About

Wake the Valley (Thursday 30 July) is the day we stop and talk about what that farm and every farm like it is actually for.

It's a one-day symposium on the eve of the festival, at The Community Farm on Chew Valley Lake. Growers, chefs, land stewards, cultural creators and founders in one room, working through a single question: how do we move from sustainability, which is holding the line, to regeneration, which is putting something back? 

Not as a panel discussion that evaporates by Friday. 

The day is built to end in commitments.

Then the fire is lit and Valley Fest begins.

A taste of the day

• Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Towns movement, on falling in love with the future instead of fighting the present
• Patrick Holden, Sustainable Food Trust, opening the day on soil and food security and closing it
• A afternoon with, Guy Singh-Watson (Riverford) 
• A long lunch break - long walks and talks - networking  
• Valley Fest 2.0  Luke Hasell (Founder of Valley Fest) launches a new model for the festival and the Chew Valley

Your ticket includes the full symposium,  lunch, the closing ceremony, evening access to Valley Fest opening night 

Live Music Thursday

Fleetwood Bac, Beatles Dub Club, Oh My God It's The Church, The Bluetones - and an invitation to the Valley Commons founding community.

Tickets

£125 + booking fee