To pay tribute to rock legend David Bowie, The Willowman Festival fancy dress theme will be “stars and space travel”.  

Event organiser Steve Williams explained “ The music world was stunned to hear of Bowie's death, when he passed away in January. No other musician did more to make the idea of space travel and science fiction more popular than he did with songs like Space Oddity, Starman and of course Ziggy Stardust. He was such an influence on me and on people right across the music industry that l felt l had to pay tribute in some way. The fancy dress theme in his honour is our way of paying homage to a man who inspired so many with his music, costumes and alter egos over the years.” 

There will also be a performance of the Ziggy Stardust album in it's entirety on the Thursday night of the festival in the Willow Wobbly beer tent stage. This follows a tradition of esoteric performances on the Thursday evening at Willowman before the other stages officially open at midday on the Friday.

Wilowman Festival takes place from 16th - 19th June at Hillside Rural Activities Park, Knayton, Thirsk, North Yorkshire. 

Now in its seventh year, The Willowman Festival has gained a national reputation for offering a diverse line up of both new and established artists, while keeping ticket prices rock bottom.

The line up for Willowman 2016 includes: The Undertones, Stereo MC's, The Beat, Misty In Roots, Dream Machine, The Jar Family, Holy Moly & The Crackers, Kingsley Chapman & The Murder, Apollo Junction, Social Room, Terri Shantiel, Willowman All Star Big Band, Tom Hingley & The Kar-Pets, Mad Doc Mcrea, James Taylor Quartet, Esperanza, Belle Roscoe, Stan, Fickle Lilly, 70’s Cop Show, Guitar George Borowski, Tom Fletcher, Douglas Francis, The Membranes, The Real People.and Katie Fletcher