Secret Garden Party, July 24th-27th (UK)

[Danee]

Tell me THIS doesn't look fun! 

www.secretgardenparty.com
 
2008 Website now LIVE...
 
Tuesday 22nd April 2008
we have tweaked it... added some new friends and uploaded some of what to expect this year...


buy your tickets
 NOW

24th to 27th July 2008

 


‘Come The Revolutions’
The 2008 Art & Expression Theme


In 2008 The Secret Garden Party takes the concept of total participation to the next stage, asking all who attend to create their own Revolutions within the grounds of The Garden.


Running Action Camps…conceiving Art Installations, join us in the Parades & Performance, Building and Burning. Bring your revolution to life at
www.secretgardenparty.com


The Garden and its resources are specifically designed to give your wildest fantasies the freedom to blossom. Once inside we do not have to bombard you with rules & regulations: our small size allows this unique privilege.


And finally…


The Garden is the most beautiful place imaginable, with lakes, rivers, pagodas, fire circles, boats, old oaks and hand-built stages
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The Secret Garden Party is the only truly and completely independent UK festival: When you purchase a ticket ALL your money is returned to you as bands, sculptures, actors, light displays, poets and bears






The Head Gardeners warmly welcome you to the
fantastical world of The Secret Garden Party 2008




Grace Jones (UK festival exclusive)

Sons & Daughters - Glasvegas - Envy & Other Sins  - Alphabeat – ‘Special Secret Guests’ -
Morcheeba - Bonde Do Role
- Florence & The Machine – Infadels
- Shout Out Louds - The Little Ones -
Cage The Elephant - Officer Kicks - Married To The Sea - Elle S’appelle - Atomic Hooligan -
Hi 5 Alive - Eight Legs - Beep Seals - Alexander Wolfe - Cass Lowe - Thomas Tantrum – Lacrosse -
- Asteroids Galaxy Tour – Kristoffer Ragnstam -
- The Wallbirds - FrYars – Fanfarlo -
Sunny Day Sets Fire - Jay Jay Pistolet -  Losers – Autokratz - Alex Metric - Juxta - Precious RGB -
- The Whip – Lowline – Micachu – Absentee -
The Shoes - Eddy Temple Morris - Eclectic Method - Dennis Jones - 2Many Wedding DJs- Lykke Li & Noah and The Whale



The Wildest Parties at…
The Valley of Antics, Fish Seeks Bicycle’s Looniverse, The Remix Arena, The Shelter Living Room, Centre Camp featuring special guest, The Small World Solar Stage, The Wild Things arena and our beloved floating Pagoda Stage


Action Camps
Action Figure Camp, Camp Vegas, Credit Crunch Camp
Fire Camp, Science Camp, The Roller Disco, Nest Camp, Conspiracy Camp…all created by you... (there's still time to send us your ideas)

Sight and Spectacles
The Boat Races…The Great Burns…The Parades…The Suicide Sports…The Dance Offs…The Gameshows…The Mud Wrestling…all involving you.


Theatre & Performance
Bloodstone presents The Feast of Fools, The Absinthe Emporium hosted by Tax Deductable, Interactive Hamlet, Laughing Lizard Theatre present Hansel & Gretel


Families & Kids
Quiet Camping, workshops, kid’s disco & market place, mask making, story telling, sleep-overs in the SGP Crèche, treasure hunts & adventures across the festival


Serenity
The Gateway featuring therapies, sacred spaces and tribal teachings…Boating & yoga on the lake…Boutique Camping…Temples…Massage & Spas…
Beautiful interactive Art Installations

 


24th to 27th July 2008
BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW....
Tickets exclusively available at www.secretgardenparty.com       

[Danee]

Danee, Is this a naturist event or one where naturism is permitted?

I believe it to be the latter JB

[Danee]

From: http://www.secretgardenparty.com/2008/html


Line ups released
THE VALLEY OF THE ANTICS stage - new to the Garden - has now released their full line up. This stage is brought to you by The Antic Establishment: connoisseurs and exponents of the best in bright, fresh live music and progressive dance music; exquisite, interactive, poetic décor and revolutionary, revelatory games for the twenty-first century! The area is co-programmed by Wormfood, Man Make Music and Deviate, with surreal large-scale team games by Rootatroupe, performance poetry by Hammer and Tongue and acoustic acts hosted by Olivia Lila (Kick Cabaret) and Bunty.

Highlights of the live music programme include rising reggae star Natty, UK beatbox champion Beardyman, awesome live hiphop from Bad Science and Lazy Habits, loop pedal craziness from UK Indy music winner Joe Driscoll, heavy live dub from Gentlemen's Dub Club, jump up country from Cut a Shine's Barn Dance and audacious party styles from Man Like Me.

