BEYOND HEDONISM - GREEN GATHERING 29July - 1August 2021 - FESTIVAL PROGRAMME £3 - The Green Gathering
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GREEN GATHERING 29 July - 1 August 2021 BEYOND HEDONISM FESTIVAL PROGRAMME £3
contents ORIENTATION
Info Exchange is very central, on the edge of the Campaigns Field.
Welcome & Orientation 2, 3 Raconteurs’ Delight Performing Arts You can buy programmes, t-shirts and CDs here, and charge your phone.
Live Music Who’s Who 4 Workshops 15 Lost Property will be at Info Exchange during opening hours 9am-9pm.
Live Music & Spoken Word Venues 5 Speakers’ Forum Whos’ Who 16 Fruit, veg, bread, snacks & vegan basics at the Tat 4 Tibet shop nearby.
THURSDAY LINE UP – Floating Lotus, SPEAKERS’ FORUM LINE UP 17 Lost Kids yurt is in the Kids Area. Welfare, for TLC if things go wobbly, opens 24
Triban & Soundscape Stages 5 Reel News Cinema 18, 19 hours, so go there for lost people and things when everywhere else is closed. The
Live Music Who’s Who 6 MAP 20, 21 Medical Herbalists are our qualified frontline service for 1st Aid and health needs.
FRIDAY LINE UP – Floating Lotus, Campaigns Field & Workshops 22, 23 Paramedics are close by. Assisted Access can help if you need mobility or hearing
Triban & Soundscape Stages 7 Craft Area & Craft Workshops 24, 25 assistance. More info on p.33.
Live Music Who’s Who 8 Crafts & REsource Hub 26, 27 We’ve put in extra handwash and sanitiser stations. There are showers too – see
SATURDAY LINE UP – Floating Lotus, map. Thanks to Natural Event over 70% of our loos are Compost Loos. Water from
Nature’s Way 28
Triban & Soundscape Stages 9 our taps is good to drink; refill your bottle to save waste; stay hydrated. See p.39 for
Hill Village & Green Markets 29 more healthy festi tips.
Walkabouts, Troubadours, Morning Permaculture Community 30
Workshops & Random Crock & Rock is a FREE plate and spoon hire service on the Village Green. Choose a
Sacred Activist Sanctuary 31 song from the pedal powered jukebox, or just grab crocks and go, then return them
Happenings 10
Healing Circle 32 after - no washing up!
SUNDAY LINE UP – Floating Lotus,
Triban & Soundscape Stages 11 Medical, Welfare & Assisted Access 33 Elite Cleaning Pixies will be polishing public touchpoints all over site, day & night
Festival Teens 34 – please let them jump queues to clean with a grin!
Raconteurs’ Delight Stage
Who’s Who 12 Festival Kids 35 And make use of our unique educational Greensweep Recycling Bins.
RACONTEURS’ DELIGHT Campfire Sessions & Mothspotting 36
CABARET LINE UP 13 Merch, Awards, The Green Gathering
Bars: Glad Apple, Brimmon Oak, charity 37 COVID AWARENESS
3.5%, Hedgerow 14 Learn Welsh! And Thanks 38
Clean hands, distance between yourself & others not in your household, face
GG Guidelines 39 coverings in enclosed spaces and lovely, fresh Wye Valley air... these things will help
keep every body safe.
Welcome to The Green Gathering! Wear a red ribbon to signal caution or vulnerability, to alert others that you’d like
your space to be respected to the max.
We’re celebrating our Tenth Year in Piercefield Park
Wear a yellow ribbon if you’re feeling unsure how safe you feel – everyone, please
We are so lucky to be here. Eat and drink and be merry, lie in the sun, splash in respect these folks’ space too.
puddles, relax. Have a dance, sit by a fire, listen to some tunes, meet friends old and Wear a green ribbon to communicate that while you’re not vulnerable or especially
new. Stay up late, talk nonsense, be a big kid. And then, the morning after, with your cautious about your own health, you are willing to respect the personal space of
new mates from the night before, hatch a plan to improve your lives and make the others, to keep everyone safe.
world a better place. Learn to build a bender, carve a spoon, throw a pot. Share a
If you don’t have a ribbon or piece of cloth in these colours, pick one up free / by
skill. Share a story. Explore something you’ve never experienced before. The Green
donation at the Info Exchange Tent!
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.
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LIVE MUSIC WHO’S WHO LIVE MUSIC & SPOKEN WORD
3 Daft Monkeys play quirky, original and upbeat fiddle-driven songs. Soundscape 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
Anne-Marie Allen BBC Introducing songwriter with distinct soulful tone. Sick Be Nourished which she’ll shout out about in between storming acts like Millie
Anni Wall trad folk influences and haunting alt country sensibility. 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
Ask My Bull visceral punk, danceability of drum’n’bass, nuance of jazz. made cakes and a psychedelic stage; hosting Mobius Loop, Smiley & the Underclass,
Benjamin Yellowitz honest folk meets warm electronica. Rosco Shakes, Hoopy Frood and more.
Triban This Tribe has an extensive bar and garden with abundant space for
Boom Boom Racoon 80% politics, 30% nonsense: DIY ska-punk. capering to awesome folk, funk and global grooves. Don’t miss GG faves Seize The
Ceitidh Mac warming cello, soaring vocals, a twist on the alt.folk genre. Day, Dragonsfly, Ask My Bull, The Balkaneers...
The Raconteurs’ Delight Spoken word, comedy, cabaret and stories in a circus
Claire Vine sings about longing for justice in a more sustainable world. tent with neighbouring cocktail and temperance bar. Daytimes, workshops in
Danieal brings diva energy and vocals to compere Soundscape Stage. performing arts. Early eve is family time!
All times are approximate, please check at Info Exchange or venue boards for up
Divers solo ska punk, with upbeat lyrics about love, life, and money. THURSDAY LINE-UP
Dora Darling earthy magical traditional and original folk music.
SOUNDSCAPE TRIBAN FLOATING LOTUS
Dragonsfly lush Celtic folk-trance and funky Eastern grooves. 17.00 Anne-Marie Allen
Phil Cudsworth
17.00-17.30 Boom Boom Racoon
17.00-17.40
17.00-18.00
Edd Donovan pens political, poignant, powerful indie folk songs.
18.00 Siobhan McCrudden
Fly Yeti Fly play organic, heartfelt songs, with warmth and purity. MOAN
18.00– 18.45
17.55-18.35
Folk On comedy folk for the family; melodies sweet as village fete jam. George Smiley Acoustic
19.00 18.30 – 19.30
to date information.
