29 july - 1 august 2021 beyond hedonism
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FESTIVAL PROGRAMME £3
GREENGATHERING29 July - 1 August 2021
BEYOND HEDONISM
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Welcome & Orientation 2, 3Live Music Who’s Who 4Live Music & Spoken Word Venues 5THURSDAY LINE UP – Floating Lotus, Triban & Soundscape Stages 5Live Music Who’s Who 6FRIDAY LINE UP – Floating Lotus, Triban & Soundscape Stages 7Live Music Who’s Who 8SATURDAY LINE UP – Floating Lotus, Triban & Soundscape Stages 9Walkabouts, Troubadours, Morning Workshops & Random Happenings 10SUNDAY LINE UP – Floating Lotus, Triban & Soundscape Stages 11Raconteurs’ Delight Stage Who’s Who 12RACONTEURS’ DELIGHT CABARET LINE UP 13Bars: Glad Apple, Brimmon Oak, 3.5%, Hedgerow 14
Raconteurs’ Delight Performing Arts Workshops 15Speakers’ Forum Whos’ Who 16SPEAKERS’ FORUM LINE UP 17Reel News Cinema 18, 19MAP 20, 21Campaigns Field & Workshops 22, 23Craft Area & Craft Workshops 24, 25Crafts & REsource Hub 26, 27Nature’s Way 28Hill Village & Green Markets 29Permaculture Community 30Sacred Activist Sanctuary 31Healing Circle 32Medical, Welfare & Assisted Access 33Festival Teens 34Festival Kids 35Campfire Sessions & Mothspotting 36Merch, Awards, The Green Gathering charity 37Learn Welsh! And Thanks 38GG Guidelines 39
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WELcOME TO ThE GREEn GAThERInG!We’re celebrating our Tenth Year in Piercefield Park
We are so lucky to be here. Eat and drink and be merry, lie in the sun, splash in puddles, relax. Have a dance, sit by a fire, listen to some tunes, meet friends old and new. Stay up late, talk nonsense, be a big kid. And then, the morning after, with your new mates from the night before, hatch a plan to improve your lives and make the world a better place. Learn to build a bender, carve a spoon, throw a pot. Share a skill. Share a story. Explore something you’ve never experienced before. The Green Gathering can transform lives. Maybe it’s a slow process, one person, a handful, at a time. But it’s magic. Dive in. Be inspired. Keep safe.
ORIEnTATIOnInfo Exchange is very central, on the edge of the Campaigns Field. You can buy programmes, t-shirts and CDs here, and charge your phone.Lost Property will be at Info Exchange during opening hours 9am-9pm. Fruit, veg, bread, snacks & vegan basics at the Tat 4 Tibet shop nearby.Lost Kids yurt is in the Kids Area. Welfare, for TLC if things go wobbly, opens 24 hours, so go there for lost people and things when everywhere else is closed. The Medical Herbalists are our qualified frontline service for 1st Aid and health needs. Paramedics are close by. Assisted Access can help if you need mobility or hearing assistance. More info on p.33.We’ve put in extra handwash and sanitiser stations. There are showers too – see map. Thanks to Natural Event over 70% of our loos are Compost Loos. Water from our taps is good to drink; refill your bottle to save waste; stay hydrated. See p.39 for more healthy festi tips. Crock & Rock is a FREE plate and spoon hire service on the Village Green. Choose a song from the pedal powered jukebox, or just grab crocks and go, then return them after - no washing up!Elite Cleaning Pixies will be polishing public touchpoints all over site, day & night – please let them jump queues to clean with a grin!And make use of our unique educational Greensweep Recycling Bins.
cOVID AWAREnESSClean hands, distance between yourself & others not in your household, face coverings in enclosed spaces and lovely, fresh Wye Valley air... these things will help keep every body safe.Wear a red ribbon to signal caution or vulnerability, to alert others that you’d like your space to be respected to the max.Wear a yellow ribbon if you’re feeling unsure how safe you feel – everyone, please respect these folks’ space too.Wear a green ribbon to communicate that while you’re not vulnerable or especially cautious about your own health, you are willing to respect the personal space of others, to keep everyone safe.If you don’t have a ribbon or piece of cloth in these colours, pick one up free / by donation at the Info Exchange Tent!
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LIVE MUSIc WhO’S WhO 3 Daft Monkeys play quirky, original and upbeat fiddle-driven songs.
Anne-Marie Allen BBC Introducing songwriter with distinct soulful tone.
Anni Wall trad folk influences and haunting alt country sensibility.
Ask My Bull visceral punk, danceability of drum’n’bass, nuance of jazz.
Benjamin Yellowitz honest folk meets warm electronica.
Boom Boom Racoon 80% politics, 30% nonsense: DIY ska-punk.
Ceitidh Mac warming cello, soaring vocals, a twist on the alt.folk genre.
Claire Vine sings about longing for justice in a more sustainable world.
Danieal brings diva energy and vocals to compere Soundscape Stage.
Divers solo ska punk, with upbeat lyrics about love, life, and money.
Dora Darling earthy magical traditional and original folk music.
Dragonsfly lush Celtic folk-trance and funky Eastern grooves.
Edd Donovan pens political, poignant, powerful indie folk songs.
Fly Yeti Fly play organic, heartfelt songs, with warmth and purity.
Folk On comedy folk for the family; melodies sweet as village fete jam.
Francesca Dimech brings us original folk in English and Welsh.
Funke and the Two Tone Baby a one man sonic explosion.
Genn Anglo-Maltese musical riot; rock your ears, mess with your brain.
George Smiley irresistable punky reggae guitar noise from London.
Georgia Palmer shares atmospheric tales of inner and outer journeys.
Greenness folktronica duo with original songs in French and English.
Hands of the Heron female-led songwriters’ collective; rich harmonies.
Hannah Scott contemporary folk with thought-provoking lyrics.
LIVE MUSIc & SPOKEn WORDSoundscape Solar Stage Powered by the Sun, Charged by the Love, Energised by the Music; Soundscape’s regular diva Danieal will compere and is supporting charity Sick Be Nourished which she’ll shout out about in between storming acts like Millie Manders & the Shut Up, The Borgias, Holy Moly & the Crackers, and 3 Daft Monkeys.Floating Lotus GG stalwarts with giant geodesic vaults, aromatic teas, lovingly made cakes and a psychedelic stage; hosting Mobius Loop, Smiley & the Underclass, Rosco Shakes, Hoopy Frood and more.Triban This Tribe has an extensive bar and garden with abundant space for capering to awesome folk, funk and global grooves. Don’t miss GG faves Seize The Day, Dragonsfly, Ask My Bull, The Balkaneers...The Raconteurs’ Delight Spoken word, comedy, cabaret and stories in a circus tent with neighbouring cocktail and temperance bar. Daytimes, workshops in performing arts. Early eve is family time!
