Lakefest  Lakefest is a fairly new festival, which began as a music and cider festival, yet in its second year has booked big UK bands propelling it to the status of a full blown music festival. Lakesfest grew out from when Croft Farm Waterpark hosted its music and cider festival on 9 April 2011 It was attended by just over 1,500 people consuming 8,500 pints of cider. Bands including The Stages of Dan, The Roving Crows and The Wurzels starred. Classic West Country games like Welly Wanging and skittles were available to play with a prizes up for grabs. The feedback was so positive that planning went immediately into "Lakefest". The 2012 festival included the following acts:  Friday 9th  Saturday 10th  The 2013 Lakefest festival occurred over 3 days, on the weekend of 9–11 August 2013. The 2013 festival included the following acts:  Friday 9th  Saturday 10th  Sunday 11th  The 2014 Lakefest festival occurred over 3 days, on the weekend of 8–10 August 2014. The 2014 festival included the following acts:  Friday 8th Saturday 9th Sunday 10th  The 2015 Lakefest festival occurred over 3 days, on the weekend of 7–9 August 2015. The 2015 festival included the following acts:  Friday 7th Saturday 8th Sunday 9th  The 2016 Lakefest festival returned for a 5th year and moved to a new location at Eastnor Castle deer park nr Ledbury Herefordshire now occurred over 4 days, from 11–14 August 2016. The 2016 festival included the following acts: Acts Appearing over the four days from Thursday -Sunday included to name a few:   The 2017 Lakefest festival occurred over 4 days, from 10–13 August 2017. The 2017 festival included the following acts:  Thursday 10th Friday 11th Saturday 12th Sunday 13th   The 2018 Lakefest festival is due to occur over 4 days, from 9–12 August 2018. The main acts have been revealed for the 2018 festival: