The Green Man Festival is an independent music, science and arts festival held annually in mid-August in the Brecon Beacons, Wales. Green Man has evolved into a 25,000 capacity week long event, showcasing predominantly live music (in particular alternative, indie, rock, folk, dance and Americana). The festival site is divided into 10 areas, hosting literature, film, comedy, science, theatre, wellness and family acts.
The festival has expanded into other ventures, including setting up a charitable wing called the Green Man Trust and launching its own beer range called Green Man Growler. Previous headliners have included Kraftwerk, Bicep, Laura Marling, Van Morrison, Michael Kiwanuka, PJ Harvey, Fontaines D.C, Devo, Fleet Foxes and First Aid Kit.
Awards and press
Renowned for its non-corporate, ethical approach, the Green Man Festival has won several awards including "Best Medium Sized Festival 2010", and "Grass Roots Festival 2012". In 2015, Green Man won "Best Festival" at the Live Music Business Awards. As Owner and Managing Director, Fiona Stewart received the Outstanding Achievement Award at the UK Festival Awards in 2013. It is the largest contemporary music and arts festival in Wales and has been given major event status by Welsh Government due to the festival's positive impact and wealth creation.
Green Man receives regular features and reviews in international, national and local press. It was previously awarded 5 star reviews by the Guardian, The Times, NME and iPaper. The Quietus stated that it "stakes its claim as one of Europe's very finest festivals", the Guardian wrote that the 2018 festival "proved again why Green Man is one of the UK's most beloved festivals" and Cosmopolitan stated that "Green Man is the most queer-friendly festival in the UK".
Line-ups The Green Man Festival line-ups have featured many notable bands over the years. (Click on "View Past Lineups")
2026 The 2026 festival took place at Glanusk Park from 20 to 23 August. Headliners included Wolf Alice, Shame and Four Tet.
2025 Notable acts included: Wet Leg, Underworld, TV on the Radio, CMAT, Beth Gibbons, Stewart Lee, Gruff Rhys, English Teacher, Cymande, Wunderhorse, John Grant, Perfume Genius, Kneecap
2024 Notable acts included: Big Thief, Sampha, Jon Hopkins, Sleaford Mods, Arlo Parks, Explosions In The Sky, Devendra Banhart, The Jesus & Mary Chain and Ezra Collective.
2023 Devo, First Aid Kit, Self Esteem, Spiritualized, Amyl & The Sniffers, Slowdive, Young Fathers, The Walkmen, Confidence Man, Goat, The Comet Is Coming, Squid, Lankum, Sudan Archives, Snail Mail, Jockstrap, Warmduscher, Gilla Band, Les Savy Fav, The Delgados, The Wedding Present, Beth Orton, Obongjayar, Billy Nomates, Bob Vylan, Daniel Avery, Dur-Dur Band, Courtney Marie Andrews, Buck Meek, James Holden, Sorry, PVA, Clipping, Girl Ray, Julie Byrne, Rozi Plain, Alabaster DePlume, Kanda Bongo Man, Special Interest, Gina Birch, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Anna B Savage, Cory Hanson, Etran De L'Air, The Orielles, Melin Melyn, The Bug Club, Josephine Foster, Christian Lee Hutson, Sarah Jarosz, Say She She, Marie Davidson, Arushi Jain, H. Hawkline, Crows, Water from Your Eyes, Floodlights, Thus Love, Alice Boman, Salami Rose Joe Louis, deathcrash, Yasmin Williams, Aoife Nessa Frances, Oscar Lang, Mega Bog, Gently Tender, Fat Dog, Hagop Tchaparian, The Gentle Good, Etta Marcus, Clara Mann, Cumgirl8, Freak Slug, Island of Love, Lady Maisery, The Last Dinner Party, Mary in the Junkyard, Seb Lowe
2022 Kraftwerk, Michael Kiwanuka, Beach House, Metronomy, Bicep, Parquet Courts, Kae Tempest, Cate Le Bon, Ty Segall & Freedom Band, Ezra Furman, Dry Cleaning, Tune-Yards, Yves Tumor, Black Country, New Road, Jenny Hval, Arab Strap, Valerie June, Alex G, Arooj Aftab, Viagra Boys, Mdou Moctar, Orchestra Baobab, The Murder Capital, Witch, Mary Lattimore, Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler, Willie J Healey, Frazey Ford, Torres, Donny Benét, BCUC, Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul, Nia Archives, Carwyn Ellis/Rio18 w/BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Ichiko Aoba, Sofia Kourtesis, Optimo (Espacio), Lone, Nathan Fake (live), Lice, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Scalping, Cassandra Jenkins, James Yorkston & Second Hand Orchestra, Katy J Pearson, John Francis Flynn, Pip Blom, Pictish Trail, Minyo Crusaders, Marisa Anderson & William Tyler, Modern Nature, Planningtorock, Balimaya Project, Prima Queen, Group Listening, Keeley Forsyth, Soccer96, Art School Girlfriend, Grove, Indigo De Souza, Gretel Hanlyn, Bess Atwell, Cola, Gotts Street Park, Ethan P. Flynn, Naima Bock, Annie Hart, Adwaith, Elanor Moss, Maria Somerville, Strawberry Guy, Katherine Priddy, Melin Melyn, Wunderhorse, The Umlauts, Keg, Honeyglaze, Maria BC, Rhodri Davies, Cerys Hafana, Blue Bendy, Deathcrash, English Teacher, Lime Garden, Tapir!, Tara Clerkin Trio
