Editing GuilFest (section)

==GuilFests 1992–2014==
The event was started in 1992 by Tony Scott a Guildford businessman who is a keen festival-goer, the festival grew from an audience size of 500 with two stages in 1992 to 20,000 with 10 stages by 2011.<ref name=SL_2014>{{cite news |date= 5 June 2014 |orig-date= 15 January 2014 |title= How GuilFest went from 500 people to 20,000 in two decades |work= Surrey Live |url= https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/find-things-to-do/how-guilfest-went-500-people-4809217 |access-date= 21 March 2023 }}</ref> As well as music, the festival also included comedy, theatre and performing arts. From 1992 to 1994 it was a one-day event. In 1995 it became a two-day event with onsite camping and was moved to nearby [[Loseley Park]]. GuilFest returned to Stoke Park in 1996 and became a three-day festival in 1997 with headliners [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]].<ref name=SL_2014/>

1992 Guildford Festival of Folk and Blues, a one day event with two stages headlined by [[Peter Sarstedt]], [[John Otway]], Macavity's Cat.<ref name=SL_2014/>

1993 with headliner [[Wilko Johnson]] Band Wilko Johnson Band.<ref name=SL_2014/>

1994 three stages with acts including [[Tom Robinson Band]], [[John Otway]] Big Band.<ref name=SL_2014/>

1995 becomes a 2 day event with 3 stages and moves to [[Loseley Park]] with acts including [[Richard Thompson (musician)]], [[Peter Sarstedt]],  [[Chumbawamba]], [[The Hamsters]], [[Oysterband]].<ref name=SL_2014/>

1996 the event moves back to [[Stoke Park, Guildford|Stoke Park]], with acts including [[Peter Green (musician)]], [[Eddi Reader]], [[The Hamsters]], [[Shane MacGowan & The Popes]].<ref name=SL_2014/>

1997 becomes a three day event with acts including [[Levellers (band)]], [[The Saw Doctors]], [[Jethro Tull (band)]], [[Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine]], [[Dreadzone]].<ref name=SL_2014/>

1998 acts included [[Space (English band)|Space]], [[Shed Seven]] and [[The Lightning Seeds]],<ref name=SL_2014/> [[The Levellers (band)|The Levellers]].

1999 acts included [[James (band)|James]], [[Jools Holland]] & His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra,<ref name=SL_2014/> [[The Saw Doctors]].

2000 was [[Van Morrison]], [[Motörhead]],  [[David Gray (British musician)|David Gray]], [[Culture Club]], [[Rolf Harris]]<ref name=SL_2014/> and [[Joan Armatrading]].

2001 included [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]], [[James (band)|James]],<ref name=SL_2014/> [[Reef (band)|Reef]], [[Dreadzone]], [[Lonnie Donegan]] and [[Dead Men Walking]].

2002 acts included [[Fun Lovin' Criminals]],  [[The Pretenders]]<ref name=SL_2014/> and Jools Holland.

In 2003, the main acts were [[Madness (band)|Madness]], [[Alice Cooper]], [[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]] and [[Atomic Kitten]].<ref name=SL_2014/>

In 2004 the main acts were [[Katie Melua]], [[Simple Minds]], [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] and [[UB40]].<ref name=SL_2014/>
 
The 2005 event, at that point the biggest in the event's history with 15,000 people attending, featured 6 music stages along with a comedy tent. The headline acts were [[The Pogues]], [[Paul Weller (singer)|Paul Weller]] and [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]], other acts included [[Chas & Dave|Chas and Dave]], The Subways<ref name=SL_2014/> and [[The Storys]].

