THE PROGRAMME
Tap the day to see what’s on at Camp Good Life.
Almost everything is included in your ticket price, unless otherwise stated below.
Sign-up for paid-for workshops, tastings and firewalking at the festival shop.
Timings are subject to change.
MAIN STAGE
Old Castle Fire Ceremony Announcement
5PM
Cerys Hafana
6PM
Molly Linen
7:15PM
Fran Lobo
8:30PM
Laura Groves
10PM
Pete Fowler (DJ)
11PM
THE PITCH STAGE
Michael Malay & Luke Thompson: Eels
3PM
Zaffar Kunial: Poetry
4PM
Peter Riley in coversation with Ali Millar: Strandings, Confessions of a whale scavenger
4:45PM
CAMPFIRE COOKING
Lamb loin fillets with charred chilli ajvar and miso butter.
Ixta Belfrage
3:30PM
Lamb loin fillets with charred chilli ajvar and miso butter.
Satay Shiitake mushrooms skewers, Kohl Rabi ‘ceviche’ orange and fennel, Confit tomatoes, herb salsa and charred onions, Grilled leeks, warm tartare sauce and herbs, Jerk grilled carrots with apricot ketchup.
Rob Howell
5PM
Satay Shiitake mushrooms skewers, Kohl Rabi ‘ceviche’ orange and fennel, Confit tomatoes, herb salsa and charred onions, Grilled leeks, warm tartare sauce and herbs, Jerk grilled carrots with apricot ketchup.
FEAST IN THE WALLED GARDEN
£45
The Ethicurean
7:30PM
£45
THE TEAHOUSE
Richard King: Reasons to be Cheerful
3PM
Cocktail Shake Off with Black Lines
4PM - 5PM
WORKSHOPS
Jealous Gallery: Live Screenprinting, Exhibition and Camp Good Life Posters
2PM - 6PM
Steve Chapman: Artist in Residence
Drop-in pop-up sessions
Talks and Tastings with Gimlet Bar
3PM - 5PM
Sign Writing with Signs by Umberto
3PM - 5PM
THE LAKE
Wild Swimming
2PM - 3PM & 5PM - 6PM
Stand Up Paddleboarding
3PM - 5PM
THE TEMPLE OF PEACE
Open to visit
3PM - 5PM
CHILDREN'S CAMPFIRE
Go Wild Go West
2:30PM
Sports Day
3:30PM
S'mores, Hot Chocolate & Bedtime Stories
5PM - 7PM
MAIN STAGE
Roy Wilkinson in conversation with Rupert Callender
10AM
Richard King in conversation with Darren Chetty: Brittle with Relics
11:30AM
Band Pres Llareggub
1PM
Jude Rogers in conversation with Emma Warren: The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives
2:45PM
The Stone Club (plus special guest Rhys Mwyn)
4PM
Firelighting ceremony
5PM
Cherry Ghost
6:15PM
H. Hawkline
7:30PM
MADMADMAD
8:45PM
OneDa
10:15PM
Kath McDermott (DJ)
11PM
THE PITCH STAGE
Pete Fowler's Mask Making Workshop
10AM - 1PM
Ali Millar: The Last Days
1:45PM
Luke Thompson: Poetry
3:45PM
Welsh (plural): Essays on the Future of Wales with Darren Chetty, Cerys Hafana, Grug Muse & Andy Welch
5PM
CAMPFIRE COOKING
"My dad’s spatchcocked chicken and my brother’s salad."
Olia Hercules
11:30AM
"My dad’s spatchcocked chicken and my brother’s salad."
Flatbreads with clay baked garlic, fennel seed and chilli sausage, goat’s cheese, tomatoes and parsley.
Gill Meller
1PM
Flatbreads with clay baked garlic, fennel seed and chilli sausage, goat’s cheese, tomatoes and parsley.
Potato and coriander flatbreads with charred hispi cabbage salad and fireside dressing. Fire-baked apples with fennel and rosemary, served with mascarpone and a nut crumble.
Flora Shedden
2:30PM
Potato and coriander flatbreads with charred hispi cabbage salad and fireside dressing. Fire-baked apples with fennel and rosemary, served with mascarpone and a nut crumble.
Cook Emily Scott's Cornish bouillabaisse and saffron aioli. Blackberry and peach crisp with clotted cream.
