WestWorldFest

WestWorldFest is a celebration of the best of Gen X music – Ska, 80's & 90's Rock, Punk and classic alternative acts - some familiar faces, some making a return to the limelight and others who look set to become future headliners via our emerging act initiatives. WestWorldFest provides a safe, exciting, exhilarating, varied complement of experiences held at the UKs premier event location for this early Summer Festival.

A taster of the acts signed include The Undertones, The Beat, Pete Wylie and the Mighty Wah!, The Godfathers, Dr & The Medics, Nine Below Zero, Rhoda Dakar, The Members, The Urban Voodoo Machine, Eddie Roxy & The Adjacent Kings, Ed Tudor-Pole, Tony Terrorvision, The Witchdoktors and TV Smith, so our Gen X Showcase is as unique as you are!

Experienced Festival Master of Ceremonies “The Doctor” from Dr and The Medics is our resident compere, directing proceedings to the highest spec.

Strategic performance scheduling of the 3 stages, the Air, Cave and Garden alongside The Pleasure Dome Theatre allows you to optimise your time. We can also reassure those who want to return to the festival fields, that we’ve covered those comfort issues; a blend of traditional and contemporary food traders, local ales and well serviced loos – are all here in abundance. Add in Chill Out Tents, Festival rides, Helicopter rides, onsite camping, glamping and a huge hook up campervan space, reinforces that we aim to be the complete deal.

formed in Birmingham, England, in 1978, during a period of high unemployment and social upheaval in the United Kingdom. Ranking Roger, one of the band's vocalists, added a Jamaican vocal flavour to the band's sound with his toasting style. The "Ranking" moniker is short for "top-ranking" or "high-ranking", and was a titular boast common amongst reggae music MCs. Sadly, the great Ranking Roger passed away in 2019 and now his son Ranking Junior carries the proud mantel for The Beat, who will be performing at WestWorldFest Friday night 2nd May 2025

are our Saturday night 3rd May headliners who first emerged on the scene from Derry in 1976, the result of five friends learning how to play basic rock and roll. They signed with Sire Records and Teenage Kicks was re-released, resulting in the band's first appearance on Top of The Pops. Over the next five years, John O Neill, crafted further pop gems such as Here Comes the Summer, Jimmy Jimmy, You’ve Got My Number (Why Don’t You Use It) and Wednesday Week whilst Damian O’Neill and Michael Bradley contributed My Perfect Cousin

WestWorldFest announces the unbelievable as our Sunday 4th May headliner. The British dance-rock quintet formed in Cinderford, England in October 1989. All five original members were veterans of the local music scene before founding EMF, whose name supposedly stood for “Epsom Mad Funkers". By the end of 1991, their infectious debut single “Unbelievable” had conquered the charts on both sides of the Atlantic, hitting #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 in the UK. In April 2022, EMF released their first album of new material in 27 years, Go Go Sapiens.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Bath & West Showground, The Showground, Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom