Don't Miss a Beat

Join the UK's most passionate festival community. Keep up with the latest conversations, line-up rumours, and music news.

250,000+ Members

Connect with a massive network of fellow festival-goers.

Lively Discussions

Thousands of active topics on music, campsites, and tips.

Hot Rumours & News

Hear about secret sets and lineup drops before anyone else.

Create Free Account
OR

first acts confirmed for The Green Man Festival

Wilco, Bon Iver, British Sea Power, and more

By Scott Williams | Published:

The Green Man Festival 2009 - Wilco
Photo credit: Clark Wainwright


Wilco, Bon Iver, and British Sea Power, are amongst the first acts confirmed for this year's The Green Man Festival.

Wilco


British Sea Power
Also confirmed today are Wooden Shjips, The Amorphous Androgynous (AKA The Future Sound of London) presenting a 'Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind', a seven hour performance.

Other new acts include Errors, Peggy Sue, Megson, Pivot, It's A Buffalo, She Keeps Bees, Golden Animals, 6 Day Riot, No Thee No Ess, The Soundcarriers, and Martin Carr.

Bella Union will be hosting a night showcasing their emerging new talent including Beach House, Peter Broderick, and others.

Tickets for the festival are on sale today. An adult weekend camping ticket is priced at £115 for the weekend. Weekend teenager tickets (ages 13-17 years) are priced at £50, with children aged 12 and under free. All teenagers and children must be accompanied by a ticket playing adult. Live-in vehicles are an additional £35, and car park tickets are priced at £5. This year organisers are offering a Holiday Ticket, where for only an extra £30 festival goers can arrive on site on Monday 17th and camp for a further 3 days in Glanusk Park.

To buy tickets, click here.


This year's festival which takes place at Glanusk Park, Usk Valley, Powys, Wales over the weekend of Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd August, will see more than 100 acts play indie, psychedelia, americana and folk across 5 stages, while DJs playing everything from psychedlia, dub-reggae, modern electro and stoner rock will keep the party alive right through the night.