499 Festival Lanchester

21/08/2026

How nice is this!? What a lovely write-up. Thank you!
https://www.facebook.com/100081067399750/posts/1089986397046930/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

17/08/2026

Here's a great video from the boys of F.A.B band .
Faces have been blurred to protect the guilty haha!

01/08/2026

Thank you everyone for your support! That was a really exciting hour of mad ticket sales. Let me know if you got a ticket.
Congratulations to all of you that managed to grab the early birds.
In the first hour of sales roughly a quarter of the available tickets went! The Early Birds went in 4 minutes!!! Crazy.
There are only 17 'add Thursday' tickets left and we're over halfway with campervan/caravan/motorhome tickets.
These are the sales that secure the festival for next year. The lack of early sales has been the downfall of many festivals over the last few years but you amazing people are helping to making sure our little event will go ahead. Thank you. X

31/07/2026

Only 12 hours to go until tickets go on sale for 2027!
Early birds will go quick 😉

28/07/2026

'Full Weekend' and 'Camper/Caravan' available from 8am this Saturday with a limited number of discounted 'Early Birds' and 'add Thursday' tickets. You'll need to be quick to grab the bargains!

https://499festival.wescantickets.com

18/07/2026

Our resident theme-wrangler Alan Robinson has pulled together some ideas for Saturday next year. Take a look and vote for one you'd be up for in 2027. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1MGVa4cHU1/

2027 Saturday theme
❤️ 1970's
🧡 1980's
💚 Halloween
💙 Gangsters
So it's a little easier to tally up the count.
Leave your pick in the form of a coloured heart..
Brad will share on the 499 page

14/07/2026

Check out these great pictures from Mark Wilkinson Photography: North East Wedding & Portrait Photography
And get your best photos shared in the comments!

Here's the link:
https://markwilkinsonphotography.smugmug.com/Events/499-Festival-270710/n-WnSn76

14/07/2026

499 Festival 2027 will take place from 9th to 11th July with very limited 'add Thursday' tickets available for the 8th of July for those wanting an extra night to get settled in before the party starts Friday.

They will be on sale from 1st August at 8am with a limited number of early bird tickets available to those that jump in early. These typically sell out in the first hour or two of going on sale. The 'add Thursday' tickets are likely to go quickly too after very high demand this year. 

Good luck and let's see who gets ticket No.1 !

13/07/2026

Cash raised for the Great North Air Ambulance in 2026

12/07/2026

And in the blink of an eye it's over for another year and I'm back home with 3 cans of Guinness in my belly! What a weekend! I think it was the best one we've had yet?
And! it's all thanks tooooooo:
The absolutely amazing Suddes family, Guerilla PA Hire with Simon and Dave, Ian P, Gemma, Sarah, Ruby, Felix, my right-hand men Bobby and Ste (legends), John Monster, Dan Mix, Bingo Shannon, Alison, Hollie, Mandy Flags, The Grey Horse (the hoss) and our sponsors Rubbish Kings. Of course; What about those outstanding bands this year? A huge thank you to all of the bands for brilliant performances over the weekend. I loved every one and would love to hear who were your favourites?
It goes without saying I must thank you all for being the amazing people you were, yet again. I saw quite a lot of new friendly faces over this weekend and I hope you all will come back again next year.
This year is guaranteed to be the biggest one for donation to the Great North Air Ambulance. When I get back some semblance of normality I'll get a total worked out and let you all know. Will we reach £1k this year? Hmmm ...
2027 date and early bird ticket launch announcement soon!