Redefest

Redefest Redefest is a volunteer run, not for profit, family friendly community music festival in Rochester, Northumberland. Redefest is BACK!!

Following a two year covid-break, join us for the 14th Redefest Community Music Festival on Fri 5th & Sat 6th August 2022. Two covered stages boasting a wide range of eclectic musical bands and performers / food stalls / poetry performances / kids activities / creative workshops and a well-stocked bar showcasing local real ales.

14/04/2026

๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐ž๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ

It is with a heavy heart that, after almost 20 years of running the annual community festival in Rochester, the organisers have taken the difficult decision to cancel future events. This decision follows several challenges, including reduced attendance, rising costs, and difficulties recruiting volunteers to committee positions. Sadly, this has also been the fate of several other independent festivals, operating in increasingly challenging environments.

While the stage may be going dark for now, we want to take a moment to celebrate the incredible community that made this festival possible year after year.

We want to extend our deepest gratitude to:

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: For graciously allowing us to transform your fields into a home for music.

๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ž๐ง ๐‚๐š๐Ÿ๐ž, ๐‘๐จ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ฌ: For your unwavering support and for keeping us all well-fed and watered

๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ, For support, sponsorship, Beers, and so much more

๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: The heartbeat of the festival. We couldn't have gone on for so long without your selfless hard work.

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ: For bringing the color, the flavor, and the literal roof over our heads.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ฌ: To the many artists who shared their talent with usโ€”thank you for the soundtrack to so many unforgettable memories.

๐€๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐€๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž: Your energy and love for live music is what made Redefest so special.

Finally, we must apologise to everyone affected by this decision, including our loyal local supporters, musicians, artists, traders, suppliers, and volunteers, but after hours of heartsearching, we could not find any other workable options

๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ:

๐–๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฏ๐ข๐š ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก@๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ.๐œ๐จ.๐ฎ๐ค.

The Redefest Team

Don't forget this great festival , the Allen Valleys Folk Festival,  Ticket availability in main post , Have a great wee...
22/09/2025

Don't forget this great festival , the Allen Valleys Folk Festival, Ticket availability in main post , Have a great weekend, both visitors and organisers, and if you go, don't forget to buy the volunteers a beer, it wouldn't happen without the many unseen hours they put in before, during and after, all to support live music and spoken word

Our banners are up and it promises to be a busy but hugely enjoyable festival weekend. Please see below for our full programme of events, and to answer questions about tickets, free events, and what is sold out and what isn't.

Our Friday evening music concerts at the village hall (Jordan Aikin & Quercus and Rachael McShane and the Cartographers), our Saturday afternoon concerts at the village hall (Cosys Ex abd Eabhal) and at St. Cuthbert's Church (Con'tylia and Songs We Carry) and our Sunday afternoon concerts at the village hall (Sherburn Barley Sanders, Hedera and Cosmo Sheldrake) are all SOLD OUT and entry will be by wristband only.

Our family ceilidh, led by Wear'd Aliens takes place at the village hall on Saturday afternoon between 4:00pm and 6:00pm and tickets will be available on the door at ยฃ10 per adult and accompanied under 18s are free.

Tickets are also available to buy on the door for our standing Saturday night concerts at the village hall with Zawose Queens and Bonfire Radicals. Tickets are ยฃ20 and the music starts at 8:30pm.

You don't need tickets to enjoy our open mic sessions at The Forge, our spoken word events at Allendale Library, our dance in the village centre or the burning of the Allendale Wolf bonfire (which starts at 6:30pm on Saturday evening).

We also have a full programme of workshops and guided walks. These are free of charge but need to be booked as places are limited.

We hope to see you over our festival weekend.

โžก๏ธLOST PROPERTYโฌ…๏ธFrom Redefest 2025... See pics below - all items of kids clothing/coats. Just give us a shout by commen...
29/08/2025

โžก๏ธLOST PROPERTYโฌ…๏ธ

From Redefest 2025... See pics below - all items of kids clothing/coats. Just give us a shout by commenting below if you recognise any items. Thanks Redefesters!!!

