Sunrise Celebration 2012 - 21st to 24th June 2012

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After the huge success of 2011, we are excited here at Sunrise Head Quarter to announce that Sunrise Celebration will be back in 2012 with a new date: 21st to 24th June, taking advantage of another Glastonbury fallow year and coming back to the Summer Solstice week end where it all began 7 years ago!

SUNRISE CELEBRATION 2012

Another World is Possible

June 21st-24th 2012

Gilcombe Farm, Nr. Bruton, Somerset

www.sunrisecelebration.com

100% Renewably Powered! 100% Family-Friendly! 100% Fun and Fabulous!

Sunrise is back for its 7th year, brighter, better and bigger than ever before, and returns to its original Summer Solstice dates!

It is one of the UKs premier underground festivals of music, creativity and sustainability, and one of the few genuinely 'green' events with a concentration on arts, music and culture.

Sunrise features a buzzing blend of cutting edge and contemporary culture, with a musical journey ranging through dub, world, ska, electronica, psy-trance, breaks, reggae, folk, Balkan beats and much much more...even old-time swing and a sprinkling of jazz!

4 days of magical sensory delight in the beautiful surrounds of Somerset's rolling green hills await you. SUNRISE is a celebration of human creativity and potential, featuring all manner of inspiring talks & workshops to facilitate the growth of strong, sustainable co-supportive communities.

Early Ticket buyers had the opportunity to attend an extra night at the festival for the Summer Solstice night, Wednesday June 20th 2012. (All Solstice tickets are now sold out)

We've spent the winter months rejigging the model once more, bringing in some amazing new content and working hard to make sure that 2012 is the best Sunrise yet!

Bring the Sunshine!

Tickets On Sale NOW for £115 via:

http://sunrisecelebration.com/tickets

or else direct from:

Bristol Ticket Shop -

Access All Areas -

The TicketSellers -

Ticket Line: 0845 1080259

Info Line: 0845 009 4463

Top Features for 2012

15 Venues including several All New Venues and a Bigger and Better Dance Stage!

NEW Date (Solstice day)

NEW Small World Solar Stage

NEW Serenity Field with Solstice Stone Circle

NEW Street Performance Area

NEW Portal for the Immortal Visionary Art & Dance Dome

NEW Temple of Unity

And lots lots more...

Music 2012 - Confirmed So Far...

-- SUNRISE CARNIVAL STAGE --

Another shake-up of last years Outdoor Stage, with live twisted circus tunes, electro, nu-folk and gypsy interspersed with wild and crazy circus performance from the Interstella Circus. As well as a mix of the old and new from our eclectic artist line-up, expect high wire bedevilry, bizarre dancers and extreme pyrotechnics.

Line-Up so far....

- THE IMAGINED VILLAGE

- WARSAW VILLAGE BAND

- THE EGG

- THE DESTROYERS

- SLAMBOREE

- SHEELANAGIG

- KATASITSI MASTER DRUMMERS OF GHANA

- PRONGHORN

- DRAGONSFLY

- THE CARNY VILLAINS

- 10 TON TONGUE

- CELTECH

- NICK MANASSEH

- WINNER OF THE SUNRISE FREEDOM SOUNDS COMPETITION (http://sunrisecelebr...m/freedomsounds)

-- CHAI WALLAHS --

Chai Wallahs once more host their buzzing venue with their unique ambience, positive vibes, happy shiny people and a sound system to blow your minds.

Line-Up so far...

