LET’S ROCK ANNOUNCE VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SHOW
TUESDAY 1st DECEMBER 2020
80s POP LEGENDS WILL BE STREAMING FREE INTO YOUR LIVING ROOM – FROM 7:30pm
Let’s Rock will be celebrating some of the best music and most loved acts from the 1980s via their Lets Rock Christmas Show with headliners Tony Hadley, Kim Wilde, Go West, Nik Kershaw and T’ Pau, with guest appearances from Katrina, Jona Lewie, Rick Parfitt Jnr, Jaki Graham and Brother Beyond.
The show will be hosted by Pat Sharp and will be free to view via the Let’s Rock Facebook channels and YouTube on Tuesday 1st December from 7.30pm.
Described as “The ultimate festival for lovers of all things retro” by the Daily Mirror and “Unashamedly nostalgic” by The Times, Let’s Rock is a series of twelve one-day festivals which happen all over the UK throughout the summer. On 16th May 2020 – which would have been the start of the Let’s Rock season – Let’s Rock (in aid of their official charity partner Child Bereavement UK) decided to create 80’s LockdownFest which raised over £178,000* for the charity and was a great success, enjoyed by so many. The show was livestreamed on YouTube and drew an estimated audience of 3 million and had over 800,000 unique visitors. LockdownFest was trending at No.2 during the evening, above Britain’s Got Talent and just below Eurovision 2020: Europe Shine A Light.
With this incredible response it really felt like the Let’s Rock family were all in this together – including the artists and their families recording from their own homes. It’s something we all will remember for a very long time, while we all look forward to being back in that field doing what we all love.
With the postponement of the Let’s Rock 2020 season and the challenges that so many people face right now due to the pandemic, Let’s Rock really wanted to bring some festive joy to people’s lives for one night. With that in mind (and due to the success of the virtual events this summer), and with a Let’s Rock audience crying out for more, orgainsers decided to put together Let’s Rock Christmas. Let’s Rock invite you to an evening of fun and retro frolics – embrace the throwback vibe and dress up in your finest retro fashion!
Independently run and owned, UK Live has raised over £640,000 for Child Bereavement UK since the very first Let’s Rock, 2009’s Let’s Rock the Moor in Cookham, Berkshire. Since then, Let’s Rock has grown and grown, with 2019 proving the most successful summer series in its eleven-year history – twelve festival locations and a total audience of over 150,000.
Original tickets remain valid for next year’s rescheduled dates, and each ticket is also transferable to any other of the Lets Rock locations in 2021.
We hope you all enjoy Lets Rock Christmas and cannot wait to be back next year, bigger and better!
*£178,000 was the total amount raised in both virtual lockdown festivals for Child Bereavement UK
LET’S ROCK 2021 FESTIVAL SERIES
MAY 22 LET’S ROCK THE MOOR, MARSH MEADOW, COOKHAM, BERKS
UB40, TONY HADLEY, ABC, KIM WILDE, HOWARD JONES, TONY HADLEY, MIDGE URE’S ELECTRONICA, THE ART OF WHAT?!, TOYAH & MANY MORE
Full line-up and tickets: https://letsrockthemoor.com/
MAY 29 LET’S ROCK NORWICH, EARLHAM PARK, NORWICH
THE BOOMTOWN RATS, WET WET WET, ABC, HOWARD JONES, TONY HADLEY, KIM WILDE, SISTER SLEDGE, BETTY BOO & MANY MORE
Full line-up and tickets: https://letsrocknorwich.com/
JUNE 5 LET’S ROCK WALES, TREDEGAR PARK, NEWPORT
ADAM ANT, OMD, ABC, HOWARD JONES, KIM WILDE, CHESNEY HAWKES, THE ART OF WHAT!?, T’PAU, BETTY BOO & MANY MORE
Full line-up and tickets: https://letsrockwales.com/
JUNE 12 LET’S ROCK THE NORTH EAST, HERRINGTON COUNTRY PARK, SUNDERLAND
OMD, BILLY OCEAN, ABC, HOWARD JONES, SISTER SLEDGE, MIDGE URE’S ELECTRONICA, GO WEST, NIK KERSHAW & MANY MORE
Full line-up and tickets: https://letsrockthenortheast.com/
JUNE 19 LET’S ROCK SCOTLAND, DALKEITH COUNTRY PARK, MIDLOTHIAN
ADAM ANT, OMD, TONY HADLEY, ABC, HOWARD JONES, SISTER SLEDGE, MIDGE URE’S ELECTRONICA, GO WEST & MANY MORE
Full line-up and tickets: https://letsrockscotland.com/
JUNE 26 LET’S ROCK LEEDS, TEMPLE NEWSAM, LEEDS
OMD, ABC, HOWARD JONES, TONY HADLEY, KIM WILDE, SISTER SLEDGE, HEAVEN 17, T’PAU, BETTY BOO & MANY MORE
Full line-up and tickets https://letsrockleeds.com/
JULY 3 LET’S ROCK EXETER, POWDERHAM CASTLE, KENTON, EXETER
ADAM ANT, WET WET WET, ABC, HOWARD JONES, TONY HADLEY, KIM WILDE, MIDGE URE’S ELECTRONICA, PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT & MANY MORE
Full line-up and tickets: https://letsrockexeter.com
JULY 10 LET’S ROCK SOUTHAMPTON, SOUTHAMPTON COMMON, SOUTHAMPTON
OMD, WET WET WET, ABC, KIM WILDE, GO WEST, MIDGE URE’S ELECTRONICA, T’PAU & MANY MORE
Full line-up and tickets https://letsrocksouthampton.com/
JULY 17 LET’S ROCK SHREWSBURY. THE QUARRY, SHREWSBURY
ADAM ANT, OMD, ABC, HOWARD JONES, TONY HADLEY, MIDGE URE’S ELECTRONICA, GO WEST, NIK KERSHAW & MANY MORE
Full line-up and tickets: https://letsrockshrewsbury.com/
JULY 24 LET’S ROCK LIVERPOOL, WAVERTREE PLAYING FIELDS (THE MYSTERY)
ADAM ANT, WET WET WET, ABC, HOWARD JONES, KIM WILDE, SISTER SLEDGE, HEAVEN 17, BELINDA CARLISLE & MANY MORE
Full line-up and tickets: https://letsrockliverpool.com/
SEPT 4 LET’S ROCK KENT, MOTE PARK, MAIDSTONE
WET WET WET, BANANARAMA, ABC, HOWARD JONES, MIDGE URE’S ELECTRONICA, SISTER SLEDGE, GO WEST, THE REAL THING & MANY MORE
Full line-up and tickets: https://letsrockkent.com/
SEPT 11 LET’S ROCK ESSEX, KINGS FARM, MARGARETTING ROAD, CHELMSFORD
ADAM ANT, OMD, ABC, HOWARD JONES, KIM WILDE, HEATHER SMALL, LEO SAYER & MANY MORE
Full line-up and tickets: https://letsrockessex.com/
ALL EVENTS OPEN AT 10:00am WITH LIVE MUSIC FROM 12:00pm