Or msg either through WhatsApp or messenger, contacts available through this FB page. Thanks folks!!

Keep you smiling as the nights start to draw in, should be a good gig
08/08/2025

Keep you smiling as the nights start to draw in, should be a good gig

Frankie Archer plays in Allendale on her Demon Lover tour this autumn โ€ฆ

Feminist electrofolk musician and producer and Guardian 'One to Watch' Frankie Archer will be playing at Allendale Village Hall on the evening of Friday 17th October as a part of her Demon Lover autumn tour

Frankie Archerโ€™s imaginative and bold mash of electro alt-trad shows her deep love of electronic and experimental music and her Northumbrian roots.

Frankie played at our 2023 Allen Valleys Folk Festival and again in Allendale in December of the same year (after her performance on Later with Jools Holland). it will be lovely to welcome her back to the village. Tickets are now available via the link in the comments below.

Frankie Archer Music
Allendale Village Hall

so when you have all had a little rest, I know the Redefest team are having one (well I am anyway, some of the others ha...
04/08/2025

so when you have all had a little rest, I know the Redefest team are having one (well I am anyway, some of the others have to work ๐Ÿฅฒ), don't forget our Neighbour Festival Bellingham All Acoustic Music Festival, Superb Music once again, Great food, If you liked The Greekster he will be bringing a taste of Greece to Bellingham for Bellingham All Acoustic Music Festival, More superb The First & Last Brewery, beer and a fantastic friendly atmosphere, and maybe a few surprises, Medieval siege engines may or may not be in evidence you just never know what madcap Idea PAUL MASON Ukuleles will have next, but rest assured you will have a great weekend, or just pop along for one of the concerts, Various tickets available here, I will look forward to serving you at the Bar

Welcome to BAAFest All Acoustic Music Festival at Bellingham, Northumberland, A boutique music festival, perfect for the older connoisseurs of folk music

For those of you that came, we hope you enjoyed it, for those that didn't make it you missed an absolute belter of a fes...
04/08/2025

For those of you that came, we hope you enjoyed it, for those that didn't make it you missed an absolute belter of a festival, awesome music, fantastic Beer and Food and a brilliant atmosphere, and, almost above all, we had sunshine , here are some pictures of what you missed, photos thanks to Michael Kelly, Ian K Brown and
Neil Denham https://www.facebook.com/neildenhamphoto

so tonights the Night, Redefest starts, we have to be the cheapest weekend festival in the country, Come on down and say...
01/08/2025

so tonights the Night, Redefest starts, we have to be the cheapest weekend festival in the country, Come on down and say hello, great Music, great beer from local breweries , great craic , The Greekster feeding you tonight, or get Fish and Chips from Rochester Relish, the on site cafe, Tomorrow The Greekster, the Cafe and the wonderful TyneThai street food , all there for you, and only ยฃ10 per person , and , keep this quiet, actually no, go tell everybody , if you just pop down tonight, entry is free for the evening, a small donation wouldn't go amiss though :-) see you at the bar

The Baldy Holly Band are an Internationally acclaimed high-energy rock n roll outfit, who have travelled the globe, entertaining fans and clients alike, with

30/07/2025

Redefest - THIS WEEKEND! ๐ŸŽผ๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŽค

Well the joy of organizing Festivals, It seems that a member of Hair of the Derg has been struck down, so, sadly they ca...
24/07/2025

Well the joy of organizing Festivals, It seems that a member of Hair of the Derg has been struck down, so, sadly they can't play at Redefest, However even at this late stage we have not been defeated, out of every disaster something good happens, Our stalwart BandBooker Mister Mick Kelly has spent two days on the phone, sending emails, whatsapping, messengering , and generally not sleeping and has managed to Book the Magnificent ..............................๐๐š๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ง๐ ...To open Redefest , ......................................
https://www.facebook.com/Baldyholly https://thebaldyhollyband.com/
This band are the real deal. From start to finish they entertain with passion, class and most of all, energy!, you really don't want to miss them

The Baldy Holly Band are an Internationally acclaimed high-energy rock n roll outfit, who have travelled the globe, entertaining fans and clients alike, with

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