Welcome to the Vale Earth Fair 2024
It's that time of year again where we all gather for our favourite weekend of the year!
There will be live music and DJs across our six stages from midday until midnight, featuring UK and Channel Island artists.
We are once again lucky enough to bring over some massive acts from overseas alongside incredible local talent. This year, we have not held back on bringing you a full day of music and arts with all six stages filled with talent, entertainment and the usual Vale Earth Fair ridiculousness.
Here's the full line-up in case you haven't already seen it:
Throughout the castle today, you will experience performances from every genre across our six stages put together by a hard-working group of dedicated volunteers. Some of the acts from today will be familiar but some will be new. We are sure you will find those you know and love as well as some new artists you will discover for the first time. Regardless of whether they are old or new favourites, you can guarantee that everyone has relentlessly rehearsed and poured hours of work into the performances you see today.
What's it all for?
The Vale Earth Fair is about community both locally and around the world, and this year’s event is no different. We support multiple charities with our events:
- The Linda Norgrove Foundation is a grant-giving trust that funds education, health and childcare for women and children affected by the war in Afghanistan.
- Safer are a locally-based charity who support all victims of domestic abuse
- Burma Campaign UK who work for human rights, democracy and development in Burma.
If you are keen to find out more about the Vale Earth Fair and the causes we support please visit us at the Festival Tent (situated by the exit to the Pixie Stage and the Bangorang Stage) where a wealth of information is available.
What is there to eat and drink?
Obviously, it’s imperative to keep yourselves watered and fed in order to party until midnight. Within the castle walls you will discover the finest and freshest vegetarian food available as well as two fully stocked bars. This includes Errol’s Bar on the ramparts – please head up there and spare a moment to remember one of the founders of this festival who sadly departed in 2019. Errol will always be an inspiration to those involved in making this festival happen.
Here's what you can expect to be keeping yourself hydrated throughout the day:
- On tap, we have local favourites Rocquette Cider and Breda Lager and in cans we have Moretti, Inch’s, Old Mout, Guinness and John Smith’s.
- For all you soft drink and non-alcoholic lovers we can offer you a big variety from KTea, John’s Green Tea and Kooky Lifestyle with some delicious options as well as our usual Karma Drinks selection and 0% Heineken.
- We have all the usual spirits you’d expect including vodka, JD, Morgan’s, gin, fireball and tequila rose.
- Finally we will also be selling our fair-trade wine as well as Prosecco and there will be some other ciders and a punch to try up at Errol’s Bar on the ramparts.
Keep the noise down when leaving :)
We make a lot of noise during the day, so please be considerate and respectful to the Vale Castle neighbours when you leave the festival. We want you to be safe so please make sure you have a way home, whether that’s cycling, walking home with friends or being picked up at midnight by your kind-hearted parents.
Big clean up
IMPORTANT NOTE: We must add that in order for The Vale Earth Fair to continue doing it’s thang it is vital that the castle and its surrounding area is kept completely free of litter so please use the recycling bins provided. This really helps the ‘BIG CLEAN UP’ operation in the days following the event. We are always happy to have more volunteers to assist with this undertaking.
So if you want to help and give back to this incredible event, simply turn up on Monday (or Tuesday, or Wednesday...) and make yourself known to put your time to good use.
Festival tent
Here you will also be able to chat to some of the bands after their performances and have the opportunity to purchase merchandise (purch the merch?). The Festival Tent functions as our event hub, so please reclaim/hand-in any lost property here. If you discover that you are missing any personal belongings in the days following the event we can be contacted via our Facebook page or email info@valeearthfair.org.
LOST CHILDREN
All lost children should please report to the Festival Tent, and if you are silly enough to lose your child, please report to the Festival Tent and if they haven't reported to us we'll do our best to find them for you.
Thank you...
A special thank you goes to all those lovely people that bought early tickets and made donations, and to Guernsey Arts, who continue to support all that we do, and finally a big thank you to all the artists who have performed at the fundraising events throughout the year.
Thank you for reading this message. All that remains for us to say is please be considerate to fellow revellers and make sure you have an AMAZING time.
Big Love,
The Vale Earth Fair Collective
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH!
