2000trees Festival '12

This family-friendly festival raises awareness of green issues and aims to be an ethical alternative to the more mainstream music events. There is a wide selection of music at the festival including something for every taste - featuring rock, metal and indie to folk, pop, DJs, and the downright strange.

2000trees Festival returns for a sixth year with an early entry night happening on Thursday 12th and running until Saturday 14th July at Upcote Farm, Withington, Cheltenham, in Gloucestershire.

Line-up

65daysofstatic, Guillemots, Hundred Reasons, The Futureheads, Pulled Apart By Horses, The Xcerts, Summer Camp, S.C.U.M., Three Trapped Tigers, Sonic Boom Six, Lucy Rose, Fixers, Brother & Bones, Gunning for Tamar, The Social Club, Fitz, The Spirit Of John, Luke Sital Singh, Joby Hardwick, Richard Clarke & The Rafters, and Aspen SailsRolo Tomassi, Johnny Foreigner, Future of the Left, Lower Than Atlantis, Dry the River, Lanterns on the Lake, The James Cleaver Quintet, Arcane Roots , 2:54, Jim Lockey & the Solemn Sun, Maybeshewill, Alessi's Ark, Crazy Arm, LightGuides, This Is the kit, Boat to Row, Antlered Man, Grace Petrie, Crooks, Gallows, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Dog Is Dead, Sharks, Spy Catcher, The Computers, Max Raptor, Gallops, My First Tooth, Brontide, Turbowolf, Freeze The Atlantic, The Marmozets, Run,Walk!, Shapes, The Bronze Medal, Goodnight Lenin, The Cadbury Sisters, Sam Russo, Jason Steel, Sam Brookes, Imperial Leisure, Tellison, Tall Ships, Straight Lines, Hymn, and more. For the line-up details, day and stage splits, as available please click here.

More than 80 live acts will entertain thousands of music fans for two days of music on four stages, plus comedy, DJs, headphone discos, quality and value food & drink, and a trader village.

Green ethos

The organisers promote various ways for festival-goers to become greener, such as a car sharing scheme, recycling stations and promoting a range of green charities and organisations in the hope the festival will inspire people to make small changes to their lifestyles and help reduce Britain's carbon footprint.

Tickets

Early bird tickets sold out in minutes. A weekend ticket was priced at £66. Children aged 0 to 10 years old can go free but require a ticket and children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. The festival has sold out in advance.

get there by coach

Big Green Coach is running coaches to 2000trees from London Victoria.
To book, click here.

Fancy dress

The 2012 Fancy Dress theme has not yet been announced.

Silent Discos

This year there will be three Silent Discos on both Friday and Saturday. The details are:
Main Stage: from 11pm to 3am there will be something for all tastes from Pulp to Hanson to Rage Against The Machine.
The Cave: from 11pm to 3am offering a much more alternative selection from the world's of metal, alt, indie, punk and rock.
The GreenHouse: from 9pm to 3am, on one channel dance DJs and on the other chilled out tunes.

Opening times

The site will open to Early Entry Pass holders from 1pm on Thursday 12th July, and opening hours for general admission tickets, will be from 8am onwards on the Friday, and the festival entertainment starts at midday on the Friday. The site will close at 2pm on Sunday 14th July.

More information will be here when available.