The 2006 event was headlined by [[Embrace (English band)|Embrace]], [[a-ha]] and [[Billy Idol]], and featured [[Nizlopi]], [[The Wonder Stuff]], [[The Lightning Seeds]], [[The Stranglers]], [[Gary Numan]] and [[The Storys]]. GuilFest won the Best Family Festival Award for 2006.<ref name=2006awardwinners />

The 2007 event was held again at Stoke Park on the 13th, 14th, and 15 July 2007 and the [[BBC Radio 2]] main stage was headlined by [[Supergrass]], [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]] and [[Madness (band)|Madness]]. [[The Magic Numbers]] played before Madness on the Sunday.<ref name=g2007>{{cite web | url=http://www.guilfest.co.uk/2007/ | title=Official Guilfest Website-2007 event | access-date=29 March 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325211435/http://www.guilfest.co.uk/2007/ | archive-date=25 March 2007 }}</ref> The second stage (sponsored by [[Ents24]]) featured [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]], [[The Saw Doctors]], and [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] as the headliners.<ref name=ents24-1>{{cite web| access-date=17 April 2007| url=http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/070416a.shtml | title= Richard Thompsom, The Saw Doctors, & Uriah Heep for GuilFest |date=16 April 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070427212705/http://www.efestivals.co.uk/news/070416a.shtml <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 27 April 2007}}</ref>

The 2008 event was sponsored by the [[University of Surrey]] and headlined by [[The Levellers (band)|The Levellers]], [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] and [[Australian Pink Floyd|The Australian Pink Floyd Show]]. [[Fightstar]],<ref name=SL_2014/> [[The Ghost of a Thousand]] and [[The Blackout (band)|The Blackout]] played the [[Rock Sound]] sponsored Rock Cave in 2008 as well.

2009 performers included: [[Motörhead]], [[Goldie Lookin Chain]], [[You Me at Six]], [[Brian Wilson]] ([[Beach Boys]]), [[The Charlatans (English band)|The Charlatans]], [[Athlete (band)|Athlete]], [[Toploader]], [[Will Young]], [[Happy Mondays]],<ref name=SL_2014/> [[Nouvelle Vague (band)|Nouvelle Vague]], [[Joe Bonamassa]], [[Wailers Band|The Wailers]], [[Eureka Machines]], [[DJ Yoda]], [[Rusko (musician)|Rusko]], The Love Band, The Fins and [[Andrew Morris (Singer Songwriter)]].

2010's line-up included [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]], [[N-Dubz]], [[Tinie Tempah]], [[Chase & Status]], [[Hawkwind]], [[Just Jack]], [[The Human League]],<ref name=SL_2014/> [[10cc]], [[The Blockheads]], [[Orbital (band)|Orbital]], [[The Blackout (band)|The Blackout]], [[Rock Choir]] and [[Hadouken! (band)|Hadouken!]],

2011's line-up included [[Razorlight]], [[James Blunt]], [[Adam Ant]], [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]], [[Ziggy Marley]], [[Peter Andre]], [[The Farm (British band)|The Farm]],<ref name=SL_2014/> [[Roger Daltrey]].

2012's line-up included [[Olly Murs]], [[Bryan Ferry]], Gary Numan, [[Ash (band)|Ash]],<ref name=SL_2014/> [[Alvin Stardust#Later work|Alvin Startdust]],<ref>{{cite news |last= De-Keyzer |first= Amy |date= 23 October 2014 |title= Singer Alvin Stardust dies following short illness |work= Surrey Live |url= https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/singer-alvin-stardust-dies-following-7985603 |access-date= 21 March 2023 }}</ref> Slider.

2014's line-up included The Boomtown Rats, [[Kool & The Gang]], [[The Human League]], Fun Lovin' Criminals, [[Boney M.]], [[Katrina Leskanich]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/guilfest-lineup-katrina-katrina-waves-7225954 | title=Katrina will be 'walking on sunshine' in GuilFest lineup | date=6 June 2014 }}</ref> [[Ms. Dynamite|Ms Dynamite]], [[The Blackout (band)|The Blackout]].<ref>{{cite news |last= Ben-David |first= Jake |date= 15 July 2014 |title= GuilFest 2014 line-up stage times |work= Surrey Live |url= https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/incoming/gallery/guilfest-2014-line-up-stage-times-7425155 |access-date= 21 March 2023 }}</ref>