What is it?

Back for the seventh year running. this year's Isle Of Wight Festival is set to be the biggest and best yet with all 50,000 tickets flying out the door within days of going on sale at the end of last year. Having scooped Best Major UK Festival and Outstanding Contribution to Festivals in the UK Festival Awards in 2007, Isle Of Wight Festival is now well and truly placed as one of the biggest and best festival of the summer.

Having been revived after a 22 year gap following the gigantic 600,000 strong festival back in 1970, the Isle Of Wight Festival has gone from strength to strength since it's rebirth in 2002 with previous headliners including Foo Fighters, The Rolling Stones, Coldplay, The Who, David Bowie, R.E.M and Snow Patrol.

Expect 3 days of music, camping, ice cold Carling on tap at the bars, top DJs in the dance tents, funfairs, and this year the new additions of The Big Top giving festival-goers another stage of live music to choose from and the BT Chill Zone offering up free mobile phone charging and an area to relax rest those weary legs. We'll also have our Cold Beer Amnesty tent where you can make sure your weekend isn't spoiled by evil warm beer!

Where & When?

Isle Of Wight Festival takes place in Seaclose Park, Newport on the sunny Isle Of Wight on Friday 13th, Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th June. The campsite is open from midday, Thursday 13th to midday, Monday 16th June.

Who's playing?

Thursday 12th June
Thursday night campers can enjoy the sounds of Suspiciously Elvis and Bjorn Again in The Big Top

Friday 13th June

Main Stage - Kaiser Chiefs, N*E*R*D, KT Tunstall, The Hoosiers, The Wombats, Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong, The Answer, The Big Top, The Stranglers, The Duke Spirit, Curved Air, Arno Carstens, Scars on 45, Wills & The Willing

The Bowtime Bar 17:00 - 17:30 Beatlife Orchestra - LIVE 17:30 - 19:00 Jamie Bull (Electric Chair) 19:00 - 19:30 The Petebox - LIVE 19:30 - 20:30 The Wombats DJ Set 20:30 - 21:30 David Griffiths (House Rules) 21:30 - 22:30 Subsource - LIVE 22:30 - 24:00 The Beat Monkeys (Chibuka) 24:00 - 02:00 Evil Nine

Saturday 14th June

Main Stage - Sex Pistols, Ian Brown, Iggy & The Stooges, The Zutons, The Enemy, Kate Nash, The Cribs, Amy McDonald, One Night Only, Black Stone Cherry

The Big Top - Sugababes, The Australian Pink Floyd Show, Ida Maria, Arno Carstens, Andy LoRusse (The Singing Chef), Stone Gods, Yun Dogs, Laura Critchley, Paul Newsome, David Stewart

The Bowtime Bar 13:30 - 14:00 The Laurel Collective (live) 14:00 - 15:00 David Griffiths (House Rules) 15:00 - 15:30 The Maybes? (live) 15:30 - 17:00 Paddy Freeform (Universal Vibes) 17:00 - 17:30 Black Cherry (live) 17:30 - 18:30 The Foals DJ Set 18:30 - 20:00 Peter Parker (Fingathing DJ Set) 20:00 - 21:30 Ali B (Fabric) 21:30 - 22:30 6ix Toys (live) 22:30 - 24:00 The Nextmen 24:00 - 02:00 Unabombers

Sunday 15th June

Main Stage - The Police, The Kooks, James, Starsailor, Scouting For Girls, Newton Faulkner, Delays

The Big Top - Feeder, New Young Pony Club, The Music, Liam Gerner, Arno Carstens, Andy LoRusse (The Singing Chef), Bailey Tzuke, Florence K, Hogg, The Arcadian Kicks, Sondura

The Bowtime Bar 14:00 - 14:30 The Golden Silvers (live) 14:30 - 15:30 Slim Jim 15:30 - 16:00 Man Like Me (live) 16:00 - 17:00 Slim Jim 17:00 - 17:30 Devils Gun (live) 17:30 - 18:30 The Maccabees DJ Set 18:30 - 19:30 The Whip (live) 19:30 - 21:00 Streetlife DJ's 21:00 - 23:00 Leeroy Thornhill (ex-Prodigy) 23:00 - 01:00 Alex Metric

How do I get tickets?

All tickets for the Isle Of Wight Festival are now sold out however this year's sponsor BT have a few hundred weekend camping tickets on sale each day until April 25th via their website here

Where can I read more about it?

Check out the official festival site at: http://www.isleofwightfestival.com