ThURSDAY LInE-UP
SOUNDSCAPE TRIBAN FLOATING LOTUS
17.00 Anne-Marie Allen17.00-17.40
Phil Cudsworth17.00-17.30 Boom Boom Racoon
17.00-18.00
18.00MOAN
17.55-18.35
Siobhan McCrudden18.00– 18.45
George Smiley Acoustic18.30 – 19.3019.00
Tori Sheard19.20–20.00
Francesca Dimesh19.15-19.45
20.00 Mobius Loop Of Ghosts and Other
Forms 20.15-21.00
20.00-20.45
Valeria Pozzo 20.30-21.15
21.00
3 Daft Monkeys 21.15-22.45
The Balkaneers21.30-22.30
Funke and the Two Tone Baby
21.45-22.45
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23.00 Valeria Pozzo (Solo)23.00-23.45Greenness
23.15-00.00Divers
23.15-00.00
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FRIDAY LInE-UPSOUNDSCAPE TRIBAN FLOATING LOTUS
Ukejam10.30 – 11.30
Laughter Yoga10.30 – 11.3011.00
12.00 My Mate Dave12.00–12.30
Tori Sheard12.00– 12.30
Wychbury12.15– 13.00
13.00 Windy Bottom Boys Rebecca Hurn 13.00–13.3013.00–13.45
Greenness13.30 – 14.1514.00 Dora Darling
Hannah Scott14.15-15.00
14.00-14.45
Anne-Marie Allen14.45-15.3015.00
Triban Time15.15-16.15Mobius Loop
15.30- 16.3016.00High Shelf Remedy
16.00-17.00
Rosco Shakes16.45-17.45
17.00
Special Mystery GuestFabulous Red Diesel
17.30-18.3018.00
Ceitidh Mac18.15-19.15Ask My Bull
18.30-19.2019.00Smiley and the Under-
class19.00-20.00
Psycho-Acoustic Goat19.45-20.45
20.00One Eyed God
19.50-20.50 Genn20.30-21.00
21.00
3 Daft Monkeys21.20-22.50
Seize the Day 21.15-22.15 The High Breed
21.30-22.4522.00
Satin Beige22.45-23.30
23.00The Borgias23.20-00.00
She, Robot23.15-00.00
00.00 Of Bronze and Stone Edd Donovan 00.00-00.45
00.30-01.15 Floating Lotus presents.
01.00 Shemanic Steve/SSS Triban Time 01.15-02.00 00.30-02.00
02.00 01.30-02.00
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LIVE MUSIc WhO’S WhO
High Shelf Remedy inspired by nature, activism, love, art, freedom.
Holy Moly and the Crackers make riotous party music for the masses.
Hoopy Frood play perfect festie music; psy-groove-electro-rock.
J P Worsfold lyrically driven modern folk songs of the North West.
Jessie Reid impressive finger style guitar and soulful, emotive vocals.
Keepers Brew high energy, guitar driven, psychedelic dance music.
Little Sparrow delicate folk songs with flawless vocals and harmonies.
MADI electro art-pop for weirdos: great for fans of Bowie & St Vincent.
Magnificent AKs a multi-hatted bloke-song machine, and tomfoolery.
Millie Manders and the Shut Up more raw punk fusion than you can shake a stick at… and Millie Manders - less band, no less raw punk.
Mischa & His Merry Men politics and injustice to peace, love and unity.
MOAN raps with the voice of our time; health, class, race, relationships.
Mobius Loop world music and conscious rap, intimate and powerful.
My Mate Dave quirky folk sound with shades of bluegrass.
Nancy Ackroyd combines poetry with melodies, expressing catharsis.
Of Bronze & Stone enchanting story songs from SW England.
Of Ghosts & Other Forms meld electronic and organic sounds.
One Eyed God punky ska, reggae and dub, with sax and bouzouki.
Pete the Temp is a loop station artist, comic and spoken word poet.
Phil Cudworth honest upfront songwriting – always with a smile.
Psycho-acoustic Goat melodic, psychedelic acoustic dance music.
Rainy Day Woman play sparse, unhurried folk Americana music.
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LIVE MUSIc WhO’S WhO
Rebecca Hurn multi award winning acoustic singer songwriter.
Rosco Shakes jump-blues and early R&B brought to life; stomping!
Satin Beige soulful, sassy, sultry, sun-kissed, jazz tinged, cello infused.
Seize The Day are radical voices for environmental and social justice.
She, Robot plays live looping beatbox electronica.
SHH entertain with exciting eclectic multicoloured pop.
Siobhan McCrudden treats us to sweet dark folk for the soul.
Smokin’ Pilchards are an alternative folk-stomping shanty machine.
Smiley & the Underclass punky reggae guitar and chaotic energy.
Sophie Crabtree sensitive and humorous folk with contemporary twist.
Sound of the Sirens from emotive ballads to sing-along anthems.
The Balkaneers E. European & Celtic tunes rewritten into bouncing ska.
The Borgias bring us a dancy upbeat sound from Birmingham.
The Embers British folk music with Americana and a bluegrass swing.
The Fabulous Red Diesel their own breed of jazz, with delicious vocals.
The High Breed psychedelic conscious hip hop, and utopian dreams.
The Wierdstring Ceilidh: 3 men, 14 strings, lots of dancing wierdness.
Tori Sheard folk songs fused with alt-pop, and a message of LOVE!
Valeria Pozzo Italian multi-instrumentalist drawing on pop-folk & jazz.
Windy Bottom Boys tunes and tickles from their Windy Bottom home!
Workshop Supergroup Ukejam and Singin’ bout a Revolution join forces, with a choir and band who’ve learnt the songs this weekend!
Wychbury specialise in traditional British songs and original material.
SOUNDSCAPE TRIBAN FLOATING LOTUS
Ukejam10.30 – 11.30
Laughter Yoga10.30 – 11.30
11.00
12.00 The Magnificent AKs 12 – 12.50
Anni Wall12 – 12.30 Matthew Frederick
12.15 – 13.00
13.00Jessie Reid13.00-13.45
Rebecca Hurn13.20-13.50 Pete the Temp
13.30-14.3014.00
J P Worsfold 14.15-15.00
Folk On14.20-15.1015.00 Satin Beige
15.00-15.45
Hannah Scott15.30-16.15Seize The Day
15.40-16.3016.00
Edd Donovan 16.15-17.00
Nancy Ackroyd16.45–18.00
17.00Little Sparrow 17.00–18.00
Benjamin Yellowitz17.30–18.3018.00
Fly Yeti Fly 18.30– 19.30
One Eyed God18.30– 19.30
19.00The Borgias 19.00–20.00
20.00Ask My Bull 20.00-20.50
Danieal 20.00-20.30
Hoopy Frood20.30-21.3021.00
Dragonsfly21.20 – 22.35
Holy Moly and the Crackers
21.30 – 22.4522.00
Rosco Shakes 22.00– 23.00
23.00The Embers23.05-00.05
Ed Donovan23.15-00.00 SHH
23.30-00.3000.00
Shemanic Steve / Sound-scape Specials
00.30-02.00
01.00 Triban Time 00.50-02.00
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SUnDAY LInE-UPSOUNDSCAPE TRIBAN FLOATING LOTUS
10.00
Ukejam10.30 – 11.30
Laughter Yoga10.30 – 11.3011.00
12.00 The Magnificent AKs 12 – 12.50
Phil Cudsworth12–12.45
Mamatung 12 – 13.00
13.00
Workshop Supergroup13.20-14.15
Dora Darling13.15-14.00 Boom Boom Racoon
13.30-14.1514.00
Fly Yeti Fly14.30-15.15The Wierdstring Ceildh
14.45-15.45Hoopy Frood 14.45-15.45
15.00
Triban Time15.45-16.45
16.00
Pete the Temp16.15-17.15
Millie Manders 16.15-17.00
17.00
Little Sparrow 17.15-18.15
Divers17.30-18.00
She, Robot17.45–18.30
18.00
Mischa and his Merry Men
18.30–19.30Rainy Day Woman
18.45– 19.4519.00
Sound of the Sirens19.00– 20.00
20.00MADI
20.00-20.45Smokin’ Pilchards20.15-21.15
Fabulous Red Diesel20.30-21.15
21.00
Keepers Brew 21.15– 22.15Millie Manders and the
Shut Up21.45 – 22.45
Mobius Loop 21.45 – 22.45
22.00
The High Breed22.45-23.55
23.00
Shemanic Steve/Sound-scape Specials
23.15-00.00
Triban Time23.15-00.00
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WALKABOUTS & TROUBADOURS
Bonkoodle – Shares their passions for Circus
Didgebeat George – One man acoustic didgeridoo techno machine
Peculiar Hand – Folk stories, puppetry, humour & powerful music
Pilgrims of the Liminal - Cycle-powered structures, giant characters and interactive performance, with a pilgrimage and exploration theme
Pop Up Piano – Ambient tunes to chill to
Rainbow Gecko – Master Bubbleologists amaze with outside displays
Samantha Hart – Simply a singer with a beautiful voice
Steve Kaos - Very visual, family friendly multi circus skill shows
Tribe Of Mog – Bee education – on stilts!
MORnInG WORKShOPS & RAnDOM hAPPEnInGS
Ukejam - Soundscape, daily, 10.30am, the biggest musical-pitch-invasion ever, everyone is invited to be in the band.
Dhol Drumming Workshops – Bandstand, 10.30am Fri & Sat, join in!
Laughter Yoga - Floating Lotus, 10.30am, a fab start to the day.
Parachute Club – Anywhere & everywhere, Captain Chronic and his merry crew present their new mobile club. Classic funk, soul, ska and disco tracks via 7 inch vinyl providing an intimate dance party.
DJ Shemanic’s Art Caravan and ear gong are familiar features at GG and he plays top tunes from the 20th Century at Soundscape too.
Silent Disco – Random places & times, stumbleupon silliness, dance to the music in your head; back by popular demand!
Singin’ bout a Revolution - Uplifting songs in simple harmony telling of social change and revolution through the ages. All abilities welcome.
The International Sock Wrestling Associated Society (TISWAS) – find them Here and There; it’s silly, fun and unique!
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ThE RAcOnTEURS’ DELIGhT WhO’S WhO
1 Tale to Make The World musical story of a post-climate crisis Wales.
Am I Mica Sinclair Hip Funky Passionate Rhythmic Creative Wizard.
Amy Rainbow vegan, slam winning poet: juggling; stargazing; rum.
Adelaide Percy blends soulful vocals with spoken word.
Beginners Capoeira learn Brazilian dance, martial arts and movement.
Des Mannay poems focused on hard-hitting social issues.
Feral Pussies & Thundercunts laughing at patriarchy & themselves.
Fiona Dawson is a teller of tales, weaver of words, time traveller.
Flamenco Dance Workshops any age, gender and number of left feet!
FOSSILHEADS theatrical / satirical eco-political songs.
Francesca’s World Salad is funny, filthy, feminine.
Hugh Rose 2018 slam winner; sparky, political, blunt and gentle.
Jonny Fluffypunk’s bittersweet whimsy is mesmerising.
Mamatung a trio of Freak-folk female multi instrumentalists.
Mudflappers Swing Dance an irreverent troupe of teachers.
Octopus Odyssey a charismatic performer with a taste for the surreal.
Other Tongues quirky folk trio; playful and political songs in harmony.
Rich Butnotfamous angular spoken word artist, delusions of humility.
Roxconscious anti-establishment punk poet and spoken word artist.
Jackie Clementine, Steve Kaos and Rainbow Gecko for early eve family friendly circus, theatre and bubble shows.
Music with Hands of the Heron and Sophie Crabtree.
To be in the Sunday lunch POETRY SLAM - sign up at the venue.
ThE RAcOnTEURS’ DELIGhT Spoken Word & Cabaret Evening
● From around 18.00-19.30pm the acts are family friendly
● All times are approximate please check at Info Exchange or venue boards for updates
THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
18.00 Rainbow Gecko Rainbow Gecko Rainbow Gecko Ernie's Journey
19.00 Steve Kaos Sophie Crabtree Hands of the HeronSteve Kaos
Am I Mica Sinclair Amy Rainbow
20.00 Adelaide Percy
1 Tale to Make the World
FOSSILHEADS
Georgia Palmer Rich Butnotfamous
21.00Mamatung
Amy Rainbow Roxconscious Octopus Odyssey
22.00 Rich ButnotfamousFOSSILHEADS Roxconscious
Pete the TempClaire Vine Jonny Fluffypunk
23.00Des Mannay
Octopus Odyssey Other TonguesHugh Rose
00.00 Feral Pussies & Theh Thundercunts Francescas World
SaladJ P Worsfold
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ThE RAcOnTEURS’ DELIGhT WORKShOPS
Creative & Performing Arts – Skill Up!
Please arrive on time to be sure of a place & to avoid disturbing things
FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
10.00 -11.00
Flamenco Dance Work-shop
Flamenco Dance Work-shop
Singin’ bout a Revolution! Workshop
11.20 -12.20
Beginners Capoeira Workshop
Beginners Capoeira Workshop
Poetry Slam11.30-13.30
12.40 -13.40
Lunch Out with Special Guest
Storytelling with Fiona Dawson
14.00 -15.00
Mudflappers Swing Dance Workshop
Mudflappers Swing Dance Workshop
Mudflappers Swing Dance Workshop
15.20 -16.20
Singin’ bout a Revolution! Workshop
Singin’ bout a Revolution! Workshop
Dhol Drumming Work-shop
GREEn GAThERInG BARS
Our bars help to fund the festival, use sturdy reuseable ‘glasses’, and we source locally and ethically too! All cider and 60% of the beer is vegan.
Glad Apple Cider Bar
Facing the Village Green, with stunning views across the Severn Estuary, the Glad Apple is a perfect pit-stop. Taste the apples, or if cider’s not your thing go for a local craft ale, homemade ginger or juice. Daytimes be entertained by our rustic miniature bandstand on the Village Green. Later, unplugged acts and acoustic music around the campfire. And for local honey mead – Wye Valley Meadery is next door!
The Brimmon Oak
Near Soundscape Solar Stage. Beers and ciders, dark & stormy rum ‘n’ ginger, organic wine, elderflower champagne and more. The original 500 year old Brimmon Oak was threatened by road-building but saved by popular demand. Welsh media reported “A new bypass was ‘bent’ to save this wonderful ancient tree”. The Brimmon Oak went on to be a finalist in the European Tree of the Year contest and now stands as a symbol of the strength of people power and nature combined!
3.5% Bar (fka 99% Bar)
Beside the crumbling ruins of the mansion house, this bar and outdoor dance space hosts an eclectic assortment of djs and special guests, offering carnival vibes and splendid light shows. 3.5% refers to the % of a population required to become activists for a successful, non-violent revolution. Head over here for reggae, dance, trance and disco beats; groove and get radical over a few drinks around the 3.5% campfire.
