Fleet Foxes to headline The Green Man

Fleet Foxes have been announced as headliners of The Green Man Festival, which takes place at Glanusk Park, Usk Valley, Powys, Wales over the weekend of Friday 19th until Sunday 21st August and ticksts are on sale now.

Joining headliners Fleet Foxes in 2011 are Bellowhead, Villagers, The Burns Unit, The Ramshackle Union Band, Robyn Hitchcock, Sic Alps, The Gentle Good, The Travelling Band, Ellen and the Escapades, Our Broken Garden, Emily Barker, 2:54, Bleeding Heart Narrative, Mancub Babywoman, Tweak Bird, Polar Bear, Dry The River, and Wild Nothing. There are still two headliners, and many more acts to announce.

Early bird tickets were snapped up in five hours when they went on sale last year. Tickets are priced at £135 for adults, £115 for students, £60 for teenagers, £50 for live-in vehicles, £35 for holiday tickets (bought in addition to a weekend ticket, allowing camping at Glanusk Park from Monday 15th August 2011 for 3 days before the festival opens), and £5 for car parking.

To buy tickets, click here.

What started as a small party for 300 people eight years ago has blossomed into one of Wales' leading contemporary arts and music event, with an international reputation attracting discerning music lovers from across the globe. Now in its ninth year, acts as diverse as Robert Plant, Flaming Lips,Super Furry Animals, Pentangle, Jarvis Cocker, Vashti Bunyan, Spritiualized, Joanna Newsom, Fout Tet, Wilco have all headlined in recent years, and music is at the heart of everything Green Man does.

But with an ever-expanding line-up of comedy, film, literature, science and the UK's only 24-hour festival drinks licence – not to mention the ritualistic burning of the giant Green Man.

Non-corporate, family friendly, independent and ethically minded, Green Man is proud to champion a wealth of worthy causes - notably mental health charity Mind.

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