What's New

Last year was a cracking festival with a brilliant programme, but the extreme weather made it tough, particularly on the Friday. There were delays getting in, problems parking, and the site got seriously muddy.

We're hoping for sunshine this year - we all deserve it. But we're planning for the same conditions again or, dare we say, even worse. We learned a great deal from last year, and have listened to your suggestions. We've networked with other festivals and event organisers, worked more closely with the licensing authority's Safety Advisory Group, and have come up with a set of contingency plans which we are pretty confident will mitigate the consequences of severe weather (including using more trackway, pictured above). We can't promise you won't get wet, but we do expect that you'll be able to park more quickly and get about the site more easily, adding to your enjoyment.

This section deals with a lot of other new things too, such as the wine bar, new collaborations, improvements to camping and transportation arrangements - all arising from listening to your feedback, and also ideas coming out of our festival Forum, a creative think-tank which meets monthly to inject great ideas into the planning.  If you'd like to join the Forum, do get in touch.

Meanwhile, have a wonderful festival!