Francesca Dimesh
Francesca Dimech brings us original folk in English and Welsh. Tori Sheard
19.15-19.45
19.20–20.00
Funke and the Two Tone Baby a one man sonic explosion. 20.00 Mobius Loop
Of Ghosts and Other 20.00-20.45
Genn Anglo-Maltese musical riot; rock your ears, mess with your brain. Valeria Pozzo
Forms
20.15-21.00
20.30-21.15
George Smiley irresistable punky reggae guitar noise from London. 21.00
Georgia Palmer shares atmospheric tales of inner and outer journeys. The Balkaneers 3 Daft Monkeys
Funke and the Two Tone
22.00 21.30-22.30 21.15-22.45
Baby
Greenness folktronica duo with original songs in French and English. 21.45-22.45
Hands of the Heron female-led songwriters’ collective; rich harmonies. 23.00 Valeria Pozzo (Solo)
Hannah Scott contemporary folk with thought-provoking lyrics. Greenness 23.00-23.45 Divers
23.15-00.00 23.15-00.00
mid-
night
4 5FRIDAY LINE-UP
LIVE MUSIC WHO’S WHO SOUNDSCAPE TRIBAN FLOATING LOTUS
Ukejam Laughter Yoga
11.00
High Shelf Remedy inspired by nature, activism, love, art, freedom. 10.30 – 11.30 10.30 – 11.30
Holy Moly and the Crackers make riotous party music for the masses.
12.00 My Mate Dave Tori Sheard
Hoopy Frood play perfect festie music; psy-groove-electro-rock. 12.00–12.30 12.00– 12.30
Wychbury
All times are approximate, please check at Info Exchange or venue boards for up to date information.
12.15– 13.00
J P Worsfold lyrically driven modern folk songs of the North West. 13.00 Windy Bottom Boys Rebecca Hurn
13.00–13.45 13.00–13.30
Jessie Reid impressive finger style guitar and soulful, emotive vocals.
Greenness
13.30 – 14.15
Keepers Brew high energy, guitar driven, psychedelic dance music. 14.00 Dora Darling
14.00-14.45
Hannah Scott
Little Sparrow delicate folk songs with flawless vocals and harmonies. 14.15-15.00
Anne-Marie Allen
15.00
MADI electro art-pop for weirdos: great for fans of Bowie & St Vincent. 14.45-15.30
Triban Time
Magnificent AKs a multi-hatted bloke-song machine, and tomfoolery. Mobius Loop 15.15-16.15
16.00 15.30- 16.30
High Shelf Remedy
Millie Manders and the Shut Up more raw punk fusion than you can shake a stick 16.00-17.00
at… and Millie Manders - less band, no less raw punk.
17.00 Rosco Shakes
Mischa & His Merry Men politics and injustice to peace, love and unity. Special Mystery Guest
16.45-17.45
Fabulous Red Diesel
MOAN raps with the voice of our time; health, class, race, relationships. 18.00 17.30-18.30
Mobius Loop world music and conscious rap, intimate and powerful. Ask My Bull
Ceitidh Mac
18.15-19.15
19.00 18.30-19.20
My Mate Dave quirky folk sound with shades of bluegrass. Smiley and the Under-
class
19.00-20.00
Nancy Ackroyd combines poetry with melodies, expressing catharsis. Psycho-Acoustic Goat
20.00
One Eyed God 19.45-20.45
Of Bronze & Stone enchanting story songs from SW England. 19.50-20.50 Genn
20.30-21.00
Of Ghosts & Other Forms meld electronic and organic sounds. 21.00
Seize the Day
One Eyed God punky ska, reggae and dub, with sax and bouzouki. 3 Daft Monkeys 21.15-22.15 The High Breed
22.00 21.20-22.50
21.30-22.45
Pete the Temp is a loop station artist, comic and spoken word poet.
Phil Cudworth honest upfront songwriting – always with a smile. 23.00
Satin Beige
22.45-23.30
The Borgias
She, Robot
Psycho-acoustic Goat melodic, psychedelic acoustic dance music. 23.20-00.00
23.15-00.00
Rainy Day Woman play sparse, unhurried folk Americana music. 00.00
Edd Donovan
Of Bronze and Stone
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
6SATURDAY LINE-UP
SOUNDSCAPE TRIBAN FLOATING LOTUS
LIVE MUSIC WHO’S WHO
Ukejam Laughter Yoga
11.00
10.30 – 11.30 10.30 – 11.30
Rebecca Hurn multi award winning acoustic singer songwriter.
12.00
Rosco Shakes jump-blues and early R&B brought to life; stomping! The Magnificent AKs Anni Wall
All times are approximate, please check at Info Exchange or venue boards for up to date information.
12 – 12.50 12 – 12.30 Matthew Frederick
12.15 – 13.00
Satin Beige soulful, sassy, sultry, sun-kissed, jazz tinged, cello infused.
13.00
Jessie Reid
Seize The Day are radical voices for environmental and social justice. 13.00-13.45
Rebecca Hurn
13.20-13.50 Pete the Temp
She, Robot plays live looping beatbox electronica. 14.00
13.30-14.30
SHH entertain with exciting eclectic multicoloured pop. J P Worsfold
14.15-15.00
Folk On
Siobhan McCrudden treats us to sweet dark folk for the soul. 15.00 14.20-15.10
Satin Beige
15.00-15.45
Smokin’ Pilchards are an alternative folk-stomping shanty machine. Hannah Scott
Seize The Day 15.30-16.15
16.00
15.40-16.30
Smiley & the Underclass punky reggae guitar and chaotic energy. Edd Donovan
16.15-17.00
Sophie Crabtree sensitive and humorous folk with contemporary twist. 17.00
Little Sparrow Nancy Ackroyd
Sound of the Sirens from emotive ballads to sing-along anthems. 17.00–18.00 16.45–18.00
Benjamin Yellowitz
The Balkaneers E. European & Celtic tunes rewritten into bouncing ska. 18.00 17.30–18.30
The Borgias bring us a dancy upbeat sound from Birmingham. Fly Yeti Fly
One Eyed God
19.00 18.30– 19.30
18.30– 19.30
The Embers British folk music with Americana and a bluegrass swing. The Borgias
19.00–20.00
The Fabulous Red Diesel their own breed of jazz, with delicious vocals. 20.00
Danieal Ask My Bull
The High Breed psychedelic conscious hip hop, and utopian dreams. 20.00-20.30 20.00-20.50
Hoopy Frood
The Wierdstring Ceilidh: 3 men, 14 strings, lots of dancing wierdness. 21.00 20.30-21.30
Tori Sheard folk songs fused with alt-pop, and a message of LOVE! Holy Moly and the
Dragonsfly
21.20 – 22.35
22.00 Crackers
Valeria Pozzo Italian multi-instrumentalist drawing on pop-folk & jazz. 21.30 – 22.45 Rosco Shakes
22.00– 23.00
Windy Bottom Boys tunes and tickles from their Windy Bottom home! 23.00
The Embers
Ed Donovan
Workshop Supergroup Ukejam and Singin’ bout a Revolution join forces, with a 23.15-00.00
23.05-00.05
SHH
choir and band who’ve learnt the songs this weekend! 23.30-00.30
00.00
Wychbury specialise in traditional British songs and original material.
