Sunrise Summer Solstice Celebration is intended to provide an alternative to the chaotic proceedings at Stonehenge.
It plans to be a festival balancing permaculture and performing arts; electronica and healing; art, science and spirituality.
The event claims to be a new concept in festival design, "a globally attractive gathering that offers both the familiar and the fresh". Gathering together many of the familiar Green Field faces from Glastonbury Festival, offering an ethical and ecological alternative in 2006.
It plans a diverse global line-up of performers, artists and speakers. The event culminates in the Summer Solstice Sunrise 2006. Confirmed acts include: Banco De Gaia, The Incredible String Band, Eat Static, Babyhead and more - click here for details.
There'll be 13 Autonomous Areas; 6 Stages + Acoustic/performance venues, including The Main Arena and EartHeart Stage; Small World; Tribal Earth World Music Stage; ID Spiral Solar Chill; Spirit Dance.
Contributors include: ID Spiral; Buddhafield; Tribal Earth; Small World; The Active Arts Centre; Invisible Circus; World Peace Garden Network; The Majical Youth Theatre; The Planet Art Network; The Nectar Temple (USA); Crystal and Spore (Canada); Beduoin Tents; Manic Organic; Hearthworks (Tipi Field, Glastonbury), The Healing Field (Glastonbury Festival), etc.
The event is 100% ecologically powered, with a site-wide organic policy including alcohol.
There's 4000 tickets available. Early Bird tickets go on sale at the beginning of February. £50 E/B ticket, campervans £20, car parking extra. There's a limited numbers of early bird tickets available. £65 'normal' price. Kids half price.
For more information see the Sunrise Summer Solstice Celebration website.
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