Wood 2011

Organised by the same people who also hold Truck festival, this newer festival celebrating music and nature happens in the surroundings of Braziers Park, Oxfordshire from Friday 20th until Sunday 22nd May 2011.

Line-up

The first acts confirmed are Willy Mason, Eliza Carthy Band, Nick Cope, Thea Gilmore, Mama Rosin, Uiscedwr, Trevor Moss and Hannah-Lou, Sarabeth Tucek, Spindrift, Zeus, Michele Stodart, Dreaming Spires, Treetop Flyers, Super Khoumeissa, Jali Fily Cissokho, The Epstein, Katy Rose & The Cavalry Parade, The Minnikins, Goodnight Lenin, Polly & The Billets Doux, Holton's Opulent Oog, George Borowski, Owen Thomas, and Band of Hope.

Tickets

Weekend tickets are priced at £95 for adults which includes camping and all workshops. There is also a junior ticket for ages 13-17 priced priced £65, children aged 12 and under will be able to go along for free! Parking is priced at £10. Campervan tickets are priced at £40.

To buy tickets, click here.

Workshops

Wood is also about trying new things, learning news skills, getting involved and learning something. With over 100 workshops and talks going on across the weekend including DIY Wormeries, Upsidedown Tomatoes, Make Your Own Bunting, Willow Sculptures for Adults: Make a Giant Dragonfly, Performance of Shadowplay, Hedgehogs and Suburban Wildness, Lanterns from Jam Jars, Make Musical Instruments From Junk, Willow Sculptures for Kids: Make a Giant Dragonfly, Garland Pom Brooches, Yoga for Children, Drama 4 Evry1, Fascinators- Glamourous Reclaimed Head Wear, Junk Samba Band, Yoga for Adults, Home Composting and General Gardening Advice, Making Nettle Cord Animal Spirit Medicine, iFOUNDSOUND: A Sound Journey, Jewelry Making, Decorative 3D flowers/plants, Musical Munchkins, Icknield Way Morris Men - Cotswold Morris, Dancing Workshop, Harmony Singing Workshop, Blow your Own - Veg into instruments, Willow Sculptures for Kids: Make a Dream Catcher, Felt making, Clay Sculpture, Printmaking, Bicycle Repair, Pedal Power: Bicycle Generated Power, Campfire with Forest Schools, Building a Wooden Surfboard, Thatching, Indian Devotional Singing and Chanting, Upcycled Crafts: Keyrings, Purses and Hats, Bodrhan Drumming, Fertilising Local Community Identity, Tai Chi, Make a costume, mask or totem for the Fancy Dress Parade, and a Knitting Circle.

Cycle to Wood

The organisers of the festival have teamed up with local 'cyclomaniacs' The Oxford Cycle Workshop to co-ordinate the cycle ride to Wood festival, setting off from The Magic Cafe at 2pm on Friday 20th May, and arriving at Braziers Park a few hours later. Tents will be transported separately, and those taking part will be rewarded with a picnic half way and a cold pint upon arrival.

The Oxford Cycle workshop will then be sticking around to help power the festival, with one of the stages being powered completely by the festival audience using pedal generators. They are also going to be hosting workshops throughout the weekend, teaching people how to maintain bikes.

Ethos

Wood runs entirely on renewable energy and aims to highlight green issues and hopefully promote an ecologically friendly lifestyle, with things like composting toilets, showers heated by wood-burning stove, a people powered fairground, and a solar-powered stage and dancing into the night in a bicycle powered 'discotheque'.

workshops

The festival offers opportunities for everyone (from children to grandparents!) to participate, with workshops covering everything from singing, woodcraft, yoga, knitting, story-telling, and thatching, to making wallets from orange juice cartons, campfire sing-alongs, a kids tent and fancy dress parade.

Wood even has its own organic café serving locally-sourced food and it's own pub, The Hippy Arms selling locally-produced lager, ale and cider.

Video

Here is a short eFestivals film about 2009's Wood festival.



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