Green Man Festival

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Green Man Festival at Glanusk Park in 2006
Green Man Festival at Glanusk Park in 2006

The Green Man Festival is a British alternative music festival started by folk act It's Jo and Danny. The first event took place in 2003, at the Craig Y Nos Castle built by Madame Adelina Patti, but moved in 2004 and 2005 to Baskerville Hall Hotel near Clyro (Wales). Each year the event has grown in size. The event can loosely be called a folk music festival, but it incorporates related styles of music too. The organisers are proud that the event has retained its anti-corporate feel yet continues to thrive.

[edit] 2006 festival

The 2006 festival was held in Glanusk Park (in Crickhowell, near Abergavenny) because the event had outgrown its old home. The event was headlined by Donovan, Jose Gonzalez and Calexico. Other performers included Adem, Bat for Lashes, Jack Rose, James Blackshaw, Marissa Nadler, and Micah P. Hinson.

[edit] 2007 festival

The 2007 event took place from 17th-19th August 2007 in Glanusk Park. Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart, Robert Plant and Stephen Malkmus headlined on their respective days of the festival weekend. The following acts were also announced: Bill Callahan, Vashti Bunyan, Stephen Duffy & The Lilac Time, Dead Meadow, Gruff Rhys, Vetiver, The Earlies, Richmond Fontaine, Euros Childs, Tunng, Starless and Bible Black, Lisa Knapp, Men-An-Tol, Arborea, Alela Diane, Monkey Swallows the Universe, Six Organs Of Admittance, The Yellow Moon Band, Steve Adey, Gilbert, Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love, Gareth Pearson, John Power, John Renbourn and My Brightest Diamond.

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