Not to mention 21st century Mali-Reggae Garage from The Worm, ska/ calypso from Brothers Bab, psychedelic gypsy beats from Gypsydelica and Death Ray Trebuchey, folk from Mumford and Sons and Peggy Sue and the Pirates and rowdy baile funk from rising stars Crystal Fighters.

Man Make Music and Deviate will be proving that bass isn't just for the city as they inject their own low-end driven sense of fun in to proceedings…

We’re proud to welcome DMZ & FWD resident DJ Chef - the nicest man in dubstep, East London insomniacs Husley & Gunz, bassline king L-Vis 1990 and dancehall pressure from Blaise Bellville. Top this off with original party starter J*Star, turntablism from the No Fakin DJs and of course MMM and Deviate’s finest residents. The Valley will be offering quality dance music from across the spectrum to tickle those chest-plates, raise some smiles and get that mud-a-shuddering!"


Press....
Participation at SGP News Story. We've got them to play and this year there will be pianos all over the site.... Read on..... "My names is james, im a piano player who is looking to play at the festival this year. this is why, last year i went to the festival and met a singer. i used to wake up in the morning and play the paino in a tent by the big red bus for about a hour, people would come in and shout requests at me and by the end of the hour they were dancing and singing along to what i was playing. then i met a girl onthe sunday who said she wrote songs but had never sung them to anyone before. she sang them to me, i was blown away, and we spent the whole day in the tent putting piano parts to her songs. ever since that day she's been travelling to bristol to make more songs, we've written a whole set now, and have played afew gigs. everyone who comes to see us play always says they cant belive this girl hasnt sung to anyone before she met me. she has an extrodinary talent, and i'd really love it if you could take a few minutes to listen to our music. as we met completely randomly in the secret garden party, we owe everything we've done to the festival. so it would mean soo much if we could play this year. if there are any cancellations, or any stages that need gaps filling we would be honoured to play. we would never have made any music if it wasnt for the festivaL, and thats why love it, and want to play so much! you can listen to our music here - www.myspace.com/toyfacetunes" NAKED BIKE RIDE

Thank you to all those who came and had fun with us on their bikes last Saturday.

Green Car Tax

We will be introducing a green car tax of £5 for cars entering site with two or less people in them. This is to encourage car sharing and to reduce our impact on the environment.

The money used from this will be used to purchase trees, which will be given to the local community. 

The Boutique Garden is now also taking bookings for those of you who would like a bit of luxury with your Garden Party experience. Visit The Garden tab on the website for booking information.

Those choosing to camp in our Boutique Garden will have access to our sumptuous spa and treatments, a magical chill-out space attended by yurt fairies (provided by Hooes Yurts) and of course deluxe lavatories and solar-powered showers. Boutique gardeners will also have the option of waking up to a continental breakfast in bed after a sound nights sleep of peace and quiet.

Numerous accommodation options are available to The Gardens' guests. The Yurtel experience will be a proper treat...twin, double or master rooms are available at the fabulous Yurt Hotel. Be greeted by crisp white linen on a king size bed with a real mattress. Find fresh cut flowers at your bedside, and chocolates on your pillow…Feel safe with a wooden lockable door and enjoy a goodie bag selection of our finest spa products. Your room will have lighting and a place to charge your phone. Yurt Events will also offer beautiful hand made Kyrgyz yurts to stay in. Small, medium and large yurts are available and come furnished to make your stay luxurious, with woven wool bed mats, clean bed linen, organic fruit and fairtade snacks.

Boutique Camping.net will be offering their stunning Asher tipis for guests to stay in and will curate The Boutique Garden's Tipi Village.
Podpads also have twelve of their amazing and innovative pads to offer. Pioneered for Glastonbury 2005, they offer state of the art comfort and are eco-friendly as they are solar-powered by the fabulous iconic sunflower solar panels. ‘Podpads’ are weatherproof, relatively soundproof, secure, safe and cosy.

Babysitting Services from Nice Nannies

We would like to welcome Nice Nannies to the festival site this year. They will be providing parents with babysitting services for those parents who would like some help with babysitting in the evenings or overnight.

The agency has been established for 20 years supplying nannies and babysitters throughout East Anglia. For Parents who would like some help with childcare of babysitting in the evening or overnight please phone Helen (01487 823 516 or nice_nannies@hotmail.com) To check out their details go to www.nicenannies.co.uk

[Delta]

now it is not secret anymore