Sunrise Celebration 2009, Somerset

[dandreamweva]

Bimble Inn Line

The Stuff (Ned & Maff from The Egg)

3 Daft Monkeys

Shona Foster

John Fairhurst

The Roots Union

Seize The Day

Wobbly Squadron

The Lovebirds

New Groove formation

Douglas James Show

The Amigos

Melosa

Stephen Junior

Rapskallion

Cedar Rose

Tirion & The Mankini Revolution

.... + More to be announced!

[dandreamweva]

Two weeks to go and to get all those planning to come a bit excited, here's a little teaser of what is to come...

Check out http://www.sunrisecelebration.com/performance.php for full details...

This is a brief guide to just some of the performance at Sunrise in 2009!

The Hurly Burly

A place where spontaneous Alice in Wonderland type things happen.

Where every soul who enters becomes an exalted guest and all are lavished with food music and love.

...An intimate & lively festival venue with a stage, solar powered LED lighting rig and a small but ample sound system.

...A temple of truly glorious food.

...A hotbed of creative adventure

We roll past mountains of mime, miracles of music, street theatre and a few cosmic jesters.

Master of Ceremonies, Luigi Chocolatti & the resident band 'The Hurly Burlies' along with Gypsy Jazz, String Quartet, The Toy Orchestra, B Movie Tragic Love Songs, Clowns, Fairies & Masked Magicians.

At other time, the vintage loudspeaker plays mostly 1940s swing and gypsy jazz

Check the video here:- http://www.thehurlyburly.co.uk/video.html

Eartheart: Circus and Cabaret Stage

Eartheart at it’s core celebrates creativity. It really is that simple. So, enjoy the most ground breaking circus and revel in burlesque delights and raucous spectacular with guests to the space: the prolific Invisible Circus. It doesn’t stop there.....Strictly participatory pandemonium includes taking your poetic side in the cosmics vs cynics Sunrise Summer Slam showdown and giz us a tune as we’d be delighted to hear you in one of our open mic slots. Eartheart is all bout that festival fluidity…There will always be surprises conjured with a host of divine acts, but remember: There Is No Audience so be prepared to share some of your own scrumptious magic in this eclectic trove of reggae, dance, ska, beatboxing tomfoolery and all the yumminess in between.Yes, sexy aliens are included. And don’t be surprised if a rugged cave man puts you over his shoulder too because Eartheart is spanning the ages on the Saturday night with 300OBC VS 3000AD dress up.

Be nice to the 100m long, fire –breathing dragon that watches over the shenanigans, for you are crunchy and very good with organic ketchup…Mmmm. Eartheart has it all. Dragons and aliens aside, don’t chip on if you fancy a food fix, as we create a beautiful space with an organic café and bar serving delicious munchies where you can luxuriate in the aesthetics of spiraling tents and amazing visuals using LED lighting......Be inspired.

The Invisible Circus

The finest of Bristol's Underground Circus Scene, The Invisible Circus, will be joining us for One Night Only to present a very special cabaret show. The maestro's behind the revolutionary, spectacular Carnyville extravaganzas and the conversion of Bridewell's Old Police Station into the stunning venue 'The Island', Invisible Circus will be hosting a micro-version of one of their renowned cabarets at Sunrise this year. You are promised a gaudy cocktail of grotesque caricatures, clashing colours, faded glitz, misfits, jokers and wild cards. An anarchic pantomime with a delicate frosting of candyfloss smeared into sticky sawdust, greasepaint and smudged lipstick…..Watch out for sporadic madness, wild walkabout and bizarre performances across the site throughout! The Invisible Circus is a collective of multi-skilled artists formed during a decade and a half of world travel and adventure as street performers. The companies Renegade Fabulon Circus Stage became a festival favorite after it's debut in the first Lost Vagueness field at Glastonbury 2002 and they have appeared in over 20 countries worldwide. www.invisiblecircus.co.uk

[mr_bizarre]

WoooooooooHoooooooooooooooo!!! I've just been confirmed to go this year (stewarding) See you all there!!

[razorruck]

where abouts is it this year anyway, looking to check the weather for this shindig (still havent got my tickets thru the post yet!!)

[dandreamweva]

Site is in the Castle Cary, Bruton, Frome area of Somerset

Here's the current weather forecast for the next 2 weeks. Looking good! Warm front on the way from Spain apparently!

http://www.theweatheroutlook.com/twoforeca...&selected=0

[dandreamweva]

The Sunrise Celebration – 2 weeks to go!

