HEADING TO A MILESTONE
We are now heading to our
10th year anniversary; we have
accomplished a lot and have
brought up the festival from its
infancy to an established brand
name and the biggest festival
on the island. The evident next
step is to take the festival to an
international level. We have a four
year plan set out to reach this goal,
starting from this edition.
Earth Garden’s seven areas with 50
performing acts will again attract
foreign visitors. We have increased
the international line-up and will
present 10 international acts,
including top artists in their genre.
Artists will hail from Iran, Italy,
Spain, Africa, Ireland, Germany,
UK, France, Serbia & Poland.
It’s the first weekend of June and
Earth Garden Festival returns for
its 9th edition.
On Friday 5th June through to
Sunday 7th of June 2015, this
festival of colours returns to the
National Park in Ta’ Qali.
GETTING GREENER
Earth Garden will again feature
a combination of two areas;
the Open Village and the Greek
Theatre, which will host two
concerts; one on Friday featuring
the New Victorians and the one on
Saturday evening featuring Tribali.
Pre-sold 3-day ticket for the Open
Village will be available at €8,
with an early bird ticket at €5. The
concerts at the Greek Theatre will
have a separate ticket of €15 each
- concert ticket prices will increase
at the door.
True to our mission, theme and
aim of a green festival, this
edition, Earth Garden is focusing
on improving its environment
initiatives to cope with the ever
increasing capacity of people
attending our festival. Earth
Garden is “Getting Greener”.
Every year the Earth Garden
Festival undertakes a number of
initiatives, but it is never sufficient
and adequate when caring for
Mother Earth, so this year we have
gone a step further and called
in the experts. We have engaged
professionals who are experts in
helping green festivals like ours
reach higher goals. In fact, this
year, we have on board experts
from the Energy Efficient Music
Culture project, co-funded by
the European Commission (www.
ee-music.eu) and Global Green
Events – who are world renowned
experts in sustainable event
management. Together with them,
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our collaborators and the help of
our festival audience, we can make
some real change.
The main difficulty and focus is
surely the ‘waste’ or ‘misplaced
resources’. The festival is growing
in terms of attendance, thus more
people consume more ‘resources’,
and although we recycle every
year, this has not been effective
enough in ensuring the resources
we consume get reused and
reintegrated into an onward
journey. We have introduced
supplier policies and agreements
and a refundable environmental
bond, for suppliers to help us
reduce the amount of ‘resources’
at the festival by minimalizing
packing and choosing to use
resources that can easily be
processed after the festival.
With all these systems and our
collaborations with WasteServ
and Let’s Do It Malta strong
foundations are laid. Now we need
your help to make it happen!
These initiatives can be a great
success if we all work together,
from the crew, to suppliers, to the
participants of the festival. Our
festival goers are just as important
in the process, as much as we
are. If we all come together as a
community, with the same goal
of helping the environment, we
can support each other to make a
real difference. Like our Getting
Greener Facebook page, upload
photos of your recycling ideas
and share with others through
this page, tag your friends and
encourage others to do the same.
Together with our consultants,
we are also looking at the energy
consumption of our festival and
finding ways to save energy and
reduce carbon emissions across
the whole festival. Together this
year, we can make a real change in
events in Malta. Are you in?
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OPEN VILLAGE
Enchanted Forest
The Enchanted Forest, will feature; Friday sessions by Electro-Swing Malta, Saturday dub sessions by Bass Culture
and Sunday hosted by Juuls featuring reggae music. In the afternoon, this area will feature acoustic sets.
Electronic Sphere
This dance floor area of techno tunes and
psychedelic music, will be hosted on Friday by
Remissa with live performances from upcoming
electro-performers, on Saturday by Presence
featuring Boom Shankar and Sunday by AvantGarde
featuring Brian James.
Why Not? Jamming
The Open Village layout, will as usual have the
jamming and chill-out music area hosted by Why
Not? This area is a meadow of relaxation, enjoying
free spirit music and chill-out green area.
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Ethnic Market
In the Ethnic Market visitors can walk through the
stands filled with handmade creations amidst a
colourful array of unique and attractive designs
within a free-spirited atmosphere.
Art Square
The Art Square will again be dedicated for
visual arts. This year it will host a one piece
installation made from recycled material by
Matthew Pandolfino.
Roots Stage
Our Roots Stage within the Open Village will host artists coming from the folk, reggae, ethnic music, and will be an
international showcase. This will be a 3 day music marathon of live performances for all music lovers.
Holistic
Why Not? Workshops & Healing Area
Fun Park
Camping Site
The holistic area will be moved to a new location
within the park, to a more appropriate and quiet
zone. As per previous editions, several NGOs and
other organisations promoting healthy lifestyles
will set up their stand, providing information and
awareness of their noble causes to all the visitors.
