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Festivals | Climate breakdown cancelled festivals across France: Guernsey's Vale Earth Fair held indoors for the first time in 50 years
213 outdoor music events were cancelled this summer in France
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The local event with a global conscience: Vale Earth Fair 50th anniversary special
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VEF 50: "They have been sitting in the dark for 50 years" photographs of the first Earth Fairs, unearthed down under.
"All those faces..."
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VEF 50: Colette, "one of the best singers to ever grace these portals" on returning to the Castle Stage
Colette Esteves, one of Guernsey's "most accomplished and talented acoustic performers," returns to the castle in a showcase honouring the folk tradition of the early festivals. An islander who took her guitar sailing around the world, she has played in France, Spain, Portugal and the Azores.
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VEF 50: "The castle in the distance, and just that feeling at that age, what a massive gig!"
Guernsey's musicians look back at their first Earth Fairs.
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VEF 50: 'I discovered the joy of how anarchy works organically' Guernsey's first Vale Earth Fair – as told by those who made it happen
Part I: "We reckon 2,000 people turned up. It was huge."
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VEF 50: 'Whole Lotta Love' The Dynamics, soul reggae funk musicians from Lyon, headline Castle Stage, with a sunset gig in St Malo on the way.
Celebrating half-a-century of concerts in a castle, and 20 years of the Vale Earth Fair inviting bands from the closest land, The Dynamics play at St Malo's sunset spot, Au Bains des Dames beach café, on their way to Guernsey, on 29th August.
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VEF 50: "We didn't even think about toilets!" volunteers at the earliest festivals look back.
Part II: Stories from original collective members continued.
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VEF 50: "Between sets one could feel the expectancy" the 1976 festival review by Errol Groves
An army of part-time roadies, an old Charlie Chaplin & cowboy movie playing as a backdrop and the people sent still dancing out into the warm summer night. The First Annual Festival Of Folk Country & Rock Music, as reviewed in 1976 by the late Errol Groves. After an
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VEF 50: "No corporate sponsorship, just passionate people" – the enduring DIY spirit of Earth Fair
"It became really apparent to me that you can't just be passive."