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Oxfam's summer tour: festivals review 2006
carling
Hannah Cornford

Leeds photo gallery >>

Photos of artists supporting Oxjam at Reading >>

Photo: Henry Odbert

The mighty Leeds and Reading weekenders were once again the BIG highlight of the summer.

In the Oxfam Tent at Leeds, the awesome DJs had people partying until 3am every night, and the Oxfam fair trade café served the best festival breakfasts every morning.

Across both sites, 10,000s of you met one of our 60 or so campaigners and signed our Health and Education For All petition, and our trading tent took a record-breaking £27,000 (out of £96,000 made over the whole summer).

If that's not enough we also got loads of support for Oxjam at Reading from the likes of Kelly Osbourne, The Rakes and Goldie Lookin Chain - to name but a few!


Leeds main stage
Leeds photo gallery >>
Photos of artists supporting Oxjam at Reading >>
Photo: Pete Axford

how was it for you?

The Oxfam tent was amazing.

It worked both as a cool place to chill-out in the day and have a coffee and also as a place to go mental in the evening.

Both the crowd and everyone who worked behind the scenes to make it happen were fantastic.

Oxfam decks

  Paul, DJ Hurricane in the Oxfam Tent at Leeds    
festivals in 2006: reviews and photos
2-4 Jun:
Wychwood review >>
Photos >>
 
9-11 Jun:
Isle of Wight review >>
Photos >>
8-9 Jul:
T in the Park review >>
Photos >>
  8-9 Jul:
Cornbury review >>
Photos >>
14-16 Jul:
The Glade review >>
Photos >>
  22-23 Jul:
Lovebox review >>
Photos >>
28-30 Jul:
WOMAD review >>
Photos >>
  28-30 Jul:
NASS review >>
Photos >>
19-20 Aug:
V Festival review >>
Stafford Photos >>
Chelmsford Photos >>
  24-27 Aug:
Carling review >>
Leeds Photos >>
Oxjam Photos >>
features
Festivals campaigning and stewarding 2008
Festivals campaigning and stewarding 2008
To volunteer as a campaigner or steward visit the new festivals area on the main Oxfam site.
Oxfam's summer festivals tour review 2007
We look back on an incredible summer.
Leeds 2007 in photos
Loads of ace pics from hot and sunny Leeds.
Glastonbury 2007 in photos
We were there, talking climate change, selling wedding dresses and stewarding our socks off.
your say
Related articles and opinions from our Write for Generation Why team.
Ben Toone Oxfam at Reading Festival 2006
Ben Toone
11 September 2006
your say
What do you think about what you've just read? Have your say.
Comment by Emma Melling from Leeds, UK ''Oxfam at Carling were ACE!!! I've been fortunate enough to get all the big festivals this year - WOMAD, 02, V. Oxfam made their embracing warmth felt at every one of them. THANK YOU OXFAM!''
Emma Melling from Leeds, UK - 15 Sep 2006

bonkers v stafford review
bonkers v stafford review
Our VIP ticket competition winner Kate Murphy reports back on parrots, pink men and z-list celebs at V Stafford. Oh, and she watched some bands too.
Read review >>
angry about poverty?
how angry are you about poverty?
All summer we were taking photos of festival-goers pulling angry faces - all to show how angry people at festivals are about poverty. We've got a gallery of nearly 700 terrifying faces - the best one as judged by us will win a year's worth of top CDs courtesy of Universal Music.
you can beat poverty

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