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Auditions for GB2012

The auditions for 2012 begin on 26th June 2011 at The Shed in Leicester, with our other venues in Burton (The Whetmore Whistle ) and Nottingham ( The Maze ) starting in August. Many bands missed out this year due to late auditions and some bands did not get an audition at all. To avoid disappointment, contact us as soon as possible to arrange your auditions for 2012. We need the best of the best and if thats you, book your audition today.

New Promo Video

This year's promo video is finished and can be found on logged-in home here: www.glastonbudget.net/home

Thanks to dead good video for all their hard work (http://www.deadgoodvideo.co.uk)

March Fringe Guide is out!

check out all the latest events, shows and auditions right here: http://www.glastonbudget.net/emails/march_11/

Feb Fringe Guide is out

check out all the latest events, shows and auditions right here: http://www.glastonbudget.net/emails/feb11_fringe/index.html

Launch Party Date Confirmed

This years GB Launch Party Date has been announced.

All the fun of the fair and more at the Harrow Inn on Friday 4 February.

Top and incredible GB bands:

-The Breadchasers
-Hot Red Chili Peppers
-Lambone Splinter

Its gonna be a fancy dress cracker and FREE entry.

Festival Fringe Launches

We are very proud in 2011 to announce we have a festival fringe! You can download your very own guide for January's events and shows right here: http://www.glastonbudget.net/files/January_11_Shows_and_Auditions.pdf

How to get your band to play at the Festival in 2011.

check out www.glastonbudget.net/getyourbandon for all the latest information.

GB11 Tickets from just 99p!

Everybody loves value for money, and here at Glastonbudget, we are constantly striving to make your favourite weekend of the year not only fun for all the family, full of fascinating fancy dress, packed with brilliant music from the top tribute bands and the best new acts, but also a good old fashioned BARGAIN!

After the roaring success of GB10, we are able to offer your GB11 tickets, going on sale Thursday 1st July at 8am, from just 99p! That’s no booking fee, no camping fee, no car parking fee, no overweight luggage fees... just 99p and your GB11 sorted!

Ticket Line and Information Line Now Open

The ticket and information lines are now open for business.

The ticket line: 0116-269-8807
The information line: 0121-288-4228

GB10 Main Stage Line-up announced

This year's line-up has been announced and can now be read on the Bands page. This year we welcome back old favourites by popular request but also some rather special new tributes and guests - check it out!

GB10 Launch Party

Friday, 12 February, 2010 - 19:30

Fancy Dress. TV. Organisers, Bands, Fans, Press, Music, Drinks... Just a few of the factors that make up this years, and the best, Glastonbudget Launch Party yet. This year we're planning our most extravagant festival to date, and kicking it all off will be new and upcoming Midlands band; Ashdowne; The inimitable Duran: The Tribute; and later on, a chilled late night acoustic session from infamous Northern Quarter.

Early Bird Tickets Go On Sale!

Early Bird Tickets are now on sale. Follow the Buy Tickets link to see this year's bargain Early Bird Prices. Like the Very Bird Tickets there are only a limited allocation of Early Bird Tickets available - so snap yours up before they are gone. Judging on current demand we suspect they will be sold out within three weeks.

Its the new year and we are very excited that its now 2010 - its the year of GB10 and its going to be amazing!

Early Bird Tickets coming soon!

Early Bird tickets go on sale on Monday at 8am. After a few technical problems, which we have now resolved, we can confirm they will be on sale. There will be a limited allocation but you will be able to buy them in multiples. We will be backing this up with a mail-out to customers confirming their availability.

Thanks for you patience - I know lots of you are very keen to make sure you get a bargain.

Kind regards

The web team.

Very Early Bird Tickets Sold Out!

After an amazing demand, we have now sold out of Very Early Bird Tickets. But don't worry - Early Bird Tickets go onsale on Monday 11th Jan at 8am.

Early Bird tickets are sold in multiples so those of you wishing to buy in bulk will now be able to order several at a time.

Top 5 Tribute Bands Poll Closed

You can check out the final results here

New Charity for GB10; LOROS

Glastonbudget is proud to announce that this year we will supporting Leicestershire-based charity LOROS. LOROS (the Leicestershire and Rutland Organisation for the Relief of Suffering) is a local charity providing care and support within Leicestershire and Rutland.

The BIG Tribute Vote-off

We are now into the final week of our tribute vote off, which can be found on the festival home-page: http://www.glastonbudget.net/home. The vote-off will decide which tribute you would like to invite back to GB10. The top five acts will automatically be invited back - so if you are yet to vote please make sure you have your say before the Reunion Party.

Official GB09 Reunion Party

It's that time of year again, and those of you that have been missing Glastonbudget can get dressed-up as your favourite pop-icons and come along to the Official Reunion Party of the best Glastonbudget yet! As usual, this takes place at The Harrow Inn in Thurmaston, Leicester (LE4 8EB - for those of you planning to use sat-nav) this Friday 20th November. The fun kicks off at 8pm. Being Glastonbudget, and as you expect, entry is FREE! As usual, this year we are proud to feature one of the top tributes yet to play Glastonbudget, the inimitable Ded Hot Chili Peppers.

Want your band or act to play GB10?

If you want your band or act to play at Glastonbudget 10 then its really easy. Simply add your band or act to the band directory.

Last few Very Early-Bird Tickets

The last few very early-bird tickets are still on sale here. They are in limited supply so snap them up before they go. We expect them to sell out this week.

Add your videos

You can now add your favourite videos to the video gallery. Registered users can create video content in the 'My Workspace' section or simply follow this link.

We're making sure we get the very best acts for GB10

As always, we're getting the very best acts for Glastonbudget 10, but, just to make sure, we've added a new feature to the site. You can now vote for your favourite acts right on their band nodes. What's more, bands can now add themselves to our band directory, which means you can bring them to our attention once they're listed.

Great new way of suggesting the bands you want to see

Launching this week we have a great new way of suggesting bands to play at GB10. We will be launching Band Submission system that lets New Acts, Tribute Acts, World Music and Alternative Acts, as well as acoustic and classical acts submit their details and then be voted by you as to how popular they are.

Get excited Glastonbudget keeps evolving and only getting better.

Glastonbudget - keeping the music alive.

Over 1000 tickets sold in first hour.

GB10 looks set to be the best yet, with lots of excitement about the release of tickets this morning. Over 1000 tickets sold by 9am and GB10 is set to be amazing. There are still a few Very Early Bird tickets left starting at £30 each, these will be followed by the release of Early Bird Tickets when they sell out.

GB10 tickets launch Thursday

Tickets for this year's extravaganza go are available this week. Tickets for GB10 go on sale on Thursday at 8am. So get excited Glastonbudget 2010 is coming!

GB10 tickets coming soon!

Within the next week GB10 go onsale from 99p. These will be in limited supply and sold on a first-come first-served basis. We would like to thank all our customers, bands, suppliers, sponsors, staff and helpers for making GB09 such a tremendous success.