www.solarvenue.co.uk and www.partyneuf.co.uk
THE CROISSANT NEUF FIELD
The Pinnicle of Ecotainment
The Green Roadshow
“If you must look ahead one year - sow a seed
If you must look ahead ten years - plant a tree
But if you must look ahead a hundred years - then educate the people”
This is what the Green Roadshow is already doing – we sowed the seed, the tree is already growing and we are educating the people. Here’s how...
In 1986 coordinators Sally Howell and Andy Hope raised the banner of the first Croissant Neuf tent – tucked in the corner of the one and only green field (now the craft and healing fields). In those days it was scarcely bigger than a large modern family tent and their team of nine had to sell Croissants (hence the name!) and coffee, to make their fuel money home! They even had straw bales for seats (which just shows how far Health & Safety has progressed since then!)….
Now, 18 years later, they are still here at the Glastonbury Festival – the oldest established family run venue still bringing in new talent and breaking new ground. Now situated right in the very heart of the Greenfields, the Croissant Neuf Venue is reliably and rhythmically pulsating away, pumping its energy and life force through the veins of the greenfields, enriching the festival and nourishing its soul. With its state of the art technology, this ever popular venue never misses a beat.
In 2003 Croissant Neuf expanded their tent to accommodate around 700 people, almost twice as many as before and alongside the earth trembling Solar Powered 10Kw P.A System they had, for the first time ever in the UK, built an LED stage lighting rig that dances, dazzles and bathes the performers in every colour of the rainbow and only still uses the same amount of energy as two 100 watt household light bulbs!! Energy efficiency at it most advanced which has to be seen to be believed!.
Providing the energy for everything that happens in the Croissant Neuf tent is the ‘Solar System’, a purpose built mobile solar generator that carries a 16 panel tracking system on its roof which collects and stores energy in over 2 tonnes of batteries in the box below. By using low voltage amplifiers and low resistance circuits the ‘Solar System’ can fill a huge tent or stage with hi-fi quality crystal clear sound for less than a tenth of the energy that a traditional system would use.
ECO-tainment at its best – Croissant Neuf offers a full programme housed in a haven of salubrious and luxurious backdrops and décor, adorned by the Wicked Faerie team.
For more information on the Croissant Neuf click here.
The Green Roadshow Field also plays host to weird and wonderful walkabout entertainers and a flow of musicians on their own built ornamental bandstand – a feature of this field for many a year.
Take a seat by the tranquil garden and capture a moment of the green field’s ambience – or savour the taste of bio-dynamic, organic and vegetarian food from the Ringwood Steiner school’s café.
Dotted around the field will be delightful stone, wooden and metal sculptures for you to feast your eyes upon – all brought here by artistes local to the Shepton Mallet area.Amongst the colourful array of enticing market stalls are the Green Roadshow's exhibits bringing to you their knowledge and expertise of a Sustainable Lifestyle and environmental concerns, – all delivered in a most fun and positive way.
So much talent, expertise, innovation, colour and laughter – all in one field alone! See what our neighbouring fields and comrades have to offer too – we are proud to be part of the Green Fields – it’s a fantastic place to be.
Techy stuff/Facts:-
Our 10,000watts TurbaSound Solar Powered P.A is housed in a 10 tonne truck named ‘The Solar System’.
Our venue now takes 1000 people.
Energy efficient lighting rig – our LED stage lighting uses less power than three 100w household light bulbs.
The Croissant Neuf team also run The ‘Green Roadshow’ which travels the whole country with their unique exhibitions all focused on the theme of sustainability.
For info on Croissant neuf visit www.solarvenue.co.uk
For info on The Green Roadshow visit www.greenroadshow.co.uk
For info on The Croissant Neuf Summer Party visit www.partyneuf.co.uk
Around the Field.
As well as a constant blitz of top quality music and entertainment and being inspired to the practicalities and delights of running on Solar Power, the rest of the field is full of discovery and challenge in the most colourful and exciting way, inviting you to the awareness of living a greener and more sustainable lifestyle.
Amongst the ethical and fairtrade stalls there are innovative exhibitions where you can call on expert advice on Renewable Energy, Sustainable Homes, Transport and much more and leave with a wealth of new information whilst having a damn good time too.
Transport Action - New to the field this year .
Play, talk and debate with experts from several different transport groups. Work out your travel carbon footprint. Find out what you can do to help combat the problems and support the solutions in contemporary transport.
We always have a beautiful central garden feature in our field to sit by and chill and absorb the festival atmosphere. Grab a bite from the organic café, watch the street style performers and stiltwalkers, enjoy the bandstand and catch your breath before you stroll on to the next green field experience.
Local Contributors to the Croissant Neuf Field are: On the Verge Woodcarvers, Hill View Nursery, AD Tree Pirate, Ecos Trust, Cutting Edge Oak Timber framing Company and lots of local craftspeople and crew and not forgetting us Sally and Andy of Croissant Neuf.
The Croissant Neuf Solar Powered Banstand
Some of the above listed bands will be playing on our bandstand in various forms. But aldo look out too for Jerry Cahill (solo guitarist extraordinaire), Nick Wilkinson (sublime flamenco), John Smith (finger pickin’ genius), Innocent Civilian (ska), Your Dad (Saturday evening, comedy duo) and Primaeval (Sunday 6.30pm Breton music masters).
