Laura Marling, and Los Campesinos! and more for Green Man festival

There are new line-up additions to The Green Man Festival which takes place from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th August in the Brecon Beacons, Powys, Wales.

The latest acts heading for the festival organised by folk duo It's Jo and Danny are Laura Marling, Badly Drawn Boy, Los Campesinos!, Damien Jurado, Truckers of Husk, The Bowerbirds, and O'Death.

Joining them at the event which has music late on into the night will be Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man, The Owl Service, Prince Rama of Ayodhya, Cats In Paris, The Saffron Sect, Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir, Wolf People, Barbarossa, Nic Dawson Kelly, Pete Greenwood, James Yorkston, Heather Jones, John Stammers, and Gwyneth Glyn for this year's Green Man Festival line up.

Returning this year will be the campfire ceilidhs, a second stage and DJ tent. The festival will be remaining the same size as in 2007, at 10,000 people. The festival offers plenty of live music with lots of folk and folktronica bands, plus film, literature, workshop and children's areas, and DJs.

Beirut are the Friday headliner, Super Furry Animals the Saturday headliner, Richard Thompson and Howlin' Rain (featuring members of Comets On Fire and Sunburned Hand of the Man), Devon Sproule, Black Mountain, The National, Nina Nistasia, and School Of Language have also been named. Beirut were due to headline but had to cancel their performance. Expect more acts to be added to the line-up soon. For the line-up details as available please click here.

Tickets are priced at £105 for the weekend including on-site camping and parking, with children aged 12 and under free. Live-in vehicles are an additional £35. Click here to buy.


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