Uh Oh! No Sun at Sunrise

Wellies?! More like fishing waders

Tragedy struck this year’s Sunrise festival thanks to an extreme downpour of rain which left most of the festival space completely flooded. Having to close its doors to over six thousand festival goers on the opening day, the abysmal weather wasn’t the only sky looking grey. With a month’s worth of rain falling on the area in the short time before the event, thoughts turned to ones of irony as the UK’s leading independent green festival became living proof of the effects of climate change.

Katherine Ritchie, Sunrise spokesperson, commented: “After last summer’s freak weather and the start of this one following a similar pattern, even those people who took the view of; ‘at least we’d get nicer weather now that the planet was heating up’, are starting to realise exactly what climate change means for us all. Now is the time for everyone to start taking positive action in our own lives and helping get the information out to the wider population”.

All is not lost though, as iconic festival veterans Big Chill have come to the rescue armed with a field in Herefordshire. Big Chill – which takes place from 1st-3rd August – have allowed Sunrise to use one of their fields so that their festival can still take place (albeit on a smaller scale).

So, as they say, every cloud has a silver lining (and the one that hung over Sunrise was pretty damn big). Make sure you show your support for green living by going along to the Big Chill, 1st-3rd August, at Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire. You can pick up tickets here - see you there!