Shemanic Steve / Sound-
01.00 scape Specials Triban Time Floating Lotus presents..
8 02.00 00.30-02.00 00.50-02.00 01.00-02.00WALKABOUTS & TROUBADOURS SUNDAY LINE-UP
SOUNDSCAPE TRIBAN FLOATING LOTUS
Bonkoodle – Shares their passions for Circus 10.00
Didgebeat George – One man acoustic didgeridoo techno machine
Ukejam Laughter Yoga
Peculiar Hand – Folk stories, puppetry, humour & powerful music 11.00 10.30 – 11.30 10.30 – 11.30
Pilgrims of the Liminal - Cycle-powered structures, giant characters and
All times are approximate, please check at Info Exchange or venue boards for up to date information.
interactive performance, with a pilgrimage and exploration theme 12.00
The Magnificent AKs Phil Cudsworth
Mamatung
Pop Up Piano – Ambient tunes to chill to 12 – 12.50 12–12.45
12 – 13.00
Rainbow Gecko – Master Bubbleologists amaze with outside displays 13.00
Samantha Hart – Simply a singer with a beautiful voice Workshop Supergroup
Dora Darling
13.15-14.00 Boom Boom Racoon
13.20-14.15
Steve Kaos - Very visual, family friendly multi circus skill shows 14.00
13.30-14.15
Tribe Of Mog – Bee education – on stilts!
Fly Yeti Fly
The Wierdstring Ceildh 14.30-15.15 Hoopy Frood
15.00
14.45-15.45 14.45-15.45
MORNING WORKSHOPS & RANDOM
HAPPENINGS 16.00 Triban Time
15.45-16.45 Millie Manders
Pete the Temp
16.15-17.00
16.15-17.15
Ukejam - Soundscape, daily, 10.30am, the biggest musical-pitch-invasion ever, 17.00
everyone is invited to be in the band. Little Sparrow Divers
17.15-18.15 17.30-18.00
Dhol Drumming Workshops – Bandstand, 10.30am Fri & Sat, join in! 18.00
She, Robot
17.45–18.30
Laughter Yoga - Floating Lotus, 10.30am, a fab start to the day.
Mischa and his Merry
Parachute Club – Anywhere & everywhere, Captain Chronic and his merry crew 19.00 Rainy Day Woman
Men
18.30–19.30
present their new mobile club. Classic funk, soul, ska and disco tracks via 7 inch vinyl Sound of the Sirens 18.45– 19.45
providing an intimate dance party. 19.00– 20.00
DJ Shemanic’s Art Caravan and ear gong are familiar features at GG and he plays 20.00
MADI
top tunes from the 20th Century at Soundscape too. Fabulous Red Diesel
Smokin’ Pilchards 20.00-20.45
20.15-21.15
Silent Disco – Random places & times, stumbleupon silliness, dance to the music in 21.00
20.30-21.15
your head; back by popular demand!
Keepers Brew
Singin’ bout a Revolution - Uplifting songs in simple harmony telling of social Millie Manders and the 21.15– 22.15
22.00 Mobius Loop
change and revolution through the ages. All abilities welcome. Shut Up
21.45 – 22.45
21.45 – 22.45
The International Sock Wrestling Associated Society (TISWAS) – find them
Here and There; it’s silly, fun and unique! 23.00
The High Breed
Shemanic Steve/Sound-
Triban Time 22.45-23.55
scape Specials
23.15-00.00
23.15-00.00
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midnightTHE RACONTEURS’ DELIGHT
THE RACONTEURS’ DELIGHT
WHO’S WHO
Spoken Word & Cabaret Evening
1 Tale to Make The World musical story of a post-climate crisis Wales.
Am I Mica Sinclair Hip Funky Passionate Rhythmic Creative Wizard.
THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
Amy Rainbow vegan, slam winning poet: juggling; stargazing; rum. 18.00 Rainbow Gecko Rainbow Gecko Rainbow Gecko Ernie's Journey
Adelaide Percy blends soulful vocals with spoken word.
Beginners Capoeira learn Brazilian dance, martial arts and movement. 19.00 Steve Kaos Sophie Crabtree Hands of the Heron
Steve Kaos
Des Mannay poems focused on hard-hitting social issues.
Am I Mica Sinclair Amy Rainbow
Feral Pussies & Thundercunts laughing at patriarchy & themselves. 20.00 Adelaide Percy
FOSSILHEADS
1 Tale to Make the
Fiona Dawson is a teller of tales, weaver of words, time traveller. World
Georgia Palmer Rich Butnotfamous
Flamenco Dance Workshops any age, gender and number of left feet! 21.00
Mamatung
Amy Rainbow Roxconscious Octopus Odyssey
FOSSILHEADS theatrical / satirical eco-political songs.
22.00 Rich Butnotfamous
Francesca’s World Salad is funny, filthy, feminine. FOSSILHEADS Roxconscious
Pete the Temp
Hugh Rose 2018 slam winner; sparky, political, blunt and gentle. Claire Vine Jonny Fluffypunk
23.00
Jonny Fluffypunk’s bittersweet whimsy is mesmerising. Des Mannay
Octopus Odyssey Other Tongues
Mamatung a trio of Freak-folk female multi instrumentalists. Hugh Rose
00.00 Feral Pussies &
Mudflappers Swing Dance an irreverent troupe of teachers. Theh Thundercunts Francescas World
J P Worsfold Salad
Octopus Odyssey a charismatic performer with a taste for the surreal. 01.00
02.00
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.
