Tickets for LeeStock 2023 are now on sale from a secure, safe and reputable ticketing agency.
Earlybird tickets have already sold out in record time. All remaining Weekend and individual day tickets are available to buy online.
Camping, camper-van and caravan tickets are also on sale but are limited in numbers. All tickets can be bought through Skiddle, our online ticketing agents. Please buy early to avoid missing out! Alternative accommodation options are available within the surrounding area. Please visit our Camping Information page for more information.
If you have day tickets please check which day you are attending as you will not be allowed entry for the wrong day!
Day 1 tickets are valid for Saturday 27th May 2023.
Day 2 tickets are valid for Sunday 28th May 2023.
The festival is a family friendly event with children aged 5 and under allowed to attend for free, however, they must have a valid ticket to enter both the camping area and festival site. They must also be accompanied by a paying adult.
The site opens on both days at 11:30am subject to safety checks, with our first act scheduled to be on stage at around midday. There is a strict 11pm curfew. All non camp site attendees are permitted to leave the festival site within the grounds of Kentwell Hall, promptly, once the music has finished. Camping setup is open from 11:00am and will close at 11:00am on the Bank Holiday Monday.
For further information please email contact@leestock.org
Returning for 2017, LeeStock will host its popular family area.
This year you’ll find face painting, bouncy castles, arts and crafts, raffle prizes and lots of fun and games, available throughout the weekend.
Last year our family friendly area was such a success that we had to make it a permanent addition to the festival. Your children will be kept busy and entertained whilst you listen to all of our great acts.
This year the family area will be sponsored by Drage & Tozer Opticians from Sudbury. We’d like to thank them for their support and also congratulate them on over 20 years of business. Visit www.drageandtozer.co.uk to find out about their excellent range of services and frames.
The Family Area will host many types of entertainment including:
We have limited capacity at our dedicated camping area. Buy early to avoid missing out!
LeeStock 2014 saw the arrival of a dedicated camping area within the grounds of Melford Hall. Run by an experienced festival campsite team, the area is family friendly with clean running water. Campervans and caravans are welcome, although unfortunately, there will be no electrical or water hookups. Campervans and caravans will require a separate ticket in addition to a camping ticket.
Camping tickets have now sold out in record time. We apologise to anyone hoping to spend the weekend camping in the grounds of Kentwell Hall. There are several other camp sites within the local area, as well as Bed & Breakfast and hotel accommodation. Please see below for further information.
All children are required to have a camping ticket
Every caravan or camper van requires a separate ticket
All caravan or camper occupants are required to have a camping ticket
Access in to the campsite for camper vans and caravans is permitted from 10amon the first day of the festival
All camper vans and caravans must vacate the premises by 11am on the first day after the festival
Stewards and event security will monitor the campsite throughout the festival weekend. However, we accept no responsibility for any personal loss or damage. You must take care to protect your possessions.
The festival campsite opens at 11am on the first day of the event, around the same time as the main festival site. The first act is due on stage at around midday.
For further information please email contact@leestock.org
Please read our full terms and conditions carefully as failure to comply could lead to eviction from both the campsite and the festival.
Bring your own policy (campsite only)
We will be benefiting from profits from the bar and also from our caterers so please spend freely. If you wish to bring your own alcohol to the campsite, you are welcome to subject to restrictions listed below. Please don’t bring any glass bottles or containers. Please enjoy yourself and enjoy any alcohol responsibly, we look forward to welcoming you. No alcohol is permitted to be brought onto the festival site.
Fees:
£15 per person for the weekend (plus booking fee)
£5 per caravan or campervan for the weekend (plus booking fee)
The camp site is free for children under the age of 12. All children must have valid tickets for the camping area and festival site, and be accompanied by a paying adult.
Campfires are NOT permitted.
Only fitted camper van gas canisters or cylinders are permitted onsite. No electricity or water hook ups are available. One tent is permitted alongside the camper van. Cars cannot be parked next to the camper van. They can be used as a towing vehicle but then must be removed. Alcohol policy applies to camper van and any cutlery considered to be too large or have too many sharp objects that could cause harm to anyone will be confiscated.
Campsite Alcohol Policy
Alcohol brought to the campsite must comply with the event regulations which are:
Weekend campers aged 18 and over can bring in limited amounts and types of alcohol
Types of alcohol allowed – beer, cider, alco-pops and wine
Quantity per person: 24 cans beer or 18 cans of cider or 3 litres of wine or 24 bottles (must be plastic) alco-pops
NO SPIRITS
Excessive amounts of food and cigarettes may be refused entry to the site. Only bring enough for personal consumption.
You can only bring in alcohol when you first enter
You will not be able to exit & re-enter with alcohol by use of your wristband
All drinks must be unopened and not in glass bottles
Alcohol is on sale at the event but you must be 18 or over to purchase it
Bring ID, you will be asked each time you buy a drink
No glass allowed. You must be 18 to bring in alcohol and may be asked for ID. Alcohol will only be permitted on first entry to the festival.