BE THE CHANGE!

28th-31st May 2009

Gilcombe Farm, Bruton, Somerset

www.sunrisecelebration.com

Rootsy, free thinking and full of heart,

The Award winning Sunrise is back on a lush NEW organic site for an epic gathering of the tribes!

Compared to Glastonbury festival in its early days by Michael Eavis himself!

6 stages - Band stand - Solar and Out Door Cinemas - Circus – Cabaret – Burlesque – Adult Bouncy Castle - Live Fire Walk - Medicine wheel - Tipi circle - Permaculture gardens - Green Graffiti - Poetry Slam – Fairy Gardens – Sun Seekers Planetarium – Mad Hatters Tea Party – Kids Village – Earth Mysteries

Hot Tubs – Pillow Fight

Saturday Night Dress up Theme: 3000 BC vs 3000 AD

All powered on 100% renewable energy,

Site wide organic food and drink, hot showers, saunas and hot tubs.

Family Friendly Vibe

A few Tickets still Available...

Buy Now: £99 Adult in advance /£25 Kids

(Tickets will be available on the gate £115)

www.sunrisecelebration.com/tickets.php

Contact: info@sunrisecelebration.com

www.sunrisecelebration.com <http://www.sunrisecelebration.com>

0845 0094463

For more details on the line up and content read on....

Dance...

Chai Wallahs

The Bays - The Dub Pistols Soundsystem Feat. Rodney P

Baka Beyond - Pama International - The Fontanas

Martha Tilston - Lazy Habits - Planetman & The Internationalz

Gentleman's Dub Club - Joe Driscol - Dub Fx - Baraka - Dan Arborise

Samsara - The Roots Union - King Porter Stomp - Jamie Woon - Susie Ro & Ayla - Naula & the Alchemy Band - Undercover Hippy - Jono McCleery - Shona Foster - Daisy - Yes Sir Boss - Nathan Ball - Wriggles of Nen - The Phoenix Rose

Solarcadia Dance and Chill Garden

A visual journey through sound with Dubstep, Breaks, Psy Breaks, Psy Trance, Down Tempo and Ambient

Thursday/Friday: Waveform & Tranceformation

Kings Hifi - Far too Loud - Zub Zub Live

Bonze - Unbalanced Jack + Dub FX

Fluid - Galactic Wind - Red Earth - Mandala Mark

Tribe of frog Saturday

Voice of Cod - Live

OOOD – Live

Subliminal System - Live

Liquid Ross - Ipcress (omniscience) - Gacid (phar-psyde) - Rama (oood) - Stevie (oood)

Natzan (tribe of frog) - Pieman (tribe of frog) - Psychosonic (tribe of frog) - Geo (tribe of frog)

Inspiral Sunday

Chameleon - Meeq - Aviva - Naked Nick

Mannaseh - Aliji – Solarquest

The Earth Heart Experience

Table Service from Space Pirates in the ambient mystical surroundings of the Earthearts Alchemy Bar

The She Creatures - Mellow Star - Bridgewater Reggae SoundSystem - Paul Didge - The Mirettes (Mid-Somerset Battle of the bands Winners 08) - A Class Apart (MSBB Winners 09) - Dr AmaQueen - Baba Slips - Simon Celtica - Dom Spiral

and stage shows from....

Wordsmith wizardry with a Poetry Slam

Cabaret and performance

The Invisible Circus

Bristols own renegade circus, hailing from Bridewell Island, will be joining us for one night only to present a very special cabaret show. The maestros behind the revolutionary spectacular Carny Ville extravaganzas and takeover of Bridewell's old Police Station into the stunning venue 'The Island'. The Invisible Circus will be hosting a micro-version of one of their renowned cabarets at Sunrise this year.

To see the wonders of Carny Ville before its return in Sept 09 look at this amazing film by Holly Wallace

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hbwTbrXtzY.

The Bimble Inn

Bringing us the Unique Bimble Vibes in the UK’s biggest Tipi Stage...

Live Music from...

