Sunbeam Event Services

15/11/2024

I'm so happy to be working with this wonderful festival!

Join us at The Green Gathering 2024 for four days of low impact living in an area of outstanding beauty, every corner bursting with music, creativity, natural abundance and community spirit. Intimate solar stages host up and coming acts, festival legends, DJs and spellbinding spoken word.
The original off-grid, non-profit festival: we’re powered by sun, wind, people and passion for change. Share wisdom and skills; find friends old and new; weave, weld and tell stories.
Have a party - then wake up and put the world to rights. This festival’s impact lasts longer than a weekend.
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Accessibility
The Green Gathering festival is committed to inclusivity and accessibility, offering an Assisted Access area with essential facilities and services. This area includes accessible toilets, a shower, and a communal campfire space, all managed by a dedicated crew. The festival also provides BSL communication support and a shuttle buggy for mobility assistance. Attention is given to those with autism or neurodiversity with 'The Pod', a safe space accessed through the Welfare Tent. For detailed information and to apply for assistance, visit the Assisted Access page.
Safe Spaces
The festival has loads of Safe Spaces to support different needs and communities. The Welfare team is there for emotional and mental health support, and The POD is a quiet area with weighted blankets, stim toys, and mood lighting for those experiencing emotional or sensory overwhelm. The Medical Tent takes offers herbal medicine consultations and midwifery services as well as first aid, while the Info Exchange is the place for maps, info, and phone charging. There’s the Women’s Tent, Q***r Dome, and Crows Nest — providing safe, inclusive spaces for women, LGBTQ+ folks, and BIPOC communities. Teens can hang out at the Wye Circus space, while kids have a blast in the Kids’ Area with tons of fun activities. Finally, if you're after some peace and relaxation, the Healing Circle offers yoga, meditation, wellness, and a chill vibe, in a tranquil setting.
Accommodation
Green Gathering is a camping festival, please bring your own equipment. You can hire a yurt, tipi, bell tent or upcycled tent, please visit the festival website tent hire page and follow the links.
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Hosting over 150 live bands, performers and speakers across seven solar-powered music and spoken word stages, The Green Gathering will bring together people from all walks of life for four days of low impact living. At this unique event every nook and corner of the festival bursts with music, creativity, natural abundance and community spirit.
Expect a line-up packed with festival crowd-pleasers and fresh new acts. The Green Gathering 2024 featured folk fusion wizards The Trouble Notes, a chart-topping, foot-stomping band with international acclaim; Dizraeli, the rapper and multi-instrumentalist taking hiphop to new terrains; up-and-coming Norwegian pop punk four-piece TwoMinutesHate; the legendary 3 Daft Monkeys with their fiery helter-skelter blend of influences, and plenty more. Keep your eyes peeled for line-up announcements for 2025!
Beyond the stages, there’ll be plenty for every kind of festival-goer to discover. The Speakers’ Forum and Radical Cinema host a line up of leading thinkers and film makers; the Resource Hub is packed with off-grid know-how; there’s an expansive Crafts area with heritage arts and expert makers; and a Campaigns Field, where you can get involved in trying to change - and save - the world.
The Permaculture Community shares practical skills; the Healing Circle offers massage, yoga and more; the Hill Village provides a showcase of low-impact living; Nature’s Way and the Enchanted Woods connect art and nature; Trad Village offers a fireside welcome and ways to navigate the multiple crises of our times; and the Green Gathering Grove is a meeting space filled with young trees planted by the festival crew.
A dedicated Kids’ Area provides young ones with the chance to explore, learn, play and perform, and family-friendly activities are abundant across the festival site. There’s a wide range of stalls selling delicious vegetarian and vegan food, handmade and vintage goods, and locally made beers, ciders, mead, and cocktails with foraged ingredients.
The Green Gathering was the recipient of the UK Greener Festival Award at the UK Festival Awards 2022 and 2023, and was also awarded the International Greener Festival Award in 2023 - the top accolade in the world for sustainable events.
Recent research, carried out by The Green Gathering in association with sustainability experts A Greener Future, shows that attending this event creates positive social and behavioural change amongst participants. Food, shopping and transport choices, waste generated, and community engagement were all impacted after last year’s festival.
Ticket Instalments available until 30 November 2024 from the Green Gathering website. https://www.greengathering.org.uk/tickets

