Welcome to the 13th Annual Wittenham Free Charity Music Festival - "Wittfest" - in the grounds of the Plough Inn, Long Wittenham, near Didcot, Oxfordshire - the friendliest, most enjoyable, eclectic and entertaining small festival anywhere.

Wittfest is a free music festival raising money for local charities. Everybody involved gives their time (and raffle prizes!) for free. There is a wide range of musical genres on offer and plenty of opportunity to join in with all of the themed sessions throughout the festival weekend.

Last year, the festival raised more than £2,600. The total was divided equally between local music therapy charities, Soundabout and The Guideposts Trust.

This year we are again supporting Soundabout, along with The Footsteps Foundation, which raises funds for work with children and young adults with neurological, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and other genetic disorders.

Many thanks to everyone who came along last year and bought programmes, T-shirts, hats, badges; put money in the tins; performed for free; stewarded; ran stalls/made tea; and also, of course, to our supporters and sponsors who make Wittfest possible.

The festival starts on the Friday evening and runs until late Sunday afternoon. ADMISSION IS FREE, but programmes will be on sale, and we need people to buy lots of raffle tickets, badges, hats and shirts or simply give donations so we can support our chosen charities.

We have a children's play area and, being situated in the grounds of a riverside pub, loads of food and drink to hand! There will also be a second-hand bookstall, tombola and tea tent.

It's no wonder that previous visitors to Wittfest have declared it the best small festival they have ever been to!

The website is currently undergoing some development so some of the content may not yet be complete but we'll soon have the latest details of the wonderful music in store.

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