ORGANISERS of Nantwich’s Words and Music Festival are predicting this year’s event to be the most successful to date based off surging ticket sales.
Fans of original music and literature from across the region will travel to Nantwich for the ninth Words and Music Festival from October 10-16.
The annual event draws musicians and poets from across the world, and so far ticket sales are at an all-time high.
Nigel Stonier, co-founder of Words and Music Festival, said: “We are thrilled to be hosting the ninth Words and Music Festival later this month where tickets sales at this point have never been so high.
“We are expecting the biggest and best Festival to date.”
UK Artist and Album winners at the UK Americana Awards 2016, Danny and the Champions of the World, will perform on the Saturday afternoon at Nantwich’s Civic Hall.
The London band will perform tracks from their award-winning 2015 album, What Kind of Love.
The band received high praise from legendary radio and TV presenter, ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris, who returns as one of the headline acts.
He said: “In terms of live performances, the experience that Danny and the Champions of the World are fabulous. The audience always love them.
“I love hearing them play – they bend the sound of the sax and that old chugging sound, with country music.
“Danny has his love of Bruce Springsteen and so loves hearing the sax. I’m looking forward to the festival and meeting the Nantwich audience again.”
Tickets for headlining acts Dr John Cooper Clarke, Thea Gilmore, Eddi Reader and Stornaway are now all sold out.
A small number of tickets for ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris introducing Danny and the Champions of the World, Smoke Fairies, Glen Matlock, The Travelling Band and Nigel Stonier.
Nigel said: “We have a real mix of acts this year, appealing to a wide audience.
“We are excited for Danny and the Champs to be part of the festival, a band who are really forging a name for themselves in the world of Americana.”
To purchase tickets visit wordsandmusicfetival.com
Tickets can also be purchased from The Crown Hotel, Bloom, Enzo, Grapevine, Nantwich Civic Hall and The Hearing Centre all in Nantwich Town Centre.
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