Organised by the same people who also hold Truck festival, this newer festival celebrating music and nature returns to the surroundings of Braziers Park, Oxfordshire from Friday 16th until Sunday 18th May 2014.
Line-up
Headliners Luke Sital-Singh, Sweet Baboo, and The Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band, are joined by Alessi's Ark, Jackie Oates performing with Tristan Seume, Oliver Wilde, The Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band, Belinda O'Hooley & Heidi Tidow, Nick Cope, Trevor Moss and Hannah-Lou, Dreaming Spires, Co-Pilgrim, Rachael Dadd, Edd Keene, Nick Jonah Davis, Jali Fily Cissokho, Paul McClure, Vikesh Kapoor, Trent Miller, Jack Day, Count Drachma, The Knights of Mentis, Julia Meijer, Art Theefe, Jordan O'Shea, Macamu, Oxford Ukuleles, My Sad Captains, Valleyers, My Crooked Teeth, Sephine Lo, Ellie Ford, and Natureboy.
As well as a whole range of exciting talks in the Kindling tent there will be a solo set of songs and stories by Stornoway’s Brian Briggs, open sessions from Catweazle Club, and The Acoustic Ballroom, and DJ Badger.
Tickets
The early bird offer sold out. Weekend tickets are priced at £75 for adults which includes camping and all workshops. There is also a teen ticket for ages 13-17 priced priced £65, children aged 12 and under will be able to go along for free! Parking is priced at £10. Campervan tickets are priced at £40.
Ethos
Wood runs entirely on renewable energy and aims to highlight green issues and hopefully promote an ecologically friendly lifestyle, with things like composting toilets, showers heated by wood-burning stove, a people powered fairground, and a solar-powered stage and dancing into the night in a bicycle powered 'discotheque'.
2014 will be Wood's 'Year Of The Badger'. The festival focuses on a different indigenous wild animal each year. Badgers are getting a particularly hard time at the moment with the government trying to shoot them all because of they haven't researched the spread of TB properly. Wood will be highlighting their plight at the festival as well as all things wonderful about badgers and their very important role in the countryside.
Workshops
The festival offers opportunities for everyone (from children to grandparents!) to participate, with workshops covering everything from singing, woodcraft, yoga, knitting, story-telling, Make a Record Player from a Cardboard Box, Harmony Singing, a Junk Samba Session, campfire sing-alongs, a kids tent and fancy dress parade.
Wood even has its own organic café serving locally-sourced food and it's own pub, The Hippy Arms selling locally-produced lager, ale and cider.
Video
Here is a short eFestivals film about 2009's Wood festival.
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