


Appearees this year include Anthony Beevor, Zoe Williams and the wonderful Index on Censorship, with music acts including Robert Plant, The Flaming Lips, Crystal Fighters and Goldie & The Heritage Orchestra.īiggest Pride event in the country.

One of the cornerstones of the European metal/heavy rock scene, as evidenced by a big old bill including the likes of Whitesnake, Girlschool, Foreigner, Henry Rollins, Saxon, Twisted Sister, Blue Oyster Cult and Bullet For My Valentine.Ī festival that aims high, and generally pulls it off: ‘long-table banquets’ and fine cuisine field restaurants – Raymond Blanc is among the chefs – in place of your regular festival fare, guerrilla archaeology workshops, literary talks, panel debates, spectacular circus stuff and an awful lot more. Among those taking advantage are Pharoahe Monch, Calibre, Mala, Craig Charles, and Gentleman’s Dub Club. Renowned for boat parties, beach stages and plenty more things that work rather better on the edge of the sunny Adriatic than back in grey old Blighty. To that end, expect: plenty of opportunities to set the world to rights with experts active in environmental, peace and social justice movements learn skills in foraging, bushcraft, solar panel wiring, etc how to set up your own co-operative housing live music permaculture healing area unparalleled proportion of festival attendees sporting leafy headwear. Nee the Big Green Gathering, and proudly “powered by wind, sun and people”. Little detail as we head to press, but past experiences suggests you should expect a predominantly local music line-up, shisha bar chill out areas, busking, crafts and workshops. Tenth anniversary for this charity-giving, keenly green fest.