Hedgerow Cocktail & Temperance Bar
Poets, comedians, clowns, storytellers and jazz musicians tumble out of Raconteurs’ Delight big top to enjoy temperance drinks and kooky hedgerow cocktails here: think lashings of rhubarb and ginger with gin; wild nettle and vodka; raspberry fizz or blackcurrant belter.
Triban and Floating Lotus also have small bars nearby.
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SPEAKERS’ FORUM WhO’S WhO
Andrew Simms Rapid Transition Alliance and New Weather Institute.
Cath Muller is a radical co-operator with a new commune project.
Clare Farrell is a fashion designer, lecturer and Extinction Rebel.
Cleo Lake, Bristol-based Green Councillor, artist and activist.
Danille Calermajer and Dr Adi Vyas research ecology, health, justice.
David Taylor was there at the birth of The Green Gathering.
Duncan Law is a community energy advocate.
Indra Donafresco, veteran road protester; Earth First!, XR, Stop HS2.
Jake Bowers, Roma journalist.
Jamie Kelsey Fry contributing editor of NI, educator and facilitator.
Jojo Mehta director of the Stop Ecocide campaign.
Jonathan Williams is co-founder of UBI Lab Wales.
Kevin Anderson professor of energy and climate change.
Laurie Laybourn Langton environmental researcher and writer.
Maz 30 years of activism, 32 arrests, and yet a clean record.
Molly Scott Cato, Green Party economist and former MEP.
Nick Davies is a senior sustainability specialist, House of Commons.
Nick Rosen, author of How to Live Off Grid and editor of off-grid.net
Owen Evans champions independent media.
Roger Hallam non-violent direct action initiator.
Simon Fairlie editor of The Land, runs a micro dairy at Monkton Wyld.
Tamasin Cave is a Spinwatch campaigner tackling lobbying scandals.
Tiana Jacout is a feminist, activist, earth protector.
Rupert Read philosopher, author, Green Party campaigner and more.
SPEAKERS’ FORUMon the corner of the Campaigns Field
THURSDAY: 18.00 Green Politics – David Taylor.
19.00 Where did the Free Press Go? – Owen Evans
FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
10.00 Live stream? Stopping the
extinction crisis in our rivers
Nick Davies
Are Communes making a Comeback? – Cath Muller
Living Off Grid – Nick Rosen
11.00 Community Energy Panel
– Duncan Law, Emilia Melville, Phil Powell, Dan McCallum, Awel
Aman Tawe
The Frontline of Climate Change: Australia - Prof
Danille Calermajer and Dr Adi Vyas
Collapse v Destabilisa-tion: how to talk about
the future? - Laurie Laybourn Lang-
ton, Andrew Simms, Rupert Read
12.00 A Woman's Place is in the Revolution – Tiana
Jacout
NDVA Strategy and Les-sons – Roger Hallam +
HS2, Roads and Legal Advice – Indra Dona-
fresco and Maz
13.00 Stop Ecocide – Jojo Mehta
A Ctitique of Net Zero - Kevin Anderson
Lockdown Lessons and Rapid Transition –
Andrew Simms
14.00 Environmental and Social Benefits of (small
scale) Dairy Cows – Simon Fairlie
Lobbying in the UK – Tamasin Cave
Spycops and the Un-dercover Policing Public
Inquiry
15.00 Here Comes Everyone – Jamie Kelsey Fry
UBI: The Time has Come – Molly Scott Cato, Jonathan Williams
Transformative adaption to Climate Breakdown –
Rupert Read
16.00 Insulate Britain – Roger Hallam
Youth Panel – Jamie Kelsey Fry
Fast Fashion and Dam-aging trends – Clare
Farrell
17.00 Climate Adaption – Laurie Laybourn
Langton
Police Bill – Cllr Cleo Lake, Jake Bowers
Question Time with the day’s speakers
18.00 Question Time with the day’s speakers
Question Time with the day’s speakers
REEL NEWS FILMS
19.30 REEL NEWS FILMS REEL NEWS FILMS REEL NEWS FILMS Thank you to all the speakers. We hope you find inspiration to take action from these talks.
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REEL nEWS SOLAR cInEMAin the SPEAKERS FORUM
ThURSDAY cInEMA
19.15-21.00: Extinction Rebellion Global, with Zoe Broughton - the result of training people around the world to make their own climate campaign content. PLUS spokes training with Jamie Kelsey Fry
21.00-23.00: The run up to COP 26** a history of mobilisations at the climate summit, with films from Copenhagen, Paris and Bonn COPs - leading into a discussion of how do we build for COP26 in Glasgow?
23.00-01.00: Detroit: Rising From the Ashes (Reel News, 25 mins)Black working class communities grow food in 1,300 urban gardens.
In Our Hands: Seeding Change (Landworkers Alliance, 68 mins) The inspiring story behind the blood, sweat and tears of the British farmers fighting to outgrow the industrial food system.
FRIDAY cInEMA
19.35–20.35pm: Black Lives Matter shorts of the protests last summer, the origins of BLM in Oakland, and the struggle for climate justice.
20.35-21.15: Jack Blackburn LIVE full on rant from Brixton’s finest.
21.15–23.00: Joli Blon Cajun Band LIVE Lousiana dance tunes brought to you by a core trio of women on accordian, fiddle and guitar.
23.00-01.00: Hot Pepper (Les Blank, 54 mins)Thrilling musical portrait of Zydeco King Clifton Chenier.Always for Pleasure (Les Blank, 57 mins)Raucous tribute to the sights, sounds, and flavours of New Orleans.
SATURDAY cInEMA
19.15–21.00: Nae Pasaran (Felipe Bustos Sierra, 96 mins)The incredible true story of the Scots Rolls Royce workers who managed to ground half of Chile’s Air Force during Pinochet’s dictatorship. 21.00-23.00: Santiago Rising* (Nick McWilliam, 90mins)Fantastic film on the astonishing uprising in Chile just before the pandemic hit. Plus Q&A with film maker Nick McWilliam and co-producer Pablo Navarette from Alborada Films23.00-01.00: Alborada shorts* inspiration from the increasingly exciting revolts across many countries in Latin America.
SUnDAY cInEMA
18.15-19.00: Burned (Marlboro Productions, 30 mins)The shocking destruction of our forests for fuel and the resultant rise in carbon emissions that exceed those of coal-burning.19.00-21.00: COVID: Workers struggles for health & safety**Reel News shorts on inspiring struggles around the world for proper COVID safety measures – featuring health workers, construction workers, teachers and more, including the astonishing Mayday strikes in the US.21.00-23.00: Palestine Action (Real Media, in production)Brilliant direct action from the group who have been disrupting the operations of factories selling arms to Israel.Gaza Fights For Freedom* (Abby Martin, 84mins)Astonishing film of the Great March of Return Protests.23.00-01.00: A Feeling Greater Than Love* (Tricontinental Media, 99 min) Thrilling documentary cinema at its best, telling the story ofLebanon’s workers and farmers revolts in the 1970s and now.
* English subtitles** Some English subtitles
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cAMPAIGnS FIELD
In light of the global pandemic, climate change, ecological destruction, and authoritarian repression; it is more important than ever to get involved in the resistance.
Along with the Campaigns Dome for workshops and discussions we have Radical Wales, a Stalls Marquee, Radical Parenting, No Fixed Abode Firepit, Women’s Space and a host more from blockading training to banner making and everything in between.
