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Tag Archives: Festivals

Solar PV farm on site of the Glastonbury Music Festival

Glastonbury Installs UK’s Biggest Private Solar-Power Plant

The photovoltaic (PV) modules will generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of 40 homes annually. Power generated will be used, in the first instance, for Eavis' Worthy Farm and any left over will be fed into the National Grid.

Workers bundle recycled cardboard at Oya music festival in Norway

Oya Music Festival in Norway Pushes Green Envelope

With music festivals in the U.S. continuing to try and one-up each other in terms of their sustainability initiatives, one festival in Norway may have beaten them all.

Repurposed festival bracelets

Recycle Old Festival Wristbands into Hipster Keychains

Music festivals that allow patrons to move in and out of the festival grounds need to keep tabs on who has a ticket and who doesn’t. Because actual paper tickets can get lost and can also be used to get non-ticket holders inside the venue, … Read More

Fans at the glastonbury music festival

Prince Charles Makes Suprise Visit to Glastonbury Festival (Video)

Prince Charles, long an advocate for protecting tropical rainforests, made a surprise visit to the Glastonbury Music Festival in the UK.

Compost stations at the Rothbury Music Festival

Say Hello to GreenUPmusic, Just Another Green Music Blog… Wait, What?

From my first Grateful Dead show in the summer after my senior year in high school, through those college and post-college years spent traveling the country to see Phish, and on into my 30-somethings and my growing appreciation of the festival experience, music has played … Read More