The Green Phoenix Festival - CANCELLED '10

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Green Phoenix Festival organisers have taken the decision to cancel the festival.

Organisers took the decision due to insufficient advance ticket sales, and had no option but to cancel the festival, in order to be able to completely refund public tickets and deposits from traders.

Festival director Jim Lepingwell said, "We recognize that purchasers may have been waiting to buy tickets on the gates, but we could not professionally take the risk to allow suppliers and traders to set up and artists to travel to us without guaranteeing them an audience. Over the past few months we have taken every step possible to ensure that the festival could go ahead. We are devastated to be cancelling the festival, however we felt it was responsible to do it at this stage so we can completely refund the tickets and deposits. Had we started the set up of the festival as planned for Monday, we would have incurred considerable costs. As it is, all the ticket money and deposits are safeguarded and we are able to completely refund ticket-holders and traders. We want to thank everyone who has supported us this year and the team who have worked very hard to put together the amazing event we had planned."

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The first Green Phoenix Festival, a celebration of arts & sustainable culture, will take place from Thursday 19th to Sunday 22nd August 2010 at a farm site in the North East of England near Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne and Durham with an array of wonderful venues all powered by the wind and the sun.

Line-up

The Wailers, Zion Train, Martha Tilston, Kissmet, Babyhead, Orkestra Del Sol, Rory Mcleod, Boo Hewerdine, Julie Matthews, Ruth Notman, Jez Lowe, Kate Fox, Elvis McGonagall, Smoove & Turrell, Alistair Anderson, Seize The Day, The John Langan Band, Emily Portman, The Undercover Hippy, Martin Harley, n.u.m.b, Honeyfeet, Louise Barabbas & The Bedlam Six, Maybe Myrtle Tyrtle, Becci Owen, Diddley Squat, The Magic Museum, The 27 Club, Cash Cows, East Park Reggae Collective, Lets Buy Happiness, Rob Heron & The Two Man Orchestra, The Din, Hassle, Lunajet, Nev Clay, and Fergus Mckay.

Other entertainment

There will also be fire and circus shows from The Great Wreck & Roll, The Master & Margarita presented by Fragments Theatre Company, Walkabout performances from The Rainbow Collectors, and Jamboree Arts bringing walkabout and stage shows.

Tickets

An adult four day ticket is priced at £99, a young person ticket (aged 12 - 17 years) is priced at £45, Children under 12 can attend for free. A 3 day adult ticket is priced at £85 (young person £40) and two day tickets valid for Saturday and Sunday at £65 adult (£30 young person) and a Sunday only ticket at £37.50 for an adult (£17.50 young person). Car parking £15, campervan £35, shuttle bus £4 a journey available from Newcastle Upon Tyne central station to the festival site.

UN Blue Laurels badge

Green Phoenix Festival is the first UK Festival to gain UN Blue Laurels badge as it is recognised as a United Nations University Regional Centre for Expertise for Education on Sustainable Development (RCE).

Discovery

Discover the arts of permaculture and how to live lightly. Learn tomfoolery, clownery & how to make balloon basoons. Listen to beautiful music, wordsmiths & philosophical musings.

Thursday

Thursday is a settling in day, with all areas open including the Little Peoples Festival, cinema, crafts, Permaculture & Living Lightly area, Heart & Soul Space and markets with cafes serving food and the smaller venues open with live music from an array of the acts, two of the bars will be open and with the main stage it's a chance to relax, meet people, get to know the neighbours.

Flowing through the festival will be the broad and deep currents of sustainability. Also flowing will be organic ales, local brews and ethical cocktails.

More information will be here when available.