LANDED FESTIVAL - 2016

[opus jody]

Located in the heart of Wales (LD1 6HH) in the fabulous grounds of Doldowlod, Landed is a grassroots family friendly festival of music, arts & crafts, that takes place over the Beltane weekend, 29th April - 1st May.

 

Now with 5 stages:

A new bigger main / bar stage combo (so the music never stops), a spoken word stage, and new this year a busking stage, and a new dance area called The Spinney.

This years music is still being worked out, but previous acts include Eat Static, Electric Swing Circus, Slambouree, Land of the Giants, BombSkare etc.

Expect lots of live music, random entertainments, and the annual 'Pimp your Duck' race on the river Wye.

Lots more info coming soon.

http://www.landedfestival.co.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/landedfestival/?fref=ts

https://twitter.com/LandedFestival1

 

 

Edited December 5, 2015 by opus jody

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Thanks for posting this opus jody. I am more than a little interested in attending. I've not been to a place where Beltane is being celebrated, so that would be something new.

[opus jody]

Pleasure.

Although Landed has been running for 5 yrs, Beltane, or Calan Mai (Welsh) is going to feature much more in the theme of the festival as we take it forward. The new landed logo done by Grubby features an upside down tree, like the one(s) found in ancient wood henges. There's documentaries about it online.

We're going to try & re-create one here on site.

It's all about bonfires, drinking, music, and spring celebrations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calan_Mai

Lots of announcements coming up, and a new website, which has been delayed slightly, with a computer dying on us, but should be up imminantly.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

More and more interested now. I mentioned the festival to a friend on Saturday night who also showed real interest in it. We might well rustle up a posse and head over to your neck of the woods. Talking of which the festival setting sounds beautiful.

[opus jody]

Woohoo

There's a nice video here.

 

Edited December 7, 2015 by opus jody

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Hello opus jody,

Just watched the video. An exceptional piece of work. I so want to go now I'm getting delerious.

[opus jody]

New website is now online, and the first tickets sold.

http://www.landedfestival.co.uk/

2 new stages, and new cheaper prices, just in time for Christmas!

Adult weekend - £50

Teenager weekend - £25 (13-17 inclusive)

12 & under FREE (under 16's must be supervised)

Earlybird tickets now on sale, at just £35

Day tickets also available.

Car park - £5

Campers / caravans - £10

 

Line up information to follow soon.

 

 

[opus jody]

Lineup for The Spinney Dome now released.

Friday, Live PAs from:

Oood Website

Zubzub website

Spiney Wildthing - Wildthings Records

 

 

 Saturday is Freerotation night!

 

The winner of Residentadvisors ‘best festival’ award last year (http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?2026) Freerotation are dedicated to freeform, hardware driven analog dance music, that Oooses with analog lushness

The Freerotation festival, in Baskerville hall, sells out every year, and has a waiting list that extends years ahead. We're VERY lucky to have them.

http://www.freerotation.com/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2392679692/?

 

Steevio & Suzybee

Freerotation organisers, and modular magicians  

https://soundcloud.com/steevio
http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/steevio
http://www.mindtours.co.uk/

Tom Ellis (Freerotation)

Tom Ellis on Soundcloud
DJ Tom Ellis on residentadvisor

 

Joe Ellis (Freerotation)

Joe Ellis on Soundcloud

 

Duckett (Freerotation)
Duckett on Soundcloud

 

Very Special Guest: To Be Announced

 

Sunday:

Here at Landed we have lots of musicians on the crew, and this is their day.

Un-programmed as yet - we'll see who's still standing!

[opus jody]

Landed's main stage is proud to welcome The Filthy Spectacular

https://youtu.be/AioM0T9VPV0

 

Edited January 19, 2016 by opus jody

[opus jody]

Much more to follow.

Edited January 19, 2016 by opus jody

[opus jody]

Right! time for some line up details!

Do you get bored with downtime, during band changeovers? Us too.

Landed's Main & Bar stages are at opposite ends of the same structure, alternating bands between them, so there's non-stop music from start to finish.

1st up, we're delighted to welcome Billy Rowen (aka The Undercover Hippy) with full band.

 

 

Also, Regime

 

 

 

Back from previous years, a Landed favorite, Fjokra

We've loads of gypsie / ska this year, from:

Barbarellas Bang Bang

Mama Jerk and the Ladyfingers

Johnny Kowalski & the Sexy Weirdos

The Society of Strange Living

Turbo ska from The Vegetable Collective

The Chalk Outlines

 

From Bristol, and the 1st band I booked - The Filthy Spectacular !

