Shambala festival
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Northamptonshire
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in the United Kingdom.
Its a small diverse festival, it has a variety of music, this includes rock,pop,folk,cultural. There are also independent films, workshops, talks and debates, comedy, a fresh organic
Organic food
Organic foods are foods that are produced using methods that do not involve modern synthetic inputs such as synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers, do not contain genetically modified organisms, and are not processed using irradiation, industrial solvents, or chemical food additives.For the...
market, fair trade coffee, practical demonstrations, a speakers' corner
Speakers' Corner
A Speakers' Corner is an area where open-air public speaking, debate and discussion are allowed. The original and most noted is in the north-east corner of Hyde Park in London, United Kingdom. Speakers there may speak on any subject, as long as the police consider their speeches lawful, although...
, site art (a new art trail and a range of get-involved sculpture) and 'music with a mission'. The Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
Permaculture group create a garden space incorporating art, crafts and sounds.
On the Saturday night there are usually 7000 people in fancy dress. DJs and speakers headline a green venue, which hosts talks about world issues, an anti GM opera, workshops and independent films.
Samba
Samba is a Brazilian dance and musical genre originating in Bahia and with its roots in Brazil and Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions. It is recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival...
procession on Sunday. Many activities have themes around cultural awareness, the environment
Environment (biophysical)
The biophysical environment is the combined modeling of the physical environment and the biological life forms within the environment, and includes all variables, parameters as well as conditions and modes inside the Earth's biosphere. The biophysical environment can be divided into two categories:...
and rights. Children are be able to add their messages to the Rights Tree, to be posted on the website for the world to see.
Venue details are not available until you buy a ticket and band line-ups are not made public in advance
Advance
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. Ticket holders find out who's performing when they get there because the event is kept secret unless you have a ticket, this helps stop gate-crashers.
Shambala Festival 2010
The 2010 event was held on 26–30 August and featured Fool's Gold
Fool's Gold (band)
Fool's Gold is a Los Angeles collective that weaves together Western pop aesthetics with African rhythms and melodies. The group started as a side project of musicians Luke Top and Lewis Pesacov , who set out to explore their shared love of various forms of African music ,...
, Rodney P
Rodney P
Rodney P is an English MC who entered the UK hip hop scene in the 1980s. He started out as a member of the London Posse, one of the UK's first home grown hip hop acts who were highly influential in the development of the genre. Rodney P has had one of the longest and most respected careers in UK...
, The Nextmen
The Nextmen
The Nextmen are a UK production/songwriting group consisting of Dom Search and Brad Baloo . Often incorporating hip hop drum sets and electronic basslines into their sound, they have worked with many artists from the UK, US and Jamaica...
and The Gaslamp Killer
The Gaslamp Killer
The Gaslamp Killer is a Los Angeles-based DJ who releases material through Brainfeeder, the record label of Flying Lotus. Bensussen grew up in San Diego, California, where he began listening to Too Short, Jimi Hendrix, and Dr. Dre...
.