Sunrise 28th-31st May

Dear Won and All, we have a WiNNER!

This year's rising stars competition, in a short amount of time, attracted some great bands and was once again a very tight competition

Eight finalists went through to the final round (see below for details) but we had to pick one.

Our panel of judges, consisting of Si 'Chai' Wallah, captain of the Chai Wallah stage, Sunrise's own creative Director of musical niceness Jake Ewen and special guest Jay from Sunrise Headliners The Dub Pistols perused long and hard over all the entries, and, taking into account all the vote results, ultimately honed into agreement on this year's Rising Stars Winners.

We are delighted to announce that this year's winner is... reggae snare roll please......... BackBeatSoundSystem

who will be joining us this year on the Chai Wallah stage at Sunrise, Sat 17:30 May 30th

There is but one more WINNER though we've not mentioned yet. One lucky Voter has one a ticket to sunrise too. All voters' email addresses were put in a big red magic hippy hat, stirred rigorously and a small dove invited to pick one out at random... well, something like that anyway....

And the lucky voter is.....Sinead Chambers

congratulations Sinead!


Sunrise Celebration 2 weeks to go!
28th-31st May 2009
Gilcombe Farm, Nr Bruton, Somerset
www.sunrisecelebration.com

SUNRISE FAMILY!
It's only 2 weeks to go before Sunrise Celebration kicks off the season in flamboyant green style, fashion & magik, as only we know how
WE CANT WAIT!
Peeps we've got so many goodies in store for you we just can't hold it in
Dozens of great artists have joined the final music line-up and very special guests remain in the wing
Make no mistake, Sunrise will be an experience like no other in your festival diary this year
Check out some of what's in store for you below and
Book your tickets now to assure yourselves a place in festival history!

BE THE CHANGE!

Rootsy, Free thinking and full of heart,
Sunrise is back on a lush NEW organic site for an epic gathering of the tribes

Compared to Glastonbury in the old days by Michael Eavis himself


< 6 stages -Band stand -Solar Cinema -Adult Bouncy Castle - Live Fire Walk - Medicine wheel
Tipi circle - Permaculture gardens - Green Graffiti - Poetry Slam – Fairy Gardens
Sun Seekers Planetarium – Mad Hatters Tea Party – Circus - Cabaret - Burlesque - Kids Village
Earth Mysteries - Hot Tubs & Pillow Fight
Saturday Night Dress up Theme: 3000 BC vs 3000 AD

MUSICAL HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE
*The Bays *
* Dub Pistols Sound System Feat Rodney P *
*Baka Beyond - Pama International *
*Seize the Day - 3 Daft Monkeys - Lazy Habits *
*Martha Tilston - The Stuff (Ned and Maff from THE EGG) and more...*

All powered on 100% renewable energy.
Site wide organic food and drink, hot showers, saunas and hot tubs.
Family Friendly Vibe

A few Tickets still available...Buy Now: £99 Adult in advance £25 Kids
(Limited Tickets will be available on the gate £115)

Dance...


Chai Wallahs

The Bays
The Dub Pistols Soundsystem Feat. Rodney P
Baka Beyond - Pama International
The Fontanas - Martha Tilston - Lazy Habits - Planetman and the Internationalz
Gentleman's Dub Club - Joe Driscol - Dub Fx - Baraka - Dan Arborise
Samsara - The Roots Union - King Porter Stomp - Jamie Woon - Susie Ro & Ayla
Naula & the Alchemy Band - Undercover Hippy - Jono McCleery - Shona Foster
Daisy - Yes Sir Boss - Nathan Ball - Wriggles of Nen - The Phoenix Rose


Solarcadia Dance and Chill Garden
A visual journey through sound with Dubstep, Breaks, Psy Breaks, Psy Trance, Down Tempo and Ambient


Thursday/Friday: Waveform & Tranceformation
Kings Hifi - Far too Loud - Zub Zub - Live
Bonze - Unbalanced Jack + Dub FX
Fluid - Galactic Wind - Red Earth - Mandala Mark



Tribe of frog Saturday
Voice of Cod - Live
OOOD - Live
Subliminal System - Live
Liquid Ross (Liquid) - Ipcress (omniscience) - Gacid (phar-psyde) - Rama (oood) - Stevie (oood)
Natzan (tribe of frog) - Pieman (tribe of frog) - Psychosonic (tribe of frog) - Geo (tribe of frog)




Inspiral Sunday

Chameleon - Meeq - Aviva - Naked Nick
Mannaseh - Aliji - Meeq - Solarquest


The Earth Heart Experience
Table Service from Space Pirates in the ambient mystical surroundings of the Earthearts Alchemy Bar.
Featuring music from....

The She Creatures - Mellow Star - Bridgewater Reggae SoundSystem - Paul Didge
The Mirettes (Mid-Somerset Battle of the bands Winners 08) - A Class Apart (MSBB Winners 09) - Dr AmaQueen - Baba Slips - Simon Celtica - Dom Spiral

and stage shows from....

The Invisible Circus
Bristols own renegade circus, hailing from Bridewell Island, the producers of the infamous Carney Ville are gracing us with their skilled performance.
Watch their video here

Wordsmith wizardry with a Poetry Slam
Cabaret and performance


The Bimble Inn

Bringing us the Unique Bimble Vibes in the UK’s biggest Tipi Stage...
Live Music from...

The Stuff (Ned & Maff from the Egg)-3 Daft Monkeys
Shona Foster- John Fairhurst-The Roots Union

Seize The Day-Wobbly Squadron
The Lovebirds-New Groove formation
Douglas James Show-The Amigos
Melosa-Stephen Junior
Rapskallion-Cedar Rose
Tirion & The Mankini Revolution
.... + More to be announced!


Hurley Burly Stage and Cafe
With Bulesque and Cabaret

Triban Solar Powered Stage

With Breton Dance Workshops
Front line underground folk fusion

Avalon Roots - Ten Ton Tongue - Green Angels - Forcenra
Hattie Hat Star -Algy Behrens - Gaynor O'Flynn - Paradox -
Corneilius - Tim Hall - Daniel Ewen -Karma Deva

Band Stand

With Live Bands, Jam sessions and
Green Innovation & Campaigns and Charities


Be Inspired....



Natural Be-in Tent

Sharing ancient wisdom and future forming ideas with discussions including...

Friday - Sustainable Communities
Wild Crafting – Permaculture - Bees – Ecocommunities and Planning – Living Off Grid - Wild Food Walks
Simon Fairlie on Eco Communities and Nick Rosen - Why to move Off-Grid Now!

Saturday - Ancient Futures and Entheogens

Jon Atkinson - Entheogencia: Legacies and Praxes - Gaynor O'Flynn - Being Human: Ancient Wisdom, Modern World – Anthony Henman - Jewls Wingfield - Heart to Heart Tantra - Greg Sams ‘Sun of god’.

Sunday - Transition Movement

Shaun Chamberlain ‘Transition Timeline’, Patrick Whitefield, Permaculture - Jeremy Leggett, Peak Oil and the Energy Crisis




Marvel at the mystery with talks forums and workshops on...

Astro-archaeology – Megaliths – Earth Grid – Sacred Sound – Geomancy – Earth Mysteries
Including...Jonathan Cainer – the power of the conjunction
Geoff Stray on 2012
Anthony Thorely ‘Landscape Zodiacs’

Green Crafts and Alt Tech Workshops

Permaculture and Fairy Gardens

Transition Sunday
Dedicated to the Transition Movement, community resilience a post petroleum future... Be the Change
Sunday only tickets £35/Kids Free

Ethical Fashion Show
and Clothes Swap Tent
Bring along a couple of garments to swap, and if you have anything you have made out of recycled materials bring it along and take part in the show!

There is a site wide organic food and drink policy, all the lager is provided by Freedom Largers brewed in the midlands with spring water!

And the wine and spirits by Vintage Roots

Play....


Mad Hatters Tea Party & Adult Games


Live Graffiti Displays

Hot Tubs

Adult Bouncy Castle and Pillow Fight
Bring a pillow!

Saturday Night Dress Up - 3000 BC vs 3000 AD

Light Sabers vs Swords – Caveman against Space Pirates in Tug of War and Games – Techno Wizard rap it out with Tribal Pixies in the poetry
Slam

Walk About Performance

Tune in...

Fire Walk
Take part in a live fire walk in the foot steps of the ancients... To register in advance click here

Tipi Circle
Fire side vibes, Bhajans, Pachamama’s Chai Cafe




Healing Sanctuary

Temple of the four directions

In Door & Out Door and Solar Cinemas
Showing an array of intresting, exciting, thought provoking and amusing of films for your delight


Sun-Worshippers Planetarium
Telescopes, Sky at night, Sky by Day, Ancient Cosmologies

Tibetan Buddhist Temple
Lama Ahbay Rinpoche and Buddhist Perform masked Tsam Dance, a religious practice banned in Tibet




Kids Village including Lady Bird Project




And MORE !



Tickets: Adult £99 in Adv
Buy Now
from Bristol Ticket Shop

0845 1080259
Limited tickets will be available on the gate for £115
Contact: info@sunrisecelebration.com
www.sunrisecelebration.com
0845 0094463

See you there :)



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Our 2009 finalists were...

