The Power of Art and Music at The Green Gathering

The Power of Art and Music at The Green Gathering

World beating, off grid festival presents ‘The Green Gathering 2023’, which runs from 3^rd – 6^th August, in the sumptuous surroundings of Piercefield Park, near Chepstow.

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“At the Green Gathering, we bring over 100 artists and performers together to immerse us all in creativity, to inspire us to dance, sing, feel and be wild”.

The festival team has curated a spirit-lifting and varied programme of performers to bring festival-goers whatever they need:  radical punk to rage with, electronic beats to vibe to, nature-inspired folk to pluck at heartstrings, conscious cabaret and hip-hop to inspire, foot-stomping tunes to shake it all about to, DJ sets in the woods to rave the night away and much more.

Back by popular demand, festival royalty and radical folk band Seize The Day; UK/Australian outfit Kangaroo Moon uniting body and soul in deep elemental psychedelia; award-winning author, performance poet and broadcaster Salena Godden; My Mate Dave, skillfully combining folk, vaudeville, pop and close harmony; and soulful Satin Beige, R&B cellist and singer songwriter.

Making their Green Gathering debut, all-female jazz band Calypso Moon will delight with vintage swing, jazz, Latin and calypso classics, and poet, comedienne and singer Clare Ferguson-Walker will be performing her new and highly acclaimed, spoken word show.

Soundscape Takeover

Visitors can expect an exciting close to this year’s festival on Sunday evening at the Soundscape Solar Stage… The High Breed, Bristol based conscious hip-hop collective and friends will be taking over the stage with a barnstorming array of rap, reggae, dancehall and world music.

The High Breed and friends are a diverse range of female and black and ethnic minority artists who all have a conscious message in their music and are delighted to be sharing their gifts and unique perspectives with Green Gatherers.

Alongside The High Breed, takeover acts will include roots reggae band, Guire and the Golden Guild; rapper, activist and health coach, Inspecta Veg; Komposa, combining hard-hitting flows with soulful melodic sounds; and DJ Fly Fox, co-founder of Femmes on Decks, an all-female DJ collective, winding down the evening with some chilled world music to take festival-goers into tomorrow.

“My first ever festival and I have never been so sad to return to real life.  Such a peaceful, beautiful, magical experience which I cannot wait to repeat, bring on 2023!”  A happy Green Gatherer.

Tickets can be purchased from ticket agent ‘The Ticketsellers’ via a direct link from The Green Gathering website.

For further information, please visit: www.greengathering.org.uk

For media enquiries please contact: lesley@greengathering.org.uk or telephone Lesley on 07831 225951.

The festival is commissioned by and raises funds for, The Green Gathering charity (no. 1156593) which promotes sustainability via hands-on education and the arts.

The annual Green Gathering festival is delivered on behalf of the charity by its trading arm Optimistic Trout Productions, a Community Interest Company (CIC).