- MUNGO’S HI FI Ft. SOOM T & MR WILLIAMZ

- HIDDEN ORCHESTRA

- YES SIR BOSS

- LAID BLAK

- DIZRAELI AND THE SMALL GODS

- URBAN FOLK QUARTET

- KING PORTER STOMP

- GABBY YOUNG AND OTHER ANIMALS

- MANKALA

- JFB

- RESONATORS

- JOE DRISCOLL AND SEKOU

- DJ MONEYSHOT

- PARKER

- DJ CHEEBA

- WILL AND THE PEOPLE

- ARIYA ASTROBEAT ARKESTRA

- PHILLIP HENRY AND HANNAH MARTIN

- RODNEY BRANIGAN

- LUND QUARTET

- AFRIQUOI

- CODA

- COCO'S LOVERS

- ASBO DISCO

- PAT DAM SMYTH

- JOHN FAIRHUST

- CATE FERRIS

- RACKABEAT & BARLOW

- ANDREA SOLAR

- ZEN ELEPHANT

- NUALA HONAN

- EXTRA CURRICULAR

- LADY NADE AND THE SILHOUETTES

-- SUNRISE SOLAR DANCE STAGE --

The Sunrise Solar Dance Stage has been once more revamped to provide an even better sound and a better environment. This year's space will be twice the size of 2011s venue, including a new tent, a quality PA, top spec lighting, decor and visuals and a line-up to die dancing to...PLUS all run again on solar/wind energy thanks to Blue Solar.

We are proud to continue the innovation and experimentation begun in 2010 - Thanks to Opus Pocus, we will again be able to present you with crystal clear Opus sounds at Sunrise, all powered from solar energy!

Line-Up 2012 confirmed so far....

- GAUDI

- BENJI VAUGHAN (YOUNGER BROTHER / TWISTED)

- MASTER BLASTERS

- JOTI SIDHU (AKA PSYCHAOS)

- LUCAS

- SHANE GOBI

- HEDFLUX

- MONK3YLOGIC

- TREVOR P

- LIQUID JAMES

- REGAN

- LIQUID ROSS

- POGO

- ANS

- NIK SEQUENCI

- OUTERLOPERZ

- HOPI

- HYPNOCOUSTICS

- NICK INTERCHILL

- AXIELES

- ALIJI

- JON BONGLY

- TOM FU

- SALLY

- SIMON BARING

- IPCRESS

- LLAMALEAF

- TASHA FOXTROT

- LURK

- NIMBUS

- DJ MOSES

- DANI

- ADDSIMEON

- BANKS

- CLIM8SHIFT

- TOM REAL

Plus Awesome Lights, Visuals and Decor

-- PUSSYFOOT --

Line-Up so far...

- R.S.V.P

- GHETTO FUNK DJS (SEE BELOW)

- THE APPLE TREE BOYS

- THE DUCKWORTHS

- RAE

- DJ ME JULIE

- PLUCKY PERCEL

- THE MAD COWS

+ GHETTO FUNK DJS (BEYOND THE STARS):

- STICKYBUDS

- HONG KONG PING PONG

- DANCEFLOOR OUTLAWS

- GOODGROOVE

- WILL STREETWISE & LUKE STEREO

- B-SIDE

-- SPIT N SAWDUST --

Line-Up so far...

- BUFFALO GALS

- DUNCAN DISORDERLY AND THE SCALLYWAGS

- CALICO JACK

- JOHN FAIRHUST

- THE LITTLE UNSAID

- GREEN ANGELS

- TEN TON TONGUE

- THE 32 20'S

- WOD

- HATTIE HATSTAR

- KANGAROO MOON

- LAMPLITER

- DORA DARLING (FROM FORCENRA)

- MAYA (FROM DRAGONFLY)

- DAYGAN (FROM DRAGONFLY)

- FORCENRA

- IT’S A STRING THING

- SUSANNA TED WATERS

- MORAG OF THE MARSH

- THE DRYSTONES

- AVERAGE JOE

- KEVIN BROWN & THE SHACKDUSTERS

-- BIMBLE INN --

Line-Up so far...

- LADY NADE & THE SILHOUETTES

- THE DROP

- THE AMIGOS

- JOHN FAIRHUST

- THE MAD COWS

- MOJO FILTER

- PILLARCAT

- LUCY AND THE SCAMPS

- DOMINIE ROSE

- DJ BYRNE

- DJ JOHNNY FORTUNE (HMS SWEET CHARITY)

- DJ PAPA DEZ

- DJ REVEREND IKE

- DJ PADDY McCOOL (DEMI-GOD)

- DEL SLOAN

- KATE ROSE

-- TRIBAN --

Line-Up so far...

