Entertainment at The Big Green Gathering

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The Big Green Gathering has grown to be the biggest and brightest environmental event in the British calendar.

Who's on in 2009?

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It is a festival like no other, bringing together activists from all parts of the green movement and its collection of wind, solar and pedal-powered stages features some of the most outstanding musicians and performers in Britain today. They are not here for big fees or glory. They are here, like everyone else, because they want to support the event and because they too are a part of the movement.

When you step out of your temporary home for the five days you shall be met by bright & beautiful walkabout mayhem with an air of the bizarre to keep you amused and actively entertained.

The Village Green will be a haven for brilliant open air theatre, workshops and of course a lovely place to sit for a picnic with your friends and family. Presenting outstandingly good fire shows in the evenings.

The Green Theatre Area, will have an array  of fantastic and concious Theatre performances including, Plays, Burlesque Cabaret, Stand-up, Spoken Word, Theatre Workshops and much, much more all day and well into the evening.

In Quantum Leap: top quality facilitators will be offering invigorating, body flowing, mind grooving and heart singing performance based workshops, from Arabian dance, to laughter, Polka to African Drums, Ecstatic dance to Acappella harmonies. By Night Quantum leap evolves into a partytime atmosphere, presenting a multitude of excellent, beautifully organic and true to the earth performance.

Music? Yes, as ever at The Big Green we shall be in for a real treat when it comes to Big Green Music.

Music brings us together to celebrate life, encouraging positive participation, it inspires, offers hope and insight. Sharing stories, dreams and realities for Peace, the Planet & Humanity. A powerful expression, that there really can be another way.

The conscious music community just gets stronger and more beautiful all the time and it is certainly always an inspiring challenge as to which wonderful artists we are able to fit in each year.

So rest assured, whatever your taste there will be something here for you to lift your heart and tickle your toes including some well loved festival treasures and many new up and coming acts too. From traditional folk, to welldread stylie reggae, hip hop, and Carnival to eastern European and full on tribal dance with a cultural exchange from as far a field as Australia and Scotland and as near a field as Bristol, Cheddar and Glastonbury!

Previous artists who have played at Big Green include: Damien Rice, The Egg, Nizlopi, BabyHead, Banco De Gaia, The Huckleberries, Martha Tilston, Nik Turners Fantastic Allstars, Kangaroo Moon, Tarantism, Bindoo Babas, Swervy World, 3 Daft Monkeys, The Rub, Kissmet, Martin Furey, Nigel Mazlyn Jones, The Fridge Magnets, Le Cod Afrique, Seth Lakeman, Ska Daddy, Riven, Orchid Star, Oddur (from Lamb), Daevid Allen (gong), Demon Barbers Roadshow, Freefall Collective, Dragonsfly, Seize The Day, Nodens Ictus (eat static), Hattie Hatstar, Loonaloop. And many, many more wonderful, exciting and talented acts.

Our favourite renewably powered venues will be joining us, including:-  Croissant Neuf with their seriously sorted solar set up, bringing us some full on party sounds to really get the energy flowing. 

The Green Futures Forum will have interludes of Green Entertainment to compliment the excellent speakers and discussions by day and by night you can encounter some highly inspirational, well put together vibrant sounds. 

The Small World stage with their awesomely friendly and magical space, welcoming us into the warm heart of the music community, a place where butterflies can spread their wings and be free all day and well into the night.

Our scrumptious café venue with its tasty and down to earth atmosphere, will be powered and PA’d by Coltek Systems, a collective who work together to provide a sustainable stage for performers and to promote alternative power use and the use of recycled materials.

Rinky Dink can be found on the Village green and yes, if you want to hear, then you really do need to pedal hard. For the joyous realms of Rinky Dink, bring us all: true fun, good sounds and pedal powered education. Remember: if we want it out, we’ve got to put it in!

There will be wondering minstrels, campfire jam sessions, and impromptu café performances. There will be plenty of hidden treasures, seek and ye shall find. So, wonderful Green Folk, be ready to open your hearts and minds for an inspiring, eclectic, colourful and eye opening Big Green Gathering 2009 experience.  We very much look forward to seeing you all next summer, have a lovely time till then…

PEACE and other lovely things

 

Zora Joy Bride

NOTE TO ALL ARTISTS: Please apply via the 'Working@BGG' link on the home page!