Green man festival

See photos and watch videos from Green Man Festival including exclusive performances by Wet Leg, Dry Cleaning and Adwaith.

The official Green Man Festival website. Buy tickets, view the line-up, see the areas of the festival and get all the info you need.

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BOGIES In the 16th and 17th centuries in England, people would make garlands of flowers and leaves for the May Day celebration. After becoming a source of competition between Works Guilds, these garlands became increasingly elaborate, to the extent that it covered the entire man. This became known as Jack in the Green. By the turn of the 20th century the custom had started to wane as a result of the Victorian disapproval of bawdy and anarchic behaviour. The Lord and Lady of the May, with…

Green Man Festival, Glanusk Park, Wales

The Green Man of Bankside at Hastings May Day in East Sussex | photograph by Joe Charrington | British Folklore

The team behind the Brecon Beacons' Green Man festival are to stage a beer and cider festival in London this September

taken at the Beltane bash, Russell square London

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This alternative folk festival spans four days and features over 100 acts performing a diverse range of genres, including indie, psychedelia, Americana, dub-reggae, modern electro, and stoner rock, from morning until night. Set against the stunning backdrop of the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons)