The Glade History



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The Glade Area was spawned from the Avalon Field back in the late ’90s. The Avalon stage music was broadening from its pure English folk music. We mixed up traditional folk like the Peat Bog Faeries, Roy harper, John Martyn and the Martin Carthy, with Afro Celt Sound System, Ozric Tentacles, System Seven, Squarepusher and a whole raft of new roots music and psychedelia. As Toby Marks from Banco de Gaia said recently on BBC 6 Music “Avalon was the first area to recognise new electronic music and this is one of the first times that dance music had been given more space at the festival”.

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It was decided to start a new area further along the railway towards the Other Stage. Using the small triangle of poplar trees and mature woodland tucked below the embankment it was named The Glade.

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Since launching The Glade has become known as the destination for all those who love alternative underground dance music, leftfield and experimental sounds, dub, reggae and of course the occasional live band.

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Enjoy the photos (by Phaze Photography), thanks to all our 2016 artists and performers LISTED BELOW and thank you for being there!

We look forward to welcoming you home again in 2017.

Glade Crew x

A GUY CALLED GERALD
WILL WHITE
BE ONE
BILL BREWSTER
FUNKTION ONE EXPERIMENTAL SOUNDFIELD
DAVE SEAMAN
GET DOWN EDITS
RONI SIZE FULL CYCLE
DRUMSOUND & BASSLINE SMITH HOSTED BY YOUNGMAN
NORTH BASE
FRED V & GRAFIX
EXAMPLE & DJ WIRE
DUB PISTOLS
DON LETTS
GENTLEMANS DUB CLUB
ALEXIS TAYLOR
DANNY HOWELLS
CARL COX
VESSELS
BRAIDS
OZRIC TENTACLES
HYPNOCOUSTICS
SIMON SHACKLETON
TRISTAN
PLAID
DUBFIRE
HENRY SAIZ
STEREO MC’S
DREADZONE
STANTON WARRIORS
SONA JOBARTEH
CASSETTEBOY & DJ RUBBISH
TOURETTESHERO & CAPT HOTKNIVES
DAVOS
YOUTH
BEN CODA
TONGUE AND GROOVE
NANOPLEX
DJ JOSKO
ALIJI
MARV BROOKES
UONE
TOM REAL
AIDAN DOHERTY
AUDLEY
TO THE LAZERCAVE DJS
SLUGRAVE
CHRIS HYBRID
K.B.S
DROPSTEADY FREDDY
JFB
SPACE TRIBE
TRISTAN
LUCAS
LIQUID ROSS
BAYAWAKA
LAURA JONES
RALPH LAWSON
DAVE BEER
JAMES HOLROYD
CARL LOBEN
WONKA VISION
FREEAR
LOST IN MUSIC
PARANOID LONDON
SOLARDO
GUY HORNSBY
QUIVVER
EMILY DUST
A MAN BARELY ALIVE
JOE MUGGS
BAZIL
BEAR TWISTS
X-RAY TED
SPINFORTH
WAGGLES BEATS
GLASTONBURY FILM CHALLENGE
ADAM F
DC BREAKS
DJ PROPHECY & IKKEE B
FRANKLIN
DJ CHAMBER
MINI DA MINX
ENGINE-EARZ
BEN & LEX
BARRY ASHWORTH
FERAL IS KINKY
LUKE STEREO
MORTON MIXARD
RICHY AHMED
PATRICK TOPPING
HYBRID
COUSN
MARTEN HØRGER
MAFIA KISS
FREERANGE DJS
ENSISION
OLD MAN CORNER
NICK TURNER
ALABAMA 3
SOUL STEW
GRINGO SKA
JUST A COUPLE OF MUMS
CAPTAIN CACTUS AND THE SCREAMING HARLOTS
HOUSE IF YOGA
MUTANTA
BACK BEFORE BREAKFAST
COUNT BASSY
DJ PONY
KANGAROO MOON
MR G
CHARITY SHOP SOUND SYSTEM
MR PINKS
REZALOOT
HARRI PEPPER
MR LEXICON
MIK ARTISTIK’S EGO TRIP
RIMSKI PIANO

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