| Ask someone on the street to name a UK music | | | | Taking place from August 20-22, this year's Green |
| festival and the chances are they'll say Glastonbury, | | | | Man offers an impressively eclectic array of acts, |
| the V Festival or the Reading/Leeds Festival. There | | | | meaning there will truly be something for everyone. |
| are, however, a number of lesser known, | | | | One of the real highlights, though, will be Saturday's |
| independent UK festivals that offer fantastic | | | | Main Stage headline set from The Flaming Lips. |
| alternatives to the established giants - with The | | | | Formed in 1983, the alternative rock outfit always |
| Green Man Festival perhaps being the best of the lot. | | | | offer great value -- not only in the form of their |
| Established in 2003, Green Man started out as an | | | | excellent music, but also via their spectacular and |
| intimate one-day event with a capacity of just 300. | | | | often surreal stage show. Don't be surprised to see |
| Held in the grounds of Craig-y-Nos Castle in the upper | | | | lead singer Wayne Coyne crowd surf in a giant |
| Swansea Valley, the festival was a success, | | | | inflatable hamster ball - and that's likely to be one of |
| prompting expansion the following year. By moving to | | | | the least weird things going on! |
| Baskerville Hall Hotel near Hay-on-Wye, the Green | | | | The appearance of the majestic Joanna Newsom on |
| Man Festival was able to host 1,000 people over two | | | | Sunday will surely also be a moment to remember. |
| days in 2004 and 2,000 over three days in 2005. | | | | Newsom's act is something you truly have to |
| Now well-established as the hot up-and-coming event | | | | experience to believe; with a magical voice and |
| on the festival circuit, Green Man moved to Glanusk | | | | incredible harp playing skills, she's one of the most |
| Park in Crickhowell in 2006 and has gone from | | | | talented musicians of modern times. Newsom will be |
| strength to strength ever since. This year, 10,000 | | | | playing a selection of tracks from her recent triple |
| eager music lovers will pack their tents and sleeping | | | | album release, Have One On Me, as well as some of |
| bags and head to Wales to attend the festival that | | | | her older favourites. |
| those in the know rate as up there with the very | | | | Going camping? Look into a quality tent before you |
| best. | | | | go. |