Playgroup Festival 2012

The third Playgroup Festival, has moved back a month and now runs from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd September at Eridge Park, Eridge Green, near Tunbridge Wells, in Kent. It's being organised by Playgroup, a small Brighton collective, who have been running events in the region for five years.

Line-up

The line-up involves over walkabout performers, DJs, installation artists, cabaret performers and others. These include DJ Yoda, Alice Russell, Reso, Anchorsong, Herbaliser, Nedry, DJ Format, Prince Fatty, Quemists, High Rankin (Live), Hidden Orchestra, The Correspondents, Resonators, Belleruche, Atomic Drop, King Porter Stomp, Lazy Habits, AK-DK, Reeps One, Donkey Pitch, Carnival Collective, Los Albertos, Kalakuta Millionaires, GAGGLE, King Lagoons, Flying Swordfish Band, Dizraeli and the Small Gods, Coda, The Moulettes, Barulho, Peppermint Beat Band, Samsara, Sam and the Womp, Phoria, Perhaps Contraption, John Crampton, Amity, Allison and the Earthquakes, Hyperpotamus, Cate Ferris, The Dirty Devine, Buffos Wake, The Beautiful Word, Sweet Sweet Lies, Us Baby Bear Bones, Man Ray Sky, Running Numbers, Black Fields, London Afrobeat Orchestra, GGB, Blah Blah Blah, Electric Playboys, Atlantiks, Jabbawocky Hi Fi, The Wild Knights, DJ Cous Cous, Dad Disko, Mass Evil, Zen Death Squad, and Hot Tip Hi Fi.

Live music covers funk, gypsy swing, rock and roll, reggae, ska, dub, dubstep, drum and bass, skweee, jazz, jive, hip-hop, soul, disco, pop, beatboxing, scratching, video mixing, rockabilly, carnival bands, acoustic acts, electro swing, ambient, blues, country, folk and various mixtures.

Tickets

Tickets are priced at £95, including three nights of camping. There's also a non refundable deposit scheme priced at £20 with a balance of £75 to pay later. A teen weekend ticket (aged 12–17 years)is priced at £77. Children aged under 12 can attend for free, as long as they are accompanied by an adult.

A car parking permit is priced at £20, and a campervan parking permit is priced at £35. To buy tickets, here.

More info

There's a strong ecologically aware element to the festival, with the buses running on used cooking oil, solar powered generators along with a 24-hour cinema, and various extras.

With an expected attendance of only 2,000 guests, a handful of stages for live music, magical mystery tour buses, a cinema tent, installation art, fresh local produce, a family area, cabaret and walkabout performance, workshops and games, a healing area, 100% audience participation and a heavy dash of the absurd.

Each ticket holder will be allocated a character (robot, dinosaur, tin soldier, cowboy, ragdoll, monster under the bed, puppet or teddy bear). Dressing up is highly encouraged as there will be lots of activities themed around specific characters.

Charities

The Playgroup Festival is not-for-profit and is collaborating with local representatives from War on Want, Burlesque Against Breast Cancer and Climate Camp - to aid those charities.

More information will be here when available.

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