- BERT MILLER AND THE ANIMAL FOLK

- CAKEHOLE PRESELY

- THE ROVING CROWS

- TOM VEK

- MIXI BELL SALTER

- JULIET SALTER

- CATRIN O’NEIL

- NATHAN LEWIS WILLIAMS

-- EARTHEART CHILL –

CHILL OUT STAGE – 24 HOUR MUSIC

WITH A SUNDAY DUB DAY

Line-Up so far...

- BANCO DE GAIA

- ENTHEOGENIC

- TERRA NINE

- NOVA

- ANTONIO TESTA

- DUB TEK

- THE BRSS (BRIDGEWATER REGGAE SOUNDSYSTEM)

- NICK MANASSEH

- TOULLICHE

- NICK INTERCHILL

- BANKS

- ROBIN TRISKELE

- RED EARTH

- DJ TOFU

- NAKED NICK

- IRISHFAIRY

- ON OM

- DON JOHNSTON

- BOBBY GANDOLF

- BEN CRYSTAL

- MUDRA

- CHILLION

- SPINDRIFT

-- PORTAL FOR THE IMMORTAL --

Line-Up so far...

- RAVI KORA

- KHANTARA

- ALLEN MORGAN

- MARKUS MANN

- AVALON ROOTS

- LUCIDIA

- PRAN GOPAL

- ESTARYIA VENUS

AND MANY MANY MORE TO COME

-- SANGERS –-

Line-Up so far...

- MORAG OF THE MOOR

- SUSANNA TED WATAERS

- KEVIN BROWN & THE SHACKDUSTERS

- RED RUFF

- LAZIBYRD

- DUB LIBERATORS

-- TALKS 2012 --

Confirmed So Far...

-- GREEN TALKS --

- Mark Boyles (The Moneyless Man/Freeconomy)

- Maddy Harland (Permaculture Magazine)

- Paul Capel (Cradle to Cradle)

- Tim ‘Mac’ McCartney (Embercombe Founder)

- Steph Hafferty (No-Dig Gardening)

- Mark Standeven

- Patrick Whitefield (UKs leading Permaculturalist),

- Ian Moore (The Intermensional Wizard – From Science to Soul)

- Dave Hamilton (Know your soil)

-- CONSCIOUS FRONTIERS -- (Within Green Talks)

- Satish Kumar (Resurgence/Schumacher College)

- Peter Owen Jones (BBCs Extreme Pilgrim/Around the World in 80 Faiths)

- Sheikh Ahmad Dede (Sufi Whirling Master)

- Leo Rutherford (UK Shamanism pioneer and author)

- Tim Wheater (Award-winning composer)

- Tim Freke (The Jesus Mysteries)

- Benny Wenda / The Lani Singers (West Papua Freedom Fighter

- Jamie Catto (One Giant Leap/Faithless)

-- ANCIENT FUTURES --

- Dr David Luke (Breaking Convention / Ecology and Consiousness)

- Dr Ben Sessa (The History and Re-emergence of Psychedelics in Medicine)

- Jonathan Hobbs

- Andy Roberts

- Andy Letcher

- Tony Wright

-- AVALON RISING --

- Andrew Gough (Mindscape Magazine)

- Jonathan Cainer (Astrological Insights of 2012)

- Maria Wheatley (Ancient Avebury Power Spots)

- Leo Rutherford (Shamanism)

- Hugh Newman (Mysteries of South America)

- Tim Freke (The Hermetica of Ancient Egypt)

- John Byde (Free Energy Technologies)

- Litmus A. Freeman (Lawful Rebelion Update)

- Stephen Sem Meakin (Sacred Geometry)

- Peter Taylor (Global Cooling)

- Mark Heley (2012, Solar Cycles, Consciousness & Revolution)

- Shaun Kirwan (Geomancy & Dowsing)

-- TIN VILLAGE --

- Theo Simons (Seize the Day/Hinkley Point C Protest)

- Charlie Veitch (Love Police)

And many more to come…

With the principles of permaculture at its heart, SUNRISE is 100% sustainably powered and we pride ourselves on pushing the boundaries each year with new ecological initiatives.

