NOVAFEST FULL WEEKEND PROGRAMME
MAY 3/4/5th 2024
FRIDAY 3rd MAY
FROM 3PM REGISTRATION.
Please come and register with our team members from 3pm on the Friday afternoon. You will be issued with a wristband per ticket. You will find our novafest desk inside the main hotel lobby.
6pm DOORS OPEN TO HAMPSHIRE ARENA
6.30pm ENJOY OUR FIRST LIVE SHOWCASE WITH EUROPEAN CHAMPION, ARRON WALKER AS HE TAKES THE AUDIENCE ON A ROCK N ROLL RIDE THROUGH THE 1950's!
7pm PLEASE WELCOME YOUR HOST, MIKE NOVA TO THE STAGE FOR AN INTRODUCTION TO NOVAFEST 2024
7.15pm CONTEST HEAT 1
All 20 contestants perform 1 song to commence the battle for the title of Champion Of Champions!
8.25pm INTERVAL
8.45pm CONTEST HEAT 2
All contestants return to perform another song!
10pm INTERVAL
10.15pm PLEASE WELCOME WORLD CHAMPION AND CURRENT CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS, GORDON DAVIS LIVE WITH THE GRACELAND BAND FOR A SPECTACULAR SHOWCASE!
11.pm RELAX AND ENJOY THE AFTERSHOW PARTY WITH OUR HOST JOHNNY ELVIS IN THE JOHNNY ELVIS SUITE!
1am CLOSE
SAT 4th MAY
12.30pm DOORS OPEN TO HAMPSHIRE ARENA
1pm 1968 MEMORIES OF A YEAR PRODUCTION PART 1
Sitback and enjoy the story of 1968, including the movies Elvis made that year, the birth of Lisa-Marie and the 68 Comeback Special
1.45pm INTERVAL
2pm 1968 MEMORIES OF A YEAR PART 2
2.45pm CLOSE
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6pm DOORS OPEN TO HAMPSHIRE ARENA
6.30pm CONTEST HEAT 3
7.40pm INTERVAL
7.50pm CONTEST HEAT 4
9pm INTERVAL
9.15pm ENJOY AN AMAZING SHOWCASE FROM EUROPEAN CHAMPION CIARAN HOULIHAN WITH THE GRACELAND BAND
10pm INTERVAL
10.15pm WE ARE PROUD TO SHOWCASE THE TALENT OF THE CURRENT ULTIMATE EPE CHAMPION, COTE DEONATH WITH THE GRACELAND BAND
11pm ITS AFTERSHOW PARTY TIME! JOIN US IN THE JOHNNY ELVIS SUITE FOR SOME FUN!
1am CLOSE
SUN 5th MAY
12.30pm DOORS OPEN TO HAMPSHIRE ARENA
1pm CONTEST HEAT 5
All contestants return for 1 final song with the Graceland Band!
2.15pm INTERVAL
2.30pm PLEASE WELCOME IMAGES OF THE KING RUNNER UP, ANTONIO COIMBRA WITH THE GRACELAND BAND!
3.15pm RESULTS!!! JOIN US AS WE CROWN THE NEW CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS!
3.30pm CLOSE
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6.30pm DOORS OPEN TO HAMPSHIRE ARENA
7pm YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE GOSPEL PRODUCTION
A full 90 minute production with performances from our Elvis tributes and special guests. NOT TO BE MISSED!
8.30pm INTERVAL
8.45pm PLEASE ENJOY OUR VERY SPECIAL GUEST FOR THE WEEKEND, EASTENDERS STAR SHAUN WILLIAMSON AS HE PRESENTS HIS BARRIOKE SHOW PERFORMING ALONGSIDE SOME OF OUR ELVIS TRIBUTES!
10.15pm INTERVAL
10.30pm THE NEW CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS WILL TAKE TO THE STAGE FOR A SHOWCASE AND PRESENTATION OF THE CHAMPION TROPHY AND £10,000!!!
11pm MIKE NOVA CLOSEDOWN
11.15pm JOIN US FOR ONE LAST AFTERSHOW IN THE JOHNNY ELVIS SUITE AS WE SAY GOODBYE....UNTIL NEXT YEAR...
PLEASE NOTE SOME TIMINGS ARE LIABLE TO CHANGE DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES