It is one of the UKs premier underground festivals of music, creativity and sustainability, and one of the few genuinely 'green' events with a concentration on arts, music and culture.
Sunrise features a buzzing blend of cutting edge and contemporary culture, with a musical journey ranging through dub, world, ska, electronica, psy-trance, breaks, reggae, folk, Balkan beats and much much more…even old-time swing and a sprinkling of jazz!
4 days of magical sensory delight in the beautiful surrounds of Somerset's rolling green hills await you. SUNRISE is a celebration of human creativity and potential, featuring all manner of inspiring talks & workshops to facilitate the growth of strong, sustainable co-supportive communities.
15 Venues including several All New Venues and a Bigger and Better Dance Stage!
NEW Date + the chance to buy early and get an extra 5th night at festival!
NEW Small World Solar Stage
NEW Serenity Field with Solstice Stone Circle
NEW Street Performance Area
NEW Portal for the Immortal Visionary Art & Dance Dome
NEW Temple of Unity
And lots lots more…
Music 2012 – Confirmed So Far…
— SUNRISE CARNIVAL STAGE —
Another shake-up of last years Outdoor Stage, with live twisted circus tunes, electro, nu-folk and gypsy interspersed with wild and crazy circus performance from the Interstella Circus. As well as a mix of the old and new from our eclectic artist line-up, expect high wire bedevilry, bizarre dancers and extreme pyrotechnics.
Line-Up so far….
– THE IMAGINED VILLAGE
– SLAMBOREE
– THE EGG
– THE DESTROYERS
– SHEELANAGIG
– DRAGONSFLY
– THE CARNY VILLAINS
– PRONGHORN
– CELTECH
– 10 TON TONGUE
– WARSAW VILLAGE BAND
— CHAI WALLAHS —
Chai Wallahs once more host their buzzing venue with their unique ambience, positive vibes, happy shiny people and a sound system to blow your minds.
Line-Up so far…
– MUNGO’S HI FI Ft. SOOM T & MR WILLIAMZ
– JFB
– PAT DAM SMYTH
– PHILLIP HENRY AND HANNAH MARTIN
– RODNEY BRANIGAN
– GABBY YOUNG AND OTHER ANIMALS
– RACKABEAT & BARLOW
– YES SIR BOSS
– MANKALA
– ANDREA SOLAR
– WILL AND THE PEOPLE
– JOE DRISCOLL AND SEKOU
– AFRIQUOI
– RESONATORS
– URBAN FOLK QUARTET
– DIZRAELI AND THE SMALL GODS
– KING PORTER STOMP
– LOCAL POSSE
– DJ MONEYSHOT
– PARKER
– DJ CHEEBA
– LAID BLAK
– CODA
– COCO'S LOVERS
– ASBO DISCO
– ARIYA ASTROBEAT ARKESTRA
– CATE FERRIS
– JOHN FAIRHUST
— SUNRISE SOLAR DANCE STAGE —
The Sunrise Solar Dance Stage has been once more revamped to provide an even better sound and a better environment. This year's space will be twice the size of 2011s venue, including a new tent, a quality PA, top spec lighting, decor and visuals and a line-up to die dancing to…PLUS all run again on solar/wind energy thanks to Blue Solar.
This year the Dance stage is celebrating its most diverse range of quality, multi-genre artists to date. Hand-picked by Aliji the line-up is sparkling with dance-scene legends and upcoming stars. With the intention of reaching out to a wider audience, the top acts from an immense range of genres will be tearing up the dance tent at Sunrise this year.
We are proud to continue the innovation and experimentation begun in 2010 – Thanks to Opus Pocus, we will again be able to present you with crystal clear Opus sounds at Sunrise, all powered from solar energy!
Line-Up 2012 confirmed so far….
– GAUDI
– BENJI VAUGHAN (YOUNGER BROTHER / TWISTED)
– MASTER BLASTERS
– JOTI SIDHU
– LUCAS
– HEDFLUX
– MONK3YLOGIC
– SHANE GOBI
– PSYCHAOS
– TREVOR P
– LIQUID JAMES
– REGAN
– LIQUID ROSS
– POGO
– ANS
– NIK SEQUENCI
– OUTERLOPERZ
– HOPI
– HYPNOCOUSTICS
– AXIELES
– ALIJI
– JON BONGLY
– TOM FU
– SALLY
– SIMON BARING
– IPCRESS
– LLAMALEAF
– TASHA FOXTROT
– LURK
– NIMBUS
– NICK INTERCHILL
– DJ MOSES
– DANI
– ADDSIMEON
– CLIM8 SHIFT
– BANKS
– TOM REAL
With Awesome Opus Sound by Opus Pocus, powered by a bigger and better solar energy system!