●●From around 18.00-19.30pm the acts are family friendly
Music with Hands of the Heron and Sophie Crabtree.
To be in the Sunday lunch POETRY SLAM - sign up at the venue. ●●All times are approximate please check at Info Exchange or venue
boards for updates
12 13GREEN GATHERING BARS THE RACONTEURS’ DELIGHT
WORKSHOPS
Our bars help to fund the festival, use sturdy reuseable ‘glasses’, and we source locally
Creative & Performing Arts – Skill Up!
and ethically too! All cider and 60% of the beer is vegan.
Please arrive on time to be sure of a place & to avoid disturbing things
Glad Apple Cider Bar
Facing the Village Green, with stunning views across the Severn Estuary, the Glad FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
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 10.00 - Flamenco Dance Work- Flamenco Dance Work- Singin’ bout a Revolution!
bandstand on the Village Green. Later, unplugged acts and acoustic music around 11.00 shop shop Workshop
the campfire. And for local honey mead – Wye Valley Meadery is next door!
11.20 - Beginners Capoeira Beginners Capoeira
12.20 Workshop Workshop
The Brimmon Oak Poetry Slam
11.30-13.30
Near Soundscape Solar Stage. Beers and ciders, dark & stormy rum ‘n’ ginger, organic 12.40 - Lunch Out with Special Storytelling with Fiona
wine, elderflower champagne and more. The original 500 year old Brimmon Oak was 13.40 Guest Dawson
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 14.00 - Mudflappers Swing Mudflappers Swing Mudflappers Swing
15.00 Dance Workshop Dance Workshop Dance Workshop
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!
15.20 - Singin’ bout a Revolution! Singin’ bout a Revolution! Dhol Drumming Work-
16.20 Workshop Workshop shop
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.
photo: Brian Darcy
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.
14 15SPEAKERS’ FORUM WHO’S WHO SPEAKERS’ FORUM
on the corner of the Campaigns Field
Andrew Simms Rapid Transition Alliance and New Weather Institute.
THURSDAY:
Cath Muller is a radical co-operator with a new commune project. 18.00 Green Politics – David Taylor.
19.00 Where did the Free Press Go? – Owen Evans
Clare Farrell is a fashion designer, lecturer and Extinction Rebel.
Cleo Lake, Bristol-based Green Councillor, artist and activist.
FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
Danille Calermajer and Dr Adi Vyas research ecology, health, justice.
10.00 Live stream? Stopping Are Communes making a Living Off Grid – Nick
David Taylor was there at the birth of The Green Gathering. the Comeback? – Cath Muller Rosen
extinction crisis in our
Duncan Law is a community energy advocate. rivers
Indra Donafresco, veteran road protester; Earth First!, XR, Stop HS2. Nick Davies
Jake Bowers, Roma journalist. 11.00 Community Energy The Frontline of Climate Collapse v Destabilisa-
Panel Change: Australia - Prof tion: how to talk about
Jamie Kelsey Fry contributing editor of NI, educator and facilitator. – Duncan Law, Emilia Danille Calermajer and Dr the future? -
Melville, Phil Powell, Adi Vyas Laurie Laybourn Lang-
Jojo Mehta director of the Stop Ecocide campaign. Dan McCallum, Awel ton, Andrew Simms,
Aman Tawe Rupert Read
Jonathan Williams is co-founder of UBI Lab Wales.
Kevin Anderson professor of energy and climate change. 12.00 A Woman's Place is in NDVA Strategy and Les- HS2, Roads and Legal
the Revolution – Tiana sons – Roger Hallam + Advice – Indra Dona-
Laurie Laybourn Langton environmental researcher and writer. Jacout fresco and Maz
Maz 30 years of activism, 32 arrests, and yet a clean record. 13.00 Stop Ecocide – Jojo A Ctitique of Net Zero - Lockdown Lessons
Mehta Kevin Anderson and Rapid Transition –
Molly Scott Cato, Green Party economist and former MEP. Andrew Simms
Nick Davies is a senior sustainability specialist, House of Commons. 14.00 Environmental and Lobbying in the UK – Spycops and the Un-
Nick Rosen, author of How to Live Off Grid and editor of off-grid.net Social Benefits of (small Tamasin Cave dercover Policing Public
scale) Dairy Cows – Inquiry
Owen Evans champions independent media. Simon Fairlie
Roger Hallam non-violent direct action initiator. 15.00 Here Comes Everyone UBI: The Time has Come Transformative adaption
– Jamie Kelsey Fry – Molly Scott Cato, to Climate Breakdown –
Simon Fairlie editor of The Land, runs a micro dairy at Monkton Wyld. Jonathan Williams Rupert Read
Tamasin Cave is a Spinwatch campaigner tackling lobbying scandals. 16.00 Insulate Britain – Roger Youth Panel – Jamie Fast Fashion and Dam-
Tiana Jacout is a feminist, activist, earth protector. Hallam Kelsey Fry aging trends – Clare
Farrell
Rupert Read philosopher, author, Green Party campaigner and more.
17.00 Climate Adaption Police Bill – Cllr Cleo Lake, Question Time with the
– Laurie Laybourn Jake Bowers day’s speakers
Langton
18.00 Question Time with the Question Time with the REEL NEWS FILMS
day’s speakers day’s speakers
Thank you to all the speakers. 19.30 REEL NEWS FILMS REEL NEWS FILMS REEL NEWS FILMS
We hope you find inspiration to take action from these talks.
16 17REEL NEWS SOLAR CINEMA Saturday Cinema
in the SPEAKERS FORUM
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
Thursday cinema half of Chile’s Air Force during Pinochet’s dictatorship.
21.00-23.00: Santiago Rising* (Nick McWilliam, 90mins)
19.15-21.00: Extinction Rebellion Global, with Zoe Broughton - the result of Fantastic film on the astonishing uprising in Chile just before the pandemic hit.
training people around the world to make their own climate campaign content. Plus Q&A with film maker Nick McWilliam and co-producer Pablo Navarette from
PLUS spokes training with Jamie Kelsey Fry Alborada Films
23.00-01.00: Alborada shorts* inspiration from the increasingly exciting revolts
21.00-23.00: The run up to COP 26** a history of mobilisations at the climate across many countries in Latin America.
summit, with films from Copenhagen, Paris and Bonn COPs - leading into a
discussion of how do we build for COP26 in Glasgow?
