The DARE 2 FAMILY FESTIVAL at Tollard Royal runs for 2 nights and 2 days from 6pm Friday 9th July to 3pm Sunday 11th July. 2 nights of live music (see below) and, as always, great food and drink - with our very own Dare 2 Bar as well as lots of local food purveyors who will satisfy all tastes (go to Entertainment - Food and Drink). Saturday features an array of exciting and varied workshops and activities (see below). And Sunday will be a day of chilling and enjoying the Big Brunch and Open Stage.

FRIDAY 9th JULY

MUSIC

7pm Lucy Storm debut festival performance

8pm Karmafree positive life force harmonies

9pm Stop Goes Sixty fusion of white soul sounds with popular melodies and groovy guitar and piano riffs

10pm Disco's Out (Murder's In) catchy rock songs which are fuelled by an energetic brass and woodwind section

11pm JJ Crooner dulcet tones from this classy crooner

SATURDAY 10th JULY

WORKSHOPS AND ACTIVITIES

10am-6pm   Mountain Boarding with Marlborough Downs Mountain Boarding

10am-6pm   Circus Skills with Head for Heights

10am-6pm   Off-Road Biking and Display with Off Camber

10am-6pm   Football Academy

10am-6pm   Clay Modelling with Pottery Parlour Dorset

10-12pm, 1-3pm Its Not Rocket Science with The Green Bus

10am - 12pm, 2-4pm Pedal Power with Electric Pedals

11.30am-1pm, 2.30-4pm Watercolour Painting with Marilyn Allis

10am-12pm, 4-6pm Furniture Decoration with Sarah Jago Design

11am-1pm, 3-5pm Craft Activities with Su Joy

11-12pm,12-1pm,2-3pm,4-5pm TaeKwondo with Stephen Lamberth

10-11am, 1-2pm, 3-4pm, 5-6pm Yoga with Caroline Wilkinson

11-11.45am, 4-4.45 Storytelling with Amabel Clarke

10am-12pm, 2-4pm Didgeridoo for beginners with Mike Rigby

11am - 1pm, 3-5pm Folksong workshop with Jools Owen and Jaime Regan

10am-1pm 2-5pm  Animation with Music with Open:Creative

MUSIC

6pm  The Morrows beautiful lyric folk ballads

7pm  Jaime Regan thoughtful melancholy song writing with up-llifting toe-tapping stripped back folk

8pm  Dirty Rouge debut performance

9pm  Sarah Griffin exceptional vocal talent, amazing lyrics and extremely accomplished band

10pm The Red Flags follow the vein of alt.country/Americana

11pm Kings of Lounge mix of various laid back (and not so laid back) tunes from around the world

12am Silverlith Unplugged a live and loud rock band that are stripping back for their unplugged set with their fantastic original material

SUNDAY 11th  

11 am Tae Kwondo display

The Music Stage will be open to anyone who would like to perform and featuring:

Michael Bosley

Gray Smith                 

Throughout both days everyone can enjoy open access to the football pitch and giant slide