It is illegal to attempt to buy alcohol if you are under 18 and it is illegal to buy alcohol for another person who is under 18. Challenge 25 is in place at all bars
Arena Alcohol Policy
No alcohol is allowed into the festival arena. Excessive amounts of food and cigarettes may be refused entry to the site. Only bring enough for personal consumption. It is illegal to attempt to buy alcohol if you are under 18 and it is illegal to buy alcohol for another person who is under 18. Challenge 25 is in place at all bars.
This year as always, we have a wide range of food and drink available on site.
Food
Project Seven will be providing their usual range of refreshments. We also have a dedicated “L M Cleaning Services Re-Fuel Zone” with a marquee and seating area including:
Project 7 (burgers, hot dogs, hot and cold soft drinks)
Full English Breakfast on sale from 9am Sunday (campers only) for only £6.50 – courtesy of Project Seven.
Bar
We have a fully licensed bar where we intend to keep prices at a very reasonable rate. We will also be running a beer & cider festival featuring Nethergate, Bartrams Brewery (including our LeeStock charity beer), Colchester Brewery, Adnams and Greene King, plus some limited edition LeeStock Beer festival glasses. There will also be a selection of real ciders, so come join the party!
Bring your own policy
The festival benefits from proceeds from the bar and caterers so please spend freely. If you wish to bring your own you are welcome to do so. However, please don’t bring any of your own alcohol (a license condition i’m afraid) or any glass bottles or containers. Most of all enjoy yourself and enjoy alcohol responsibly. We look forward to welcoming you.
LeeStock organizer Pete Keogh spoke to BBC Radio Suffolk’s Stephen Foster about our latest announcements and preparations for this year’s festival, to be held for the third time at Melford Hall in Suffolk.
Have you always wanted to write a review about how great a festival LeeStock is but haven’t had a place to vent your excitement? Well worry no more!
We’ve linked up with thebestof Sudbury to add a review widget to our website so you can now tell us what you like about the festival. Just click on the “leave a review” link on the right hand side and you can tell all of your friends and family why they should be joining you at your favourite mini-fest.
You can of course always e-mail us at contact@leestock.org if you have any specific comments or concerns. Plus make sure you pop along to thebestof Sudbury and see what people are saying about other local businesses and events.
LeeStock is about music. It’s about people. It’s about fun and it’s definitely about remembering. It’s a little bit about football and a lot about bands.
Whether you like listening to bands, spending time with your friends, raising money for charity or raising a drink to the legend that is Lee; LeeStock is what you need.
Starting in 2006, LeeStock was born when a bunch of Lee’s friends wanted to put on a tribute gig in the memory of music mad Lee Dunford who had sadly passed away earlier that year. The gig was a rip-roaring success, very well attended as be-fitting someone as popular as Lee.
After a year’s break, it was back and bigger than ever. 2008’s event saw 6 local acts rock out at Glemsford Social Club and leave an audience of nearly 300 people very happy. Attendees ranged from the young to the old, bringing together many different people and raising nearly £3000 for the Willow Foundation charity.
So after the success of 2008, where could we go from there? Well with all of the kind words received about the success of the festival, the only way was up. In 2009, there were twice as many acts playing over two days. Saturday 2nd May saw 6 live bands rock out the LeeStock venue with some noisy, excellent music and Sunday 3rd saw the bands unplug and 6 more acts played acoustic sets. There was amazing weather, excellent music, a big curry, nearly 500 attendees and the odd auction or two! In total, over £5000 was raised, bring LeeStock’s grand total donation to the Willow Foundation of £8000.
2010 saw LeeStock move to The White Horse pub in Sudbury, with a huge outside stage, gazeebos, BBQ and ponchos not to mention our specially Sudbury imported turf for all our Stockers. The bands were absolutely amazing, even when the show moved inside to escape the weather. The atmosphere was electrifying and LeeStock 2010 raised almost £8000, matching the amount donated from LeeStock from the previous 2 years put together!
LeeStock 2011 was again held at the White Horse in Sudbury. We were delighted to sell out of tickets, and this was no doubt in part down to our two massive headliners – Dodgy and Mark Morris of the Bluetones. They put on an excellent show, and that along with the Sunday G-Roast (extreme bug eating), the pyrotechnics and the good weather made for an amazing two day festival. The amazing generosity of our Stockers meant we could take the total amount donated to Willow up to an amazing £25,000.
In 2012 we needed a bigger venue and were welcomed to The MEL Group Stadium, home of AFC Sudbury. With Wheatus headlining as part of the UK tour, with support from D:ream and the return of Mark Morris, the event was the biggest yet – despite the down pour! – and brought our total donation to the Willow Foundation to just under £40,000.00 to date.
Perhaps the only regret was that there was only one day at LeeStcok 2012 so from 2013 LeeStock has a new home at Melford Hall Park with the potential for an even bigger festival for many years to come. The opportunity here is extremely exciting and Melford Hall Park really does feel like coming home. The line up is already exciting us and your feedback has been overwhelming too. Roll on May 25th and 26th!
LeeStock doesn’t stop at the festivals though. There have been quiz nights, basketball matches, the annual football match, a fun run and even a fancy dress pub crawl! If you’ve got something you want to do to raise money, please contact us or visit the Involvement page.
Thank you all for visiting the site and being part of LeeStock.
Please buy your tickets early, spread the word, visit our facebook group. LeeStock is about fun, but it’s also about raising money for a very worthy cause and remembering a very special individual – none of which can be done without your active involvement. So get involved. Send us messages, keep an eye on the website (there should be some fun updates if any of our ideas come off!) and start donating.
Take part in the LeeStock Sellotape selfie challenge and help raise money for Willow Foundation.
Simply Sellotape your face, post the picture online using Facebook or Twitter, then donate by texting LSTK99 plus your amount to 70070.
The money will then be donated to Willow Foundation. The amount you donate will be added to your monthly phone bill or deducted from your pay-as-you-go credit.
Make sure you get your friends involved by tagging them on Facebook to take on the challenge!
Thanks to everyone involved on Friday 3rd May at Ormiston Sudbury Academy. The prize for the winners of the annual Battle of the Bands competition is to open the LeeStock Music Festival on 25th May 2013.
No fewer than 10 acts competed for the main prize which will see winning performers share the main stage with the likes of Toploader, Space, John Power and Mark Morriss. They will also have the opportunity to perform with first class sound and lighting equipment and a professional production crew.
So the winning act is… Tie Die Tees
Band members include:
Alfie Row – Singer/Guitars
Jody Brown – Guitar
Connor Griggs – Guitar/Keyboards
James Curran – Drums
Patrick Starling – Bass Guitar
Well done to Tie Die Tees. They will now have their 15 minutes of fame when they open the 2013 LeeStock Music Festival during the May Bank Holiday.
Watch the video below for more information about this year’s festival.
The LeeStock team are delighted to announce that the 2013 LeeStock Music Festival will be hosted at Melford Hall Park in Long Melford.
The National Trust property, built in the 1500’s will provide a spectacular backdrop to this year’s LeeStock Music Festival, now in it’s 6th year.
Having hosted Queen Elizabeth I and Beatrix Potter as visitors and being the venue for the annual fireworks spectacular ‘The Big Night Out’, this historic venue will now provide the perfect setting to remember Lee. It’s an honour that the National Trust and the Hyde-Parker family have invited us on to their land, and as Lee played for Long Melford Football Club, it feels particularly fitting.
We hope you’re as excited as us, for more information about this Tudor Hall and Suffolk landmark please click here, for some of our exclusive pictures click here and if you’ve forgotten what all the LeeStock fuss is about, please view some of our videoshere. We can’t wait to welcome you to our new home!
A day long gig held in memory of two local musicians is to be headlined by two top ten artists.
The White Horse in Sudbury is to host a day long outside event on August 26th in memory of Lee Dunford and Liam Steer who performed in a band together whilst attending Sudbury Upper School. Lee died in 2006 after a battle with Hodgkins Lymphoma aged just 21 and his band mate Liam collapsed whilst teaching in Thailand after suffering a heart attack in July this year. In memory of the two popular Sudbury men, the White Horse in Sudbury is putting on an all day musical celebration to be headlined by Chris Helme of The Seahorses and Mark Morriss of The Bluetones.
The Seahorses were formed in 1996 by John Squire the guitarist of The Stone Roses and achieved two Top 10 hits (“Love Is the Law” and “Blinded by the Sun”) before splitting up in 1999. The Bluetones had 4 Top 10 hits including the 1996 no 2 “Slight Return”. Mark has performed twice before in Sudbury at the previous two LeeStocks – an annual music festival raising money in Lee’s memory for the Willow Foundation.
Edd Keogh who works at the White Horse, and was friends with both Lee and Liam, was keen to pay tribute to the two former students and when contacted by Liam’s mum, put together the music day.
“LeeStock is a great way for us to raise money for the excellent Willow Foundation, but as it has got bigger we wanted to make sure that people had a chance to truly remember Lee”, Edd said. “When I heard the tragic news about Liam and after speaking to Liam’s Mum we really wanted to do something to give people a chance to remember them both. Many people who knew Lee also knew Liam and so this has been a particularly tough time for them. By having a small event it will hopefully really give people a chance to share stories and memories of Lee and Liam. I’m glad to have the involvement of Lee and Liam’s parents and to have two such big acts playing in Sudbury in their memory”.
The event next Sunday, 26th August, will feature around 10 further local acts and entry will be by ticket, available for just £5. Tickets will be strictly limited and are available now from the White Horse in Sudbury or by calling 07790 431127.
The full line up:
Mark Morriss
Chris Helme
Andrew Heller
Two Steps Twice
Michael John McGlone Band
Tom Sanderson
Jack O’Brien
Polly Haynes
Jacob Parris
Abbie Broom
Cameron Raw
View the highlights of the LeeStock Acoustic Festival from August 2012