Sunday Cinema
23.00-01.00: Detroit: Rising From the Ashes (Reel News, 25 mins)
Black working class communities grow food in 1,300 urban gardens. 18.15-19.00: Burned (Marlboro Productions, 30 mins)
The shocking destruction of our forests for fuel and the resultant rise in
In Our Hands: Seeding Change (Landworkers Alliance, 68 mins) carbon emissions that exceed those of coal-burning.
The inspiring story behind the blood, sweat and tears of the British farmers fighting 19.00-21.00: COVID: Workers struggles for health & safety**
to outgrow the industrial food system. 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.
Friday cinema
21.00-23.00: Palestine Action (Real Media, in production)
Brilliant direct action from the group who have been disrupting the
19.35–20.35pm: Black Lives Matter shorts of the protests last summer, the
operations of factories selling arms to Israel.
origins of BLM in Oakland, and the struggle for climate justice.
Gaza Fights For Freedom* (Abby Martin, 84mins)
20.35-21.15: Jack Blackburn LIVE full on rant from Brixton’s finest. Astonishing film of the Great March of Return Protests.
23.00-01.00: A Feeling Greater Than Love* (Tricontinental Media, 99 min)
21.15–23.00: Joli Blon Cajun Band LIVE Lousiana dance tunes brought to you by Thrilling documentary cinema at its best, telling the story of
a core trio of women on accordian, fiddle and guitar. Lebanon’s workers and farmers revolts in the 1970s and now.
23.00-01.00: Hot Pepper (Les Blank, 54 mins) * English subtitles
Thrilling musical portrait of Zydeco King Clifton Chenier. ** Some English subtitles
Always for Pleasure (Les Blank, 57 mins)
Raucous tribute to the sights, sounds, and flavours of New Orleans.
18 19CAMPAIGNS FIELD CAMPAIGNS DOME
workshops & discussions
In light of the global pandemic, climate change, ecological destruction, and
authoritarian repression; it is more important than ever to get involved in the FRIDAY
resistance. 10.00. Valobashi songwriting
Along with the Campaigns Dome for workshops and discussions we have Radical 11.00. Earth First!
Wales, a Stalls Marquee, Radical Parenting, No Fixed Abode Firepit, Women’s Noon. Successful campaign planning
Space and a host more from blockading training to banner making and everything 13.00. Resisting Spycops
in between. 14.00. 3pm. Post Brexit Borders & Asylum
The GG charity stall and some of its projects can also be found in this field – look out 16.00. Responding to privilege; redistributing wealth & power
for Solar Sewing if you need a quick fabric fix, the autism-friendly Serenpod, and 17.00. The Politics of Birth
Cleanstream’s ‘waste’ management. 18.00. 40th Anniversary - Greenham Common
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. SATURDAY
10.00. Support people facing immigration detention
11.00. Criminalisation of trespass
Extra workshops Noon. Reclaim The Power
In a yurt next to Speakers Forum there’s a couple of extra workshops: 13.00. How to Stop a High Speed Train
Friday 14.00-16.00 Legal Training with Maz - what happens when arrested? 14.00. Zapatistas: Decolonizing Resistance
Saturday 14.00-16.00 Activist Media Training with Jamie Kelsey Fry 15.00. Resisting the hostile environment
16.00. Charity, advocacy, mobilising & organizing: the differences
17.00. Bloody birth of capitalism: Witch Trials, Midwives & the Commons
18.00. Greenham Common Peace Camp, 1981-2000
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! SUNDAY
Sadly Cal who was responsible for our wonderful garden recently died, we miss her 10.00. Strategies for cultural & arts activism
and her garden this year, we have asked everyone to bring plant pots to display in 11.00. Future of popular & political education
her memory. Noon. Nuclear break-down
Free Campaigns Programme from the Info Exchange has more detail than can be 13.00. Opposition to HS2
squeezed in here. 14.00. Resisting Mega-Projects: Calls from Zapatistas
15.00. Detention for ‘Safety’- European Border at Pandemic
16.00. Overcoming Our Internal Neoliberal Monster
17.00. Resistance Assistance
18.00. Greenham Women Everywhere
22 23CRAFT AREA Crafts A-Z continued
Craft Workshops & Demonstrations A-Z MillyPeds hands-on bicycle workshops & rag rug flower making to jazz up your
The Art Room West Coast Makers bring you a colourful drop-in space to explore bike. Electric tricycle building. Unable to use a bicycle? Get a moped together
different art materials and get creative. cheaply & learn new skills on the way! Bicycle repair & servicing undertaken (small
Build a Willow Structure with Mike Hartley. cost), recycled bicycles and parts for sale.
Mushroom Paul make your own wooden mushroom.
Can you handle it? Sticks unlimited - make a tool handle from green ash, using
traditional devices, feel free to bring your own tool head. The Nowhere Forge solar and pedal powered blacksmithing workshop.
Manipulate hot metal on the hearth using hammer and tong.
Con Rendell Luthier offers stringed instrument maintenance. (Free)
Pembrokeshire Thatch & Carpentry Services has it in the name!
Funky Furniture & Woodcraft make hazel flowers, stools & staffs. Pretty Penny coin cutting workshop.
Giant Triplets learn some Welsh while screen printing! 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
Glen Mooar Cottage Retreat make a festival bracelet, using colourful yarn and a
or embroider a patch to take away. (Free)
wooden fastener on a traditional weaving disc. (Free)
Rainbow Leather Craft using offcuts, cut & stitch to create birds, pendants, bags &
Golden Lotus Bow Making learn traditional skills to create effective and beautiful more! Suitable for (supervised) kids & adults alike.
archery bows. Highest quality materials and tools are used, resulting in a fast,
Running Horse Shamanic Drums & Nimpy Felt make your own single sided
accurate and attractive bow - a living, fully functional work of art, and an excellent
frame drum and beater using deer skin, or a Nuno felt waistcoat by wet felting
introduction into archery.
merino wool onto cotton.
Guerrilla Archaelogy: Antler Crafts creation of antler craft artefacts and Shining Fox Creations Native American flute-making demonstrations.
information on the role of red deer in the past, present and future.
Slator Creator select a stone, drill, file, sand, dab oil – make a pendant!
Hammered offer beaten copperwork workshops. Solar Vinyl Lounge an interactive juke-box and time machine.
HOTPRESS explore the art of printmaking, techniques of dry-point etching, printing Stonycraft stone carving workshops, demos, participation.
with leaves and feathers and cyanotype photography. Sundidjs elm & nettle cordage, cleft ash bows and didgeridoos.