Kilnaboy (on soundcloud)

Young up & coming local band from Merthyr - Upbeat Sneakers

Last year, Fasta Benj totally rocked at Landed. This year Doobs has a new band, Monsterometer

We've no idea what it sounds like, but no doubt it will be utterly brilliant!

They describe it as "a Trashabilly Mob! playing a right old jumble of 60's garage fuzz-a-billy psychedelic punk rock n roll silly billy noooo!"

 

Billy in the Lowground

The Sweetchunks Band

 

Funky doublebass action, from The Hedgegods

 

Edited March 4, 2016 by 5co77ie

[opus jody]

We've got some great trad & crossover folk booked too.

Very pleased to welcome:

Folklaw

 

Local group, The Fireside Family

 

 

 

Bo Weavil

 

 

 

 

Edited February 26, 2016 by opus jody

[opus jody]

Also, some beautiful accoustic acts, from:

Fabulous guitar skillz from Isaac Grinsdale

Abi Foster

 

Emi McDade

Vinna Bee

 

Elea Calvet

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

 

Really looking forward to this festival.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

 

As above, but even more so now. It's getting closer. I can feel it.

[opus jody]

Well, the site is looking superb in the spring sunshine, and the first of the awesome crew are starting to arrive.

We move the sheep off the field in the next week, so we can start pegging things out, putting the festoon & flag poles up, and going around the trees for dead wood safety checks.

The workshops are being sorted out, new lighting effects being made, signs being re-furbed, posters are on the way, and the local area publicity mission is about to start.

There's a really good feeling here this year. We're entirely run by volunteers, and we've got some of the best festival crews in the country coming to help out.

I just want to take this opportunity to give a big shout out to all the un-seen creative people who make this sort of thing possible, working hard for weeks in exchange for food & beer!

We luv U all

 

[opus jody]

Local artists at Goffannon Forge are currently building a huge stag sculpture to bring to Landed.

https://www.facebook.com/GofannonForge/?ref=ts&fref=ts

[opus jody]

Verbal Melodies

The Listen That spoken word, rap & music stage.

a lot of this and a fair bit of that too...

Back for their second year the Verbal Melodies crew bring top-quality spoken-word, hiphop, acoustic music, live bands, open mics and plenty of mega-jams.

Look forward to sets from The Binewski Murder, JamTidy, Felix Luke and the Midnight Zoo, Robbie Cornell and the Whiskey Six, high grade poetry from the Verbal Remedies massive, Alex Millar, Tom Walker, Lagan Legski and so many more.

 

 

 

[opus jody]

As well as headlining the main stage with his full band, Billy Rowan - The Undercover hippy will also be playing an accoustic set in the Verbal Melodies stage on Saturday evening.

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

20 hours ago, opus jody said:

Local artists at Goffannon Forge are currently building a huge stag sculpture to bring to Landed.

https://www.facebook.com/GofannonForge/?ref=ts&fref=ts

That's awesome.

[Clare King]

Hello, Bora Da Landed!  Just seen the Instagram pic of the Goffannon Forge stag.  Stunning and Landed Festival is Lucky lucky to have a great new installation.

Just want to say, looking forward to bringing the Chameleon Marquee to make a chillout and cafe venue with music down in the Spinney.... there's the Dance Dome there, and the vibe is so cool.... come and see us, eat nice food, relax and listen to the tunage..... also, GET ON THE MEDIA AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO COME!  A fantastic start to a new season, in a mystical valley in the middle of the mountains, WITH A RIVER.... 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

 

One thing I've been wondering - how many people is Landed licenced for ie how many attend? Still bursting at the seams to go. Not long now.

[opus jody]

Last year we had about 1300 people, including artists, crew & guests.

This year somewhere between 1500 and 2000 maybe?

The 10yr License is good for double that, so plenty of room to expand.

[opus jody]

7 hours ago, opus jody said:

The 10yr License is good for double that, so plenty of room to expand.

so BRING ALL YOUR FRIENDS!

 

All the sheep are now off the field, and preparing it is underway.

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

7 hours ago, opus jody said:

Last year we had about 1300 people, including artists, crew & guests.

This year somewhere between 1500 and 2000 maybe?

The 10yr License is good for double that, so plenty of room to expand.

Thanks for the info opus jody.