We believe in the power of community, and the potential of small collectives of like-minded people, rippling out positive intentions to effect the mass consciousness of life on our planet.

Recently awarded winner of the Guardian Observer 'Ethical travel Awards' and 'Best Green Festival 2011' by Green Parent magazine. Sunrise 2012 promises to be an historic event

For full event information, please visit: www.sunrisecelebration.com

Email: info@sunrisecelebration.com

Info Line: 0845 009 4463

The Carnival Field

An ever more arcane environment to explore bringing crazy games and big kids play, world dance and dress-up action through the hazy days; then subversive circus, twisted cabaret, organic excess and a dash of spice through the heady nights!

Featuring...

Carnival Stage

Street Performance Area

High-Flying, High-Energy Circus Shows

Pussyfoot Cabaret Lounge

The Beyond the Stars Bar

The Big Games Arena

Space Lounge and Multi-Media Centre

The Ladybird Project

Kids Area

The Bimble Inn

Fairground

Dress-Up Fun Zone

and much more...

The Visiondanz Field of Infinite Possibility

Anything can happen and all worlds are possible in the beating heart of Sunrise....

Featuring...

The Dance Village

with Portal for the Immortal, Eartheart Chill and the Solar Dance Stage

Chai Wallahs

NEW Temple of Unity A stunning construction at the centre of the Universe

Avalon Rising

NEW Tibet Area and covered market

The Village Green

The Sunrise Green Fields (Well, its all Green actually!), this is the place of active days learning new skills and knowledge or of letting the kids roam free as you drink cider and listen to music in the sun - then quiet nights with fireside jam, saunas and cups of chai or folky cider-fuelled stomps upon the Earth!

Featuring...

The Spit n Sawdust Outdoor Stage

NEW late night Wild Southwest Saloon Bar

The Green Talks Dome with Conscious Frontiers

NEW Serendipity Dance Floor

Eco-Build Area

The Tin Village

Traditional Fair

Green Playground

Crafts and Alt. Tech

Forest School

Permaculture Gardens

and much much more....

The Serenity Field

Our new field, a place beyond the wild hubbub of the rest of the site, a place of peace and tranquility, learning and participation.

Featuring...

Solstice Stone Circle

Well Being Area

Ancient Futures with talks and workshops on psychedelia, sacred arts, indigenous culture and sacred performance

Peace Dome

Pacha Mamas Chai Tipi

Lost Horizons Sauna

Melt Raw Cafe Sauna

Sacred Spaces

and more...

Special Features

Portal for the Immortal and Ancient Futures - Entheogen-inspired talks, sacred performance, dubstep/electro tunes and Visionary Art Gallery with Luke Brown (www.spectraleyes.com)

Avalon Rising - Where the arcane and esoteric meet, where great minds speak their truths and where the mysteries of the All unfold...includes seminars on common law and freedom

Conscious Frontiers - A new programme of talks and workshops exploring the limits of our inner and outer worlds...With Peter Owen Jones, Sheikh Ahmad Dede (Sufi Whirling Master) and Tim Wheater

Wild n Wyrd Walkabout

7 Talk and Workshop Venues

Enchanted Gardens

Permaculture Garden

Beautiful new Camping Fields

Woodfuel-Saunas

New Bio-Gas Showers

Site-Wide Compost Toilets

Site-Wide Organic Food and Drink (inc. all alcohol)

AAA Information and Secure Lock-Ups

Organic World Food Emporium

Ethical Markets

Unique Site Art by Ramshackle Faculty

GAMA Disabled Camping Area

TICKETS ON SALE NOW @ £115!

www.sunrisecelebration.com

Email: info@sunrisecelebration.com

Info Line: 0845 009 4463

Edited May 10, 2012 by aurora-b

[aurora-b]

Hello all!

Our new website is on its way.... Whoop whoop!