2021
Mogwai, Caribou, Fontaines D.C., Tirzah, Thundercat, Teenage Fanclub, Django Django, This Is The Kit, José González, Gruff Rhys, The Staves, Nadine Shah, Black Midi, Shame, Lump, Kokoroko, BC Camplight, Nubya Garcia, Self Esteem, Richard Dawson, Kelly Lee Owens, Ghost Poet, Greentea Peng, Georgia, Snapped Ankles, Goat Girl, Billie Marten, Erland Cooper, Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Gwenno, Vanishing Twin, Porridge Radio, Viagra Boys, Working Men's Club, Boy Azooga, Ross From Friends (live), The Orielles, Matt Maltese, Emma-Jean Thackray, Pictish Trail, The Surfing Magazines, Peggy Sue, Yazmin Lacey, Overmono, Los Bitchos, Big Joanie, Jockstrap, Crack Cloud, Giant Swan, DJ Rap, Stephen Fretwell, Hen Ogledd, Alabaster DePlume, Falle Nioke, Liz Lawrence, Wu-Lu, Katy J Pearson, Steam Down, PVA, Sinead O'Brien, Phoebe Green, NewDad, King Hannah, Hak Baker, H.Hawkline, Loraine James, Hannah Holland, Sarathy Korwar, Deep Throat Choir, Broadside Hacks, Fenne Lily, Ed Dowie, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard, Peaness, Home Counties, Yard Act, The Lounge Society, Wet Leg, Matilda Mann, Gwenifer Raymond, Studio Electrophonique, Tony Njoku, LYR, John, The Golden Dregs, Deliluh, The Cool Greenhouse, Speedboat, Blood Wizard, Bugs, Caroline, Do Nothing, Drug Store Romeos, Duski, Egyptian Blue, Iwan Rheon, The Goa Express, Gonhill, Hanya, Laundromat, Lazarus Kane, Martha Skye Murphy, Melin Melyn, Modern Woman, Nuha Ruby Ra, Panic Shack, Pet Deaths, Prima Queen, Roscoe Roscoe, Sister Wives, Teddy Hunter, Tina, Alfresco Disco, Art School Girlfriend DJ, Big Jeff, Birthday Club, Charlotte Church's Late Night Pop Dungeon, Deptford Northern Soul Club, Dutty Disco, Hot Singles Club
2019 A Certain Ratio, Adwaith, Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert, Aldous Harding, Alex Rex, Alfresco Disco, Amadou & Mariam, Anais Mitchell, Anna St Louis, Arlo Day, Art School Girlfriend, Audiobooks, Avi Buffalo, Beabadoobee, Bess Atwell, Big Thief, Bill Ryder-Jones, Black Country, New Road, Bodega, Bridget St John, Brigid Mae Power, Callum Easter, Car Seat Headrest, Chappaqua Wrestling, Chelou, Chloe Foy, Deptford Northern Soul Club, DJ Big Jeff, Dry Cleaning, Durand Jones & The Indications, Dutty Disco, Eels, Eitha Da, Ex:Re, Ezra Collective, Father John Misty, Fever Club, Four Tet, Foxwarren, George Ogilvie, Greg Wilson, Grimm Grimm, Gwenifer Raymond, Gwenno, Hand Habits, Heavenly Jukebox, Hen Ogledd, Idles, James Heath, James Yorkston, Jerry, Jesca Hoop, Jockstrap, Johanna Samuels, John Talabot, Julia Jacklin, Just Mustard, Khruangbin, Lamb, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Malena Zavala, Mama's Broke, Mapache, Maribou State, Marika Hackman, Meggie Brown, Modern Nature, Molly Payton, N0V3L, Nilüfer Yanya, Oscar Lang, Peaness, Penelope Isles, Pet Shimmers, Pictish Trail, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Porridge Radio, Pottery, Pozi, PVA, Richard Thompson, Rosehip Teahouse, Say Sue Me, Scalping, Self Esteem, Sharon van Etten, Shy FX, Skinny Pelembe, Snapped Ankles, Sons of Kemet, Spiritcake, Squid, Squirrel Flower, Stealing Sheep, Stella Donnelly, Stereolab, Steve Mason, Tamino, The Beths, The Big Moon, The Comet is Coming, The Growlers, The Intergalactic Republic of Kongo, The Liminanas, The Mauskovic Dance Band, These New Puritans, The Wedding Present, Tim Presley's White Fence, Tiny Ruins, TVAM, Villagers, Whitney, Willie J Healey, Wych Elm, Yak, Yo La Tengo
2018 Fenne Lily, The War on Drugs, Fleet Foxes, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Lemon Twigs, Teenage Fanclub, Anna Calvi, Dirty Projectors, The Wedding Present
2017 PJ Harvey, Ryan Adams, Future Islands, Kae Tempest, Angel Olsen, Thee Oh Sees, Saint Etienne, Sleaford Mods, Conor Oberst, Julia Jacklin, Ride, Pictish Trail and The Big Moon.
