Green Man Festival founders announce new event, The Wake with headliner Gruff Rhys

08 March 2024, 13:09 | Written by Tyler Damara Kelly

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Jo Bartlett and Danny Hagan, founders of Green Man Festival, have announced a brand new event – The Wake – which takes place on 27 July in West Sussex.

“We have been looking for the perfect site where we can once again do what we love – sharing great music and great times. We have at last found it, near Billingshurst in Sussex. We are thrilled to host The Wake and over the moon that Gruff Rhys will headline the very first one," the organisers said.

In addition to Gruff Rhys, Domino’s One True Pairing (Tom Fleming from Wild Beasts), Bella Union artist Emma Tricca, with her echoes of 70’s acid folk rock, a very rare live appearance from Mat Flint (Heavenly Social, Revolver, Death In Vegas), psychedelic shoegaze act HOO (featuring Mojave 3’s Ian McCutcheon) and three piece pastoral folk collective Gymkhana (featuring Patch from The Sundays and Jason from Bennet) also join the line up. DJ sets so far confirmed are from Richard Norris (The Grid) and Billy Campbell (Names Records).

Tickets are now on sale and the first wave of acts joining @gruffingtonpost on 27 July have been announced via https://t.co/YKoUbGoeWr !@emmatricca @BigPotatoRecs @MrRichardNorris @matflint pic.twitter.com/MusUtPw5aV
— TheWake (@The_Wake_UK) March 8, 2024

The Wake takes place on Saturday 27 July 2024, and will be an intimate one day event featuring music, literature, street food and craft beer. Tickets are on sale now via thewake.uk.