Hot Puff brings glassblowing workshops and demonstrations. Tez Roberts Ceramics raku: glaze & fire a unique piece of ceramic art.
Ian Freemantle sculpture and woodworking, storytelling and poetry. Tin Can Designs Nozbugs make Recycled Bugs from scrap metal, cans, washers
and rivets (8-adult). Or a Tin Can Flower (all ages).
La Roulette will help you make a yurt wheel from Welsh Ash suitable for 12-16’ Vehicle Maintenance change a tyre & brake pads, check fluids etc.
yurts. Complete that yurt you always wanted for £50.
Wild & Wandering create Indian bunting and drawstring bags.
Runa offers macrame workshops. (Free) Willow Be’Hooked make a willow creation of your choice, from garden objects to
Mary Makes Zero Waste make your own Beeswax food wraps. (Free) 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.
24 25Crafts continued… THE RESOURCE HUB
Open Library
PLUS… Free lantern making workshops with Willow Be’Hooked and a
Books, magazines, free info leaflets, educational displays, information on how the
parade on Saturday evening, check the Info Exchange Tent for times. Community
festival is 100% solar powered and how to build your own off grid power system.
Badgemaking will be popping up here & there, as will Custom Stories for
Strangers - and look out for Busker Don. Kids Energy – Jane
Installations include Slate Sculptures by Matthew Billington, Throne and Loom Make a human circuit, mini sundial or pinwheel. Learn about the Solar Fire Engine
by Jay Hadley and The Crafty Rascals’ fantastical creations. and play around with circuits and wind power.
And just below Crafts, the Peace Garden is an oasis of calm. DIY Portable Power Pack - Jane & Seggy Segaran from SF Environmental
A programme of Free Workshops will take place in the Classroom and at the Craft Demo how to build a portable power pack that can be taken on camping trips, used
Office, check the Info Exchange Tent for times. in power cuts or garden/allotment sheds. The power pack is charged using a solar
Around the Craft Area some workshops will be free, others by donation, for some panel and has an LED light, 2 x USB and a 12V cigarette lighter socket. You will be
there will be a small fee, or a larger fee if materials are costly. Please check with the able to build a power pack and see it working.
workshop provider before joining in.
Slow Cooking Using Hayboxes & Battery - Jane & Seggy from SF
Environmental
THE RESOURCE HUB Demo 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
Alternative Technology workshops, library & info space home and used to bake cakes and bread. The demo will include preparing a stew in
Learn practical skills to use renewable energy and live sustainably the haybox and baking in the battery cooker.
9.00-10.00 10.00-12.00 12.00-13.00 13.00-15.00 15.00-17.00
DC Power – Dave Hainsworth
Learn about 12V Electrical safety, general battery maintenance and basic calculations
THU Open Open library DIY Portable
library Power Pack
to manage your own DC power system.
FRI Kids Practical 12V Open Beginners DC Power
Beginner’s Guide to Setting Up an Off Grid Solar System - Chris from Green
energy Solar PV library Guide to Bee Permaculture
Setting Up An
Off Grid Solar
An introduction to simple solar system set ups and how to connect them
System 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
SAT Kids Slow Open Practical 12V Wind Power
energy Cooking - library Solar PV requirements. We may even connect up a small wind turbine
Hayboxes
and Battery
Practical 12V Solar PV – Bob Robarts of Sustainergy
By the end of the workshop each student should be able to wire up a PV system,
SUN Kids Slow Open DIY Portable Beginners Guide
energy Cooking - library Power Pack to Setting Up An
measure input and output power, light a bulb, turn a motor and make a solar
Hayboxes Off Grid Solar powered cup of tea/coffee!
and Battery System
Wind Power – Jon Millar of Cornwall Energy Services
Check the board outside for changes to the timetable. Spaces may be limited. 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.
26 27NATURE’S WAY HILL VILLAGE
From the fringe of the Green Markets down towards the Stone Circle,
Nature’s Way begins at the Stone Circle on the Village Green, takes you past the Hill Village stretches higgledy-piggledy under trees along the edge of the Village
Wise Old Oak and into a dappled wooded glade where an archway leads to our Green; a place for creative relaxation and exploration where you’ll be spellbound by
Permaculture Village. many a wise Traveller.
Along the Way find sights, sounds, stories and magical experiences to open your
mind, touch your heart, delight your senses and inspire you. 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
Stone Circle: with iconic views across the Severn Valley, this is a peaceful place to sit with the Low Impact Living crew.
and breathe deeply, meet friends, practice yoga, create ceremonies, greet the day or
have a sunny afternoon nap. Hang out with Pete at the One Planet Development tent and find out how to turn
the dream of sustainable living into reality.
Voices of Gaia: a Talkspace facing the Stones, with a programme of earthy and Browse Celia’s Herbals and Steve of Britain’s quality tat.
esoteric subjects - from the magic and medicine of herbs to the meaning of myth Get clean under the stars at SAMS heavenly Magic Hat Showers.
and folklore, the power of indigenous knowledge and the quiet wisdom of elders,
historians, archeologists and shamen. 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
Enchanted Garden: brought to you by Urban Furniture Perspective – an upcycled treat yourself to wood fired pizza or cake.
dreamscape of giant flowers and fungi.
Hare Krishna Temple: follow the scent of incense and sound of cymbals; join in the GREEN MARKETS
chanting and dancing; learn about the Food For All charity which has been cooking We’re passionate about bringing together the most ethical, creative, gorgeous and
and distributing 1000s of free meals every day across the UK throughout the covid unique off-grid festival traders.
pandemic.
Meat- and fish-free since 2011, we aim to book at least a third purely vegan stalls and
Crystal Soliton: a little bit woo but don’t be scared, step inside and see! 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
Shrine to the Liminal: follow a trail of shrines and sounds to the Wise Old Oak; this South Indian, Mexican and Middle Eastern flavours; organic veggie breakfasts, grilled
open air sanctuary will be a space for contemplation and poetry, offerings, prayers toasties, pancakes and cakes galore.
and play. The Green Markets are also bursting with handicrafts, upcycled and vintage clothes,
useful tat and beautiful treats.
Tiny Tea Tent: the famous, infamous, wood-fired festival tea stall; revisit memories of
festivals past and stock up on cake...
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.
28 29PERMACULTURE SACRED ACTIVIST SANCTUARY
also known as the S.A.S. Village
A grassroots movement with the capacity to change the world!
