Free family festival set to welcome Rugby music fans for day and night of quality acts
and live on Freeview channel 276
Music-lovers in Rugby are in for a treat this weekend as quality acts prepare to take to the stage at a free family festival.
Hamplified music & Rugby 7’s festival takes place on Saturday, (July 15), at Rugby St Andrews RFC Hilmorton Grounds in Ashlawn Road.
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Hide AdThe event takes place to raise funds and awareness for The Matt Hampson Foundation who support young people seriously injured through sport.
Guests can enjoy music from Sunroof; Anomaly; The Shady; The Skunks; The Passerines; The Record Covers; Solid Bond; The Rushmore; Synthmachine; The Jelly Heads and Wild Ride.
One of the organisers, Rob Low, said: “Our inspiration came 12 years ago when our friend and co-founder Andy Smith injured himself seriously playing rugby.
"Andy found inspiration to fully recover after reading the book ‘Engage’, written by Matt Hampson after a similar horrific career-ending and life-changing injury while playing for Leicester Tigers.”
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Hide AdAndy wanted to make a difference and joined Rob and Mark Brightwell to launch Hamplified music, rugby and comedy events.
Matt has since dedicated his life to the support of young people injured through sport and was awarded the OBE in the 2021 honours list.
Hamplified has always relied on 100% of its acts and organisers to offer their time and talent free of charge in order to raise as much as possible through donations, collections, raffles, auctions and pitch fees etc on the day.
To date, they have raised more than £30,000 since the launch in 2011.
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Hide Ad“This year being the rugby bicentenary, we have made sure that it has the best line up of local acts, rugby clubs, food and stalls,” added Rob.
"We hope we can raise more than ever, so please bring lots of cash for a very good cause.”
Vendors include Rugby Distillery; Baker Bott; Really Awesome Coffee Company; Laffs Woodfired Pizza; Ice Cream van Oddballs.
There will be a DJ and indoor and outdoor bars.
Organisers would like to thank Enterlude - Matt Hampson Foundation - Matt Clarke Mortgage Services - Oxygen Graphics LTD and Rugby Register & PAB engineering.
Rugby 7s starts at 9.30am, but the festival, also supported by Cemex, runs from 1pm – 10.30pm. See Hamplified 2023 on Facebook for more.