The Staxtonbury Family Music Festival, commonly abbreviated to Staxtonbury, is a local British music festival, held every year at Staxton, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, best known for its break through local music acts. The festival has run since 2009, and has been very successful, not just with local people but a wider audience. The size and nature of the festival, held over three or four days in the open air, with performers, crew and paying festival goers staying in tents, caravans and motorhomes, has meant that the weather is significant. It is now attended by around 10,000 annually. Lineups Artists 2011 My Forever Stray Scene Shamrockers Attic Noise Blue Alibi The Shamrockers Big Me Amber Carey Stairwell 17 The Grand Urge Rebecca Arundale 2012 Staxtonbury IV 2012 was held on Friday 6th, Saturday 7th & Sunday 8 July 2012. 2015 Staxtonbury VII (2015) was held from 3–5 July 2015. Artists The Sherlocks Shamrockers Snatch Huge Friday Street Qwikshift Kast Off Kinks Bogus Beatles Soul Rida Aftermath Another Manhattan Trilogy TFI Dustin the Blues 2016 The 8th festival was held from 2–4 July 2016. 2017 Staxtonbury IX was held from 7–9 July 2017. 2018 The festival was held between 6 and 8 July, over 40 acts appeared. Including local celebrity and presenter Ryan Swain. 2019 The 11th festival was held from 4–6 July in 2019. It had 4 stages and featured performances on the main stage from Soul Rida, Boomin, Huge, Friday Street and DJ's Callum Russell and Ryan Swain. The festival had completely sold out of online ticket sales for the Saturday. See also Staxton Glastonbury List of music festivals in the United Kingdom References Music festivals in North Yorkshire Scarborough, North Yorkshire