2014 FESTIVAL GUIDE
29 MAY – 01 MONMOUTHSHIRE
JUNE 2014 CHEPSTOW,
In 2005, two creative minds collaborated to draft the first sketches of an ingenious concept. Daniel Hurring and Sun Bird created a counterweight for the Glastonbury festival – then in one of its fallow years – called the Sunrise Summer Soltice Celebration. Te first edition of the festival took place at an organic farm in Bruton Somerset. Somer, Summer, Sunrise. I think you get the picture by now. Nine years later, the festival has moved to Chepstow with a formula that has refined itself overtime. A lot of things have changed, yes, but the core of the festival still remains the same: brighten things up in a multicultural, artistically open-minded context. It’s more than just a festival; it’s a way of life. Tis event unites people in this mindset and makes them share their stories and experiences. Don’t go looking for mainstream killers in the line-up. If you’re heading towards Chepstow, you’re in for a surprise. Discover some new stuff such as Will and Te People or the more experimental electro of Tripswitch for example. At the temple of the All Good Tings Arena, you’ll start connecting yourself to some previously unknown positive vibes, or you could join the dancing tribe in front of the Sundance Arena. Tere are new surprises to be found behind each corner and before every stage. Te magical Eden Village will put your mind back to a more relaxed state, making sure it’s ready to be overwhelmed again the day after. Make this your alternative choice this year – at under £100 for an adult ticket, you can afford to. YP
PRE FESTIVAL PLAYLIST
‘WASHINGTON SQUARE’ THE CORRESPONDENTS
LION IN THE MORNING SUN’ WILL AND THE PEOPLE
‘THE QUEEN OF ALL EVERYTHING’ OTT
‘THE FIRST AND THE LAST’ SONIC SPECIES
‘HARMONIC MEAN’ TRIPSWITCH
DON’T MISS
THE CORRESPONDENTS
THETFORD FOREST, NORFOLK
12 JUNE – 13 JULY 2014
We’re cheating – this one’s less of a festival, and more a sprawling, seemingly endless summer of music to adorn your social calendar with. Te Tetford Forest ‘Forest Live’ gigs are truly something you should experience. Without sounding all Chris Packham, Norfolk’s countryside, and particularly the little forest clearing in the middle of Tetford’s dominating tree-scape is the perfect setting for a gig. Providing it doesn’t piss it down. An antidote to the cold tins of beans and warm lager of the weekend festivals, Forest Live is best enjoyed if you make up some high class packed tea; I’d recommend raiding the deli section of M&S, and buying a few of their pre-mixed gins. You’ve already got the ingredients for a good night there, before adding this year’s rota of artists. Te power pop soul vocal of timid former-X Factor contestant, Rebecca Ferguson kicks off proceedings with some bang up to date tunes, before we meander through some stalwarts of the 80s and 90s, with Te Pogues, Deacon Blue and Suede all making trip up the A11. Katherine Jenkins provides a little Welsh classical class to proceedings – oh, and Boyzone will be there, trying not to look like the aging Manzone they are. For details on all the gigs, go to
www.forestry.gov.uk/music. EG
PRE FESTIVAL PLAYLIST
‘I HOPE’ REBECCA FERGUSON
‘ANIMAL NITRATE’ SUEDE
‘DIRTY OLD TOWN’ THE POGUES
‘DIGNITY’ DEACON BLUE
‘ABIGAIL’S SONG’ KATHERINE JENKINS
DON’T MISS
REBECCA FERGUSON 26 / May 2014/
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