The Small Nations Festival 2008

Friday 11th to Sunday 13th July 2008
Glangwenlais Farm, Cilycwm near Llandovery, Wales., Wales MAP
Weekend £60 (Early Bird £50); Weekend (Youth) £45; Saturday & Sunday ticket £40

Daily capacity: 1,500

Last updated: Thu 29th May 2008

Known in Welsh as 'Gwyl y Cenhedloedd Bychan', this is a multilingual celebration of the music of Wales alongside that of other small nations. Set on a farm near a small village, this festival celebrates minority cultures and languages and the universal language of music in all its forms.

A wide range of music may be represented such as Irish, electronica, bhangra, Afro-beats, flamenco, samba, techno and twmpath.

This year's line-up is headed by the double African headliners Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba (Friday).
The line-up for Friday also has Bedouin Jerry Can Band, Brigyn, Can A Tir, Chaos Theory, Ember, Ffynnon, Georgia Ruth Williams, Hq, Pocket Promise, Rainy And The Dust, Samba Galez, and Steve Eaves.
Saturday has Amheus, Bamo, Gareth Pearson, Helen Adam, Judith Silver, London Bulgarian Choir, Lowri Evans, My Gambino, N'faly Kouyate, Pot Boilers, Radio Luxembourg, Rumberos De Cuba, Sian James, Sicknote, Stone Free, Swci Boscawen, Terne Čhave, and Yucatan.
Sunday will have the following artists: Bellevue Rendezvous, Fflur Dafydd, Johnny Action Finger, Kilema, Little George Sueref, Longital, One Voice, and Rumberos De Cuba.

Added to this, expect children's workshops, a Digital Futures Stage offering up DJs and electronica music, plus a late night café / bar / chill-out area. The workshops on offer this year include group harmony singing, story telling, classical belly dance & belly dance to live drumming, industrial rhythmic grooves, laughter workshop, found sounds and junk percussion, fire juggling, spoons, judo, yoga, welsh in an hour, and dancing (the Mesopotamian way).

There are also stalls, food and a bar between the stages which are housed in a very large barn, big enough, the organisers claim, to hold a thousand people. If the weather is fine the doors will be folded back although everything will be undercover just in case!

TICKETS
Tickets are on sale in April priced as follows:
Weekend £60; Weekend (Early Bird) £50; Weekend (Youth) £45; Saturday & Sunday ticket £40; Sunday (Sold at the gate only) £18.

CARAVANS, CAMPERVANS, CARS
Caravans and campervans are welcome at a extra £15 (+ car ticket) or £10 respectively. Cars have to be parked away from the tents and are charged at £5.

More information will be here when available.