there's a wealth of fun for kids at Glastonbury Festival

ZingZillas and The Gruffalo headline Kidz Field line-up

By Scott Williams | Published: Thu 14th Apr 2011

Glastonbury Festival 2011 - Lovebox Crowd (Saturday)
Photo credit: Chris Mathews

Glastonbury Festival 2011

Wednesday 22nd to Sunday 26th June 2011
Worthy Farm, Pilton, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4AZ, England MAP
£195 - SOLD OUT
Daily capacity: 175,000

Ahead of this Sunday's re-sale of tickets for Glastonbury Festival, the ZingZillas and The Gruffalo have been announced as headline acts topping a line-up of activities and fun announced for the Kidz Field.

Lovebox Crowd (Saturday)
The ZingZillas will be performing a range of songs at the Festival with a star performance from DJ Loose. Plus, The Gruffalo will also be coming to Glastonbury for the first time.

With all 12s and under getting in free to Glastonbury, The Kidz Field is Britain's largest free children's festival and offers a feast of treats to delight and entertain them. This year the Field offers lots of great new acts and some familiar favourites.

Tony Cordy, Kidz Field organisers said, "We're happy to announce the full line-up and now that the cat out of the bag we can share our excitement and get ready for a fantastic festival. And there might even be a couple more surprises to come! Anyhoo now that the cat is mainly out of the bag we can share our excitement and get ready for a fantastic festival."

Confirmed for the Kidz Field are:-


THE BIG TOP
The Zingzillas
The Gruffalo
TuckedIn Tim & Light
CBeeBies Crew - Alex Winters, Katy Ashworth & Dan Clarkson (CBBC)
Coreo Hazzard
Bell & Bullock
Zaz The Clown
Magic Kev
Mr Mike & Mr Maynard
Seikou Sussou
One Wheel Sam
Miss LouLou
Cecil Sasson's Silly Cinema

STORY TELLERS TENT
John Row
Clive 'The Storyfella' Pigg
Christine Willison & Mitzi
Pag Naylor's Instant Theatre
Donald 'Story Don' Nelson
Mary J Lockwood - Storyteller
Isabelle Reid

PROFESSOR PANIC'S PUPPET THEATRE
Professor Panic
Nicada Puppets
No Strings Puppet Theatre
Zu Aerial Dance
Captain Kipper
Object Dart

THE WORLD FAMOUS MAKE AND DO TENT
Makendoo
Buzz Stop
Recycled Jewelry
WoW Create with Mrs Recycle
DNA
Green Gizmos
Race & Responsibility
Soap on a Rope
JF Hero Arts
Messy Nessy
Sticky Fingers Crew
Picktish Paper People
Recycled Windmill Gardens
Kajamagoo Arts
Mad Hatters
Bottle Rockets
Bejewelled
The Mad Hatters
Crowning Glories
Noona's Puppet Stew
Scrap Happy
Mo's Mosaic Massive
Cre8ivity 4 All
Scrap Art Crew
Crafty Kidz
Wicked Wings
East Anglian Arts Collective
Arty Shirts & Bags
Free Tibet
Nicada Puppets
Goldfish Wishes
Facepak Face Painters
The Bindi Crew
Cheshire Cats
Starfish
Richard Langford's Facepaint Artists

RE:PLAY MUSIC AREA
RePlay
Rockhopper Mobile Recording Studio
Rodney Brannigan's Masterclass
Musica - Music For All

VINTAGE FAIRGROUND
Helter Skelter
Chairoplanes
Swingboats
Roundabouts
Little Big Wheel
Gyroscope
Aerial Runway
Supertramps
Inflatable Assault Course
Spider Mountain
The Foundry Climbing Wall

LITTLE KIDS AREA
NCT
Albion Kids Roadshow
Bristol Playbus
Tumbletots
Tatty Bumpkin
Book & Toy Library
Silly Science
Creative Kids
Music House For Children

PEACE & CREATIVITY AREA
Stoke Newington International Airport (STK)
Pestalozzi International Village
The 'Not in my Name' Art Workshops
Race & Responsibility Workshops

OUTDOORS
Syrcas Circus
Rainbow Theatre 'A Midsummers Nights Dream'
Headway Theatre
Woodcraft Elders
Circus Fudge
Inflatafun
Gorilla Gardening

WALKABOUTS
Sisters of Percy
Jamma De Samba
Stilt Affliction
Clown Pedro
A.P.E Project
Bubbles The Clown
Frantic Antics
Bell & Bullock
Mr Mike & Mr Maynard
Zaz The Clown
Magic Kev
Coreo Hazzard
Gorilla Hugs
Puppet Lab


Although the full line-up for this year's Festival has not yet been announced, already confirmed are U2, Coldplay, and Beyonce as Pyramid Stage headliners, plus Primal Scream, Mumford & Sons, Elbow, Everything Everything, Anna Calvi, BB King, Big Boi, The Chemical Brothers (live), Crystal Castles, Friendly Fires, Fleet Foxes, Gruff Rhys, James Blake, Janelle Monae, Laura Marling, Warpaint, Cee Lo Green, Chase & Status, Jimmy Cliff, Heliocentrics with Mulatu, Little Dragon, Gonjasufi, Dengue Fever, Ziriguidum, Shlomo, Big Boi, Janelle Monae, Aloe Blacc, Fool's Gold, Omar Souleyman, Brandt Brauer Frick, Nicolas Jaar, Narasirato, London Afrobeat Collective, Kool & the Gang, Hercules And Love Affair, The Go! Team, Duane Eddy, Bellowhead, Jah Wobble & The Nippon Dub Ensemble, Jamie Woon, Hidden Orchestra, Treetop Flyers, My Tiger My Timing, Emily and the Woods, My First Tooth, Twin Brother, Louise and the Pins, Tristram, J Treole, and Largo Embargo. No other acts are confirmed yet for the 45+ stages.

To see who has been confirmed, and who might be playing take a look at the eFestivals' Glastonbury 2011 rumours.

A further release of a limited number of cancelled tickets will go on sale from 9am this Sunday, 17th April 2011, although in order to do so you must have registered beforehand to be eligible to buy a ticket. However, it's unlikely that they'll be a huge number of tickets available on that day. They will be priced at £195 (plus a booking fee of £5).

For more details about registering and ticket information click here.


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