The festival site will be Pendley Activity Meadow - owned by event sponsor Pendley Manor - with a capacity of 7000 for each of the two nights. The programme for Friday 5 July will include a line-up of contemporary pop artists including Little Mix, Loveable Rogues and Heather Small, while Saturday's 1980s themed evening will feature Tony Hadley, Howard Jones, Rick Astley, Midge Ure, Carol Decker and Hazel O'Connor.
All the technical infrastructure for Chilfest will be supplied by UEP, including backstage and site-wide power, stage lighting, LED screen technology, live cameras and sound.
Lighting and visuals will be designed by UEP's James Fickling, and Trust Events will be supplying a 15m orbit style stage. UEP's expertise and aggregate skills will converge and utilise all the latest lighting, video and sound technologies available right out UEP's hire stock - so it will also be a great showcase for the company.
Steve Butcher comments: "We are all so excited to be staging such a high profile project appealing to a wide cross-section of people, and very proud to be supporting two very worthwhile local charities."
UEP has been based in Tring for 14 years and has grown into one of the most successful technical design and production facilities in the UK, providing equipment and design services for a host of high profile clients including Sony, Nike, Microsoft and music artists like Kaiser Chiefs, Example, Scissor Sisters, Plan B and many more.
"We are thrilled with the positive reaction to the event's announcement and the quality of the line up," says Butcher. "Tickets are selling fast so we recommend that those wanting to attend book as soon as possible to guarantee their place at the biggest event the area has ever seen."
(Jim Evans)
