Every year Eden Festival recruits around 300 volunteers a year to help with the planning and the execution of the festival. There are a variety of volunteering roles available from stage management, artist liaison, compering, bar staff, ticket office staff, site artists and wardens etc. Right now they are looking for volunteers to work on their magnificent garden this year.
Founder and Head of Production Adam Curtis “One thing that makes Eden Festival special is that it is not a hire in jobbie – it is hand built each year by local volunteers (and some from further afield), young and old, with a lot of time, sweat and community spirit going in to creating the magnificent Garden every year – this makes for a more intimate and unique festival.”
If you would like to be involved in creating the great Garden then you can email [email protected]
Info and tickets are still available at www.edenfestival.co.uk Move quickly there are only 500 tickets remaining!!
More information below.
EDEN HEADLINERS
CAT POWER / GOGOL BORDELLO / BONY M / AGNES OBEL / ALABAMA 3 / JUNGLE (DJ Set)/ ALICE RUSSELL / MALA / ADMIRAL FALLOW / SO SOLID CREW FT. ROMEO, LISA MAFFIA, ASHER D & SWISS / JAZZANOVA (Live Ft Paul Randolph) / HORSE MEAT DISCO / DUB PHIZIX & STRATEGY / MUNGO’S HI-FI Ft SOLO BANTON / / KISMET / FEATURECAST / GHETTO FUNK LABEL TAKEOVER / HARRI & DOMENIC (30 Years of Sub Club) / AUNTIE FLO / EVA LAZARUS SOUNDSYSTEM / GAVIN MARWICK’S JOURNEYMAN PROJECT / THE CHAIR / TALISK / THE LANGAN BAND / ELEPHANT SESSIONS / ASBO DISCO / GARDNA / BORN ON ROAD (Ft Benny Page, Kelvin 373, Aries, Selecta Jman) / WBBL / COLONEL MUSTARD & THE DJON 5 / GYPSY DISCO / HAVE MERCY LAS VEGAS / PSYMMETRIX / EZRA COLLECTIVE / THE HEMPOLICS
SKETCH/ FLECK / HERON VALLEY / EMMA GILLESPIE / SAMSON SOUNDS / MAXI ROOTS IN CUMBRIA / GNOSS / RORY MCLEOD
Plus special guest MR MOTIVATOR
Scotland’s second largest music festival of 2017 will be returning to the Raehills Meadows of Dumfries and Galloway on June 8th -11th for its 9th year. Hosting twelve different stages with 300 performers, Eden Festival really does cater for all. Eden hosts an eclectic mix of music and stages; whether you want to relax in the hammocks and dip your toe in the water, hang out in auld Celtic drinking dens, get the kids involved in games and crafts sessions, take part in a paint fight or simply dance till the sun comes up whilst meeting amazing like minded individuals, then Eden Festival is for you.
CAT POWER
Critics have noted the constant evolution of Cat Power’s sound, with a mix of punk, folk and blues on her earliest albums, and elements of soul and other genres more prevalent in her later material. Her 2012 album Sun incorporated electronica, in a self-proclaimed move from the “really slow guitar songs” she initially wrote for the album. She has worked alongside the biggest in the music industry collaborating with Dave Grohl, Faithless, Yoko Ono and Beck.
GOGOL BORDELLO
Gogol Bordello is an American Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, inspired by Gypsy music mixed with punk and dub and known for spectacular theatrical stage shows.
BONEY M
World renowned disco act Boney M will also be coming to Eden Festival this summer, performing their chart topping hits like Ma Baker, Rasputin and Oh My Lord. They were one of the most successful bands of the late 1970s, and one of their biggest crowd pleasers Daddy Cool is still the 7th biggest- selling single of all time in Britain.
AGNES OBEL
Denmark’s Agnes Obel is an award winning musician with two platinum selling albums under her belt and about to achieve her third with her recently released album ‘Citizens of Glass’. She is a top five artist in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark, as well as having two singles in the UK album charts. One of the most exciting and current acts that Eden Festival has hosted, she will be bringing her female classically trained band; expect keys, cello’s, drums and clarinets, and Agnes Obel’s stunning vocals.
QUOTE: Co- Director Meredith Langley Vine “We can’t believe the amazing amount of talented and revered artists coming to this year’s Eden Festival, it really is starting to attract a stampede of established acts as the festival grows and evolves.”
Eden Festival’s playlist includes; hip hop, dance, RnB, acoustic, soul, funk, dubstep, disco, dancehall, electronica, ska, pop, African dance, jungle, Balkan beat, drum & bass and Celtic music, playing together side by side. More acts will be announced shortly!
Tier 4 tickets are now available costing £119 for an adult, £95 for a teenager and under 12’s get in free! (Must be accompanied by an adult) For more information visit their website www.edenfestival.co.uk
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