The Stuff (Ned & Maff from the Egg) - 3 Daft Monkeys

Shona Foster - John Fairhurst - The Roots Union

Seize The Day - Wobbly Squadron

The Lovebirds - New Groove formation

Douglas James Show - The Amigos

Melosa - Stephen Junior

Rapskallion - Cedar Rose

Tirion & The Mankini Revolution

.... + More to be announced!

and

Hurley Burly Stage and Café

with Bulesque and Cabaret

Triban Solar Powered Stage

With Breton Dance Workshops - Front line underground folk fusion

Avalon Roots - Ten Ton Tongue - Green Angels - Forcenra

Algy Behrens - Gaynor O'Flynn - Paradox - Hatti HatStar

Corneilius - Tim Hall - Daniel Ewen - Karma Deva

Band Stand

With Live Bands, Jam sessions and

Green Innovation & Campaigns and Charities

Be Inspired...

Natural Be-in Tent

Sharing ancient wisdom and future forming ideas with discussions including...

Friday – Sustainable Communities

Wild Crafting – Permaculture - Bees – Ecocommunities and Planning – Living Off Grid - Wild Food Walks

Simon Fairlie on Eco Communities and Nick Rosen - Why to move Off-Grid Now!

Saturday – Ancient Futures and Entheogens

Jon Atkinson - Entheogencia: Legacies and Praxes - Gaynor O'Flynn - Being Human: Ancient Wisdom, Modern World – Anthony Henman - Jewls Wingfield - Heart to Heart Tantra - Greg Sams ‘Sun of god’.

Sunday – Transition Movement

Shaun Chamberlain ‘Transition Timeline’, Patrick Whitefield, Permaculture - Jeremy Leggett, Peak Oil and the Energy Crisis

Avalon Rising

Marvel at the mystery with talks forums and workshops on...

Astro-archaeology – Megaliths – Earth Grid – Sacred Sound – Geomancy – Earth Mysteries

Including...Jonathan Cainer – the power of the conjunction

Geoff Stray on 2012

Anthony Thorely ‘Landscape Zodiacs’

Green Crafts and Alt Tech Workshops

Permaculture and Fairy Gardens

Transition Sunday

Dedicated to the Transition Movement, community resilience a post petroleum future... Be the Change

Sunday only tickets £35/Kids Free

Ethical Fashion Show and Clothes Swap Tent

Bring along a couple of garments to swap, and if you have anything you have made out of recycled materials,

bring it along and take part in the show!

There is a site wide organic food and drink policy, all the lager is provided by Freedom Lagers www.freedombeer.com,

brewed in the midlands with spring water! And the wine and spirits by Vintage Roots www.vintageroots.co.uk.

Play...

Saturday Night 3000 BC vs 3000 Ad

Light Sabers vs Swords – Caveman against Space Pirates in Tug of War and Games – Techo Wizard rap it out with Tribal Pixies in the poetry Slam

Mad Hatters Tea Party & Adult Games

Live Graffiti Displays

Hot Tubs

Adult Bouncy Castle and Pillow Fight

Bring a pillow!

Saturday Night Dress Up: 3000 BC vs 3000 AD

Light Sabers vs Swords – Caveman against Space Pirates in Tug of War and Games – Techno Wizard rap it out with Tribal Pixies in the poetry Slam

Walk About Performance

Tune In.....

Healing Sanctuary

Temple of the four directions

Fire Walk

Take part in a live fire walk in the foot steps of the ancients... To register in advance click here

Tipi Circle

Fire side vibes, Bhajans, Pachamama’s Chai Cafe

Sun-worshippers Planetarium

Telescopes, Sky at night, Sky by Day, Ancient Cosmologies

Tibetan Buddhist Temple

Lama Ahbay Rinpoche and Buddhist Perform masked Tsam Dance, a religious practice banned in Tibet

Kids area including Lady Bird Project

And MORE !

Tickets: Adult £99 in Advance

Buy Now

from Bristol Ticket Shop

0845 1080259

Www.sunrisecelebration.com/tickets.php <http://Www.sunrisecelebration.com/tickets.php>

Contact: info@sunrisecelebration.com

www.sunrisecelebration.com <http://www.sunrisecelebration.com>

0845 0094463

See you there

[dandreamweva]

Wow!

Heart goes out to all the Bearded Theory organisers. Truly a freak & mad event. Seems the festival season has a new habit of starting with a splash and a crash.

On the positive side, the weather forecast is starting to look good beyond the next day or so. Just in time for us to move on site and get set-up. And the good news is that despite 10 days pretty constant rain, the site is in glorious condition still - no stinking mud, nor cesspools of milk fat, nor any perilously full watercourses.

