Isle of Wight Festival

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Festival Story:

The Isle of Wight Festival 2009 will be the eighth festival since its reincarnation in 2002. Over the last few years The Who, David Bowie, Foo Fighters, REM, Coldplay, Amy Winehouse, Snow Patrol, Muse and The Rolling Stones amongst many others, have taken to the stage in what has fast become one of the hottest festivals in the UK. In the late 1960’s, the Isle of Wight Festivals were a series of legendary events featuring Bob Dylan, The Who, The Doors, Joni Mitchell. Jefferson Airplane culminating in 1970 with 600,000 hippies descending on the island to see Jimi Hendrix perform his penultimate concert. As documented in the film ‘Message to Love’ and celebrated in songs such as Oasis ‘F***ing in the Bushes’, the event has played a major part in shaping music festivals we know today and was the European answer to Woodstock.

Festival Events:

Confirmed artists 2010:

• Jay-Z
• the Strokes
• Pink

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Articles and Reviews:

• Festival’s heart of gold, Ross Findon (Isle of Wight County Press, March 5, 2009)
  http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/festivals-heart-of-gold-24895.aspx

Practical Info:

Venue:

• Seaclose Park
  Newport, Isle of Wight

Ticket Outlets 2009:

• Tickets go on general sale via the following outlets—
  
  • Ticketzone
    Phone: 08705 321 321
    Online: http://www.ticketzone.co.uk
  • Wightlink
    Phone: 0870 582 7744
    Online: http://www.wightlink.co.uk
  • Red Funnel Phone: 0871 222 1010
    Online: http://www.redfunnel.co.uk

FINAL WINNERS: THE GREENER FESTIVAL AWARD 2009:

• The organisers of the Award, campaign and advice group AGreenerFestival.com said that they were particularly pleased with the number of outstanding festivals in 2009 with twelve festivals being awarded very high marks. The Award is based on a 56 part questionnaire which covers office management, greenhouse gas emissions, supporting green initiatives, travel and transport, waste and recycling, water management, environmental protection and noise reduction and almost all the festivals will receive a visit from an independent auditor to assess their green efforts. http://agreenerFestival.com
  
  • All winning Festivals will receive a special trophy designed by competition winner Sade Goddard from Keswick School in Cumbria whose winning design features a Red Kite motif and is made from recycled plastic bottles, crushed CDs and remoulded Wellington boots.
  • The winner of the overall Greener Festival Award 2009 will be announced at the UK Festival Awards which will be held at the O2 Arena in London on November 19th 2009. The following winners are…
• OUTSTANDING GREENER FESTIVALS
  
  • BONNAROO (USA)
  • BIG TENT (Scotland)
  • BLUESFEST (Australia)
  • CROISSANT NEUF (England)
  • ELOICA (Spain)
  • ISLE OF WIGHT (England)
  • PEATS RIDGE (Aus)
  • ROTHBURY (USA)
  • SOUTHBOUND (Australia)
  • SUNRISE (England)
  • WAVEFORM (England)
  • WORKHOUSE (Wales)
• THE GREENER FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS
  
  • BESTIVAL
  • BIG SESSION (England)
  • CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL (England)
  • CAMP BESTIVAL (England)
  • THE CITY OF LONDON FESTIVAL
  • THE FALLS FESTIVAL (Australia)
  • GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL (England)
  • FIREGATHERING (England)
  • MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL (England)
  • OYA FESTIVALEN (Norway)
  • ROTOTOM SUNSPLASH (Italy)
  • SONISPHERE (England)
  • SUMMER SUNDAE WEEKENDER (England)
  • SZEGED (Hungary)
  • T-IN-THE-PARK (Scotland)
  • WEST BEACH (USA)
  • WOMADelaide (Australia)
• IMPROVING GREENER FESTIVALS
  
  • ATLANTA JAZZ FESTIVAL (USA)
  • BIG CHILL (England)
  • DOWNLOAD (England)
  • THE GLADE (England)
  • HYDE PARK CALLING (England)
  • STANDON CALLING (England)
  • WIRELESS (England)
  • Y-NOT (England)

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