Who's playing Grace Jones, Sons & Daughters, Glasvegas, Envy & Other Sins, Alphabeat, Morcheeba, Little Ones, Florence And The Machine, Infadels, Cage The Elephant, Officer Kicks, Married To The Sea
Like Bestival, Latitude or The Big Chill, the SGP is designed to make festivalees feel that they've stepped into a really laid-back alternate reality. Aside from the music, it offers all manner of calming creature comforts and wacky stuff like space-hopper races and wandering Elvises, all housed in a ten-acre landscaped garden. Judging on past form, Grace Jones may arrive on stage a little late, by the way.
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4 comments
Urm...I think B is talking about a different festival???
The Secret Garden Party is probably the most magical event/place to exist on this earth, for the past 3 years it has been the highlight of summer. B is wrong about the music, it goes on all night (although one year the music had to be turned off early on the Friday, so we made our own, with somebody playing Daft Punk on a piano in one of the tents). Last year I was still dancing at 9am watching people over on the hill pour tea at a Mad Hatter's Tea Party. Escapism at it's finest.
I am very sorry this poster had such a bad time and feels the need to slag off a festival they only spent one night at.
Its hard to believe we were at the same event. I went first the first time in 2007 and it was the best festival I have been to in a long long time-if you have a positive attitude and an interest in doing more than just waiting for things to be laid on for you. Day one was a bit shaky but they always said the music would go off when it did and the for me the laid back feel was very welcome. They had a few organisational problems but its not run by a corporation and volunteers make mistakes. Its not massive and you are not lost in sea of people but for me thats a good thing. I met some of the nicest and most fun festival goers I have ever come across and it was the highlight of 2007. Its not Glastonbury or even the Big Chill and does not claim to be musically as good as Bestival but the organisers and festival goers have created something special. If you are happy to help create something magical buy at ticket and come. If you do not then do not.
ps I somehow missed the destruction and chaos everywhere though this year we shoud all try harder on the litter front and better protect the beautiful location and respect the neighbours.
you have to be joking. this was the worst festival i've EVER been to in ANY country. we packed up after one night, it was so bad. the music stopped way too early, which turned to the 'laid-back' (read: unprepared and boring) aspect to out and out rubbish, with destruction and chaos everywhere. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.