2009 Festival
The festival increased in size again and was headlined by Animal Collective on Friday, Jarvis Cocker on Saturday and Grammy award winners Wilco, also 2008's hottest success Bon Iver, as well as Wooden Shjips, British Sea Power, Errors, Grizzly Bear, Peggy Sue, Erland & The Carnival, Megson, Pivot, It's A Buffalo, She Keeps Bees, Golden Animals, 6 Day Riot, No Thee No Ess, Sound Carriers, and The Fuzzbirds. Other acts included: Andrew Bird, Trembling Bells, Dirty Three and Peter Broderick on the Bella Union night on Saturday in the Far Out Tent.They also announced the first of many new hidden surprises around the site including 'Einstein's Garden', which combines science, green issues and art in a fun and thought provoking way, Chai Wallahs containing an exciting line-up of dj's, an expanded the children's area with even more workshops, entertainment and great stuff to do. An 8 metre sculpture of the Green Man was set alight at the end of the festival, which created a wonderful finale and great spectacle to finish the celebrations for 2009.
2009 also saw the introduction of the festival's holiday ticket. This meant that fans could enjoy the local area during the week, as well as attend the festival at the weekend.
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