Sunrise Celebration Festival 2012

Sunrisers, Sunrisers, Spring is in the air and sunrise 2012 is destined to be an epic gathering.

A tantalising taste of unique musical collaborations & twisted circus sounds; of foot stomping revellry and lyrical genius amidst hidden venues and thriving hives of inspiration and foolery! And of the other side of Sunrise – industrious craftsfolk, fringe thinkers, great wisdom teachers, sacred singers and illustrious visionary artists. A powerful and precious mix… a very very Sunrise mix… ‘Another World is Possible’.

Now in its 7th year, Sunrise is spread out across 6 arenas and 35 venues, which in their words, “All meld magically into a bliss-filled and truly sustainable – nay, Thriving – alternative reality, the best nights out you can imagine from Cocktail Lounges to Psy Trance stomping grounds and enough inspiration to carry you through the rest of the year!”

Headlining Sunrise 2012 is epic super group The Imagined Village, one of the most exciting and unusual collaborations of the last decade. The all-star lineup features Waterson Carthy legends Martin and his daughter Eliza Carthy; Simon Emmerson and Johnny Kalsi of Afro-Celt Soundsystem and Transglobal underground; and Andy Gangadeen and Simon Richmond of cult group The Bays plus Jackie Oates, winner of the BBC Folk Award for best newcomer.

Sunrise 2012 line-up so far:

THE IMAGINED VILLAGE / THE EGG / GAUDI / MUNGO’S HI FI Ft. SOOM T & MR WILLIAMZ / BENJI VAUGHAN (YOUNGER BROTHER / TWISTED) / MASTER BLASTERS / JOTI SIDHU / BANCO DE GAIA / THE DESTROYERS / SHEELANAGIG / PRONGHORN / SHANE GOBI / HEDFLUX / LUCAS / PSYCHAOS / SLAMBOREE / DRAGONSFLY / CARNY VILLAINS / GABBY YOUNG AND OTHER ANIMALS / DJ JFB / YES SIR BOSS / JOE DRISCOL AND SEKOU / GHETTO FUNK DJS: (STICKYBUDS / DANCEFLOOR OUTLAWS / HONG KONG PING PONG / DJ GOODGROOVE / WILL STREETWISE / LUKE STEREO)

MANKALA / PHILLIP HENRY AND HANNAH MARTIN / RODNEY BRANIGAN / MANASSEH / RACKABEAT & BARLOW / WILL AND THE PEOPLE / BANKS / LADY NADE & THE SILHOUETTES / CELTECH / 10 TON TONGUE /

TERRA NINE / ANTONIO TESTA / MONK3YLOGIC / TREVOR P / LIQUID JAMES / REGAN / LIQUID ROSS / POGO / ANS / NIK SEQUENCY / OUTERLOPERZ / HOPI / ALIJI / HYPNOCOUSTICS / AXIELES / JON BONGLY / TOM FU / SALLY / SIMON BARING / IPCRESS

WORDLY SAVAGES / BUFFALO GALS / KANGAROO KYLIE BAND / SUSANNA WATERS AND BAND / THE LITTLE UNSAID / THE DRYSTONES / CALICO JACK / MAYA / WOD / THE MAD COWS / THE AMIGOS / AVALON ROOTS / DJ BYRNE / MOJO FILTER / DEL SLOAN / PILLARCAT / DJ ME JULIE / THE DUCKWORTHS / PLUCKY PERCEL / THE MAD COWS / RAE / THE APPLE TREE BOYS / PAT DAM SMYTH / BERT MILLER AND THE ANIMAL FOLK / CAKEHOLE PRESLEY / THE ROVING CROWS / MIXI BELL SALTER / ANDREA SOLAR / TOM VECK / JULIET SALTER / CATRIN O’NEIL / NATHAN LEWIS WILLIAMS / DON JOHNSTON / PRAN GOPAL / RAVI KORA / PAUL TERRELL / MARKUS MANN / ALLEN MORGAN / LUCIDIA / LLAMALEAF / TASHA FOXTROT / LURK / NIMBUS / DJ MOSES / DANI / ADDSIMEON / NOVA / DUB TEK / TOULLICHE / IRISHFAIRY / NICK INTERCHILL / ROBIN TRISKELE / RED EARTH / ON OM / BEN CRYSTAL / NAKED NICK / MUDRA CHILLION / SPINDRIFT / BOBBY GANDOLF

With more to be announced…

What: Sunrise Celebration Festival 2012
When: 21-24 June 2012
Where: Bruton, Somerset
Price: £115
More Info: www.sunrisecelebration.com