This family area of the event will return and
promises to be not just fun for the young ones, but
also for the young at heart!
For the first time, Earth Garden will dedicate an
area, in the extended perimeter of the festival
footprint, specifically for workshops. These
workshops will be mostly covering topics on healthy
living and environmental awareness.
This is one of the areas that make Earth Garden
unique. Our campers, who are increasing every year,
enjoy the full experience of our festival.
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20.00 THE RANCH
21.00 FLOW MOTION
22.00 THE NAKARA
PROJECT
23.00 ESTE MUNDO INT.
00.00 SAINT JOHN THE
GAMBLER IRELAND
16.00
17.00
18.00
19.00
20.00
21.00
22.00
23.00
00.00
VILAMBA ITALY
OHM SWEET OHM ITALY
CUSHION
MOHAMMAD REZA
MORTAZAVI IRAN
THE VOODOO GURUS
RELIKC
STALKO
AKALÉ WUBÉ FRANCE
THE RIFFFS
16.00
17.00
18.00
19.00
20.00
21.00
22.00
23.00
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BIBITA
AKALÉ WUBÉ FRANCE
EARTH GARDEN JAM
SAINT JOHN THE
GAMBLER IRELAND
BRODU
MANATAPU INT.
CLAIRE TONNA
ACROSS BORDERS
HAZED SOUNDSCAPES
SEAN RICKETT • FOG
MUTEX X ACIDULANT
DEEPFUNK • RELIC
MULTIFUNCITONAL • FABRICKA
MICROLITH • KERG
PRESENCE PSY
BOOM SHANKAR GERMANY
ROD MINUS • SOUL KONTAKT
MOODSHIFTER
14.00
15.00
16.00
17.00
JUSTIN GALEA
HANNAH BROWN
JOE ROSCOE
KARMENTO SPAIN
SEQUENCHILL
SONITUS ECO LIVE
FULLSTER X TRAPDOOR X
SERIAL DEPTH
MICHAEL GLANVILLE
OWEN JAY
MIGZ
14.00
15.00
16.00
17.00
MANTRA MALTA
MICHELLE PARIS
LOS GUAPOS SPAIN
FINGER STYLE TRIO
ELECTRO SWING
BASS CULTURE
JUULS REGGAE
ZICOTRON
DOCKERBONE
THE CHEF
CHRIS TOFU UK
LUBAY - LIVE POLAND
EARTHROCKER
SHOWME SELECTA SERBIA
BASS CULTURE CREW
SPECIAL LIVE GUESTS
NICKI (JUULS)
THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS
GREEK THEATRE
The Greek Theatre will open its doors for the evening music concerts. Earth Garden’s foundation belief in live music
performances resounds here and will continue to do so in future editions. The concerts at the Greek Theatre have
always been successful sold out events;
The entrance tickets for the Greek Theatre concerts will be of €15 each concert. This ticket will be also valid for the
3-day entrance to the Open Village. Concert ticket prices will increase at the door.
FRIDAY 5TH JUNE
The journey of the sister duo started In December
2011 at the International Alchemy Songwriting
Competition, Arkansas, USA where they were the
youth division winners judged by a star industry
panel. Following that success, doors were opened
locally encouraging the duo to work towards releasing
original music.
They released their EP ‘Dustpile’ last year including
their unique Queen rendition of “Somebody to Love”,
landing them a couple of prestigious performances
with the National Orchestra. The band, which now
consists of 6 members, entered the studio to start
recording their debut album 2 years ago and they are
now very excited to share their 13 new tracks with
the audience and their fans. The album launch will
in fact coincide with the Greek Theatre performance
on Friday 5th June where the band will also be
performing all 13 tracks for the first time and a
number of other songs. From folk to electronic, jazz
to pop, this varied show will see the New Victorians
alongside a choir and a string of special guests
joining them on the big stage. This promises to be one
of the best Greek theatre performances ever hosted
at Earth Garden.
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SATURDAY 6TH JUNE
The local band Tribali needs no introduction with
the audience of Earth Garden. Tribali, known for
their love of world music, through ethnic rhythms
and sounds from the orient, will offer a unique live
experience of music, colours, dance and fire at the
Greek Theatre on Saturday 6th June. Their concert
at Earth Garden is their first concert of the year,
thus Tribali look forward to communicate with the
audience through their music and share new tunes.
The band and the festival share a special bond,
due to the fact, they took the same growth journey
in popularity and success. The event in itself is an
experience, and the concert at the Greek Theatre
adds that special kind of vibe, which is a good match
to Tribali’s music.
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