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Promoters behind iconic Welsh music festival pull this year’s event

Escape Festival 2023 (Credit: Escape Records) It’s the trailblazing festival with a storied past that can be traced back to the ’90s. Escape into the Park launched in July 1995 bringing some of the biggest names in dance music to Singleton Park in Swansea. It has since appeared in many forms over the decades and was resurrected as Escape Festival in 2021 after a nine year hiatus. The festival was […]

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Welsh government’s humiliation after spending millions on a farm for music festival – that | Politics | News

Welsh Government has been accused of spending a whooping £4.25million to buy a farm site for a popular music festival before much of it was declared out of bounds due to nesting ospreys, it has been reported.In 2022, the Welsh Government funded Gilestone Farm in Powys to serve as a permanent base and auxiliary site for the Green Man festival due to financial constraints faced by the organisers.However, last year, […]

todayFebruary 1, 2024 3

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Welsh Labour government under fire after £4.25million plan to host Green Man music festival on a farm it bought  is scuppered by a pair of nesting ospreys

By David Wilcock, Deputy Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 10:06 EST, 29 January 2024 | Updated: 10:08 EST, 29 January 2024 Labour ministers in Wales sparked fury today after it was revealed they spent £4.25million of taxpayers' money on a farm to play host to a music festival, only for the plan to be scuppered by a pair of ospreys.The Welsh Government shelled out for Gilestone Farm in Powys in 2022 […]

todayJanuary 29, 2024 1

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Welsh composer selected to represent Wales at prestigious international music festival

Nathan James Dearden A Welsh composer will represent Wales at an international festival described as the ‘Olympics of contemporary music’ in December. Nathan James Dearden, a young composer from Tonyrefail, Rhondda Cynon Taff, has been selected for his choral work ‘i breathe’ which was originally commissioned and performed by the National Youth Choir of Great Britain. The work will be performed at the  International Society for Contemporary Music’s World Music […]

todayNovember 11, 2023

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