In a grassy bowl a short stroll from the festival’s main venues, a living installation
The Permaculture Community, nestled in the woods, will again be offering of artists and activists works collaboratively in service to a central Fire and explores
workshops, talks and sessions linking the principles of Earth Care, People Care and curiosity about Sanctuary.
Fair Shares / Future Care.
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
Come and join us, there will be… mystery to collaborate with stories and songs told around the fire.
●●Forest School activities with friends from Hallr Woods
We will offer activities and space to festival goers and together will curate the Star
●●People & Permaculture with Looby McNamara
Lodge and Big Lodge. And we will build a Sweatlodge for Ancestors on Sunday.
●●Himalayan Permaculture with Chris Evans
●●No Dig Gardening with author Steph Hafferty A village noticeboard announces daily workshops & activities, including: Blood
●●All Things Herbal with Coed Hills Mysteries & Cyclical Living; Wild Tea Walks; Natural Inks - making & marking; Dawn
Dancing; Very Beginners’ Welsh; Lunar Cartography.
Plus…
The ever popular Free Shop, info stall, permaculture products & books for sale, pop Why?
up open mic sessions, and so much more!
●●To create a sanctuary setting for difficult conversations, songs and stories
Take a look at the boards at the Info Exchange and in the Permaculture area for about the reality of living in these times; a space where all views are met with
timings, or check our facebook page, updated daily during the festival: compassion, and all futures viewed as possibilities.
www.facebook.com/GreenGatheringPermaculture
●●To model micro experiments in collaborative living and doing things differently.
We will be note taking, filming or sound recording some sessions for a new ●●To welcome grief and grieving as part of living in these times.
Permaculture YouTube channel. Findings will feed in to the Permaculture Association ●●To honour Sweatlodge traditions, held sacred by us. In the present situation it
board of trustees, to help shape current and future strategy. 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
Come and chat, and help Permaculture Design become a normalised tool for and singing as the rocks heat. Then put the rocks into the lodge, open our
change! 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
“We are grass roots. We are resilient. We are our future.” wonder under. Join us to prepare Sweatlodge on Sunday.
Tammi Dallaston, GG Permaculture Co-ordinator
30 31THE HEALING CIRCLE: THERAPISTS & FIRST AID, MEDICAL HERBALISTS,
WORKSHOPS WELFARE, ASSISTED ACCESS
16.00 Thursday: Opening Ceremony.
The Medical Herbalists group is made up of medical professionals and trainees.
Big White Dome near field entrance - daily workshops – all free Having studied Herbal Medicine for 3-4 years and undertaken at least 500
07.00: Wake up Yoga 12.00 (under dome): Kriya Yoga with Fiona
supervised clinical hours, our herbalists are skilled in conventional First Aid and in
Morley treating common illnesses with sustainably sourced, often organic, super effective
08.00: Yoga with Chloe
(outside): Japanese soft Chi Gung with Nick herbal medicine. Paramedics are on hand to deal with any life-threatening
09.00 (under dome): Ashtanga Yoga with Olu
Twilley situations. Our Medical Co-ordinator has worked in the NHS and ambulance service
(outside): Tai Chi with Mark, Falun Gong with
Tilly 13.00: Yoga – free space and is fully up to date on infection control.
10.00 (under dome): Kundalini Yoga with 14.30 (under dome): Gong Bath with Erica;
Lynne (outside): Tai Chi with Mark Next to the Medical Centre, the Welfare team offers sensitive and sympathetic
(outside): Tai Chi / Chi Gung with Ra 15.30: Sacred Sound Bath with Carolyn Cole emotional and practical support, and a safe space if you need it, 24 hours a day. If
11.00 (under dome): Yoga with Wendy 20.00 (Sat only): Earth Sound Journey with the team can’t help with what you need, they will almost certainly be able to find
(outside): Sky Earth Chi Gung with Jacob Maria Belen someone who can.
from 15.30 on Fri-Sat-Sun: Music under the
Big White Dome
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
Large Green Dome – opposite entrance - daily activities – all free service is not a creche and parents are expected to be responsible for their children
10.00: Healing workshop tbc 13.30: Harmony Parts Singing – with Mike at all times.
11.00: Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT); Robeson
tapping & muscle testing on a different 15.00: Lush Harmony Singing with Sheila The Gathering has an Assisted Access Area located on a flat part of the site, close
theme each day, with Lucia Franziska Tang
to the main track and to several of our major venues.
12.00: Somatic Inner Dance / Contact 16.00: Healing Workshop with Helen Ford
Improvisation, with Frankie Walker A welcome tent, accessible toilets and and shower, communal campfire, BSL
18.00: Harmony Parts Singing possibly
continuing 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.
Space 3 - Blue/Green Yome - Fri, Sat, Sun programme – all free People with reduced mobility can request use of our shuttle buggy.
08.00: Free Space for individual meditation 15.00: Cacao Ceremony (Sat), tbc on Fri & Sun We also have the ‘Serenpod’ – an autism friendly safe haven for when sensory
10.00: Guided group meditation 16.00: Inner Energy Meditative Chi Gung overload hits. A small bell tent provides a quiet retreat equipped with comfy
11.00: Mindfulness meditation with Naomi with Jacob cushions, laptop charging point and upcycled sensory items for use by people with
Chunilai 17.30: Native American Flute (Fri & Sun) lived experience of autism or neurodiversity in need of a bit of peace and quiet on
12.00: Mindfulness meditation & stress site. The Serenpod is situated next to the GG charity stall in the Campaigns Field and
reduction with Jackie Hawken Plus Kirtan Devotional Singing Tent - Bhajans is available on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.
13.00: Taoist Meditation / Internal Alchemy – - Fire Ceremonies
Neigung - with Jacob
Practical improvement suggestions - bearing in mind the limitations of our site and
14.00: Discussions: Ancient Cosmology (Sat),
our non-commercial, small-budget nature - are very welcome indeed!
32 33FESTIVAL TEENS FESTIE KIDS!
This year’s Teen Space will be a brand new partnership between
Clementines Live Arts and Wye Circus CIC In the KIDS’ GARDEN and spilling out onto the VILLAGE GREEN…
A team of professional circus performers will provide daily workshops in aerial,
acrobatics, juggling and much much more more. Bearcat Collective has drama and music workshops, tie-dying, swap shop, chill out
We’ll have a printmaking session alongside henna and up-cycled crafts. and play space.