And, don’t miss Engine Room and The Dragonheart Fire Show (late Sunday night) This energetic steel drum band play along to their gigantic fire breathing Dragon made entirely from wheelhubs. A treat for the closure of the Greenfields this festival.
The CROISSANT NEUF STAGE
GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL 2008
THURSDAY
9.30pm Global Village Trucking Company
Reunited last year for a BBC documenary, the Globs enjoyed themselves so much that they decided to try and book some summer festivals. dubbed the UK equivalent of the Greatful Dead in the 70's, the Globs will continue to spread their brand of original feelgood festival songs coupled with cosmic jamming and make us all part of the smiling revolution.
11.00pm Dubblehead
Dubblehead was formed as a project to create dub fusion sounds that embrace the world, techno and dance roots. Tom Brooks (Ozrics Tentacles) and Nigel Shaw (Global and Riven) perform an exotic blend of electronic dub fused with dance and world influences and features live instruments including percussion, flute and guitar. Surprise guest will join them for this free flowing set.
www.seventhwavemusic.co.uk
FRIDAY
1.00pm Samsara
2.30pm Vanddaveer
4.00pm These United States
5.30pm Martha Tilston
Outside on our Bandstand there will be a constant blitz of all kinds of entertainment from solo guitarists to full on samba bands to fire breathing dragons – anything can happen here.
Fire Show.
SATURDAY
1.00pm NIZLOPI
Known and loved by all by their No. 1 hit ‘the JCB Song’ Nizlopi grace our stage once again with their hip-hop presence. Singer/guitarist/percussionist Luke Concannon and double bassist/human/beatboxer John Parker produce a genre defying blend of jazz, hip hop, folkand funk and their sound has developed according to their own musical journeys. Nizlopi are very much a live experience with a strong sense of theatricality and experimentation and almost telepathic level of communication, honed over the years of working together.
www.nizlopi.com
2.30pm 3 Daft Monkeys
Celtic, Balkan, Gypsy, Latino, Cornish. All these influences and more are evident within 3 Daft Monkeys music. A stunning blend of upbeat, danceable music, which despite all its' world influences remains undeniably British.
4.00pm Sufira
Feel the passion of Sufira! Formed in the summer of 2006, Sufira set out to celebrate the colourful heritage of its' Bristol based members, who are Cuban, Spanish and English. Fusing elements of European folk music with Latin and Ska rhythms and a sprinkling of flamenco, Sufira create their own original soulful tunes which evoke passion and encourage celebration of all that life is! Sufira have been gigging in Bristol and southern Spain but welcome invitations from anywhere in the world.
5.30pm Biggles Wartime Band
A true testament pf the efficacy of care in the community, this talented troupe of Northern nutters bring a tear to the eye, a smile to the face and a warm feeling to the groin. One of Michael Eavis’ favourite bedtime drinks and certainly one of ours, Biggles systematically destroy any lasting renments of taste and quality in their renditions of popular musical classics.
www.biggleswartimeband.co.uk
7.00pm Bad Science
With the deep bass and spacious soundscapes of dub, the get-up-and-dance of funk
and the bumping grooves and conscious lyrical gymnastics of hip-hop, Bad Science have created their very own brand of wickedness. Fronted by Dizraeli (The current Uk Slam Poetry Champion), the four core members will also be accompanied by a full brass section for their Glastonbury debut, which is guaranteed to get your feet stomping and your brains ticking.
www.myspace.com/badscience
outside on our Bandstand there will be a constant blitz of all kinds of entertainment
from solo guitarists to full on samba bands to fire breathing dragons – anything can happen here.
11.30pm - 2am Croissant Neuf Acoustic Night led by Your Dad
SUNDAY
1.00pm East of Ealing
Welcome aboard the Blackship!
Crewed by the electric fiddle driven by Roots Rockers that are East of Ealing.
London based but including global themes, at tiomes political, dark, humorous, irreverent!
But always foot stomping dancey!
With influences from Celtic to Cajun, Ska to South African, Reggae to Russian and Zeppelin to Zanzibar, their original numbers take passengers heads around the world and feet to the dance floor.
2.30pm Soul Immigrants
4.00pm F.O.S. Brothers
Dave and Sam McCrory from East Belfast joined by Rom Dobbs an innovative drummer/percussionist from the South West of England. Together they create a unique soundscape of acoustic music heavily influenced by their Irish roots.
What the FOS Brothers achieve in their performance is something which not many labelled under ‘roots’ manage – an eclectic diversity of Irish Folk, world influences and song smithery, superb musicianship and sublime vocals. “A stirring fusion of original and traditional songs on hypnotic acoustic guitars to 21st century dance grooves” (Steve Knightley – Show of Hands)
www.otbproductions.co.uk
5.30pm Johnny Action Finger
7pm Yoav
Outside entertainment on the bandstand and around the field.
10pm Sheelanagig
11.30pm Banco de Gaia
The Croissant Neuf Solar Powered Bandstand
Elephant Talk
The Weavils
Billy - Undercover Hippy
Tumbleweed Jim
The Weirdstrings
Jerry Cahill – solo guitarist extraordinaire
Your Dad – Saturday evening musical extravaganza hosted by this talented comedy duo.
Mik Artistik
Mark Levein - harpist
Little Gaia
Bowjangles
Charlene Soraia
Samba
Skate Naked
plus fire shows and lots more.....
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