CROISSANT NEUF FIELD 2024
Keeping true to our ethos of a sustainable live and future you can indulge in a plethora of off-grid Solar Powered music and engage in a variety of stalls and exhibits all dedicated to our core cause, The Environment, Climate Change and Community with a shared love of our planet.
This year we welcome for the first time to our field, Dougal and Tess Stewart of Living Resource with their Solar Fire Engine and Solar panel arrays providing our off-grid power in collaboration with long standing pioneers Andy Hope, joint co-founder of Croissant Neuf and Steve Wade of Wind & Sun from Leominster – come and chat to our experts on their custom built stand.
Not only does the PA and lighting in our venue run completely off-grid, but also our backstage production office, Communications and site lighting, proving that that all you need for a good time is a field, a tent and a bit of sunshine.
However, our battery storage supplies an ever flowing torrent of musical immersion, even if the sun doesn’t shine – The music never stops!
Croissant Neuf Venue
Thursday evening to Sunday night
Croissant Neuf, within our modest ‘little’ Big Top, prides itself upon hosting some of the music industry’s best and upcoming newly founded gems, being a platform and major stepping stone to becoming magnificent shining stars……….Ed Sheeran being one of them! With a wealth of fabulous local bands, some from Bristol, we also have an eclectic mix of genres from all over Britain and the world.
Our Bandstand
Wednesday noon to Sunday evening
Powered by Wind & Sun and run by Brighton based college of Music, WaterBear, student PA team.
Between 12.00 noon and 16.00 each day is dedicated to new talented WaterBear music students selection taken from Brighton, London and countrywide. The rest of the afternoon and evening hosts a quality mix of all sorts local and beyond and offers some open mic slots to musicians already on site.
A great place to rest, relax and soak up the music before all the main stages kick off on Friday.
Around the Field
Inspirational Eco displays, a colourful cornucopia of interactive stalls and an unbreakable dedicated community within our long established field.
Ecomotive and the SNUG from Bristol offer creative solutions for building the places we live for a better planet.
Many of is are struggling to find an affordable home, let alone ecologically sustainable or connected with community. Here, our interactive Self Build and Collective Housing exhibition. With our knowledgable team and incredible array of ideas, will inspire you navigate through the options to discover the best route to create your home, your way.
Whether you want to live in a community focused way, or simply want to build your own tiny eco-home, pop in for an inspirational boost to your day.
Solar Sense, from Bristol, return with their popular Chill and Charge for Charity Solar Tree. A calm and green space to rest whilst charging your phone from the stored solar energy and the option to discuss Solar projects with the on site expertise team.
Rockaway Park’s ‘The Chapel of Unrest’
Nestled in an unnatural beauty of Rockaway Park at Temple Cloud, The Chapel of Unrest is a crowdfunded monument to ‘Our People’ and the threatened act of protest. Designed, built and funded by misfits, visionaries, artists, creative and radical thinkers.
Here at Croissant Neuf is a model representation of the Chapel as an art gallery, with information on Rockaway Park and an option to become a member!
Seed Sistas
Herbal Evolutions Cultivating Change
A fine welcome back to the Seed Sistas, teachers and entertainers, opening eyes and minds to the magic and medicine of the Hedgerow.
English Garden Art
Operated by James Golding from Taunton, renowned in the Croissant Neuf Field for its creations made from Giant Redwood, including a colossal table and throne seats and giant mushrooms. Having collaborated with Croissant Neuf for so long they are now definitely part of the furniture!
Shemanic Art Caravan
is just by the entrance of Flags and Fauna, showing a complete art exhibition on the caravan itself taking you through decades of musicians, politics and recycling.
Next door to Croissant Neuf venue is Fat Belly’s Cafe, from Bridport, bringing you delightful and delicious platters of locally sourced and organic food nurturing your body and soul whilst tasting so dam good.
Outside, eat or just sit, and enjoy the ambience of our field at our table and benches built from recycled scaffold planks by TT Woodwork of Devon, and the amazing Solar Canopy of Wind & Sun or thatched top seats from Master Thatching Co of Oxford.
All our seating areas, entrance and pond area are engulfed by majestic date palms and plants and fauna of all sizes graced to us by Hillview Nursery from Honiton.
You cannot moss the Giant inflatable Tentacles from Design In Air of Bristol, waving majestically to you, enticing you to the venue, whilst showing what else can be run entirely from Solar Power.
We look forward to seeing you in our beautiful, organic and sustainable area, created by Sally Howell of Selene Events and a wealth of talented and dedicated people, many local, pulling all resources together to make a community based oasis amongst the mesmerising musical madness of what is our Glastonbury festival…
See you there XX