Peatbog Faeries, The Dhol Foundation, The Selecter, Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick, Saint Jude, John Otway  and the Lancashire Hotpots are among the acts confirmed for the 23rd Off The Tracks Summer Festival.

This great, family-friendly festival once again takes place at Park Farm, Isley Walton, near Castle Donington, Derbyshire, from September 2-4. Weekend Tickets are now on sale priced £65 for adults and £32.50 for youths (12-16), including camping. Under-12s go free.

There’ll be lots more to come as once again Off The Tracks offers well over 30 artists over two stages, around 70 real ales, ciders and perries, and great food including venison reared on site. The fantastic facilities include hot showers and caravan hook-ups.

John Atkin, festival spokesman, says: “We had a really great Spring Festival in May, with loads of fantastic responses and reviews. Now we can start to get really excited about the line-up we’ve put together for the summer festival".

“We believe Off The Tracks is now among the best-value and most-enjoyable festivals you can find, and the people who come back time after time seem to agree with us.”

Festivals For All says: “The twice yearly Off The Tracks Festivals are truly hidden jewels in the festival crown; a magical combination of first class facilities, organisation, intelligent music policy, a unique farm environment, great artists, and brilliant, brilliant festival goers.  If ever a festival typified all that is good and precious about the small independent festival then Off the Tracks is surely it. No matter what your musical tastes or festival preferences, there should always be a place reserved for events like Off The Tracks in anyone’s festival calendar.”

eFestivals says: “Can going to a festival change your life? In the case of OTT. the answer is ‘if you want it to, then yes.’ The atmosphere here can be electric. Everything from throbbing sound systems to intimate acoustic performances, impromptu sessions and musicians jamming together, the music on offer here is chosen with great care. There will always be someone playing over the course of the weekend that will astound and delight you.”

Peatbog Faeries
Based on the Isle of Skye, the band have become one of Scotland’s best known names in contemporary folk music. They have twice won "Live Act of the Year" at the Scottish Traditional Music Awards and have taken their own individual brand of Scottish tunes to audiences around the world, from European Festivals, to Asia, Africa, America, Canada and Australia.

The Dhol Foundation
The Dhol Foundation set out to explore the capabilities and diverse range of music from various cultures around the world. This openness to other cultures sets the group apart from other dhol groups. This is, the unique sound of the Dhol Foundation and, the reason why the dhol has been exposed to cultures and countries where it has never been heard before – TDF style! Rock, pop and electronic, drum and bass, classical elements … it’s all in there.

Saint Jude
Raw, powerful and fast-rising British rock outfit whose debut album Diary Of A Soul Fiend calls to mind Janis Joplin fronting the Black Crowes. Off The Tracks are delighted to welcome Saint Jude after what will be a busy summer of high-profile festival shows for them.

The Selecter
The Selecter were stars of the iconic 2 Tone movement in the late 1970s with hits like Three Minute Hero, On My Radio, James Bond and Missing Words. Back on the road in 2011, The Selecter’s creator, writer and kingpin Neol Davies spearheads a showstopping 10-piece band. (Please note: this is the original Selecter, not the touring version of The Selecter featuring Pauline Black)

Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick
Guitarist and singer Martin Carthy and virtuoso violin player Dave Swarbrick first became heroes of the British folk scene when they worked as an acoustic duo back in the 1960s, before Swarbrick went off to join the premium lineup of Fairport Convention. They were reunited in the early 90s, but Swarbrick then became so ill that the Daily Telegraph published his obituary. Thankfully that was premature – as he’ll prove by teaming up once again with his old sparring partner.

Lancashire Hotpots
Folk music with a comedic twist from Lancashire (of course), the Hotpots bring you tales of chips for tea, ebay and turning emo. Their latest album Achtung Gravy is sleeved in a brilliant pastiche of the U2 album of (almost) the same name.