What’s on at Green Man 2019?

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Half the Sprout editorial group are off to Green Man this weekend!

Here’s a guide to what the Brecon Beacons festival has in store for music lovers this weekend.

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The Green Man Festival is held every year near Crickhowell, a small village in the Brecon Beacons National Park. It started in 2003- the 2019 Green Man will be the 19th edition. There’s music, comedy, literature and much more. It prides itself on being one of the more eco-friendly festivals, and advertises itself as being nestled among the natural beauty of the Beacons without disturbing it too much. There’s camping, but local residents can also get cheaper tickets if they promise to go home to bed at the end of the day. The press can go, for a fee, and if you can’t afford the ticket you can volunteer as a steward (which is what I’m doing!)

Music

Here are just a few of the artists Green Man attendees will be catching…

  • Audiobooks are the Swansea synth pop you never knew you needed.
  • Four Tet: the hilariously named ambient electronic artist and DJ comes highly recommended.
  • Father John Misty, the legendary singer songwriter, sure to be the headline hit.
  • IDLES, as reviewed by Soph back in March. Raging punk, make sure you’re not caught, in the crowd, taking pictures of yourself.
  • Villagers, a bit of Dublin. What an amazing mugshot.
  • Whitney– look like nerds but apparently good.
  • Gwenno– the leading lady of the Welsh music renaissance.
  • TVAM– DAE remember VHS?

Literature

  • Former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker has prepared an experimental event: he promises a mix of meditation experience and nightclub event.
  • Times columnist and author Caitlin Moran is surprisingly down to Earth, and very funny.
  • Remember the Witches episode of the Sprout podcast? Maybe you’ll like Litwitchure.
  • If you think you know your music, check out the Pub Quiz and the Pop Quiz, both with Pete Paphides and Bob Stanley.

Comedy

There’s a wide range of Welsh comedians as well as comedians from further afield.

Camping

What’s a festival without a tent? For top tips on camping at festivals check out some of our articles from yesteryear…

Carys’ essential tips to survive a British music Festival:

The essentials needed to survive a British music festival

How to deal with Festival Struggles

6 Festival Struggles And How to Deal With Them @Sziget 2017

And here’s reviews from Tom Bevan at Green Man 2018.

Green Man 2018 – The Inside Track

Sadly we couldn’t get press this year, but Declan and I will be stewarding, and Soph will be reviewing for the Guardian (she’s gonna be busy!) so keep an eye out for us if you’re going and consider the Guardian coverage as definitive.

Cover image used: Green Man 2018- Burning the Man from Tudor.

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