Adam Williams & Xanthe Gladstone
6PM
Cook Emily Scott's Cornish bouillabaisse and saffron aioli. Blackberry and peach crisp with clotted cream.
FIREWALKING
£18
On the cricket pitch
2PM
£18
FEAST IN THE WALLED GARDEN
£45
Damian Clisby & Xanthe Gladstone
12PM
£45
£45
Joe Woodhouse
7:30PM
£45
THE TEAHOUSE
Just Add Water by Kristian Coburn: Film Screening
12:30PM
Cyanotypes: Cameraless photography (sun prints) with The Turgels
1PM
Meredith Bowles: Building for a Good Life
1:30PM
Christobel Kent & Jill Dawson interviewed by Mark Shayler: Reasons to be Cheerful
2:30PM
Cocktail Shake Off with Black Lines
4PM - 5PM
WORKSHOPS
Jealous Gallery: Live Screenprinting, Exhibition and Camp Good Life Posters
10AM - 6PM
Steve Chapman: Artist in Residence
Drop-in pop-up sessions
Small charge
Spoon Whittling with David White
10AM - 12PM
Small charge
Raw Clay Ceremony with Katalina Caliendo
10AM - 11.30AM
Conversations with Clay with Katalina Caliendo
11.30AM - 12.15PM & 12.30PM - 1.15PM
Talks and Tastings with Wye Valley Meadery
12.30PM & 1.30PM
Rubber Stamp Making with Laurie Avon
2PM - 6PM
£5
Natural Wine Tasting with Thirst Wines
3PM & 4PM
£5
THE LAKE
Stand Up Paddleboarding
10AM - 12PM & 2PM - 4PM
Wild Swimming
12PM - 2PM & 4PM - 6PM
THE TEMPLE OF PEACE
Open to visit
11AM - 1PM & 3PM - 5PM
CHILDREN'S CAMPFIRE
Go Wild Go West
9:30AM
Yoga
10AM
Nature Makers & Young Pizza Makers
11AM
Choose Your Own Adventune
2PM
Sports Day
3:30PM
S'mores, Hot Chocolate & Bedtime Stories
5PM - 7PM
MAIN STAGE
Amy Liptrot in conversation with Ali Millar
11AM
Bob Stanley in conversation with Emma Warren: Let's do it! The Birth of Pop
12:30PM
Cerys Hafana
2:15PM
Group Listening
3:15PM
Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band
4:30PM
THE PITCH STAGE
Helen Mort & Anna Fleming: Talking Rock Climbing
10AM
Alys Fowler, Jess McKinney & Helen Mort: Poetry
1:15PM
CAMPFIRE COOKING
Scrambled eggs, fried mushrooms, 'huge' baked beans and ‘zero-waste’ hash
Tom Hunt
10:30AM
Scrambled eggs, fried mushrooms, 'huge' baked beans and ‘zero-waste’ hash
Salt-aged New Forest pork and fire-roasted greens from Hawarden Estate
James Golding
12PM
Salt-aged New Forest pork and fire-roasted greens from Hawarden Estate
Green tabbouleh, spiced courgettes, classic houmous, tsakistes and grilled squash with herbs and dukkah
Georgie Hayden
1:30PM
Green tabbouleh, spiced courgettes, classic houmous, tsakistes and grilled squash with herbs and dukkah
Entrecôte ‘trencher’ bordelaise with vine-wood roasted bone marrow
Mark Parr
3:00PM
Entrecôte ‘trencher’ bordelaise with vine-wood roasted bone marrow
FIREWALKING
£18
On the cricket pitch
2PM
£18
THE TEAHOUSE
£5
London Fermentary Workshop
10AM & 11AM
£5
Cyanotypes: cameraless photography (sun prints) with The Turgels
12PM - 1:30PM
Tom Hunt's Sustainability panel with Mark Shayler
1PM
Alys Fowler: Reasons to be Cheerful
3PM
Mark Shayler: Reasons to be Cheerful
4PM
WORKSHOPS
Jealous Gallery: Live Screenprinting, Exhibition and Camp Good Life Posters
10AM - 6PM
Steve Chapman: Artist in Residence
Drop-in pop-up sessions
Campfire Flatbreads with Safia Shakarchi powered by Wild Farmed
10AM - 1.30PM
Ink Drawing Masterclass with Jeanette Orrell
10.30AM - 1.30PM
Meet the Brewer with Polly’s Brew Co.
