Unfest is an annual local music and arts fringe festival for Tunbridge Wells and the South East region. Unfest is held every Spring Bank Holiday weekend (this year Saturday 27th, Sunday 28th May, Monday 29th May 2023.) The festival centres around The Forum on Fonthill and its sister pubs on the Pantiles, The Ragged Trousers and Sussex Arms. In 2014 we were delighted to be joined by several affilia
ted venues. 2022 venues will be announced soon. The festival is curated by the volunteers who work year round at The Forum. It aims to showcase the town’s independent spirit: its music venue, it’s businesses, its music and art - with three days of free entry to see the best of what is being created and hosted in Tunbridge Wells. Unfest is named for, and curated by Unlabel – the Forum-based independent record label founded in 1996 to highlight the town’s flourishing underground music scene, and which has gone on to work with bands throughout the UK and beyond. Unfest is a largely free, not-for-profit festival (another reason for the ‘un’). It is made possible by organisers giving their time for free, musicians playing for free, and venues providing their space for free. The Forum listings: http://www.twforum.co.uk
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Excellent Unfest videos from Francesca Daisy Hill showing everything Unfest from music to wildlife:
Unfest 2012 http://vimeo.com/49064062
Unfest 2011 http://vimeo.com/33483149
(Shot on a Braun Nizo 561 macro super 8!)