Hi-Fiction Science

www.myspace.com/hifictionscience :: www.myspace.com/hifictionscience

Hi-Fiction Science
Motorik Krautrock with a dash of electronica.

    Genres:
    • Electronica
    • Rock
    • Alternative
    • other

10 Ton Tongue

www.myspace.com/10tontongue

10 Ton Tongue
Described as 'Neo Victorian Forest Grunge' and a 'Gothic Folk Circus', 10 Ton Tongue offer festival music with balls. Although this description is possibly not the best politically-correct term, it's true. It is lyrically conscious music that bounces along boggling guitar mastery, set against the backdrop of a ripe and fertile rhythm section. It's lots of fun and will get everyone shouting and bounding about - all the serious nature of the world today wrapped in 10-Ton-Tongue in cheek revelry. Old and new vibes for ancient people.

    Genres:
    • Experimental
    • Folk
    • Punk
    • Rock
    • religious

KING TUTS REVENGE

www.myspace.com/kingtutsrevenge :: www.ktr.org.uk

KING TUTS REVENGE
KTR is a ska/punk band from Yeovil area, Somerset U.K formed back in 2005

We are proud to be part of the UK ska/reggae scene; we have played with many amazing bands already such as Sonic Boom Six, Spunge, Fandangle, Fight the Bear, Catch-It-Kebabs, Smoke Like a Fish and Captain Bud. We regularly play in Wales and this summer are performing at Kippertronix festival for the second year running.

    Genres:
    • Ska

BackBeatSoundSystem

www.myspace.com/backbeatsoundsystem

BackBeatSoundSystem
About BackBeatSoundSystem
“Made with movement in mind. Traditional reggae music slapped upside the head with a party stick. Stomping bass, dub synths & steady grooves.“
In the short time Backbeat have been together, they have been smashing up the live music scene in the South West with their unique brand of funky, sexy, party reggae. With support slots including playing with the huge up and coming reggae artist Natty, to shaking up whole clubs with dj's like Lee Combes, Recktchordz, dRanged, Simian Sounds & many more, its obvious that BBSS can transcend musical barriers and do whats most important...make sure that every single person in the room, (or field) is having fun, and dancing their legs off!!
Genres:

    • Reggae
    • Funk
    • Electronica

Huge Juice

www.myspace.com/hugejuice :: www.hugejuice.co.uk

Huge Juice
"A huge by name, huge by nature 8 piece ska band hailing from the depths of Bath University and overflowing with energy. A big sound with a plethora of brass bursting through a driving rhythm section complemented by a crisp, uplifting off beat. This skankhappy, wide-smiled bunch are here to make the audience move and put a jaw aching grin on the face of all who groove into one of their crowds"

    Genres:
    • Ska
    • Reggae

Flash harry

www.myspace.com/flashharryband :: www.flashharryband.co.uk

Flash harry
FLASH HARRY play a foot stomping, highly danceable set with songs from the swamp lands of Louisiana to the hills of Kildare, bridged by bluesey bottleneck riffs in the vein of Rory Gallagher. The band comprises fiddle player and vocalist Pete Watson, guitar and vocals Roger Slade, saxophones, whistle and vocals Vicki Burke, bass guitar Chris Mitchell and drums John Furlong. Musicianship is to the fore with fiddle, sax and guitar combining to produce an unusual mixture of musical variations, complemented by vocal harmonies.

Phuturesonic

www.myspace.com/phuturesonic :: www.phuturesonic.com

Phuturesonic
Phuturesonic is a funky hip hop band made up by six members. It mixes elements of funk, soul, hip hop, breakbeat and jazz together, creating a nostalgic and transclassic sounds.

Phuturesonic have their debut release coming out on June 21st with remixes from Jon Kennedy and Jeremy Sylvester.

    Genres:
    • Breaks
    • Funk
    • Sunrise 2009

Campbell-Ruddock

www.myspace.com/campbellruddock

Campbell-Ruddock
Campbell-Ruddock are a latin guitar duo with a difference. Energy, passion and a lust for rhythm are high on the agenda. Able to engage and hypnotise any audience with intrinsic rhythms, melody and dynamic harmony’s. Together they have been described as “Unbelievable” and as a “Raw talent”. Campbell-Ruddock seem capable of anything - new, exciting and fresh. Drawing on music at large, bringing an eclectic and striking take on the term "new music".

After meeting through work the two decided to share a drink and play a few tunes, and over time developed in to a writing and performing act, that play their own brand of Latin fuelled soothing, moving songs, that produce great clarity and tone: an act not to be missed.

    Genres:
    • World
    • other

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