The GG charity stall and some of its projects can also be found in this field – look out for Solar Sewing if you need a quick fabric fix, the autism-friendly Serenpod, and Cleanstream’s ‘waste’ management.
Veggies Vegan Catering Campaign (and burgers) and their cookery school Food For a Future are here too, along with the Speakers’ Forum, Reel News Cinema and the festival Info Exchange.
Extra workshops
In a yurt next to Speakers Forum there’s a couple of extra workshops:
Friday 14.00-16.00 Legal Training with Maz - what happens when arrested?
Saturday 14.00-16.00 Activist Media Training with Jamie Kelsey Fry
Entertainment from 19.00 every eve at the Radical Wales Open Mic. Come & have a go! - free homemade cider if you do. We’ve had loads of phenomenal performances over the years, who knows what 2021 will bring... It’ll be good!
Sadly Cal who was responsible for our wonderful garden recently died, we miss her and her garden this year, we have asked everyone to bring plant pots to display in her memory.
Free Campaigns Programme from the Info Exchange has more detail than can be squeezed in here.
cAMPAIGnS DOMEworkshops & discussions
FRIDAY
10.00. Valobashi songwriting 11.00. Earth First!Noon. Successful campaign planning13.00. Resisting Spycops14.00. 3pm. Post Brexit Borders & Asylum 16.00. Responding to privilege; redistributing wealth & power17.00. The Politics of Birth18.00. 40th Anniversary - Greenham Common
SATURDAY
10.00. Support people facing immigration detention11.00. Criminalisation of trespassNoon. Reclaim The Power13.00. How to Stop a High Speed Train14.00. Zapatistas: Decolonizing Resistance15.00. Resisting the hostile environment16.00. Charity, advocacy, mobilising & organizing: the differences17.00. Bloody birth of capitalism: Witch Trials, Midwives & the Commons18.00. Greenham Common Peace Camp, 1981-2000
SUNDAY
10.00. Strategies for cultural & arts activism11.00. Future of popular & political educationNoon. Nuclear break-down13.00. Opposition to HS214.00. Resisting Mega-Projects: Calls from Zapatistas15.00. Detention for ‘Safety’- European Border at Pandemic 16.00. Overcoming Our Internal Neoliberal Monster17.00. Resistance Assistance18.00. Greenham Women Everywhere
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cRAFT AREA
Craft Workshops & Demonstrations A-Z
The Art Room West Coast Makers bring you a colourful drop-in space to explore different art materials and get creative.Build a Willow Structure with Mike Hartley.
Can you handle it? Sticks unlimited - make a tool handle from green ash, using traditional devices, feel free to bring your own tool head.
Con Rendell Luthier offers stringed instrument maintenance. (Free)
Funky Furniture & Woodcraft make hazel flowers, stools & staffs.
Giant Triplets learn some Welsh while screen printing!
Glen Mooar Cottage Retreat make a festival bracelet, using colourful yarn and a wooden fastener on a traditional weaving disc. (Free)
Golden Lotus Bow Making learn traditional skills to create effective and beautiful archery bows. Highest quality materials and tools are used, resulting in a fast, accurate and attractive bow - a living, fully functional work of art, and an excellent introduction into archery.
Guerrilla Archaelogy: Antler Crafts creation of antler craft artefacts and information on the role of red deer in the past, present and future.
Hammered offer beaten copperwork workshops.
HOTPRESS explore the art of printmaking, techniques of dry-point etching, printing with leaves and feathers and cyanotype photography.
Hot Puff brings glassblowing workshops and demonstrations.
Ian Freemantle sculpture and woodworking, storytelling and poetry.
La Roulette will help you make a yurt wheel from Welsh Ash suitable for 12-16’ yurts. Complete that yurt you always wanted for £50.
Runa offers macrame workshops. (Free)
Mary Makes Zero Waste make your own Beeswax food wraps. (Free)
cRAFTS A-Z cOnTInUED
MillyPeds hands-on bicycle workshops & rag rug flower making to jazz up your bike. Electric tricycle building. Unable to use a bicycle? Get a moped together cheaply & learn new skills on the way! Bicycle repair & servicing undertaken (small cost), recycled bicycles and parts for sale.
Mushroom Paul make your own wooden mushroom.
The Nowhere Forge solar and pedal powered blacksmithing workshop.
Manipulate hot metal on the hearth using hammer and tong.
Pembrokeshire Thatch & Carpentry Services has it in the name!
Pretty Penny coin cutting workshop.
Radical Mending & Wild Embroidery grab a needle and explore Sashiko, Boro and the art of visible mending. Bring along a cherished garment in need of some tlc or embroider a patch to take away. (Free)
Rainbow Leather Craft using offcuts, cut & stitch to create birds, pendants, bags & more! Suitable for (supervised) kids & adults alike.
Running Horse Shamanic Drums & Nimpy Felt make your own single sided frame drum and beater using deer skin, or a Nuno felt waistcoat by wet felting merino wool onto cotton.
Shining Fox Creations Native American flute-making demonstrations.
Slator Creator select a stone, drill, file, sand, dab oil – make a pendant!
Solar Vinyl Lounge an interactive juke-box and time machine.
Stonycraft stone carving workshops, demos, participation.
Sundidjs elm & nettle cordage, cleft ash bows and didgeridoos.
Tez Roberts Ceramics raku: glaze & fire a unique piece of ceramic art.
Tin Can Designs Nozbugs make Recycled Bugs from scrap metal, cans, washers and rivets (8-adult). Or a Tin Can Flower (all ages).
Vehicle Maintenance change a tyre & brake pads, check fluids etc.
Wild & Wandering create Indian bunting and drawstring bags.
Willow Be’Hooked make a willow creation of your choice, from garden objects to dream catchers to a lantern to light your way home. Zoe’s Willow learn the traditional craft of willow weaving, from star wands to full size baskets.
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cRAFTS cOnTInUED…
PLUS… Free lantern making workshops with Willow Be’Hooked and a parade on Saturday evening, check the Info Exchange Tent for times. Community Badgemaking will be popping up here & there, as will Custom Stories for Strangers - and look out for Busker Don.Installations include Slate Sculptures by Matthew Billington, Throne and Loom by Jay Hadley and The Crafty Rascals’ fantastical creations.And just below Crafts, the Peace Garden is an oasis of calm. A programme of Free Workshops will take place in the Classroom and at the Craft Office, check the Info Exchange Tent for times.Around the Craft Area some workshops will be free, others by donation, for some there will be a small fee, or a larger fee if materials are costly. Please check with the workshop provider before joining in.
ThE RESOURcE hUBAlternative Technology workshops, library & info space
Learn practical skills to use renewable energy and live sustainably
9.00-10.00 10.00-12.00 12.00-13.00 13.00-15.00 15.00-17.00
THU Open library
Open library DIY Portable Power Pack
FRI Kids energy
Practical 12V Solar PV
Open library
Beginners Guide to
Setting Up An Off Grid Solar
System
DC Power
SAT Kids energy
Slow Cooking - Hayboxes
and Battery
Open library
Practical 12V Solar PV
Wind Power
SUN Kids energy
Slow Cooking - Hayboxes
and Battery
Open library
DIY Portable Power Pack
Beginners Guide to Setting Up An
Off Grid Solar System
Check the board outside for changes to the timetable. Spaces may be limited.
