Nozstock

Nominated for 5 UK Festival Awards in 2009 and 4 in '08, the original overgrown party in the garden, Nozstock Festival takes funseekers back to the grassroots of the summer festival experience. Set in the lush countryside of Herefordshire, and with eight stages set around the Orchard, Garden and Yard of a 17th century farm, nowhere could feel more like a home away from home....

With the pear tree covered Orchard at the centre of the site, this focal point merges frivolous shopping, cider drinking and sofa surfing. Party-goers this year will bounce to anthemic sounds from established rock outfits alongside a smooth brew of up and coming indie acts. Wending a way towards the tudor farmhouse, the Garden Stage serves up experimental sounds, punk funk whimsy, alongside iconic dance acts, who will be providing 2010's revellers with a lazer-frenzied dance-a-thon.

Converted barns vibrate with sub-thumpings from the skilled fingertips of masters of drum n bass and dubstep, while breaks and hard dance DJs silence those old enough to say raves arent like they used to be. Nozstocks newest addition with their virgin year in 2009, TRIBE OF FROG will be serving up a storm of neon-induced psytrance revellry down in the Coppice.

Thanks to its late license and homegrown venues, Nozstock gives its punters all the fun and frivolity of a true festival, without the corporate sheen.