1.30PM
Drawing with Still Here Still Life
3PM - 6PM
£5
British Cheese and Cider Talks and Tastings with Angus Birditt and Little Pomona
3PM, 4PM & 5PM
£5
THE LAKE
Stand Up Paddleboarding
10AM - 12PM & 2PM - 4PM
Wild Swimming
12PM - 2PM & 4PM - 6PM
THE TEMPLE OF PEACE
Open to visit
11AM - 1PM & 3PM - 5PM
CHILDREN'S CAMPFIRE
Go Wild Go West
9:30AM
Yoga
10AM
Nature Makers & Young Pizza Makers
11AM
Choose Your Own Adventune
2PM
Sports Day
3:30PM
S'mores & Hot Chocolate Kits
4:30PM
The small festival of music, food, fire and ideas.
In conjunction with Caught by the River and Heavenly Recordings.
Friday 16th September
MUSIC
Laura Groves • Fran Lobo • Molly Linen • Cerys Hafana
CHEFS
Ixta Belfrage • Rob Howell
FEASTS
The Ethicurean
TALKS + READINGS
Peter Riley: Strandings - Confessions of a Whale Scavenger • Michael Malay and Luke Thompson talk Eels! • Poet: Zaffar Kunial
MC
Emma Warren
WORKSHOPS
Cocktail Shake Off • Signwriting
OPENINGS + EXHIBITIONS
The Temple of Peace • The Singing Hills by Ed Brydon
DJs
Pete Fowler • Heavenly Jukebox
CHILDREN’S CAMPFIRE
Sports Day • Go Wild Go West • Mountain Monkeys • Young Wayfinders • S’mores & Hot Chocolate
WELLNESS
At Hawarden Old Castle
Saturday 17th September
MUSIC
Cherry Ghost • OneDa • MADMADMAD • H.Hawkline • Band Pres Llareggub
CHEFS
Gill Meller • Olia Hercules • Emily Scott • Flora Shedden
FEASTS
Xanthe Gladstone • Damian Clisby • Joe Woodhouse
TALKS + READINGS
Richard King: Brittle with Relics - A History of Wales 1962-1997 • Jude Rogers: The Sound of Being Human - How Music Shapes our Lives • Welsh (Plural): Essays on the Future of Wales • Ali Millar: The Last Days - A Memoir of Faith, Desire and Freedom • The Stone Club (Plus guest Rhys Mwyn) • Ru Callendar: What Remains? The world’s first punk undertaker • Christobel Kent • Jill Dawson: The Bewitching • Poet: Luke Thompson • Film: Just Add Water
MC
Emma Warren
WORKSHOPS
Cocktail Shake Off • Cyanotypes • Clay • Whittling • Art Classes • Stamp Printing
OPENINGS + EXHIBITIONS
The Temple of Peace • The Singing Hills by Ed Brydon
LATE NIGHT DJs
Kath McDermott • Heavenly Jukebox
CHILDREN’S CAMPFIRE
Sports Day • Go Wild Go West • Nature Makers
WELLNESS
At Hawarden Old Castle
Sunday 18th September
MUSIC
Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band • Group Listening • Cerys Hafana • Heavenly Jukebox DJs
CHEFS
James Golding • Tom Hunt • Mark Parr • Georgie Hayden
FEASTS
Joe Woodhouse
TALKS + READINGS
Amy Liptrot: The Instant • Bob Stanley: Let’s Do It! The Birth of Pop • Helen Mort & Anna Fleming Talk Rock Climbing • Terri White • Hazel Press Poets with Alys Fowler, Jess McKinney & Helen Mort
MC
Emma Warren
WORKSHOPS + TASTINGS
Fermenting • Cyanotypes • Indigo Dyeing • Still Life Drawing • Beer Tasting • Cheese & Cider Tasting • Another Pantry, Flatbread Workshop
OPENINGS + EXHIBITIONS
The Temple of Peace • The Singing Hills by Ed Brydon
CHILDREN’S CAMPFIRE
Go Wild Go West • Nature Makers
WELLNESS
At Hawarden Old Castle
“A STUNNING LOCATION. A CASTLE, A LAKE, BEAUTIFUL BELL TENTS...”
— Ali Clifford