Artist/Event Name: The Big Chill
Venue: Eastnor Castle Deer Park
Time: 10:00
Date: 06/08/2009
Town/City: Eastnor
Country: UK
Postcode: HR81RL
Official Ticket Price: £4-£145
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The Big Chill @ Eastnor Castle Deer Park - Description
The Big Chill describe themselves as “More than just a Festival… a way of life” and their not wrong as they have a bar, and a record label under the Big Chill banner too these days.
However, I don’t think we could ever describe this year’s Big Chill Festival as “Just” a Festival – its got one of the hugest lineups imaginable. Please excuse the monster listation herein:
Aldo Vanucci, Alex Horne, Alice Russell, Alice Russell’s ‘Pot of Gold’, Alphabeat (DJ Set), Amadou & Mariam, Andrew Bird, Andy Askins, Annie Nightingale, Aoife Mannix, Apples and Snakes, Art Car Boot Fete at The Big Chill, Arthur Baker, Bam Bam Sound, Barry Castagnola, Basement Jaxx, Bass Clef (Live), Ben Mellor, Ben Norris, Benny Page, BiggaBush, Bonobo (Live), Boy Crisis, Breakage, Brian Appleton (AKA Graham Fellows), Brian Patten, Bristol Hi-Fi, feat. Daddy G, Mr Benn, Queen Bee & MC Souls Liberation, British Sea Power rescore Winged Migration and Man of Aran, Bullion & Paul White, Byron Vincent, Calexico, Charlie Dark, Charlie Jordan, Chinese Man, Chris Cunningham Live, Chrome Hoof, Congo Natty, Craig Campbell, Craig Charles, Dan Black, Dan Marshall, David Byrne, David Shrigley, DJ Derek, DJ DRM, DJ Format (DJ Set), DJ Guy C, DJ Sandrinho, DJ Toddla T & MC Serocee, Dom Servini, Don Letts Vs Jet Letts, Dub Syndicate, Dylan Moran, Edward II, EmilÃana Torrini, Emma McGordon, Emmy The Great, Erik Truffaz and Sly Johnson, Favela Chic, Fink, Floating Points, Friendly Fires, Futureboogie DJs, Futurecop!, Gablé, Gaz’s Rockin Blues, Gong, grasscut, Greg Wilson, Gruff Rhys, Helios, Henry Krokatsis ‘Helter-Skelter-Lighthouse’, Hexstatic, Horse Meat Disco, Hot Breath Karaoke, Hynotic Brass Ensemble, Ian Stone, In Flagranti, J-Star & MC Honey Brown, James Brown, James Yuill, Jan Blake, Jay Bernard, Jazzsteppa (Live), Jean Breeze, Jeremy O’Donnell, Joana & The Wolf, John Hegley, Jon Carter, Jon Holmes, Jonny Woo’s Variety Show, Joshua Idehen, Josie Long, Kathryn Williams, Keb Darge, Kim Hiorthøy, Kode9, Krafty Kuts & A.Skillz, Lamb, Last Mango In Paris, Lemn Sissay, Lewis Floyd Henry, Lindstrøm (Live), Ludovico Einaudi presents The White Tree, Magic Drum Orchestra, Magistrates, Malika Booker, Mama Tokus, Marina & The Diamonds, Mark Townsend Magic, Markus Birdman, Max Romeo, Metro Area, Michachu, Michael Barnes-Wynters/aka Barney, Mitch Benn, MJ Cole, Modeste Hugues, Moody Boyz, Movimientos Soundsystem, Mr Benn, Mr Scruff’s Tea Party, Mulatu & The Heliocentrics, Mungo’s Hifi, Music From The Penguin Cafe, NICE UP! Soundsystem, Noah and the Whale, Noel Fielding, NoFit State Circus & Caberet, Norman Jay, Octave One, Ollie Mealing, Open Dex 2009, Orbital, Oren Marshall, Parker AKA P Zilla, Perverse Universe – a Steampunk affair, Pete Fowler’s Cosmic Jamboree, Pete Lawrence, Pharoah Sanders, Pierre Hollins, Quantic and his Combo BÃ¥rbaro, Queen Bee, Ramadanman, Red Rack’em, Reggae Roast, Richie Phoe, Rob Deering, Robin Ince, Rodriguez, Rosemary Harris, Russell Howard, Salena Godden, Scamps Theatre’s Pinocchio, Sean Hughes, Shackleton (Live), Shreya Kumar’s Bollywood dance classes, Ska Cubano, Slam, Smooth & Turrell, Sneaky, Sofrito Combo feat. MC Kwasi, Spiritualized, Stephen Frost, Stephen Grant, Stephen Morrison and Alex Jenkins, Steve Barker, Steve Tasane, Subculture, Summer of Dub, Suns of Arqa, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Telepathé, Terry Saunders, The Black Cab Sessions, The Blank Canvas Project, The Dennis Bovell Dub Band, The Ex, GetAtchew Mekuria and guests, The Field, The Gist, The Heatwave, The Invisible, The Leisure Society, The Nextmen feat. MC Wrec, The Roundhouse Big Round Tent, The Simonsound, Tim Goldsworthy, Tim Minchin, Tim Sweeney, To Rococo Rot, Tom Brosseau, Tom Middleton’s One More Tune, Tomb Crew, Tongue Fu, Trevor Lock, Under Da POETree, Underbelly present, Ursula Rucker, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Wonky Pop, Words In Motion
If you can’t find someone in that list that you like, you probably don’t like much!
Anyway, tickets can be bought in a number of styles and in a number of manners, such as the following ways:
Adult: £145
Student: £110
JSA: £110
Teen (13 to 17): £60
Kid (under 12): £4
Sunday: £70
(All of the above include camping and are subject to a booking fee) – Kids and Teens must be accompanied by a full paying adult.
Live in vehicles cost £50 for the weekend.
Car parking is £7.50 in advance but WILL COST MORE ON THE DAY – so the advice is clear: order in advance!
Campsites are open from 10am on Thursday 6th August 2009.
You can buy tickets from Ticketline online, or by phone, or over the counter at The Big Chill Bar (off Brick Lane, London).
If you need any more details desperately, just ask away in the comments section below!
This post was submitted by Rob Scott.
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