Plus Awesome Lights, Visuals and Decor
— PUSSYFOOT —
Line-Up so far…
– DJ ME JULIE
– DJ GOODGROOVE
– THE DUCKWORTHS
– PLUCKY PERCEL
– THE MAD COWS
– RAE
– THE APPLE TREE BOYS
– R.S.V.P
+ GHETTO FUNK Djs:
– STICKYBUDS
– HONG KONG PING PONG
– DANCEFLOOR OUTLAWS
– GOODGROOVE
– WILL STREETWISE & LUKE STEREO
— SPIT N SAWDUST —
Line-Up so far…
– DUNCAN DISORDERLY AND THE SCALLYWAGS
– KANGAROO KYLIE BAND
– SUSANNA WATERS AND BAND
– THE LITTLE UNSAID
– BUFFALO GALS
– THE DRYSTONES
– CALICO JACK
– MAYA (FROM DRAGONFLY)
– WOD
– JOHN FAIRHUST
– STRING THING
– DAYGAN (FROM DRAGONFLY)
– GREEN ANGELS
– HATTIE HATSTAR
– 32 20's
– DORA DARLING (FROM FORCENRA)
– AVERAGE JOE
– MORAG OF THE MARSH
— BIMBLE INN —
Line-Up so far…
– THE MAD COWS
– THE AMIGOS
– LADY NADE & THE SILHOUETTES
– DJ BYRNE
– MOJO FILTER
– DEL SLOAN
– PILLARCAT
– LUCY AND THE SCAMPS
– DOMINIE ROSE
– KATE ROSE
– DJ JOHNNY FORTUNE (HMS SWEET CHARITY)
– DJ PAPA DEZ
– DJ REVEREND IKE
– THE DROP
– DJ PADDY McCOOL 5DEMI-GOD)
— TRIBAN —
Line-Up so far…
– BERT MILLER AND THE ANIMAL FOLK
– CAKEHOLE PRESELY
– THE ROVING CROWS
– MIXI BELL SALTER
– TOM VEK
– JULIET SALTER
– CATRIN O’NEIL
– NATHAN LEWIS WILLIAMS
— EARTHEART CHILL —
Line-Up so far…
– BANCO DE GAIA
– TERRA NINE
– ANTONIO TESTA
– NOVA
– DUB TEK
– TOULLICHE
– IRISHFAIRY
– NICK INTERCHILL
– ROBIN TRISKELE
– RED EARTH
– ON OM
– BEN CRYSTAL
– NAKED NICK
– MUDRA
– CHILLION
– SPINDRIFT
– BANKS
– NICK MANASSEH
– BOBBY GANDOLF
– DON JOHNSTON
– ENTHEOGENIC
– DON JOHNSTON
– TheBRSS (BRIDGEWATER REGGAE SOUNDSYSTEM)
– DJ TOFU
— PORTAL FOR THE IMMORTAL —
Line-Up so far…
– PRAN GOPAL
– RAVI KORA
– PAUL TERRELL
– MARKUS MANN
– AVALON ROOTS
– ALLEN MORGAN
– LUCIDIA
AND MANY MANY MORE TO COME
— TALKS 2012 —
Confirmed So Far…
— GREEN TALKS —
– Mark Boyles (The Moneyless Man/Freeconomy)
– Maddy Harland (Permaculture Magazine)
– Paul Capel (Cradle to Cradle)
– Tim ‘Mac’ McCartney (Embercombe Founder)
– Steph Hafferty (No-Dig Gardening)
– Mark Standeven
– Patrick Whitefield (UKs leading Permaculturalist),
– Ian Moore (The Intermensional Wizard – From Science to Soul)
– Dave Hamilton (Know your soil)
— CONSCIOUS FRONTIERS — (Within Green Talks)
– Satish Kumar (Resurgence/Schumacher College)
– Peter Owen Jones (BBCs Extreme Pilgrim/Around the World in 80 Faiths)
– Sheikh Ahmad Dede (Sufi Whirling Master)
– Leo Rutherford (UK Shamanism pioneer and author)
– Tim Wheater (Award-winning composer)
– Tim Freke (The Jesus Mysteries)
– Benny Wenda / The Lani Singers (West Papua Freedom Fighter
– Jamie Catto (One Giant Leap/Faithless)
— ANCIENT FUTURES —
– Dr David Luke (Breaking Convention / Ecology and Consiousness)
– Dr Ben Sessa (The History and Re-emergence of Psychedelics in Medicine)
– Jonathan Hobbs
– Andy Roberts
– Andy Letcher
– Tony Wright
— AVALON RISING —
– Andrew Gough (Mindscape Magazine)
– Jonathan Cainer (Astrological Insights of 2012)
– Maria Wheatley (Ancient Avebury Power Spots)
– Leo Rutherford (Shamanism)
– Hugh Newman (Mysteries of South America)
– Tim Freke (The Hermetica of Ancient Egypt)
– John Byde (Free Energy Technologies)
– Litmus A. Freeman (Lawful Rebelion Update)
– Stephen Sem Meakin (Sacred Geometry)
– Peter Taylor (Global Cooling)
– Mark Heley (2012, Solar Cycles, Consciousness & Revolution)
– Shaun Kirwan (Geomancy & Dowsing)
— TIN VILLAGE —
– Theo Simons (Seize the Day/Hinkley Point C Protest)
– Charlie Veitch (Love Police)
And many more to come…