Join the 2025 Facebook event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/4533712226767331

Meet the Green Gathering Community here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/greengatheringcommunity
The Green Gathering 2024 After-film: https://youtu.be/GYFCpBzmeCc?si=-vNt9b6tE3pc3AXn

Recorded live at the Green Gathering 2024 - Chepstow, UKShot and edited by Agata RucinMusic by GG 2024 performers Good Habits - 2 Minutes MoreThe Original Of...

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11/03/2024

Amazing work! :-)

04/03/2024

Standon Calling among events scheduled for 2024 to call time or postpone amid fears of impact on new talent

27/02/2024

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More reasons to jump on cheaper winter tickets while you can....here's 7 WAYS WE'RE GREENER 💚🌻🌼

Part of our series looking at the incredible history and achievements of the GG festival and community, this month it's all about being GREEN

Did you know?

1) Power: all our electrical power is clean, green and renewably generated - and it always has been, since such tech was very new!

2) Cooking & Heating: Britain's 'lowest carbon loaf' was baked on our festival site in a solar oven with wheat ground by windmill... and those solar ovens also heat water for washing up. All our traders commit to our standards too.

3) Transport: our performers' gear is moved between stages by pedal-powered trike or giant human-powered wheelbarrows!

4) Food: all food stalls are vegetarian with vegan options, over 50% are completely vegan - and even carnivores appreciate the quality and variety of delicious meals on offer, from wood-fired pizza to authentic burrito, falafels to Sri Lankan curry! Our Crock 'n' Rock stall lends out real crockery and cutlery - and washes it up for you when you're done.

5) Drink: our very reasonably-priced bars serve locally brewed beverages in sturdy reusable cups and we don't sell bottled or canned water - it's refills all the way.

6) Waste: there's 14 different categories of waste collected at GG so you have to think before you throw! Zero waste goes to landfill

7) Community: the one thing Green Gatherers love most about our festival is the feeling of community, friendliness and support.

Here's some of the experiences a first-timer from 2023 shared:

"I loved that it was an eco festival and had options to be calm and reflective as well as all the music and activity. It got me really excited to be more active on rights and climate issues. It is a special community you've created and I felt so welcome. My favourite thing was that EVERYONE smiled and said hello to each other. Like real life human beings! It was a total joy and I can't wait for next year."

Snap up the last remaining winter tickets for just £135 until the end of this month here: https://www.greengathering.org.uk/tickets

25/02/2024

Accessibility team are now open for applications at this year's Buddhafield Festival!

Anyone interested in volunteering, trading, performing or offering workshops or movement sessions this year can apply through our event-tree system.

Areas currently open:
🌟Traders food
🌟Traders non-food
🌟Ecstatic Dance and 5 rhythms
🌟DJ's
🌟Saunas and Shower Area
🌟Bands and Musicians
🌟Workshops
🌟Site Crew
🌟Ticket Office
🌟Yoga Area
🌟Accessibility Team
🌟Kids Area

Check out our webpage for more information and to apply - https://buddhafield.com/join-us-buddhafield-festival

21/02/2024

I did it!

14/02/2024

Calling all Lovers and Enthusiasts of Love & Life - get your tickets now so you don’t miss out on this beautiful performance!

A storyteller, a musician and a poet are bringing a night of entrancing love stories to Frome & Shepton Mallet for Valentine’s Day, romantic meal optional!