1-2-1 and small group music lessons will be available here ranging from guitar, to Envirolution offers fun galore with a sustainability theme.
rap to concert harp! Flora’s Facepainting & Professor Kayoss’ Amazing Machine
We will also run sessions in sport, bush craft and fireside cookery. The Bookshelf – a playbus library, microscopy, badge-making, boardgames and
table football.
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 Amazing Tribe of Vikboc with dance workshops, dressing up, performances
and open mic.
The daily timetable will be up on a chalkboard outside the area.
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.
And around the festival site... Plus, check the activities board outside the Little Big Top.
Get practical Alt Tech skills at the Resource Hub.
There’s capoeira mornings in the Raconteurs’ big top, and a Poetry Slam there on And look out for child-friendly activities across site…
Sunday. Different Fruitures: Permaculture Woods, 1.30pm Sat & Sun, children’s theatre and
There’s a lot of free and by-donation workshops in the Craft Area. play: Action-Movement-Peace.
Glover: Bandstand, noon Friday, interactive family musical theatre.
The Campaigns Field has direct action skillshares & vegan cookery.
The Craft Area has a huge variety of creative activities and demonstrations suitable
Saturday 4pm there’s a Youth Panel in the Speakers’ Forum. Tons of other good talks for all ages, some free or donation-only.
in there across the weekend too.
Travellerspace in the Campaigns Field has young kids activities.
Rebels and community builders in the Permaculture and SAS Village welcome all Ukejam welcomes young (and old) jammers 10.30am at Soundscape.
ages to hang out or muck in.
The Raconteurs’ Delight has family entertainment daily 6-7.30pm(ish) including
There’s load of yoga and Tai Chi in the Healing Circle. Rainbow Gecko, Circus Kaos and Ernie’s Journey.
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. EVEN AT GREEN GATHERING CHILDREN NEED TO BE CLOSELY
SUPERVISED BY THEIR RESPONSIBLE ADULT(S)
Let us know what you like & we’ll aim to do more of it next year 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
34 35CAMPFIRE SESSIONS THE GREENEST FESTIVAL IN THE LAND
On the Village Green, near the Glad Apple Bar, acoustic musicians International Greener Festival Award for Power … TWICE!
invite you to join them around a campfire 8 ‘til late, weather Many Thanks to our solar power providers and geniuses of electrickery for helping
permitting.* get us to this point. Thanks also to A Greener Festival (AGF), the non-profit
Bring your instruments, your voice, your listening ears and dancing feet! organisation behind the award which provides educational resources and facilitates
THU: Hands of the Heron will host this female-led jam. exchange of the best green ideas globally.
FRI: Ukejam – it’s a pub-style singalong, join in but remember to keep a safe We pioneered the move away from single use plastics...
distance from strangers and don’t sing in their faces!
… banning plastic bottles, serveware, cutlery, sachets, straws, glitter and dodgy bio-
SAT: Peculiar Hand are a talented collective of artists, musicians and performers plastics over the last decade.
ready to sweep you up on their acoustic journey.
Check out Crock n Rock’s crockery hire service, our sturdy reusable bar cups with
SUN: The Wierdstring Band will treat you to haunting Celtic and Swedish tunes gorgeous design by Julia Lock, the Cleanstream Centre for reuse and recycling,
interspersed with intense silliness. Listen, play, dance! #BringYourOwnMug, and be sure to admire our red-and-white Danger Bunting,
* If there’s a heatwave we may leave the fire unlit; if there’s a downpour bring a a reuseable alternative to hazard tape, crafted by members of our community
brolly so we can just get on with singing in the rain... (thankyou, makers!).
ETHICAL MERCH
In 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
MOTH SPOTTING! based in the Campaigns Field near Info Exchange.
Charity projects showcased at the festival include the Cleanstream Centre with
Join intrepid lepidopterists Lydia, Lucy, Ben and Tom for night-time
comprehensive sorting, cleaning and reuse station; Crock n Rock’s crockery loan and
forays into the weird and wonderful local moth population. wash up tent; and the Serenpod, an autism-friendly safe haven (the charity is raising
Find us by looking for the bright alluring light somewhere beyond the 3.5% Bar, funds to expand this project).
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.
37LEARN SOME FESTIVAL WELSH Respect the land, festival
community and Chepstow
(To help you out, the pronunciation is in brackets)
Laughter breaks are recommended!
neighbours
Helo! (hair-law) Hello! ●●Follow the Covid guidance to keep us all safe.
Ga’ i peint o seidar plîs? (Gar-yee paint aw say-der-rr please?) ●●Don’t camp directly under large trees, they may drop branches.
Can I have a pint of cider, please? ●●Campfires to be raised off the ground away from tents; use only seasoned
Ga’ i fenthyg dy ordd plîs? (Gar-yee venn-thick der oar-th please?) wood and don’t destroy woodland wildlife habitats.
Can I borrow your mallet please? ●●No nitrous (nos), aerial lanterns or disposable bbqs for environmental and H&S
Mae’r band yma’n grêt! (Mire band er-mar’n gr-air-t) reasons.
This band’s great! ●●No flames or charcoal burners in tents (fire and carbon monoxide poisoning
Dwi wedi blino (Do-wee weddy blee-naw) are deadly), no smoking in marquees.
I’m tired
●●Take great care with glass and with cooking gas canisters.
Nôs da (Norse dar) Good night
●●No cigarette butts left on the floor, no plastic glitter – both pollute.
Free screenprints if you practice your Welsh at the Giant Triplets stall in the Craft Area!
●●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.
RESPECT TO THE CREW! ●●The ruined manor house and other ruined buildings are potentially dangerous;
Credit where it’s due: none of this would have happened without our incredible co-ordinators, respect the fences around them and stay away.
contributors and volunteers. ●●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.
A Huge Thankyou to:
●●Dogs must be on leads and picked up after - put poo bags in designated bins.
Alex & Lizzy (Traffic), Alice (‘Baby Director’), Amanda (Info), Andrew (Bars), April & Yeshe (S.A.S. Unaccompanied dog? Please inform a Dog Warden.
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), Monday you must leave by noon, taking all your camping gear with you.
Kim & Ali (Box Office), Laura (Stewards), Matt (Kids), Noel (Nature’s Way), Richie (Electrics), Shaun A shuttle bus will ferry you back to the gate or train station.
(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 for coming to The Green Gathering and becoming part of our
Thankyou to the GG charity for commissioning this inspirational Gathering; and for art and community - it’s you who truly makes the festival what it is. Sign up for newsletters
design, Thanks to Drea Blackbird and Mike@frogsdesign. 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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