ThE RESOURcE hUBOpen LibraryBooks, magazines, free info leaflets, educational displays, information on how the festival is 100% solar powered and how to build your own off grid power system.
Kids Energy – JaneMake a human circuit, mini sundial or pinwheel. Learn about the Solar Fire Engine and play around with circuits and wind power.
DIY Portable Power Pack - Jane & Seggy Segaran from SF EnvironmentalDemo how to build a portable power pack that can be taken on camping trips, used in power cuts or garden/allotment sheds. The power pack is charged using a solar panel and has an LED light, 2 x USB and a 12V cigarette lighter socket. You will be able to build a power pack and see it working.
Slow Cooking Using Hayboxes & Battery - Jane & Seggy from SF EnvironmentalDemo of a range of Haybox Cookers and discuss how to make these from simple household items. Also a demo of an off-grid 12V cooker that can be easily made at home and used to bake cakes and bread. The demo will include preparing a stew in the haybox and baking in the battery cooker.
DC Power – Dave HainsworthLearn about 12V Electrical safety, general battery maintenance and basic calculations to manage your own DC power system.
Beginner’s Guide to Setting Up an Off Grid Solar System - Chris from Green Bee PermacultureAn introduction to simple solar system set ups and how to connect them together to get them working. I will discuss different types of controllers, batteries and inverters etc and provide guidance on how to size a system to meet your requirements. We may even connect up a small wind turbine
Practical 12V Solar PV – Bob Robarts of SustainergyBy the end of the workshop each student should be able to wire up a PV system, measure input and output power, light a bulb, turn a motor and make a solar powered cup of tea/coffee!
Wind Power – Jon Millar of Cornwall Energy Services A presentation on the do’s and don’ts of small scale wind power with qualified questions and answers about your own wind turbine and parts to look at.
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nATURE’S WAY
Nature’s Way begins at the Stone Circle on the Village Green, takes you past the Wise Old Oak and into a dappled wooded glade where an archway leads to our Permaculture Village.
Along the Way find sights, sounds, stories and magical experiences to open your mind, touch your heart, delight your senses and inspire you.
Stone Circle: with iconic views across the Severn Valley, this is a peaceful place to sit and breathe deeply, meet friends, practice yoga, create ceremonies, greet the day or have a sunny afternoon nap.
Voices of Gaia: a Talkspace facing the Stones, with a programme of earthy and esoteric subjects - from the magic and medicine of herbs to the meaning of myth and folklore, the power of indigenous knowledge and the quiet wisdom of elders, historians, archeologists and shamen.
Enchanted Garden: brought to you by Urban Furniture Perspective – an upcycled dreamscape of giant flowers and fungi.
Hare Krishna Temple: follow the scent of incense and sound of cymbals; join in the chanting and dancing; learn about the Food For All charity which has been cooking and distributing 1000s of free meals every day across the UK throughout the covid pandemic.
Crystal Soliton: a little bit woo but don’t be scared, step inside and see!
Shrine to the Liminal: follow a trail of shrines and sounds to the Wise Old Oak; this open air sanctuary will be a space for contemplation and poetry, offerings, prayers and play.
Tiny Tea Tent: the famous, infamous, wood-fired festival tea stall; revisit memories of festivals past and stock up on cake...
hILL VILLAGEFrom the fringe of the Green Markets down towards the Stone Circle,
Hill Village stretches higgledy-piggledy under trees along the edge of the Village Green; a place for creative relaxation and exploration where you’ll be spellbound by many a wise Traveller.
Drop by SliCK Solar Stoves to marvel at thermal cooking.
Learn how to construct a rocket stove, tinker with a stirling engine or build a bender with the Low Impact Living crew.
Hang out with Pete at the One Planet Development tent and find out how to turn the dream of sustainable living into reality.
Browse Celia’s Herbals and Steve of Britain’s quality tat.
Get clean under the stars at SAMS heavenly Magic Hat Showers.
Enjoy organic and upcycled fabrics, natural dyes, original art and handmade accessories at Earthrise and the Garden of Heathens, then head to The Snug to treat yourself to wood fired pizza or cake.
GREEn MARKETSWe’re passionate about bringing together the most ethical, creative, gorgeous and unique off-grid festival traders.
Meat- and fish-free since 2011, we aim to book at least a third purely vegan stalls and most cafes have extensive vegan, organic, locally sourced and gluten-free options.
Choose from wood-fired pizza, vegan ice cream and fresh fairtrade coffee; authentic South Indian, Mexican and Middle Eastern flavours; organic veggie breakfasts, grilled toasties, pancakes and cakes galore.
The Green Markets are also bursting with handicrafts, upcycled and vintage clothes, useful tat and beautiful treats.
Ice Green, Dirtbags, Numinums and The Big Fab Clothes Stall won 2019 Green Gathering Ethical Trader Awards.
Lalita’s Kitchen, Mr Croquewich, Chai Shop Organic, Veggies, Coffee Cranks, Get It Here! and Celia’s Herbals return after receiving Ethical Trader Awards in earlier years.
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PERMAcULTURE
A grassroots movement with the capacity to change the world! The Permaculture Community, nestled in the woods, will again be offering workshops, talks and sessions linking the principles of Earth Care, People Care and Fair Shares / Future Care.
Come and join us, there will be… ● Forest School activities with friends from Hallr Woods ● People & Permaculture with Looby McNamara ● Himalayan Permaculture with Chris Evans ● No Dig Gardening with author Steph Hafferty ● All Things Herbal with Coed Hills
Plus…The ever popular Free Shop, info stall, permaculture products & books for sale, pop up open mic sessions, and so much more!Take a look at the boards at the Info Exchange and in the Permaculture area for timings, or check our facebook page, updated daily during the festival: www.facebook.com/GreenGatheringPermaculture
We will be note taking, filming or sound recording some sessions for a new Permaculture YouTube channel. Findings will feed in to the Permaculture Association board of trustees, to help shape current and future strategy.
Come and chat, and help Permaculture Design become a normalised tool for change!
“We are grass roots. We are resilient. We are our future.” Tammi Dallaston, GG Permaculture Co-ordinator
SAcRED AcTIVIST SAncTUARY also known as the S.A.S. Village
In a grassy bowl a short stroll from the festival’s main venues, a living installation of artists and activists works collaboratively in service to a central Fire and explores curiosity about Sanctuary.
The S.A.S crew will be village building and creating a setting - by our approach, practices, radical hospitality and willingness to let go of certainty – which invites mystery to collaborate with stories and songs told around the fire.
We will offer activities and space to festival goers and together will curate the Star Lodge and Big Lodge. And we will build a Sweatlodge for Ancestors on Sunday.
A village noticeboard announces daily workshops & activities, including: Blood Mysteries & Cyclical Living; Wild Tea Walks; Natural Inks - making & marking; Dawn Dancing; Very Beginners’ Welsh; Lunar Cartography.
Why? ● To create a sanctuary setting for difficult conversations, songs and stories about the reality of living in these times; a space where all views are met with compassion, and all futures viewed as possibilities.
● To model micro experiments in collaborative living and doing things differently.
● To welcome grief and grieving as part of living in these times.