Phew. Here's to a lucky one this year!

[William of Walworth]

Keeping an eye on the weather for you. It's all in the balance so far according to those professonally skilled/knowledgeable weather geeks over on Netweather, but agreed there's hopes for more positive in the next few days, we can only hope drier conditions last ....

Check here for links/updates over the coming days. I check the weather sites so that you don't have to!!

Edited May 19, 2009 by William of Walworth

[Guest Flip]

Wow!

Heart goes out to all the Bearded Theory organisers. Truly a freak & mad event. Seems the festival season has a new habit of starting with a splash and a crash.

On the positive side, the weather forecast is starting to look good beyond the next day or so. Just in time for us to move on site and get set-up. And the good news is that despite 10 days pretty constant rain, the site is in glorious condition still - no stinking mud, nor cesspools of milk fat, nor any perilously full watercourses.

Phew. Here's to a lucky one this year!

[dandreamweva]

Cheers Dan,

Can't wait for Sunrise now, having had a taste of what can go wrong, it throws what you had to put up with last year into focus!!!

I hope with ALL my heart that you have some good weather...please ask all the weather gods to be nice..

[William of Walworth]

Gotta feeling its gonna be a good one.

Edited May 20, 2009 by William of Walworth

[Rufus Gwertigan]

This is my first one

I am looking forward to some of the workshops, I think I might learn a thing or 2.

[Guest Flip]

Gotta feeling its gonna be a good one.

On another note, Flip, old thing, Melanie is playing in Frome (literally a few miles up the road from the new site) on Wednesday 27th of May, day before the festival.

Interesting coincidence. Am working on her...

[dandreamweva]

Couple of images from the site in the first days of the build...more tomorrow!

[dandreamweva]

And more....

The View from the Arena

[Paul ™]

Beautiful site

This fest is on my to do list one year

[dandreamweva]

Well, the weather forecast is bearing up, though there looks to be some light rain in advance. Even the Met Office is finally agreeing with what everybody else has been saying that the weather for the event looks ACE!

The sun has been shining here on site, the festi is being erected and there's a great buzz.

Looking forward to seeing those of you coming in this beautiful Somerset countryside very very soon!

Its going to BE A CRACKER!

[dandreamweva]

Well, the storms have missed us so far, though its a bit breezy. The sun is shining and the vibe is full summer sunshine and smiles.

There's been the usual Sunrise calamities - like forgetting to build the bandstand, oh dear! - and the ever decreasing space in the arena and a multitude of others joyous challenges.

But still, its probably going to be the best Sunrise yet, so we ride with it and love every moment.

Anyhow, I really should not be on the internet!

See you here x

p.s. Check out my on-site blog via the Sunrise website

[Ringo_Spar]

Hi Dan - can I still buy a car park ticket in advance on some e-thingy or something?

[William of Walworth]

Latest update (6:40 Tuesday) to Metcheck's outlook for Frome looks pretty much perfect for a very pleasantly sunny and dry one!

Pretty much all the forecasts now agreeing that we're up for a cracking weekend -- here's some synoptic eye candy (from the midday forecast update) for those who like very summery looking weather/pressure charts

[dandreamweva]

Hi Dan - can I still buy a car park ticket in advance on some e-thingy or something?

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Hi Dan - can I still buy a car park ticket in advance on some e-thingy or something?

[Guest Flip]

Latest update (6:40 Tuesday) to Metcheck's outlook for Frome looks pretty much perfect for a very pleasantly sunny and dry one!

Pretty much all the forecasts now agreeing that we're up for a cracking weekend -- here's some synoptic eye candy (from the midday forecast update) for those who like very summery looking weather/pressure charts

[William of Walworth]

Calm down Mr Walworth, I know what your like with synoptic eye candy!

Edited May 27, 2009 by William of Walworth

[dandreamweva]

Well guys and gals,

It comes at last! Can't wait to see you all in the fields, at what WILL be the defining Sunrise so far. It is beautiful here, despite today's rains, the ground is relatively dry and distinctly unmuddy in general, the people here are awesome, everything just looks and feels special!

So come and take the chance to join us whilst you can. If you haven't experienced Sunrise yet, it WILL be the best yet. If you have, it will STILL be the best yet.

WOWOOWOWOWOWOW! Its here!!