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The Weeley Festival. Clacton On Sea . Essex. August 27th-29th 1971.

  Weeley program/setlists.

Courtesy of Brian Nugent , we now have a copy of the programme , which as you can see , cost a princely 5p in 1971.

Follow the list below to see the text and photo entry for each artist, as well as the site map . There is also an explanation of why the festival was held and who its proceeds were supposed to benefit.

Running Order

Weirdest running order I've ever seen, fancy starting a festival at midnight ! The show never stopped either, everyone must have been utterly wasted by the time Sunday came around .

FRIDAY,

midnight , Hackensack ; 01.30, Edgar Broughton; 03.00, Juicy Lucy ; 04.30, Principal Edwards; 06.00, Status Quo 07.30, Vechio; 09.00, Gnidrolog; 10.00, Ricotti Albequerque; 11.30, ;Tir Na Nog . ' Noon.,Mungo Jerry; 13.00, Gringo; 14.00, Fairfield Parlour;15.00, Stone The Crows; 16.30, Natural Acoustic Band; 17.00, Barclay James Harvest, 18.30, Al Stewart 19.00, Colosseum 20.30 Comus, 21.00, King Crimson 22.30, Mike Maran.

SATURDAY,

midnight, Mott The Hoople; 00.30,Belrig; 01.00, Curved Air; 02.30, Tudor Lodge; 03.00, Groundhogs; 04.30, Mick Saunders; 05.00 Rory Gallagher, 07.00, On, 08.00, Bell & Arc, 09.30,Caravan,11. 00 Lindisfarne, Noon 12.30 , Heads Hands and Feet; 14.00, Julie Felix 14.30,Quintessence; 16.00, Paul Bretts Sage, 16.30, Gerry Laughran; 17.30; Grease Band and Anne Briggs, 19.00, Faces, 20.30, Steve Tilston; 21.00, T Rex; 23.00, Country Jug; 23.30, Van Der Graaf Generator

SUNDAY,

01.00am , Stray, 02.30, Arthur Brown- plus; 04.00 Louise, 05.00, Fusion Orchestra, 06.00 Assegai, 07.00, Horne; 08.00, Crow; 09.00, Castle.

Weeley program menu

Hackensack/ Edgar Broughton	Juicy Lucy/Principal Edwards	Gnidrolog/Tir Na Nog	Mungo Jerry/Ricotti Albequerque
Gringo/Fairfield Parlour	Stone The Crows/Natural Acoustic Band	Barclay James Harvest/Al Stewart	Colosseum /Comus
King Crimson/Mike Maran	Mott The Hoople/Curved Air	Tudor Lodge/ Groundhogs	Rory Gallagher/ On
Bell & Arc/Caravan	Lindisfarne/ Julie Felix	Quintessence/Paul Bretts Sage	Grease Band/Faces
Steve Tilston/ T Rex	Van Der Graaf Generator /Stray	Arthur Brown	Site map and organisers

Thanks to Brian Nugent , for the donation of the program that has enabled the construction of these pages.

Updated August 2009

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Weeley Menu.

• Friendz coverage
• International Times article
• Marshall PA system - Updated April 2004
• Recollections of festival attendees -read what they remember and add your own memories to the list -now with many new photos of the bands onstage ! Updated August 2009 .
• Dick Wolff's diary : New May 2004! Another brilliantly detailed account of life backstage at the festival. Includes site map and Groundhogs photo.
• Geoff Noble's Recollections August 2009
• Lin Bensley's recollections - check this out, most extensive personal account of the festival so far.
• Bill Greenwells Recollections - The highly entertaining account of how a student in an Afghan coat became a key member of the 'security' team
• Crowd,Site and Hells Angels Photos - updated , May 2009
• Crowd photos
• Weeley Recordings and set lists -Known recordings of the festival -updated , May 2009
• Where's Wally ?-click to find out the origins of this silly chant .
• Festival program- photos and text from the original program .
• Festival site map
• Weeley press
• Weeley home
• External site with lots of great photos

Thanks to Celia Bouquet , Rich Deakin , Garry Bodenham , Redrich, Bill Greenwell ,Lin Bensley ,Brian Nugent, Steve Cook , Bill Greenwell and Phil Jones for the donation of articles and pix that have enabled the construction of this site.