Three bands from Lawn Manor Academy went head-to-head in a six-way ‘Battle of the Bands’ competition at MarshFest recently, competing to perform on the main stage of the family-friendly festival.
2022 marks the fourth year of the festival, set in the village of Marshfield just north of Bath. New for this year was the MarshFest Battle of the Bands competition. Six local school bands were shortlisted to take part, and three of the six bands were formed of Lawn Manor pupils, past and present. 
Freight Train, 0607 and The Flow wowed the shortlisting panel with their demos and went on to wow the crowds at MarshFest where they competed to perform on the main stage.
Although none of the Lawn Manor Academy bands won the top prize of playing a set on the main stage at the festival, joining the likes of Talk in Code – fresh from supporting The Feeling at the Foodies Festival – an enjoyable day was had by all.
It has been an extremely busy few months for the pupils and staff at Lawn Manor Academy, who have excelled themselves by holding a sell-out ‘Back to the 80s’ jukebox musical, won the Great British Dance Off competition in Cheltenham and performed live on a magical Disney stage in Disneyland Paris. 
Dave Jones is the Expressive Arts Team Lead at Lawn Manor Academy, and he encouraged the bands to apply for MarshFest’s inaugural Battle of the Bands competition. He comments: “We are all so proud of what our talented young people have achieved, and we’ve started this academic year off with a bang at MarshFest!”
MarshFest was held on Saturday 10th September 2022. The one-day charity festival aimed to raise £10,000 for good causes this year.
