Band of Horses headline Green Man Festival as a festival exclusive

Band of Horses lead the first announcement of 2013 for the 11th The Green Man Festival booked as Saturday night headliners and a UK festival exclusive.

Also confirmed are The Horrors, Local Natives, Edwyn Collins, Roy Harper, Fuck Buttons, The Pastels, Archie Bronson Outfit, Woods, James Yorkston, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Andrew Weatherall, Jon Hopkins, Matt Berry, Moon Duo, Arbouretum, This Is The Kit, Ellen and the Escapades, Buke and Gase, Bear's Den, Fossil Collective, Rozi Plain, Blaenavon, Zervas and Pepper, Trwbador, Fist Of The First Man, DJ Fitz, Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog, Huw M, Annie Eve, and Wild Smiles who will all be visiting Glanusk Park, Usk Valley, Powys, Wales over the weekend of Thursday 15th to Sunday 18th August.

The Green Man Festival is a four day event with three days of music and more than 100 acts playing indie, psychedelia, Americana, and folk across 5 stages, while DJs playing everything from psychedlia, dub-reggae, modern electro and stoner rock right through the night.

Literature, film, theatre, ceilidhs, all-night bonfires, comedy and secret gigs are part of the festival's identity. The festival has carved a niche as a non-corporate and ethically-minded festival.

An adult weekend ticket is on sale priced at £145 for adults, £125 for students, £75 for teenagers (aged 13 to 17 years), and £5 for children aged 5 to 12 years, infants and 4 and under can attend free, but need a ticket. A live-in vehicle ticket is priced at £60, and holiday tickets (bought in addition to a weekend ticket, allowing camping at Glanusk Park from Monday 12th August for 3 days before the festival opens) are priced at £40.

Green Man have introduced a deposit scheme for tickets for this year's festival where ticket purchasers pay 50% of the ticket price now (including booking fees and postage) and pay the remainder by 30th April 2013.

To buy tickets, click here.

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