● To honour Sweatlodge traditions, held sacred by us. In the present situation it would be considered reckless to participate in the usual way and so we offer this one to the ancestors, meaning we do the usual prep, fire, music, drumming and singing as the rocks heat. Then put the rocks into the lodge, open our invitation to the ancestors to enter, (not us), then hold vigil and offer prayer around the fire for and to the ancestors of this land, all our lineages and all beings, human and non human.
Join us and share your story around a fire with music and stars, myth and magic to wonder under. Join us to prepare Sweatlodge on Sunday.
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ThE hEALInG cIRcLE: ThERAPISTS & WORKShOPS
16.00 Thursday: Opening Ceremony.
Big White Dome near field entrance - daily workshops – all free07.00: Wake up Yoga 08.00: Yoga with Chloe09.00 (under dome): Ashtanga Yoga with Olu(outside): Tai Chi with Mark, Falun Gong with Tilly10.00 (under dome): Kundalini Yoga with Lynne(outside): Tai Chi / Chi Gung with Ra11.00 (under dome): Yoga with Wendy(outside): Sky Earth Chi Gung with Jacob
12.00 (under dome): Kriya Yoga with Fiona Morley(outside): Japanese soft Chi Gung with Nick Twilley13.00: Yoga – free space14.30 (under dome): Gong Bath with Erica; (outside): Tai Chi with Mark15.30: Sacred Sound Bath with Carolyn Cole20.00 (Sat only): Earth Sound Journey with Maria Belenfrom 15.30 on Fri-Sat-Sun: Music under the Big White Dome
Large Green Dome – opposite entrance - daily activities – all free10.00: Healing workshop tbc11.00: Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT); tapping & muscle testing on a different theme each day, with Lucia Franziska12.00: Somatic Inner Dance / Contact Improvisation, with Frankie Walker
13.30: Harmony Parts Singing – with Mike Robeson15.00: Lush Harmony Singing with Sheila Tang16.00: Healing Workshop with Helen Ford18.00: Harmony Parts Singing possibly continuing
Space 3 - Blue/Green Yome - Fri, Sat, Sun programme – all free08.00: Free Space for individual meditation10.00: Guided group meditation11.00: Mindfulness meditation with Naomi Chunilai12.00: Mindfulness meditation & stress reduction with Jackie Hawken13.00: Taoist Meditation / Internal Alchemy – Neigung - with Jacob14.00: Discussions: Ancient Cosmology (Sat),
15.00: Cacao Ceremony (Sat), tbc on Fri & Sun16.00: Inner Energy Meditative Chi Gung with Jacob17.30: Native American Flute (Fri & Sun)
Plus Kirtan Devotional Singing Tent - Bhajans - Fire Ceremonies
FIRST AID, MEDIcAL hERBALISTS, WELFARE, ASSISTED AccESS
The Medical Herbalists group is made up of medical professionals and trainees. Having studied Herbal Medicine for 3-4 years and undertaken at least 500 supervised clinical hours, our herbalists are skilled in conventional First Aid and in treating common illnesses with sustainably sourced, often organic, super effective herbal medicine. Paramedics are on hand to deal with any life-threatening situations. Our Medical Co-ordinator has worked in the NHS and ambulance service and is fully up to date on infection control.
Next to the Medical Centre, the Welfare team offers sensitive and sympathetic emotional and practical support, and a safe space if you need it, 24 hours a day. If the team can’t help with what you need, they will almost certainly be able to find someone who can.
The Lost Kids’ crew have a yurt on the edge of the Kids’ Area and will do their best to ensure children and their parents/guardians are safely reunited. Please note this service is not a creche and parents are expected to be responsible for their children at all times.
The Gathering has an Assisted Access Area located on a flat part of the site, close to the main track and to several of our major venues.A welcome tent, accessible toilets and and shower, communal campfire, BSL communication support, electric wheelchair/scooter charging (all solar!) and friendly helpful faces can be found here. The volunteer crew will do their best to facilitate everyone’s access to the festival. People with reduced mobility can request use of our shuttle buggy.We also have the ‘Serenpod’ – an autism friendly safe haven for when sensory overload hits. A small bell tent provides a quiet retreat equipped with comfy cushions, laptop charging point and upcycled sensory items for use by people with lived experience of autism or neurodiversity in need of a bit of peace and quiet on site. The Serenpod is situated next to the GG charity stall in the Campaigns Field and is available on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. Practical improvement suggestions - bearing in mind the limitations of our site and our non-commercial, small-budget nature - are very welcome indeed!
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FESTIVAL TEEnSThis year’s Teen Space will be a brand new partnership between
Clementines Live Arts and Wye Circus CIC
A team of professional circus performers will provide daily workshops in aerial, acrobatics, juggling and much much more more.
We’ll have a printmaking session alongside henna and up-cycled crafts.
1-2-1 and small group music lessons will be available here ranging from guitar, to rap to concert harp!
We will also run sessions in sport, bush craft and fireside cookery.
Head down to the Teen Space to meet the new team who are keen to build the new programme how the GG teens want it to be!
The daily timetable will be up on a chalkboard outside the area.
AnD AROUnD ThE FESTIVAL SITE... Get practical Alt Tech skills at the Resource Hub.
There’s capoeira mornings in the Raconteurs’ big top, and a Poetry Slam there on Sunday.
There’s a lot of free and by-donation workshops in the Craft Area.
The Campaigns Field has direct action skillshares & vegan cookery.
Saturday 4pm there’s a Youth Panel in the Speakers’ Forum. Tons of other good talks in there across the weekend too.
Rebels and community builders in the Permaculture and SAS Village welcome all ages to hang out or muck in.
There’s load of yoga and Tai Chi in the Healing Circle.
On Nature’s Way the Shrine to the Liminal (leading to and under the big oak) is worth a look.
And this year there’s a truly huge variety of music across site.
Let us know what you like & we’ll aim to do more of it next year
FESTIE KIDS!
In the KIDS’ GARDEN and spilling out onto the VILLAGE GREEN…
Bearcat Collective has drama and music workshops, tie-dying, swap shop, chill out and play space.Envirolution offers fun galore with a sustainability theme.Flora’s Facepainting & Professor Kayoss’ Amazing MachineThe Bookshelf – a playbus library, microscopy, badge-making, boardgames and table football.The Amazing Tribe of Vikboc with dance workshops, dressing up, performances and open mic.Willow weaving at Tora and Mark’s horsebox.Try Circus Skills, and fly on the Aerial Rig!Sports Day will be huge fun with the Seeds & Trees crew.Plus, check the activities board outside the Little Big Top.
And look out for child-friendly activities across site…Different Fruitures: Permaculture Woods, 1.30pm Sat & Sun, children’s theatre and play: Action-Movement-Peace.Glover: Bandstand, noon Friday, interactive family musical theatre.The Craft Area has a huge variety of creative activities and demonstrations suitable for all ages, some free or donation-only.Travellerspace in the Campaigns Field has young kids activities.Ukejam welcomes young (and old) jammers 10.30am at Soundscape.The Raconteurs’ Delight has family entertainment daily 6-7.30pm(ish) including Rainbow Gecko, Circus Kaos and Ernie’s Journey.
EVEN AT GREEN GATHERING CHILDREN NEED TO BE CLOSELY SUPERVISED BY THEIR RESPONSIBLE ADULT(S)
We don’t provide creches or babysitters, some aspects of the festival are not childproof… and your child may not be entirely festival-proof! Keep them in view at all times
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ThE GREEnEST FESTIVAL In ThE LAnDInternational Greener Festival Award for Power … TWICE!
