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Camping

There are separate areas for General Camping, Family Camping and Disabled Camping.

If you would like to hire a tent, tipi or caravan please contact Tangerine Fields to arrange this here

People with disabilities interested in using the disabled facilities at the festival should contact fiona@thegreenmanfestival.co.uk

There will be many toilets which will be cleaned at regular intervals, as well as hot shower facilities.

Please do not leave valuables in your tent or car. Either keep your possessions with you, or use the campsite lock-ups run by volunteers from CND. There will be a small charge to use these facilities: all profits go to CND. You can also recharge your mobile phone at the lock-ups for a small fee.

Because of the fire risk, no open fires or tinfoil barbeques are allowed on site. However, you may use camping stoves or barbeques on legs.

No glass bottles are allowed on any part of the festival site, including the camping areas. You may bring a personal supply of alcohol with you into the campsites (decanted into plastic bottles, please), but you will not be able to bring it into the entertainment areas where there are licensed bars.

No sound systems or amplified music are allowed on site. People who disregard this regulation will have their equipment confiscated. This is so we can ensure that the festival does not exceed the permitted sound limits set out in our license.

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Car Sharing

Last year the percentage of vehicles used per person attending was less 20% less than most open air events this is because many people car share when attending. It's a great way to meet new people, cut the cost of transport and most importantly positively effect the carbon footprint of attending. The best way to do this is through the forum on this website. Tell people what area/city or town you are coming from and your day of arrival and leaving and what spaces you have in your vehicle or need from someone else's. Let's see if we can reduce the numbers further this year.

Children

Green Man is a very child friendly event and many people bring their children each year.

Children 12 and under are not charged to attend but must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Anyone under 18 years of age is not able to buy a ticket themselves. Up to 4 children can accompany 1 adult when attending.

A designated family camping area is located near to the entertainment and as tired children need to go to bed earlier sometimes parents and friends would be advised to keep the levels of giggling and chatting down a little so as not to disturb the "little folk."

A childrens area has got a number of different entertainments and workshops. We do not have creche facilities at the festival. A fuller list of children's entertainment and workshops will be included in June.

The toilets are of the plastic variety but are very clean and showers are also available. Taps for washing hands, faces and teeth are located nearby.

We advise you to write your mobile number on the arm band of your children so that we can contact you if they become lost.

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Glanusk Park

Glanusk Park has been aptly described as "the best event site in the country," by the Times.

Situated in the Brecon Beacons it is surrounded by lovely countryside and inspiring mountains.

The camping area of Green Man is situated in parkland which is grazed by sheep for the other eleven months of the year. The river Usk surrounds the site and children often comment on the bubbles coming to the surface from the fish swimming just under the surface.

Ancient trees are dotted around the park to offer both shade and wonder to those who attend.

We hope that we use this wonderful space sensitively and try and utilise the different areas so that those that you feel that you are entering different worlds offering different experiences and entertainments within intimate and lovely surroungings.

The park is used as the camping area offering an opportunity to camp in the kind of surroundings unlikely to be found in a commercial camp site and only offered one weekend a year. Waking up to the low level mist coming from the river, and the fresh smell in the air is an incredible and wonderful experience.

The gardens are used for the Green Area where different installations, stalls and entertainments are positioned between rose arbour's and flower beds.

The pond at the bottom of the garden is surrounded by arts installations and glitter in the night. The frogs living in it seem as delighted at seeing the children pearing into the pond as the children are seeing them but we acknowledge that paddling in their home is inpolite and probably frightening to them so we respectively leave well alone.

The natural amphitheatre enable us to sit on the lush grassy slopes while watching the artists on the Main Stage which is located so that the Brecon Beacon's and inspiring Sugar Loaf Mountain can be seen behind the stage. It is breath catchingly magical.

The Gothic Victorian Stables are used as a half way point where the Green Man Cafe is situated. The Cafe stage is an intimate space and many people drink ales, beer, cider and cocktails while seated on the tables and chairs in this area while listening to many of the performers on the stage.

From the Stables you can follow the avenue of ancient trees decorated with lights where stalls sell diverse and quality goods.

