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Latitude
Power, Lambchop and Mercury Rev, and there's a
1970s-style light-up dance fl oor tucked away in the
woods. The Bimble Inn, a bar and stage housed in
an oversized tipi, is entirely powered by renewable
energy.
Need to know Festival buses connect Salisbury train
station with Larmer Tree Gardens. For further info see
W www.endoftheroadfestival.com.
When Latitude appeared on the festival scene in
2006, it was clear it aimed to offer something more
than the usual diet of rock and pop in a muddy fi eld.
Though a mid-size festival, it has already attracted
some top names, including Arcade Fire, The Zutons
and The Rapture. There is also a comedy stage
that has hosted Bill Bailey and Jeremy Hardy, plus
poetry events and a theatre arena powered by
fuel-cell technology. Latitude also has a strong
environmental focus: cutlery and plates at the food
stalls are biodegradeable, pint glasses are reusable
and plastic packaging is banned. And with unisex
solar showers stocked with eco-friendly bath
products, all but the most bashful will be keen to
take time to get clean and green.
Need to know Latitude takes place in mid-July on
the grounds of Henham Park Estate in Southwold,
Suffolk. For further info see W www.latitudefestival.co.uk.
The Big Green Gathering
For 25 years the Big Green Gathering was a lone
beacon of environmental awareness, with solar-
powered stages and organic food long before it
was the fashionable thing to do. As such the crowd
- hippies new and old among them - tend to be a
pretty eco-minded bunch. Whereas most people
go to the other festivals solely for the music, here
many come because of the event's green focus
- although there's also some wonderful (often
fairly way-out) music, theatre and cabaret going on.
With copious healing zones offering massages and
alternative therapies it's like Glastonbury's Green
Fields area becoming a festival all of its own.
Need to know The Big Green Gathering takes place
in early August near Cheddar in Somerset. For further
info, including how to get there, see W www.big-green-
gathering.com.
End of the Road Festival
A small, fi ve thousand-capacity festival set in
the beautiful Larmer Tree Gardens in Dorset
- complete with resident peacocks. The line-up
in recent years has included Calexico, British Sea
THE GREENER WAY TO A FESTIVAL
The single most effective thing festival-
goers can do to reduce their carbon
footprint is to cut down on the emissions
caused by travelling to the event.
Most festivals are accessible by public
transport and many offer shuttle-bus
services to and from the nearest train
stations. Liftsharing sites are also a
cost-effective and carbon-effi cient way
to travel to a festival. For a list of useful
public transport websites and the best
liftsharing schemes, see p.374.
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