The festival attracts approximately 10,000 people each year although the 2004 event (August 26 to August 30) attracted much higher numbers than ever before. This is partly due to that year being the festival's 40th anniversary.
The venues in which the festival normally takes place are the Big Club (formerly known as the Concert Tent), the Ceilidh (or Dance) Tent, the Market Square (formerly known as the Arena), the Village Hall and Venue 65 (formerly known as the Festival Dance House, and before that as the Arts Centre) with occasional impromptu performances in the beer tent (normally called "The Headless Horseman") and in the Three Horseshoes public house. Other features include the main site, the craft tent and the craft market.
The toponym "Towersey" is derived from Old and Middle English. The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as simply Eia, meaning "island". This refers to a dry area of land in the marshes of the Aylesbury Vale, on the edge of which the village stands.
A manuscript of 1174 records Kingsey also as simply Eya, but thereafter both toponyms gained prefixes to distinguish the two villages. A manuscript of 1194 refers to Kingseie, which has evolved into "Kingsey". Mid-13th-century records refer to Turrisey and Tureseye, which has evolved into "Towersey". It means "island of de Turs", referring to Richard de Turs, who held the manor from 1252.
Towersey Village Festival;
This video reveals the magic of the festival from campsite life to the amazing lantern procession finale and includes interviews from the public and Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2 Presenter) on their thoughts of the festival.
Towersey is in Oxforshire and is near Thame, about 15 miles east of Oxford.
45th Towersey Village Festival;
27th - 31st August 2009
Festival Office
PO Box 296
Matlock
Derbyshire
DE4 3XU
[email protected]
Box Office: 01629 827016
Fax: 01629 821874
published: 20 Aug 2009
Towersey Festival 2016
Towersey Festival took place during August 26th-29th 2016. The festival is four days and nights of the best Acoustic, Folk, Blues, World and Americana. Towersey Festival started as a one day village event back in 1965. Towersey at this time was a typical small country village, it had no playing field and a decaying Memorial Hall. It was from this that the first village festival developed.
published: 30 Aug 2016
Towersey Village Festival 2007 - Smutt Rapper
Smutt Rapper dancing in the rapper style, originally from the coal fields of the north east of England
published: 05 Sep 2007
Stygiens at Towersey Village Festival
Stygiens playing the concert tent at the folk festival in Oxfordshire, England. August 2008
http://www.myspace.com/stygiens
published: 28 Aug 2008
Towersey Village Festival 2007 - Feet First
Appalachian dancing from Feet First
published: 05 Sep 2007
Towersey Village Festival 2007 - Rivington Morris
Two more dances from Rivington Morris in the North West Morris tradition
published: 06 Sep 2007
Live Sessions 011 - Junk - Towersey Village Festival 2012
CASTRUM's Live Sessions is a new collection of videos, which gives a real insight into artists and their performance from uncut, unedited footage.
Live Session 011 shows a preformence at Towersey Village Festival 2012 in the rope circle by Junk, an entertaining group who preform using junk materials.
Towersey Village Festival;
This video reveals the magic of the festival from campsite life to the amazing lantern procession finale and includes interviews fro...
Towersey Village Festival;
This video reveals the magic of the festival from campsite life to the amazing lantern procession finale and includes interviews from the public and Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2 Presenter) on their thoughts of the festival.
Towersey is in Oxforshire and is near Thame, about 15 miles east of Oxford.
45th Towersey Village Festival;
27th - 31st August 2009
Festival Office
PO Box 296
Matlock
Derbyshire
DE4 3XU
[email protected]
Box Office: 01629 827016
Fax: 01629 821874
Towersey Village Festival;
This video reveals the magic of the festival from campsite life to the amazing lantern procession finale and includes interviews from the public and Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2 Presenter) on their thoughts of the festival.
Towersey is in Oxforshire and is near Thame, about 15 miles east of Oxford.
45th Towersey Village Festival;
27th - 31st August 2009
Festival Office
PO Box 296
Matlock
Derbyshire
DE4 3XU
[email protected]
Box Office: 01629 827016
Fax: 01629 821874
Towersey Festival took place during August 26th-29th 2016. The festival is four days and nights of the best Acoustic, Folk, Blues, World and Americana. Towersey...
Towersey Festival took place during August 26th-29th 2016. The festival is four days and nights of the best Acoustic, Folk, Blues, World and Americana. Towersey Festival started as a one day village event back in 1965. Towersey at this time was a typical small country village, it had no playing field and a decaying Memorial Hall. It was from this that the first village festival developed.
Towersey Festival took place during August 26th-29th 2016. The festival is four days and nights of the best Acoustic, Folk, Blues, World and Americana. Towersey Festival started as a one day village event back in 1965. Towersey at this time was a typical small country village, it had no playing field and a decaying Memorial Hall. It was from this that the first village festival developed.
CASTRUM's Live Sessions is a new collection of videos, which gives a real insight into artists and their performance from uncut, unedited footage.
Live Session...
CASTRUM's Live Sessions is a new collection of videos, which gives a real insight into artists and their performance from uncut, unedited footage.
Live Session 011 shows a preformence at Towersey Village Festival 2012 in the rope circle by Junk, an entertaining group who preform using junk materials.
CASTRUM's Live Sessions is a new collection of videos, which gives a real insight into artists and their performance from uncut, unedited footage.
Live Session 011 shows a preformence at Towersey Village Festival 2012 in the rope circle by Junk, an entertaining group who preform using junk materials.
All the video I have of Asha playing at Towersey Village Festival, in the festival dance house and in tent Ceilidh Tent. Two different line ups are shown in thi...
Towersey Village Festival;
This video reveals the magic of the festival from campsite life to the amazing lantern procession finale and includes interviews from the public and Ken Bruce (BBC Radio 2 Presenter) on their thoughts of the festival.
Towersey is in Oxforshire and is near Thame, about 15 miles east of Oxford.
45th Towersey Village Festival;
27th - 31st August 2009
Festival Office
PO Box 296
Matlock
Derbyshire
DE4 3XU
[email protected]
Box Office: 01629 827016
Fax: 01629 821874
Towersey Festival took place during August 26th-29th 2016. The festival is four days and nights of the best Acoustic, Folk, Blues, World and Americana. Towersey Festival started as a one day village event back in 1965. Towersey at this time was a typical small country village, it had no playing field and a decaying Memorial Hall. It was from this that the first village festival developed.
CASTRUM's Live Sessions is a new collection of videos, which gives a real insight into artists and their performance from uncut, unedited footage.
Live Session 011 shows a preformence at Towersey Village Festival 2012 in the rope circle by Junk, an entertaining group who preform using junk materials.
The festival attracts approximately 10,000 people each year although the 2004 event (August 26 to August 30) attracted much higher numbers than ever before. This is partly due to that year being the festival's 40th anniversary.
The venues in which the festival normally takes place are the Big Club (formerly known as the Concert Tent), the Ceilidh (or Dance) Tent, the Market Square (formerly known as the Arena), the Village Hall and Venue 65 (formerly known as the Festival Dance House, and before that as the Arts Centre) with occasional impromptu performances in the beer tent (normally called "The Headless Horseman") and in the Three Horseshoes public house. Other features include the main site, the craft tent and the craft market.