At the end of the avenue you can enter the walled garden where the two hundred year old flint wall's create a haven for the childrens tent's and literature area.

Further down the avenue the walled garden and avenue of trees opens up to encompass the "Folky Dolky Stage inside a fairy tale circus tent."

Across from this area the event open ups even further to the bonfire area. A fire is lit each night from 11pm to 7am and those of us who wish to play longer end up in this area experiencing one of the best things about Green Man which is completely unscheduled jamming sessions which take place around the fire.

The bar which runs through the night fuels the experience. But sitting around the fire with friends listening to sometimes odd and other times amazing music performed by known and sometimes unknown artists we hope will create the kind of experiences that will remain with you long after Green Man is over.

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How Big is Green Man

Green Man is a small independent festival and ticket sales are considerably well below 15,000 which is considered the number for a medium sized event. We have approximtately 9,000 people attending. We have capped the numbers as we want the event to stay as an intimate event. Unfortunately this does mean that we sell all the tickets quite quickly. We do advise people that tickets are about to sell out who are registered on our website.

Please do not get cross or frustrated with us if you cannot buy a ticket in time.

Independent Festival

Yes Green Man is an "Independent Festival," and is not funded or sponsored.

Live in Vehicles Information

Green Man has a designated camping area for live in vehicles.

Tickets for live in vehicles are not sold at the entrance to Green Man and need to be bought in advance.

A live in vehicle is one which is specifically adapted for sleeping such as camper vans, winnibago's, or caravans.

You will also need one if you require the use of a vehicle to pull in a trailer with a Yurt, Tipi or other structure in it. Structures that need to driven onto site can only be positioned in the live in vehicle area.

No cars or live in vehicles are allowed in the other camping areas.

If you have bought a live in vehicle pass and would like your friends to camp near you, you can have up to 2 x 2 person tents or 1 x 4 person tent pitched nearby.

A live in vehicle pass is £35.00 plus a booking fee of £1.00 and can be bought via this website.

The area for live in vehicle camping is used as farmland for the rest of the year so it dosn't have power or septic tanks.

The area is lit with garland lights and showers and toilets are nearby. Also the taps in the area provide drinking water.

By running the camping areas in this way we comply with the event licence, and other health and safety regulations.

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On Site Facilities

Opening times

The festival site opens for camping at 10am on Thursday 14 August. Food stalls and a bar will be open in the evening.

The Box Office will be open from 10am until 2am on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and from 10am until 8pm on Sunday. There will be no admission to the festival outside of these times.

The Main Stage will run from 12:00 midday to 1am on Friday and Saturday and from 12:00 midday to midnight on Sunday. There will be other entertainment running through the night.

People with Disabilities

If you have a disability and want advice or information about attending Green Man please email info@thegreenmanfestival.co.uk

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Tickets

There is no admission without a ticket and rights of admission are reserved. 

Tickets cost £105 + booking fee and are available here

Children aged 11 years or under at the time of the festival can come for free and do not require tickets.

Under-18s must be accompanied by an adult at all times; up to four under-18s may come with one adult ticket holder.

You may be requested to show ID to prove the age of young adults and children attending.

Live-in Vehicle tickets cost £35 + booking fee and are available here

If you intend to sleep in a camper van, caravan, trailer tent or tipi you must purchase a Live-in Vehicle ticket.  This gives you access to the Live-in Vehicle camping area which is the only area you are permitted to camp in.  No cars are allowed in the Live-in Vehicle camping area, unless they are towing caravans, trailer tents or being used to transport tipis. 

All large buses and or other large vehicles need permission before they can be brought onto site. Please contact info@thegreenmanfestival.co.uk

Tickets will not be refunded in any circumstances, other than the total cancellation of the event, when only the face value of the ticket will be refunded. 

Transport

Full details of how to get to the festival will be provided on the back of your ticket. 

By Car: The festival site is located near Crickhowell in the Brecon Beacons.  

There is free parking for all ticket holders unless you are arriving in a Live-in Vehicle (please see ticket info above). 

By Train: The nearest train station is Abergavenny. There will be a shuttle bus running from the station to the festival on Thursday and Friday and from the festival to the station on Sunday and Monday. There will be a charge of £5 each way for this service.

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