The Secret Garden Party 2010

A crazy festival party where everyone joins in and brimming with ideas and creativity. This is a not-for-profit festival without sponsorship and offers an eclectic musical mix. The dates for 2010 are confirmed as Thursday 22nd to Sunday 25th July.

Set in a 10 acre landscaped garden, bordering a river and lake, The Secret Garden is a garden-party-gone-crazy. As well as music there's loads of activities for kids and adults alike, and it is more of a party experience. The festival has been granted a permanent licence with a capacity of up to 26,000 for each of the four days.

Line-up

Gorillaz Sound System headline featuring music of Gorillaz mixed and remixed with a visual display, plus Mercury Rev, Marina & The Diamonds, Skatalites, Horace Andy And Dub Asante, Caravan Palace, Dreadzone, Animal Kingdom, Fionn Regan, Eliza Doolittle, Goldheart Assembly, Darwin Deez, Hybrid, Fenech Soler, Example, Killa Kela, Losers, Doorly, Jakwob, Eddy Temple Morris, Cloud Control, The Loose Cannons, High Rankin, Burn The Negative, Tommy Sparks, Killaflaw, King Cannibal, Goldierocks, and many more. For the line-up details as available please click here.

Tickets

Early bird tickets have sold out. Tickets are priced at £142 for an adult for the four days. The price includes parking, and camping. A teen ticket (13-17 years old) is priced at £110, child aged under 12 tickets are free, and campervan tickets are priced at £45. There was also a deposit scheme where festival goers could pay 50% of the ticket price for 2010 now and the remainder by 1st March. To buy tickets click here.

Theme

This year's theme will be 'Fact or Fiction' with the festival exploring the theories, fantasies, mysteries, legends, visions and illusions that create a rich world between reality and fiction. With inspiration taken from Heath Robinson, Escher, and Dali, as well as inventors and scientist who changed the way we view the world.

Other activities

As well as music there's loads of activities for kids and adults alike, and this event is more of a party experience Parades, Art tents, Walkabout Theatre & Theatre workshops, Big Wheel Rides, Boat Rides, Swimming, Treasure Hunts, Bands in trees, a festival-wide train service, open mic stages and as always, participatory games of all descriptions.

The festival offers restaurants, food talks, cocktail bars, ale tents, massages and the delights (if your pockets are deep enough!) of the Bellboy-served boutique camp ground. New for 2010 is the Forest, an area of woodland dedicated to acoustic music, barefoot discos and twilight fire circle tales.

On site

The festival is spread out over two sides of a lake with a large main stage area, 'The Great Stage' and then smaller tent venues dotted around, like 'Where the Wild Things Are', 'The Living Room', and 'Small World' which all have artistic décor. The happenings on the main stage side are generally more dancey and louder, and the other side has a more acoustic and chilled vibe.

Kids' area

New for 2010 is an entire land for young gardeners, featuring Egg Hunts, Fancy Dress, Discos, Kite Flying, Circus shows & workshops, Jewelry Making and Karaoke.

More information will be here when available.

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