Back in 2003, a small folk festival held at Craig-y-Nos Castle promised 12 hours of folktronica and more than 15 acts over two stages for just £12, fast forward to 2022 and the Green Man Festival is one of the UK's biggest independent festivals, attracting global headliners from Fontaines DC, Kraftwerk and Van Morrison and up-and-coming artists over 10 stages.
The festival is celebrating its 20th year in 2022 and after last year's post-Covid instalment, read more on that here, the Green Man is back to burn bright across this weekend, kicking off on August 18 until the 21st.
Festival director, Fiona Stewart took over Green Man after its 2005 edition and since its inception, it's given more than a quarter of a million people a great time and not only that, has started the Green Man Trust, a charity that's donated money to food banks, Ukrainian war relief and vulnerable people affected by Storm Dennis, amongst other things. She remembers the first lineup she put on back in 2006, when the headliners were Donovan and Jose Gonzalez.