Love’s Labyrinth, Today- 14th February at the Silk Mill in Frome, or Friday 16th February at Charlton House Hotel in Shepton Mallet, will unravel the mysteries of love in all its forms.

Storyteller Sarah Mooney will tell the bittersweet tales of Orpheus and Eurydice, Eros and Psyche, and Dido and Aeneas, accompanied by the music of Tom Widdicombe and the poetry of Chris Petrie.

Before the evening event in Frome, the performers are running three FREE daytime workshops. For more info check out Love's Labyrinth @ the Silk Mill, Frome https://fb.me/e/4UxoFSiME Tickets available: https://dandelion.events/e/t0z75

Join us at the gorgeous Charlton house Hotel in Shepton Mallet on Friday the 16th of February, for a celebration of love. Treat yourselves to a classy, romantic meal, whilst being entertained. For tickets and more info please see Love's Labyrinth @ Charlton House, Shepton Mallet https://fb.me/e/1MMag4YyM Tickets: https://dandelion.events/e/n0ta8

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11/02/2024

I just handed in my final assignment for my TQUK Level 2 Certificate in Event Planning (RQF)! Woohoo! :-)

07/02/2024

The Green Gathering are doing amazing things! 💚

Did you stop by Hill Vilage at GG 23? Beneath trees along the edge of our Village Green you’ll find makers, nomads and elders of the festival circuit – those who live off grid all year round, and characters with many a tale to tell. This year's highlights included:

- SliCK Solar Stoves, boiling up kettles and cooking up a storm thermally. These solar stoves are so powerful the team supplies neighbouring traders with hot water for washing up!
- The Low Impact Living crew demonstrating how to use a rocket stove or build a bender.
- Pete at his One Planet Development tent explaining how to turn the dream of sustainable living into reality.
- Celia’s Herbals offering up natural remedies, and of course everyone had a browse through Steve of Britain’s quality tat.
- Learning all about repairing and using hand tools at Tools For Self Reliance and fixing up fabrics at the Solar Sewing stall.
- Enjoyment of SAM’s heavenly Magic Hat Showers.
- Rolling Oats, the travelling zero-waste shop, on hand to help us sustainably stock up.

05/02/2024

A chance to win a ticket to The Green Gathering 2024!

Have you entered/shared our competition!?

We're offering someone the chance to win a ticket to The Green Gathering! The competition closes Monday at midnight so this weekend is the last chance to enter.

Director Em Weirdigan personally curates a monthly newsletter full of exciting GG news, and we’d love for more people to see it. That’s why we’re offering you the chance to win one adult ticket to The Green Gathering if you sign up! (And we really promise, we don’t spam you).

To enter, simply sign up to our newsletter! Find the link to join plus the full comp details and T&Cs here: https://www.greengathering.org.uk/blog/win-a-ticket-to-green-gathering-2024

And don't forget to share and spread the word too! Good luck!

25/01/2024

Go Green Gathering!

WOW we've been nominated for a whole bunch of A Greener Future awards! Finalists are selected from all AGF certified Greener Events, Greener Festivals and Greener Arenas over the last year, with top scores across key sustainability criteria.

We're thrilled to say we're in the running for...

INTERNATIONAL GREENER FESTIVAL AWARD
CIRCULAR EVENT AWARD
COMMUNITY ACTION AWARD
GREENER CATERING AWARD
GREENER POWER AWARD
PIED PIPER AWARD (for Greener Communication)
WATER AND SANITATION AWARD

Winners will be announced soon at the end of February! Wish us luck 💚

📷 Clare Ferguson-Walker on stage in the Raconteur's Delight

04/01/2024

In addition to being an event planner, I also pursue my passion as a DJ. Here's my latest mix from a lively ecstatic dance session I hosted last Saturday, and to make it even more special, my teenage daughter joined me in mixing! You can find my DJ page over at Shazzle Dazzle 🤩

Positive, fun, flowing mix at Pendragon House by myself and my teenage daughter.