Curated by the Moseley Folk Festival organisers, a well loved festival by Brummies and music fans alike. Less than 8 miles from Birmingham, yet set in the rolling hills of the Warwickshire countryside, this festival looks like a very exciting addition to the calendar.
For more ticket information check out the website and booking page
www.lunarfestival.co.uk
****Read Lisa’s 2015 review here****
****Read Lisa’s 2016 review here****
Site and facilities
The site is small and easy to navigate for children and families. This makes it great for older children who want a little bit of independence to visit the stalls, but you can still keep an eye on them easily.Parking is available close to the camping areas.
Quiet Camping is available on two sites for 2015- one for families which is next to Umberslade Children’s Farm and one for everyone else. Entry into the farm is available for a reduced price.
Activities
Lunar provide a really interesting selection of activities for children. This year’s activities include the Pink Moon Meadow, which includes sports, lunar olympics, hip hop theatre, felt workshops, Northern Soul Dance School, green crafts, drumming workshops and bushcraft.
Food and Drink
There are plenty of food options available, many from Birmingham’s well established street food scene. One thing which sounds particularly exciting is the Real Italian Acrobatic Pizza stall! Food is available for vegetarians and there is a cafe serving child friendly food in the pink moon meadow. Alcoholic drinks are available from the bar which is run by local brewery Purity.
Tickets
Family weekend ticket:£199 plus booking fee
Adult day tickets: £42 plus booking fee
Child day ticket (age 12-15): £21 plus booking fee
Under 12s are free when accompanied by a paying adult.
Hi Dave, I have been in touch with Lunar and they have assured me that there will be quiet camping facilities for families this year. Camping is in a separate area next to the Umberslade Children’s Farm and a wristband can be purchased for the farm for a reduced price.
Great children’s friendly festival with a fantastic group from Warwickshire managing to entertain children on a patch of slightly muddy ground for the entire three days. They were very enthusiastic and always smiling. Great variety of music to experience and lovely workshops – my six year old learned to play blues with Chicken Bone John on a cigar box guitar. Food was varied and reasonably priced spicy stuff for me and plain ham sandwich for my son.
Family camping area was away from the main arena and had showers for those who wanted to queue. Three toilets were not enough so it meant a long trek back to the main site where the main grouping of toilets were placed. Peaceful…. mmmm bands finished at 11 but the music tents went on to 3am. The bass pounded though the ground and seemed to make your pillow jump. My 6 year old complained until about 10:30 when he finally dropped off. I am not sure what was sleep and what was awake until they finally switched off at 3. If they just turned back the bass it “probably” would have been OK. So no quiet camping. Dave