Bagpipes and Samba at Wickham Festival

Bagpipes and Samba at Wickham Festival

The Wickham Music Festival witnessed a musical first today as two Gosport based bands The Rose & Thistle Pipes and Drums and the Big Noise Community Samba Band linked up for a musical explosion of music.

Review: Day 4, Wickham Festival, featuring The Proclaimers - In-Common - Southampton

By Graham Hiley. It was well worth the wait as The Proclaimers closed the Wickham Festival in style. The Scottish twins were due to headline here in August 2023 but were forced to pull out when Charlie Reid lost his voice due to a perforated ear drum. But they made up for lost time with a slick 70-minute set which included all the crowd-pleaser favourites to set the Big Top bouncing. They played half of their biggest album Sunshine on Leith incl…