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Small World*
Summer Festival 2024
Small World Summer Festival 22nd -26th Aug 2024
Five days of music, creative spirit & sustainable living. Powered by the sun. Intimate, intense, warm and colourful, the way festival goers love.
Small and safe so parents and children can relax and have fun. A sustainable community celebrating the sheer joy of creativity, trust and love.
An intoxicating blend of musicians, performers, artists, healers, craftspeople, colourful characters, jesters, magicians, families and party people.
Where Butterflies Find Their Wings – 100% Solar Powered
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Solar Powered Stages : Small World – Full Circle – Soundscape – Scallywags – Little Village – Shanty Jam – Flower Power
Acoustic Spaces : Tribal Voices – Taihg Foundation – Rainbow Circle – SAMS Jam – Peace Garden – Fairy Garden
Music – Wild and Wonderful Festival Flavours: Ska/Reggae/Hop – Balkan – Funk – Psychedelia – Swing – Gypsy Jazz – Celtic – African/World – Latin – Bluegrass – Alt Country
Soft & beautiful: Folk – Americana – Acoustic – Singer/Songwriter – Blues – Spoken Word – Walkabouts – Buskers – Campfire sessions – Cafe Jams
Kids; A wonderful kids area situated on the “village green” – Creative Play – Theatre – Music – Dress-up – Science Workshops – Arts and Craft – Parade – Kids Show
Healing: Thai Massage – Reiki – Reflexology – Aruveydic Massage – Aroma Therapy – Flower Remedies – Colour Therapy – Sound Healing – Shamanic Journeying
Workshops: Music – Dance – Sound – Craft – Renewable Energy – Sustainable Living – Permaculture – Healing – Yoga – Astronomy – Circus and Fire Skills
Teens : A space to chill with friends or get involved in what’s going on Circus skills leading to a fire show – Stage skills leading to stage performances
Food : Delicious vegetarian/vegan food, locally produced and organic wherever possible (bacon/egg/sausage sarnies etc are also available from the farmhouse stall). Hot drinks, fresh juices , freshly made cakes and snacks.
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Music ✸ Arts ✸ Kids ✸ Crafts ✸ Workshops ✸ Healing ✸ Speakers Forum ✸ Campaigns Space ✸ Sauna ✸ Hot Showers ✸ Fire Shows ✸ Circus Skills ✸ Cabaret ✸ Theatre ✸ Buskers ✸ Poetry ✸ Fire-Pit Sessions ✸ Walkabouts ✸ Games ✸ Dress-Ups ✸ Communal Fires ✸ Fairies ✸ Magicians ✸ Skill Sharing ✸ Site Shop ✸ Shuttle Bus ✸ Vegetarian/Vegan food (with the odd bacon sarnie and Sunday roast) ✸ Fair trade cafes ✸ Fully Streamed Re-cycling ✸ And about 5,000 years of experience within the crews
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What people say
Paula Berke: I’ve never been before… what’s it like.
Kara Richards: It’s the best festival I’ve been to in years, small, friendly and real.
Adam Bunting: Small World made me who I am today… So much magic there… Super excited for this year.
Gareth Jervis: me too, sold my house, chucked in job, bought boat and went off grid on an island in Norfolk. (….extreme…. but fair point)
Or maybe “…Unforgettable, overwhelming. Bless you ALL.” “…the most Amazing, Lovely, Musically rich and Happy experiences of my life”
Or more to the point:- Harvey Jacobs-Grant (9yrs): Better than my i-pad
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A massive thank you for the poster artwork by Matthew Glyn Williams aka Matthew One Man. With additional graphics by Harry Binstead
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