Many Thanks to our solar power providers and geniuses of electrickery for helping get us to this point. Thanks also to A Greener Festival (AGF), the non-profit organisation behind the award which provides educational resources and facilitates exchange of the best green ideas globally.
We pioneered the move away from single use plastics...
… banning plastic bottles, serveware, cutlery, sachets, straws, glitter and dodgy bio-plastics over the last decade. Check out Crock n Rock’s crockery hire service, our sturdy reusable bar cups with gorgeous design by Julia Lock, the Cleanstream Centre for reuse and recycling, #BringYourOwnMug, and be sure to admire our red-and-white Danger Bunting, a reuseable alternative to hazard tape, crafted by members of our community (thankyou, makers!).
EThIcAL MERchIn the Info Exchange Tent on the edge of the Campaigns Field.
RAW Foundation stainless steel water bottles for £10.And the most ethical organic cotton T-shirts available, printed with water based inks, choice of colours. T’s with fab new design by Joy Rooney are just £15.Older designs (now limited edition) at a bargain £10!
ThE GREEn GAThERInG chARITY
Our GG charity commissions the festival, promotes education for sustainability and is based in the Campaigns Field near Info Exchange. Charity projects showcased at the festival include the Cleanstream Centre with comprehensive sorting, cleaning and reuse station; Crock n Rock’s crockery loan and wash up tent; and the Serenpod, an autism-friendly safe haven (the charity is raising funds to expand this project).
cAMPFIRE SESSIOnSOn the Village Green, near the Glad Apple Bar, acoustic musicians
invite you to join them around a campfire 8 ‘til late, weather permitting.*
Bring your instruments, your voice, your listening ears and dancing feet!THU: Hands of the Heron will host this female-led jam.FRI: Ukejam – it’s a pub-style singalong, join in but remember to keep a safe distance from strangers and don’t sing in their faces!SAT: Peculiar Hand are a talented collective of artists, musicians and performers ready to sweep you up on their acoustic journey.SUN: The Wierdstring Band will treat you to haunting Celtic and Swedish tunes interspersed with intense silliness. Listen, play, dance! * If there’s a heatwave we may leave the fire unlit; if there’s a downpour bring a brolly so we can just get on with singing in the rain...
MOTh SPOTTInG!Join intrepid lepidopterists Lydia, Lucy, Ben and Tom for night-timeforays into the weird and wonderful local moth population. Find us by looking for the bright alluring light somewhere beyond the 3.5% Bar, generally after dark. Come along to admire and learn about some of the 2500 moth species in the UK, and how they are critical environmental indicators.
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RESPEcT ThE LAnD, FESTIVAL cOMMUnITY AnD chEPSTOW
nEIGhBOURS ● Follow the Covid guidance to keep us all safe. ● Don’t camp directly under large trees, they may drop branches. ● Campfires to be raised off the ground away from tents; use only seasoned wood and don’t destroy woodland wildlife habitats.
● No nitrous (nos), aerial lanterns or disposable bbqs for environmental and H&S reasons.
● No flames or charcoal burners in tents (fire and carbon monoxide poisoning are deadly), no smoking in marquees.
● Take great care with glass and with cooking gas canisters. ● No cigarette butts left on the floor, no plastic glitter – both pollute. ● No drones (potentially unsafe and they invade privacy). ● Beware steep cliffs in woods around the festival perimeter. ● The racecourse, other than our clearly marked campervan arena and crossing, is strictly out of bounds.
● The ruined manor house and other ruined buildings are potentially dangerous; respect the fences around them and stay away.
● Look out for each other and don’t leave valuables in tents. ● Please no drumming 23.00-10.00; it carries and disturbs our neighbours, having the potential to harm community relations.
● Dogs must be on leads and picked up after - put poo bags in designated bins. Unaccompanied dog? Please inform a Dog Warden.
Monday you must leave by noon, taking all your camping gear with you. A shuttle bus will ferry you back to the gate or train station.
LEARn SOME FESTIVAL WELSh
(To help you out, the pronunciation is in brackets) Laughter breaks are recommended!Helo! (hair-law) Hello!Ga’ i peint o seidar plîs? (Gar-yee paint aw say-der-rr please?) Can I have a pint of cider, please?Ga’ i fenthyg dy ordd plîs? (Gar-yee venn-thick der oar-th please?)Can I borrow your mallet please?Mae’r band yma’n grêt! (Mire band er-mar’n gr-air-t)This band’s great!Dwi wedi blino (Do-wee weddy blee-naw)I’m tiredNôs da (Norse dar) Good night Free screenprints if you practice your Welsh at the Giant Triplets stall in the Craft Area!
RESPEcT TO ThE cREW!Credit where it’s due: none of this would have happened without our incredible co-ordinators, contributors and volunteers.
A Huge Thankyou to: Alex & Lizzy (Traffic), Alice (‘Baby Director’), Amanda (Info), Andrew (Bars), April & Yeshe (S.A.S. Village), Ben (Artist Liaison), Carole (Assisted Access), Chloe & Tom (Campaigns), Corinne (Welfare), Ellie (Ents), Dedj (Medical), Dougal & Tess (REsource), Emma (Crafts), Maggie (Trader HQ), Jackie (Teens), Jacob (Healing), Jak (Cleaning Pixies), Jasper (Fires), Kat & Lesley (Publicity), Kim & Ali (Box Office), Laura (Stewards), Matt (Kids), Noel (Nature’s Way), Richie (Electrics), Shaun (Reel News), Shaz (Admin), Sten (Raconteurs’ Delight), Tammi (Permaculture), Tim (H&S), and to all the crews. Thankyou to our solar power providers for turning sunshine into powerful stuff! Thankyou to our site manager Dave B and everyone who works their socks off in the Site and Production Crews; to our venues Soundscape, Triban and Floating Lotus; and to all our artists, traders, exhibitors, cooks, speakers, workshops, recyclers, drivers, Security and other contributors. Thankyou to the GG charity for commissioning this inspirational Gathering; and for art and design, Thanks to Drea Blackbird and Mike@frogsdesign.
Thankyou for coming to The Green Gathering and becoming part of our community - it’s you who truly makes the festival what it is. Sign up for newsletters via the GG website and check out our social media to stay in touch. We want to know about your favourite bits, bliss outs and tricky moments – your input is vital and we love hearing your stories.Check our website and facebook for links to our feedback survey. We’ll use the knowledge to make 2022 even better. See You Next Year!
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KEEPING EVERY BODY SAFE
Keep distance between yourself & others not in your household.Wash or sanitise your hands often.
Spend as much time as possible in the lovely, fresh Wye Valley air.Wear a face covering on the shuttle buses & in other enclosed spaces.
Symptoms which could be Covid? Go to Medical; wear a mask.Some people are more vulnerable than others –
let’s do these things together so everyone can feel safe.If we get this right, we’ll be able to keep Gathering for years to come!
The Green Gathering festival is produced on a non-profit basis by Steve Muggeridge, Shane Collins, Linda Benfield and Em Weirdigan, directors of Optimistic Trout Productions CIC, and trainee director Alice Bewick, on behalf of the Green Gathering charity (no.1156593) which promotes sustainability via hand-on education and the arts
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