Two Thousand Trees Festival

2000trees festival is an independent music festival held from Wednesday to Sunday on the second week of July at Upcote Farm, Withington, near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire.[1] It offers a diverse selection of more than 120 acts across five stages, plus comedy, a large selection of food traders, themed bars and a headphone disco on the two main stages every night of the festival. It also won the Grass Roots Festival Award at the UK Festival Awards 2010, 2013 and 2017[2] and the Best Medium-Sized UK Festival in 2018.[3]

Two Thousand Trees Festival
Entrance to the 2008 festival
GenrePunk rock, alternative rock, electronic, comedy
Location(s)Upcote Farm, Withington
Years active2007–present
Websitewww.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk

2000trees was started by six friends in 2007.[4] The festival has performances across a number of stages which have evolved over the years, including: Main Stage, The Cave (second stage), The Axiom (formerly The Leaf Lounge), The Neu (formerly The Croft and The Greenhouse) plus a small acoustic stage in The Forest area.[5]

Past acts

2007

2008
Camp site at the 2008 festival

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018
  • And So I Watch You From Afar
  • Andy Merritt
  • Arcane Roots
  • Asylums
  • At the Drive-in
  • Avalanche Party
  • Bad Sign
  • Basement
  • Beans on Toast
  • Ben Marwood
  • Bitch Falcon
  • Black Foxxes
  • Black Futures
  • Black Honey
  • Black Peaks
  • Blood Command
  • Blood Red Shoes
  • Bloody Knees
  • Boston Manor
  • Brutus
  • Bryde
  • Caleb Harris
  • Chapter and Verse
  • Chloe Glover
  • Conjurer
  • Courage My Love
  • COVE
  • Crazy Arm
  • Creeper
  • Dave McPherson (INME)
  • Demob Happy
  • Dottie
  • Dream State
  • Dream Wife
  • Elijah Miller
  • Enter Shikari
  • Fangclub
  • Fatherson
  • Forever Cult
  • Frauds
  • Funeral Shakes
  • Gallops
  • Gender Roles
  • GFM
  • Gloo
  • Gold Key
  • GroundCulture
  • Grumble Bee
  • Haggard Cat
  • Hell is for Heroes
  • Hellions
  • Ho99o9
  • Holding Absence
  • Holiday Oscar
  • Hush Mozey
  • Imperial Leisure
  • InTechnicolour
  • Jack Louis Cooper
  • James Humphries
  • Jamie Lenman
  • Jonah Matranga
  • Jordan Grant
  • Karim
  • La Lune
  • Lady Bird
  • Louise Distras
  • Luke Marshall Black
  • Luke Rainsford
  • Luvia
  • Mallory Knox
  • Mantra
  • Marius Bear
  • Marmozets
  • Mauwe
  • Meat Wave
  • Moose Blood
  • Muskets
  • My Vitriol
  • Nelson Can
  • Nervus
  • No Violet
  • Nova Twins
  • Pace
  • Palm Reader
  • PD Liddle
  • Phoxjaw
  • PINS
  • Press to Meco
  • Queen Kwong
  • Raging Speedhorn
  • Reigning Days
  • Saint Leonard's Horses
  • Sean McGowan
  • Shvpes
  • Sick Joy
  • SikTh
  • Skinny Lister
  • Sløtface
  • Soeur
  • Sun Arcana
  • Swedish Death Candy
  • The Dirty Nil
  • The Kenneths
  • The Xcerts
  • Thrill Collins
  • Touche Amore
  • Turbowolf
  • Turnstile
  • Twin Atlantic
  • Undead Raisins
  • Vodun
  • Vukovi
  • We Were Promised Jetpacks
  • Will Varley
  • Woes

2019

2020

2000trees was cancelled due to COVID-19.[6]

2021

2000trees was cancelled for the second consecutive year due to complications relating to COVID-19, including international travel restrictions preventing acts from entering the United Kingdom, and the government not providing insurance to the live events industry in the event the festival would need to be cancelled.[7]

See also
  • List of indie rock festivals

References
  1. "2000trees 2021". Eventbrite. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. "UK Festival Awards 2010: winners in full". Virtual Festivals. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. "2018 WINNERS". UK Festival Awards. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  4. "ARCHIVE FOR 2013". Two Thousand Trees Festival. Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  5. "2000 Trees Music Festival". Bolt Hole Retreats. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  6. Peacock, Tim (29 April 2020). "NEWS: 2000 Trees Festival 2020 has been cancelled; tickets valid for 2021!". Dead Press. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  7. "2000trees Festival postponed to 2022 due to travel concerns and lack of COVID cancellation insurance". NME. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
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