Festival starts Thursday 16th - Sunday 19th July 2009
Louder. Later. Longer
Winner of Best Dance Festival at UK Festival Awards 2008.
Making their only UK festival appearance in 2009, the mighty Underworld will be one of the headliners at Glade Festival this year. Karl Hyde and Rick Smith are still pushing sonic boundaries after nearly two decades of being at the forefront of electronic dance music and have an extraordinary ability to fuse together elements of techno, dub, trance, drum ’n’ bass, ambient house and even blues. They complement and contrast not only sounds but emotions too, tying them together with Hyde’s frequently prescient, often opaque but always strikingly poetic lyrics. They are incredible live and are the perfect act to play the crescendo of the Glade Festival 2009.
The other big news is that underground dance dons BLOC (curators of BLOC Weekend) are set to host the Vapor Stage, the main late night tent, at this year’s Glade Festival. Excited by the prospect of banging loud late night sound levels thanks to Glade’s new venue in the Winchester countryside, BLOC have teamed up with Glade Festival to throw their summer party in the UK. Expect the biggest names in world techno and the cream of the UK underground dance.
Glade’s change of venue also means the music will be running much later, with both the big production stages kicking it ‘till early morning as well as an increased emphasis on smaller, more intimate venues also running late, giving Glade Festival its unique free party feeling that first made it famous at Glastonbury.
A new venue is always a chance to explore new directions creatively and, subsequently, there will be several new areas at this year’s Glade Festival. A post apocalypse theme pervades the new Carmageddon area, including multiple venues hosted by Breaksday, Overkill, Nu-Skool Breaks, Fabric dubsteppers Dublime and Cool & Deadly and Kiss FM’s Jay Cunning. The area will feature mind bending site art from Nevada’s Burning Man Festival, the scrap yard regeneration creations of the Mutoid Waste Companyand the twisted cabaret of the Interstella Circus.
Another new creation for this year, the Avalon Field is conceived as a festival within a festival and is dedicated to a way of life and attitude to living, as much as partying. This international alternative and psychedelic scene was born in the late 60s and is now alive and well in places as far apart as Brazil, Japan, California and India. And in Avalon it has its UK home at the Glade Festival. You’ll find an area where music, art and all forms of expression thrive and connect at what is undoubtedly the UK’s highpoint of the Psytrance movement.
Quite simply, the Glade Festival is already shaping up to be THE festival of the summer, run by festival people for likeminded people who love life, music, freedom, art and alternative culture. For more info visit the new website.
Ticket News
Early bird tickets are now sold out, but there is good news for students! After the big response to the £100 student ticket offer, the offer has been extended to the end of March. ‘We know a lot of students are skint at the moment and so we are making it as cheap as we can for them to come to Glade Festival this year - recession or not, you still gotta have a good time.' Nick Ladd, Glade Director
Free on-site camping is included in the price. Camper & caravan tickets cost an additional £45.
The Glade Festival won Best Dance Festival at last year’s UK Festival Awards and is a 10,000 capacity event, visited by dance music and free spirited aficionados from around the world. The Glade Festival is known as one of Europe’s best underground electronic festivals and will celebrate its 6th birthday in 2009 after starting life as part of Glastonbury festival, where it continues to be the premium outdoor dance stage.
Festival Details:
Date: Thursday 16th - Sunday 19th July 2009
Tickets: £125 + £7 bf from www.gtickets.co.uk
Children / Teenagers: Under 12's free if accompanied with an adult. 13 - 15 year olds are allowed but must be accompanied by an adult - tickets cost £125 + bf.
Location: TBC
Capacity: 10,000
Entrance: gates open midday Thursday 16th July
Hours: Thursday midday - late | Friday midday - 4am | Saturday midday - 6am | Sunday midday - midnight [subject to licensing] Bars will be open 24 hours a day.
Web: gladefestival.com | myspace.com/gladefestival
Winner of Best Dance Festival at UK Festival Awards 2008.
Making their only UK festival appearance in 2009, the mighty Underworld will be one of the headliners at Glade Festival this year. Karl Hyde and Rick Smith are still pushing sonic boundaries after nearly two decades of being at the forefront of electronic dance music and have an extraordinary ability to fuse together elements of techno, dub, trance, drum ’n’ bass, ambient house and even blues. They complement and contrast not only sounds but emotions too, tying them together with Hyde’s frequently prescient, often opaque but always strikingly poetic lyrics. They are incredible live and are the perfect act to play the crescendo of the Glade Festival 2009.
The other big news is that underground dance dons BLOC (curators of BLOC Weekend) are set to host the Vapor Stage, the main late night tent, at this year’s Glade Festival. Excited by the prospect of banging loud late night sound levels thanks to Glade’s new venue in the Winchester countryside, BLOC have teamed up with Glade Festival to throw their summer party in the UK. Expect the biggest names in world techno and the cream of the UK underground dance.
Glade’s change of venue also means the music will be running much later, with both the big production stages kicking it ‘till early morning as well as an increased emphasis on smaller, more intimate venues also running late, giving Glade Festival its unique free party feeling that first made it famous at Glastonbury.
A new venue is always a chance to explore new directions creatively and, subsequently, there will be several new areas at this year’s Glade Festival. A post apocalypse theme pervades the new Carmageddon area, including multiple venues hosted by Breaksday, Overkill, Nu-Skool Breaks, Fabric dubsteppers Dublime and Cool & Deadly and Kiss FM’s Jay Cunning. The area will feature mind bending site art from Nevada’s Burning Man Festival, the scrap yard regeneration creations of the Mutoid Waste Companyand the twisted cabaret of the Interstella Circus.
Another new creation for this year, the Avalon Field is conceived as a festival within a festival and is dedicated to a way of life and attitude to living, as much as partying. This international alternative and psychedelic scene was born in the late 60s and is now alive and well in places as far apart as Brazil, Japan, California and India. And in Avalon it has its UK home at the Glade Festival. You’ll find an area where music, art and all forms of expression thrive and connect at what is undoubtedly the UK’s highpoint of the Psytrance movement.
Quite simply, the Glade Festival is already shaping up to be THE festival of the summer, run by festival people for likeminded people who love life, music, freedom, art and alternative culture. For more info visit the new website.
Ticket News
Early bird tickets are now sold out, but there is good news for students! After the big response to the £100 student ticket offer, the offer has been extended to the end of March. ‘We know a lot of students are skint at the moment and so we are making it as cheap as we can for them to come to Glade Festival this year - recession or not, you still gotta have a good time.' Nick Ladd, Glade Director
Free on-site camping is included in the price. Camper & caravan tickets cost an additional £45.
The Glade Festival won Best Dance Festival at last year’s UK Festival Awards and is a 10,000 capacity event, visited by dance music and free spirited aficionados from around the world. The Glade Festival is known as one of Europe’s best underground electronic festivals and will celebrate its 6th birthday in 2009 after starting life as part of Glastonbury festival, where it continues to be the premium outdoor dance stage.
Festival Details:
Date: Thursday 16th - Sunday 19th July 2009
Tickets: £125 + £7 bf from www.gtickets.co.uk
Children / Teenagers: Under 12's free if accompanied with an adult. 13 - 15 year olds are allowed but must be accompanied by an adult - tickets cost £125 + bf.
Location: TBC
Capacity: 10,000
Entrance: gates open midday Thursday 16th July
Hours: Thursday midday - late | Friday midday - 4am | Saturday midday - 6am | Sunday midday - midnight [subject to licensing] Bars will be open 24 hours a day.
Web: gladefestival.com | myspace.com/gladefestival
