Local acts performing at the Wiltshire 2012 Festival of Celebration

The Wiltshire 2012 Festival of Celebration will feature music and entertainment from across the county and will include the arrival of the Olympic torch to Salisbury.

It will be held at Hudson’s Field on July 11 from 1pm to 10.

Most of the acts performing at the Wiltshire 2012 Festival of Celebration are local acts that entered the on-line Shine 4 Wiltshire competition.

The Salisbury Plain Military Wives Choir received the most public votes and will therefore get the honour of performing alongside the headline acts on the LOCOG stage. We have also chosen them to open the event on the main Wiltshire Council stage at 1pm.

Other acts that entered the competition were chosen to perform throughout the day. These acts come from across Wiltshire and represent the great variety of talent our county has to offer, details are listed below:

Main Stage

Salisbury Plain Military Wives Choir – The winners of the Shine 4 Wiltshire competition. The members of this group represent the army towns and villages on Salisbury Plain.

Classical Songbirds – A duet from Devizes

Luke Gittins – A solo singer, only 11 years old from Chippenham

Martha Drane – A 15 year old solo singer from Trowbridge

Ben Clements – A solo singer from Calne

Dirty Rouge – A band from Salisbury

E Minor Pop Academy – A group of young singers, aged 8 to 16, from the Salisbury area

Nudy Bronque – A band from Royal Wootton Bassett

Sticky Toffee Jazz – A solo singer from Salisbury  

City Stereo – A band from Salisbury

LOCOG Stage

These Days – Band from Salisbury (chosen by Salisbury City Council)

Salisbury Plain Military Wives Choir – as above

Main Arena

Lyneham Primary School Olympic Dance

Just so Dance – a young people’s dance group from the Westbury area

Urban Dance – a young people’s dance group from the Trowbridge area

SPF – Free Runners from Salisbury

Beer Tent

The Bateleurs – A folk band from Derry Hill, Chippenham

Jamie Eldridge – A solo singer from Salisbury

Luke Gittins – as above

Martha Drane – as above

Ben Clements – as above

For more information about the event please see the Wiltshire Council website or contact Lucy Simms in communications on 01225 718334.