TEDDY Rocks Festival is returning to Blandford in 2022, with a lineup including Eagles of Death Metal, The Fratellis and Newton Faulkner.

The three-day music festival, organised by the Teddy20 charity, is taking place at Charisworth Farm from April 29 to May 1.

Headline partner Hall & Woodhouse will be donating £35,000 to Teddy Rocks, as the festival returns from a three-year break.

Tom Newton, organiser of Teddy Rocks, said: “We can’t thank Hall & Woodhouse enough for bringing so much enthusiasm and endless support to the festival and charity. They have helped us raise life-changing amounts of money for Teddy20 and none of us could have ever imagined what Teddy Rocks would grow to be when we first started. We’re endlessly grateful.”

Teddy20 is a Blandford-based charity that provides emotional and financial support to children and young people with cancer. The charity was founded by Tom Newton and his family in memory of his brother Ted who passed away from Ewings Sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, aged 10.

Hall & Woodhouse has officially partnered with the festival since 2019, operating the Badger Bars across the festival site, but its support dates back to the first-ever Teddy Rocks event, which took place at Hall & Woodhouse’s business partner pub, The Greyhound.

Lucinda Gray, community relationships manager at Hall & Woodhouse, said: “After a nearly three-year enforced break due to the pandemic, we could not be more excited about the festival’s return and to be able to continue our support for Teddy Rocks as headline partner for 2022. It is so important to us with our vast Blandford heritage, to support and enrich our local community, and this partnership is a perfect example of this.

Lucinda said: “Teddy Rocks is a fantastic festival which has such an incredible atmosphere, and this is why so many of our team members love to give their time to help at the event. The festival is reliant on a small army of volunteers so it can make as much money as possible for charity and part of this army is our wonderful team. The team are passionate about coming together, to have fun, and to give back to our local community.

“For me personally it has to be one of the most rewarding, enjoyable and exhausting weekends of the year and I love every minute of it.”

To find out more about Teddy Rocks, visit www.teddyrocks.co.uk and for more information about Hall & Woodhouse, visit: www.hall-woodhouse.co.uk