Heavenly Planet
The Heavenly Planet "Dove" logo
GenreWorld music
Dates10–12 July
Location(s)Little John's Farm
Reading, United Kingdom
Years active2009 (cancelled)
Founded byReading Borough Council
Websitehttp://www.heavenlyplanet.co.uk/

Heavenly Planet was a planned music festival in Reading, Berkshire, England.[1] The festival was expected to have a capacity of 15,000 and have at least three stages — two all-weather outdoor stages and potentially one indoor arena within the adjacent Rivermead Leisure Centre.[2]

On 17 March 2009, Live Nation and Festival Republic issued a press release announcing the cancellation of the festival "due to the effect of the current economic climate".[3]

History

Since the WOMAD festival ceased to operate in Reading in 2006,[4] Heavenly Planet was scheduled to take place on the same site as both WOMAD and the Reading Festival. Situated 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west of the town centre, the Little John's Farm site (near Caversham Bridge) was developed by Reading Festival organiser Melvin Benn, WOMAD's former artistic director Thomas Brooman CBE and Reading Borough Council.[5]

2009 event

Planned artists for the 2009 event included The Wonderstuff, the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain and the Royal Drummers of Burundi.[6]

References

  1. ^ Heavenly Planet festival set for 2009 launch, NME.
  2. ^ Reading gets a Heavenly replacement for WOMAD at Rivermead Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine, EFestivals, UK.
  3. ^ "Heavenly Planet Festival Cancelled" (PDF). Live Nation. 17 March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  4. ^ The world descends on Wiltshire for Womad festival, Belfast Telegraph, UK.
  5. ^ Heaven Sent, Reading Evening Post, UK.
  6. ^ Linda Serck (1 December 2008). "Arts features: Heavenly Planet". BBC Berkshire. BBC. Retrieved 15 January 2009.

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