Alex James already planning next years Big Feastival in Oxfordshire

It follows this years event

Alex James at Feastival
Author: Andy MarshPublished 25th Aug 2025

Blur star Alex James is already planning for next years Feastival despite this years event only just finishing.

It's after the festival at his farm near Chipping Norton came to a close last night, with his new Britpop Classical band.

He told us: "There's a thousand festivals up and down the UK every summer."

"They've all got something to offer but if you really want to compete then you've got to be better than anybody else."

"The way that you do that is trying new stuff that no one else is doing."

"You never really know what's going to work until you try it."

He also told us that the Cotswolds has become a "world-beating centre for food excellence."

His Oxfordshire farm, near Chipping Norton has been welcoming a number of music artists and celebrity chefs over the weekend during Feastival.

He says: "The drummer From Pink Floyd said that of the ten best nights of his life 7 of them were spent in the Crown and Cushion."

Here's to next years Feastival.

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