Sunrise Celebration - CANCELLED 2015

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Sunrise Festival has been cancelled.

Organisers have issued a statement saying, "It is with great sadness that we must tell you that Sunrise is cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control. This is not a decision we have taken lightly, and it is only after being placed in a position where we could not produce the festival we had promised that we have made this decision.

We’re deeply in shock about this, as I'm sure you all are and we apologise it's taken us until this afternoon to make this announcement.

We've been told at the eleventh hour by the powers that be that we can’t run our main stage and dance stage above a level much louder than you would find in a library offsite, after 11 o'clock with unclear assurance that we would even be okay before that. We’ve tried every which way to get round this. We can’t. So with deepest regret we’ve had to cancel.

Please visit the Bristol Ticket Shop page here for more information on what has happened and what to do next as we are in the process of setting up some great ticket deals with other events that you might be interested in: http://www.bristolticketshop.co.uk/eventdetails.aspx?e=6294

This will be updated throughout the day so stay tuned.

If you have bought tickets from other tickets agents they will be in touch with you later on this afternoon to explain what you need to do next.

We are so incredibly sorry that this has happened but in all conscience could not have opened the gates to you to a festival with the threat of immediate closure hanging over our heads- these are strange times we live in.

We'll stay in touch and try and answer as many questions as we can over the coming weeks.

Thank you for buying our tickets and we are deeply sorry we couldn't give you a Sunrise to be proud of this year.

The Sunrise Team xxx

PS Everyone who has bought a ticket will absolutely be entitled to a refund!.."

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The 10th Sunrise Festival returns to their new home at Piercefield Park, Chepstow the dates for 2015 have been confirmed as over the bank holiday weekend from Thursday 21st to Sunday 24th May, and organisers are looking at increasing the festival size to 10,000 for 2015.

Featuring an inspiring mix of the very best in alternative culture, and continually committed to setting new standards in sustainability with an eclectic blend of dub, world, ska, electronica, dub-step, psy trance, breaks, reggae, folk, Balkan beats and all manner of stompingly good tunes from rising stars, established favourites and surprise collaborations, in line with Sunrises shining musical reputation.

Line-up

The line-up will see some of the best new talent and old favourites including Kosheen Unplugged, Sam and The Womp, Holotronica, Laid Blak, King Porter Stomp, Lazy Habits, Johnny Cage & the Voodoogroove, Charlie Miller & The Soul Agents, JC's Hopeless Sinners, Rodney Branigan, Omar Perry & Homegrown Band, Huey Morgan, Will And The People, John Fairhurst, Electric Swing Circus, The Egg, Nick Manasseh with Gregory Fabulous, Duncan Disorderly, Edd Donovan And The Wandering Moles, DjembeKlan, Maya Love, Fast Decline, Extra Love, The Phoenix Rose, and The Burning Glass.

Saturday night is party night at Sunrise, with the Electro Swing Club. Presented by DJ’s Chris Tofu and Tall Tim, and with some of the best big show bands, live dancers and cabaret, the line up promises to raise the roof on the Sunrise main stage tent for the festival’s big 10th Anniversary party night.

Hosting the Sunrise Dance Stage wil be IllumiNaughty joined by Elixir of Life, Eden, Twisted Playhouse, Swing'n'Tingz, IllumiNasty, and Happy Daze. They have put together a line-up over four days and nights with GMS, Morten Granau, System 7, Krafty Kuts, Far Too Loud, 1200 Mics (DJ Set), Laughing Buddha, Avalon, DJ Deekline, Sonic Species, Ed Solo, and Future Frequencies, Jungle Cakes, Shane Gobi, Mirror System, Soundaholix (DJ Set), Growling Machines, Itchy & Skratchy, Juggling, Liquid Ross, Tongue & Groove, Final Conflict, Leuce Rhythms, Dexter, Matt Lickess , EE'SH, Steve Podmore, LlamaLeaf, Sly Fandango, Nanosphere, Mazzord, Funkliners, 2CBeeBies, Emma Clair, Off Beat Rippleton, Fighty, Colour, Soluble Sound, Matt Ma 6, Kallima, Workshy Rene, Kotch, and Bear Twists.

Tickets

The early bird offer has ended. An adult ticket is priced at £95. A family ticket (2 Adults 2 Children) is priced at £215, a teen ticket (16-17yrs) is priced at £70, a child's ticket (5-15yrs) is priced at £25, a car pass is priced at £20, a live in vehicle is priced at £40. Prices do not include booking fees.

Kids area

Sunrise has a dedicated kids area (where adults will be allowed only as long as they behave themselves!) with plenty of new fun activities and avenues to explore plus circus and crafts workshops, parades, a maze, outdoor games and more. For the older kids there will be graffiti walls, breakdance, poetry slams, hip hop, circus shows and skills, bushcraft skills and lots more still to be confirmed.

Green ethos

The event is expected to be 100% ecologically powered, with a site-wide organic policy which also applies to alcohol. There are full camping facilities will be available including, showers, chemical & compost toilets.

Sunrise offers music in 3 Arenas: The Sunrise Arena, The Dance Arena and The Village Green and is 100% sustainably powered. The festival has site wide organic food and drink, and all waste ethically recycled. Festival goers can enjoy children’s activities, family tickets, the Field of Dreams (arts and literature area), ethical traders, charity stalls, green cultural debates, and also boutique camping.

More information will be here when available.

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