The Green Man Festival is a small alternative music festival started by folk act, It’s Jo and Danny.

The first event took place in 2003, at the Craig Y Nos Castle built by Madame Adelina Patti and moved in 2004 and 2005 to Baskerville Hall Hotel near Clyro (Wales). The last couple of years the green man has been hosted at Glanusk Park. Each year the event has grown in size. The Green Man Festival has been labelled a folk music festival but incorporates related styles of music too.

Creaturemag attended the Festival in 2007 and saw headline sets from Joanna Newsom, Robert plant and Stephen Malkamus. Creature’s highlights included Misty’s big adventure, John Smith and the Broken family band all of which can be found within Creaturemag’s 2007 festival edition.

Creature has been in attendance for the past two years, the atmosphere is relaxed, the music is good and the setting idyllic, we would wholeheartedly recommend this festival to any folk/alternative music fan. The organisers are proud that the event has retained its anti-corporate feel yet continues to thrive…

Creature managed to grab a minute of Jo’s time to ask a few questions about this lovely festival. Click here to read the interview which is accompanied by some artwork and poetry submissions on the Green Man theme.