in Hylands House until her death until 1962. It was in 1966, with the House in a desperate state of disrepair, that Chelmsford Borough Council purchased the Park for the people of Chelmsford to enjoy. Hylands Park was opened to the public only 10 days later. It was agreed by Chelmsford Borough Council that Hylands House should be restored to its former glory and having stood empty for 20 years, the first phase of restoration took place in 1986. The final stage was completed in 2005. Since 1996, the park has hosted the annual V Festival. In the 2004 film Chasing Liberty, Hylands House doubled as the US White House In 2005 Hylands Park was the venue for the European Scout Jamboree and in 2007 Hylands welcomed scouts from over 160 nations for the 21st World Scout Jamboree, which celebrated 100 years of scouting. The One World Garden was created to commemorate this historic event, and now forms part of the estate.
Hylands Park, Chelmsford Line up for V Festival 2012:
Saturday 18 August 2012
The Stone Roses
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
David Guetta
Ed Sheeran
Example
Keane
James Morrison
Emeli Sande
Friendly Fires
Ben Howard
Professor Green
Rizzle Kicks
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Labrinth
Maverick Sabre
Gossip
Sub Focus
Newton Faulkner
Dappy
The Proclaimers
The Ting Tings
Reverend & The Makers
Wretch 32
Inspiral Carpets
Childish Gambino
Jack Beats
The Twang
Angel
Comedy
Doc Brown
Damien Clark
Rob Rouse
Mike Gunn
Mark Olver
Junior Simpson
Michael Fabbri
Tom Wrigglesworth
The Raymond & Mr Timpkins Revue
Kockov
Steve Williams
MC Justin Moorhouse
Sunday 19 August 2012
Killers
Snow Patrol
Nicki Minaj
Tinie Tempah
Tom Jones
Nero
Madness
Olly Murs
Happy Mondays
LMFAO
Noah & The Whale
Frank Turner
The Enemy
Pixie Lott
The Human League
Miles Kane
Shed Seven
Frank Ocean
Beverley Knight
Cher Lloyd
The Feeling
DJ Fresh/Live
Rita Ora
Tulisa
The Stranglers
Stooshe
The Rifles
Dodgy
Lawson
Comedy
Sean Lock
Milton Jones
Keith Farnan
Chris Destefano
Joe Bor
Sean Collins
Mike Lawrence
Nathan Caton
Gary Delaney
Karl Spain
Daniel Townes
MC Kevin McCarthy
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