Glade 2009 dates and tickets

[baldmosher]

i hope the good names in electronic music keep coming to glade though.. not that i have anything against boutique festivals but in order to make the hassle of traveling from another country worth it i'd like to have some names attached to the festival

As much as I hate the term, I would say Glade started out as a "boutique" festival, by any common definition. It certainly was in 2004 and 2005, maybe in 2006, but IMO it only stopped being so temporarily because of the overcrowding and the rain in 2007, and the relative lack of fancy decorations in 2008. It was always their intention to return to form once they'd trialled a bigger setup. Glade's always been the epitome of how a boutique festival SHOULD be - polite but fun-loving crowds, not too busy, great décor and lots of random things to see and do, but above all, great music and a willingness to par-tay. I just hope the hippies don't stay away because I missed them this year.

Secret Garden Party is another good example of how I think a boutique festival should be (and arguably more so than Glade).

Commerce-fests like The Big Chill miss the point entirely and so attract people who don't get the point and just want to sit around in their flip flops whilst listening to some non-challenging music. That said, the point may have been deliberately missed to maximise profits, but that's just my assumption about TBC.

[xkejjer]

i came to the glade for the first timein 2005, and we came for the line up. That year had a brilliant line up.. squarepusher, aphex twin, carl craig, hawtin.. loads of good names.

[PaulX]

i came to the glade for the first timein 2005, and we came for the line up. That year had a brilliant line up.. squarepusher, aphex twin, carl craig, hawtin.. loads of good names.

Yeah, 2005 was my first Glade too. I hadn't even heard of most of the line-up at the time, I went for the vibe. There were quite a few people like me who didn't need "big names" to pull me there. But obviously people aren't all the same and some do need to have some big names up there.

Anyway, here's a bit more about 2009 that Ans has told me. It doesn't reveal very much at all, but at least gives you some idea of how they're thinking:

Anyway, as you know we can confirm that the Glade will be back again on July 16th-19th and everyone involved is excited and there is a general feeling that we really are going back to basics and the vibe of the original smaller festival. But with some key new things going down!

Glade will continue to be what we feel is a unique event combining the best in new electronic music with occasional classics from the past all presented in an environment that goes way beyond just sticking up a few venues in a field. We remain the same 4 partners who started the Glade back in 2004 and we feel as enthusiastic about the festival that we are planning for 2009 as we did about the first one. Obviously times have changed and realities need to be taken on board but we're sure that with the event next year is going to be epic...

I'm sure that you want to know more detail but right now we're going to keep our new ideas under our hats as we think that there's so much stuff that's going to excite people we'd rather release that information later...

[yohankiwi]

i hope the good names in electronic music keep coming to glade though.. not that i have anything against boutique festivals but in order to make the hassle of traveling from another country worth it i'd like to have some names attached to the festival

+1. Whilst I'm definately of the agreement of not having any more pendulum style commercial headliners, i have to say that the highlights of my last two years have been the big names/headliners (UNKLE, squarepusher, trentemoller, the orb, autechre etc).

Still I have faith in the organisers to pull off another stormer.

[xkejjer]

but, as i said before sperge, i will have to go through all the hassle of coming from another country, i would like to see some good electronica names, and whilst i'm there, be pleasantly surprised with others that i did not know until then, as is what always happens in festivals.

if you consider 2005 a boutique year, i'm all up for that. there was a great vibe (as usual) and a great great line up.

[kai]

Tbh I'm not fussed whether they pay out for big names as long as the quality is still there - the only thing I'm holding out for is making sure that their is still gonna be the Overkill, and to a lesser extent the Vapor stage and Bangface night, this year, before I book a ticket as these are what I go for. With all this talk of changes etc i just want that confirming before I commit myself - would be vexed to buy a ticket then find that all that I got was the stages I have little or no interest in!

[xkejjer]

yeah, especially with other very small festivals like bangface and bloc looming in the back (or is it fore) ground..

but this year i'm asking about line ups and shit like that only out of sheer curiosity as i'm going to the glade 1000 percent next year..

[PaulX]

but, as i said before sperge, i will have to go through all the hassle of coming from another country, i would like to see some good electronica names, and whilst i'm there, be pleasantly surprised with others that i did not know until then, as is what always happens in festivals.

if you consider 2005 a boutique year, i'm all up for that. there was a great vibe (as usual) and a great great line up.

Well, I had more discussions with Ans over the phone about other stuff. They are keeping a really tight lid on things this time round. I know a little more than I did, but not much, and I'm not even meant to let that on.

All I can do is refer you to things that have already been said, especially the movement away from big tents and towards more randomness. And it will absolutely not be like SGP.

In terms of any big headliners, well, I understand your need to know about that, but there's simply nothing to tell you at the moment nor is there likely to be for quite a while. Sorry.

[baldmosher]

All I can do is refer you to things that have already been said, especially the movement away from big tents and towards more randomness.

This *slightly* concerns me. I don't know if they could get away with smaller tents if they want to book the same grade of headliners that they've had in previous years.

Overkill came about I suspect mainly because the Little Big Tent in 05 simply wasn't big enough. I just about squeezed in at the back for Plaid at about 8pm, ffs, so god knows what it was like in there for the bigger names towards midnight (I think I only went in LBT twice the whole weekend). Afx at 9pm in 2005 filled the main tent almost to bursting. Surgeon at 5pm (?) didn't. I guess as long as there's one main stage for all the main acts it'll be ok and they can shift names around the other stages to suit. One criticism I noticed particularly this year was a lot of people cursing set clashes, especially last thing Sunday. (I was lucky and only had two clashes, but one was the closing set on Sunday and I still regret going to see The Orb rather than anyone else, I was quite disappointed with their set but stuck it out as I thought it would go somewhere. It didn't.) So if there will be fewer massive stages that could reduce the number of headliner clashes, as well as reducing the number of places from which massive amounts of sound will escape towards Aldermaston For example, I reckon Liquid could've been half its size for most of the weekend and nobody would have noticed.

[fletcher]

All good things must evolve and adapt.

With huge excitement the UK's leading electronic music festival is back in 2009 with loads of new concepts, ideas, music and art which is all sure to set a new standard.

And what's more the Glade is moving! It will be in a new and lovely rural part of England again and this will mean that the Glade be able to run the music louder and later... Watch this space.

The price is £125 (+booking fee). You can buy them now at that price or if you're a student we are offering for a limited time only tickets at £99 (+ booking fee) - See below for more info.

...And if you'd rather, you can pay a £50 deposit on a £125 ticket with the balance paid in March 2009. This deposit is for the £125 ticket only. ie you will be charged an extra £75 (+ £7 booking fee) per ticket. If you decide to cancel these tickets you will incur a charge of £10 per ticket but it does mean you can stagger your payment. This option is only available on a limited number of tickets.

So non tax-paying student scum get a decent discount on this years event, probably a good idea to boost ticket sales tbh, and timed nicely so that they can use their student loads to pay for it