Check the holding page there: www.sunrisecelebration.com & feel free to tell us what you think

Sunrise is also planing an extra day of magic for a limited number of 1000 ticket holder applicants.

More information regarding this unplugged Ceremony and Solstice Magic to come in a few days...

Finally, plenty of goodies such as performances recorded at Sunrise 2011 should be online shortly!

Feels like Christmas already

Clem x

[aurora-b]

Sunrisers!!

Updates time...

As some of you might know, we're offering the opportunity to spend an extra evening of Sunrise fun to a limited number of a 1000 applicants on a first come, first served basis to celebrate the Solstice with us. For more details, click HERE.

For the one already getting excited by the festival season but finding it a bit hard after Christmas, Sunrise has a soothing balm of a ticket offer. Just divide the payment in two, paying £55+BF now and the remaining £60+BF by the 1st of April ! More info HERE.

Finally, I've got the feeling that in the next couple of weeks we'll drop some serious information, including first round of line up!! We'll also be uploading some live performances and Dj sets recorded at Sunrise 2011, so stay tuned.

Follow us on Facebook or check our website at www.sunrisecelebration.com for up to date information

Love

[worthyraver]

See you there on the Wednesday

[aurora-b]

1st post edited with our first round of line up announcement, venues, speakers, content and more!!

Don't forget you'll only have until tomorrow midnight to apply for the Extra Solstice Day (Wednesday the 20th). More information HERE

[ivan]

See you there on the Wednesday

[ivan]

1st post edited with our first round of line up announcement, venues, speakers, content and more!!

Don't forget you'll only have until tomorrow midnight to apply for the Extra Solstice Day (Wednesday the 20th). More information HERE

[worthyraver]

Tickets just arrived

[aurora-b]

I've just bee editing the 1st post with line up stage by stage...

6 weeks to gooooooo xx

Edited May 10, 2012 by aurora-b

[aurora-b]

Competition times guys…

If you're a band or a Dj and would like to win a slot to perform at Sunrise Celebration 2012 (amongst other prizes), this is for you…. (If you've got mates that might be interested, then spread the word )

So.... we've got 2 competitions running at the moment…

N°1 - THE SUNRISE FREEDOM SOUNDS:

The competition is run in conjunction with Freedom Brewery, one of the UK’s only handcrafted organic lager producers and firm friends of Sunrise since 2009.

2 separate categories in this competition:

1st: The Bands, who will win a slot on the outdoor Sunrise Main Stage,

2nd: The DJ’s who will win the chance to play a set on the Sunrise Solar Dance stage.

All entrants have to do is upload a track to the Sunrise Soundcloud competition group. More details on how to get involved through the Sunrise website.

N°2 - THE GHETTO FUNK & SUNRISE CELEBRATION DJ MIX COMPETITION:

We have been teaming up with the infamous Ghetto Funk later to offer aspiring DJs (into bass/party music, hehe) the opportunity to win a peaktime set at the festival in the Ghetto Funk Nightclub.

The winner will be playing alongside STICKYBUDS, DANCEFLOOR OUTLAWS, GOODGROOVE, HONG KONG PING PONG and many more. The winner will also get 2 tickets for the festival.

For more info on this one, please read THIS.

Good luck

Bring The Sunshine xXx

[Roll Up on Bikes]

Cycle your way to Sunrise Celebration!

Roll up! Roll up!

We are leading a bike ride through the rolling dales of the South-West to Sunrise Celebration 2012. We're riding from Bristol on Thursday 21st, with a support van to chuck tents and luggage in, a bicycle sound system and a tasty lunch. Sunrise have kindly offered secure bicycle storage and are chucking in a free pint for good measure. Fancy dress optional (but encouraged, naturally).

'Count me in!' I hear you cry... well just visit www.rolluponbikes.com or email rolluponbikes@gmail.com

TOOT TOOT! Can't wait to pedal with you

Luci, Sam and Georgie, (festival biker extraordinaires)

[Agwa de Bolivia]

WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO SUNRISE CELEBRATION!

Enter on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/AgwadeBolivia