FULL details have been released of the music acts booked to appear at this summer’s Green Man festival.
It comes on the day that tickets for the August 16-19 event have gone on sale for the first time.
Returning to the Mountain Stage are US indie-rock band The War on Drugs.
Adam Granduciel and co previously appeared at the Green Man in 2014 and come back to the Glanusk Estate venue in the wake of the success of their sprawling masterpiece, A Deeper Understanding, last summer which itself followed the success of their breakthrough LP Lost In A Dream.
Other headline acts include Fleet Foxes, John Grant, Grizzly Bear, The Brian Johnstown Massacre, Dirty Projectors, Mount Kimbie. The Lemon Twigs and many more.
Headlining on the Thursday night are Public Service Broadcasting whose most recent record ’Every Valley’ focusses on the socio-political affect of the mine closures on Welsh society.
As every year there is much more to the Green Man than music as there is also a full itinerary embracing comedy, literature, film, science, performing and visual arts.
The Green Man festival, which annually attracts a gate of 15,000, is one of the few remaining large independent music festivals in the UK. It is also the only festival of its size to be owned by a woman, Fiona Stewart.
The festival stands out for its family-friendly vibe and its beautiful setting in the shadow of the Black Mountains.
The Glanusk Estate, owned by the Legge-Bourke family, is a country estate set in the Usk Valley, near Crickhowell, in the Brecon Beacons National Park, which opens its doors to the festival every summer.
The standard price for a classic festival ticket, which gets an adult (and their tent) into the grounds from the Thursday through to the Monday is £180.
There are discount prices of £155 for students and teen tickets that cost £115. Little folk (who accompany adults) are allowed in for £20 while there is no charge for infants.
Anyone who wants to extend their visit to include the week that leads up to the festival can buy a Settler’s Pass, which costs £225 (students £200, teens £155 and little folk £30). This means visitors can pitch a tent at the Glanusk venue from Monday, August 13 and help out the local economy by visiting the many wonderful tourist attractions both within the Brecon Beacons National Park and local towns such as Crickhowell, Brecobn and Abergavenny.
With special discounts arranged to heritage sites, museums, galleries, and organised walks to local waterfalls, etc., the Settlement is subsidised by Green Man and generates one million pounds into Welsh economy over and above the millions of pounds the festival does.
Green Man was the first festival to include science in the UK. That was 10 years ago and over that time Einstein’s Garden has become a leading producer of science engagement and tours across the UK with partners including Cardiff, Cambridge, Oxford, Bristol, UCL, Aberystwyth Universities as well as research organisations such as the Crick Institute, Welcome Trust, Cancer Research and the Met Office. The festival organisers promise "some really exciting plans" around Einstein’s Gardens in this anniversary year which will be released in the next few months.
For full details of the music line-up, how to book tickets and the festival’s history etc., visit www.greenman.net.