15/11/2024
I'm so happy to be working with this wonderful festival!
Join us at The Green Gathering 2024 for four days of low impact living in an area of outstanding beauty, every corner bursting with music, creativity, natural abundance and community spirit. Intimate solar stages host up and coming acts, festival legends, DJs and spellbinding spoken word.
The original off-grid, non-profit festival: we’re powered by sun, wind, people and passion for change. Share wisdom and skills; find friends old and new; weave, weld and tell stories.
Have a party - then wake up and put the world to rights. This festival’s impact lasts longer than a weekend.
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Accessibility
The Green Gathering festival is committed to inclusivity and accessibility, offering an Assisted Access area with essential facilities and services. This area includes accessible toilets, a shower, and a communal campfire space, all managed by a dedicated crew. The festival also provides BSL communication support and a shuttle buggy for mobility assistance. Attention is given to those with autism or neurodiversity with 'The Pod', a safe space accessed through the Welfare Tent. For detailed information and to apply for assistance, visit the Assisted Access page.
Safe Spaces
The festival has loads of Safe Spaces to support different needs and communities. The Welfare team is there for emotional and mental health support, and The POD is a quiet area with weighted blankets, stim toys, and mood lighting for those experiencing emotional or sensory overwhelm. The Medical Tent takes offers herbal medicine consultations and midwifery services as well as first aid, while the Info Exchange is the place for maps, info, and phone charging. There’s the Women’s Tent, Q***r Dome, and Crows Nest — providing safe, inclusive spaces for women, LGBTQ+ folks, and BIPOC communities. Teens can hang out at the Wye Circus space, while kids have a blast in the Kids’ Area with tons of fun activities. Finally, if you're after some peace and relaxation, the Healing Circle offers yoga, meditation, wellness, and a chill vibe, in a tranquil setting.
Accommodation
Green Gathering is a camping festival, please bring your own equipment. You can hire a yurt, tipi, bell tent or upcycled tent, please visit the festival website tent hire page and follow the links.
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Hosting over 150 live bands, performers and speakers across seven solar-powered music and spoken word stages, The Green Gathering will bring together people from all walks of life for four days of low impact living. At this unique event every nook and corner of the festival bursts with music, creativity, natural abundance and community spirit.
Expect a line-up packed with festival crowd-pleasers and fresh new acts. The Green Gathering 2024 featured folk fusion wizards The Trouble Notes, a chart-topping, foot-stomping band with international acclaim; Dizraeli, the rapper and multi-instrumentalist taking hiphop to new terrains; up-and-coming Norwegian pop punk four-piece TwoMinutesHate; the legendary 3 Daft Monkeys with their fiery helter-skelter blend of influences, and plenty more. Keep your eyes peeled for line-up announcements for 2025!
Beyond the stages, there’ll be plenty for every kind of festival-goer to discover. The Speakers’ Forum and Radical Cinema host a line up of leading thinkers and film makers; the Resource Hub is packed with off-grid know-how; there’s an expansive Crafts area with heritage arts and expert makers; and a Campaigns Field, where you can get involved in trying to change - and save - the world.
The Permaculture Community shares practical skills; the Healing Circle offers massage, yoga and more; the Hill Village provides a showcase of low-impact living; Nature’s Way and the Enchanted Woods connect art and nature; Trad Village offers a fireside welcome and ways to navigate the multiple crises of our times; and the Green Gathering Grove is a meeting space filled with young trees planted by the festival crew.
A dedicated Kids’ Area provides young ones with the chance to explore, learn, play and perform, and family-friendly activities are abundant across the festival site. There’s a wide range of stalls selling delicious vegetarian and vegan food, handmade and vintage goods, and locally made beers, ciders, mead, and cocktails with foraged ingredients.
The Green Gathering was the recipient of the UK Greener Festival Award at the UK Festival Awards 2022 and 2023, and was also awarded the International Greener Festival Award in 2023 - the top accolade in the world for sustainable events.
Recent research, carried out by The Green Gathering in association with sustainability experts A Greener Future, shows that attending this event creates positive social and behavioural change amongst participants. Food, shopping and transport choices, waste generated, and community engagement were all impacted after last year’s festival.
Ticket Instalments available until 30 November 2024 from the Green Gathering website. https://www.greengathering.org.uk/tickets
Join the 2025 Facebook event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/4533712226767331
Meet the Green Gathering Community here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/greengatheringcommunity
The Green Gathering 2024 After-film: https://youtu.be/GYFCpBzmeCc?si=-vNt9b6tE3pc3AXn
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