2016 Her’s, Belle and Sebastian, James Blake, Laura Marling, Wild Beasts, Warpaint, Grandaddy, Tindersticks, Julia Holter, White Denim, Battles, BC Camplight, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Floating Points, Ezra Furman, Michael Rother, Songhoy Blues, Jagwar Ma, Cate Le Bon, Fat White Family
2015 St Vincent, Super Furry Animals, Hot Chip, Leftfield, Slowdive, Goat, Father John Misty, Calexico, Television, Mew, Courtney Barnett, The Fall, Public Service Broadcasting, Temples, The Staves, Charles Bradley, Sun Ra Arkestra, Matthew E. White, Hunck, Beyond The Wizards Sleeve, The 2 Bears, Viet Cong, Dan Deacon, Waxahatchee, Hookworms, Marika Hackman, Emmy the Great
2014 Neutral Milk Hotel, Mercury Rev, Beirut, The Waterboys, Bill Callahan, Caribou, First Aid Kit, Slint, Nick Mulvey, The War on Drugs, Kurt Vile, Sharon Van Etten, Daughter, Poliça, Real Estate, Mac DeMarco, Panda Bear, Anna Calvi, Georgia Ruth, H. Hawkline, Sen Segur, Memory Clinic
2013 Kings of Convenience, Band of Horses, Ben Howard, Patti Smith, Fuck Buttons, Villagers, Swans, John Cale, Edwyn Collins, Stornoway, The Horrors, Midlake, Beak, Moon Duo, Parquet Courts, Phosphorescent, Jacco Gardner, Jon Hopkins, Sweet Baboo, Grass House, Roy Harper, Erol Alkan, Veronica Falls, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Local Natives, Low, Darkstar, British Sea Power, Intermission Project, First Aid Kit
2012 Mogwai, Feist, Van Morrison, The Tallest Man On Earth, The Walkmen, Yann Tiersen, The Felice Brothers, Tune-Yards, Jonathan Richman, Dexys, Michael Kiwanuka, Cate Le Bon
2011 Fleet Foxes, Explosions In The Sky, Iron and Wine, The Low Anthem, Noah & The Whale, James Blake, Bellowhead, Villagers, Laura Marling, Robyn Hitchcock, The 2 Bears, Andrew Weatherall
2010 Doves, The Flaming Lips, Joanna Newsom, Mumford & Sons, Beirut, Billy Bragg, The Unthanks, Tindersticks, Laura Marling, Darwin Deez, John Grant, Fionn Regan, Fuck Buttons, Wild Beasts, Girls, Johnny Flynn, These New Puritans, The Tallest Man on Earth, Summer Camp, Steve Mason, "Metronomy Presents"
2009 Animal Collective, Jarvis Cocker, Wilco, Bon Iver, Wooden Shjips, British Sea Power, Errors, Grizzly Bear, Peggy Sue, Erland & The Carnival, Andrew Bird, Trembling Bells, Dirty Three
2008 Spiritualized, Super Furry Animals, Pentangle, Richard Thompson, Iron & Wine, The National, Laura Marling, Radio Luxembourg
2007 Joanna Newsom, Robert Plant, Stephen Malkmus, Devendra Banhart, Bill Callahan, Vashti Bunyan, Stephen Duffy & The Lilac Time, Battles, Seasick Steve, Gruff Rhys, Vetiver, Tunng, Steve Adey, John Renbourn, The Aliens, The Earlies
2006 Donovan, Jose Gonzalez, Calexico, Bat for Lashes, Micah P. Hinson, Jack Rose, Adem, Marissa Nadler
2005 Incredible String Band, Bonnie Prince Billy, Joanna Newsom, Adem, Wizz Jones, Tunng
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