Sunrise Celebration is an ethical living and music festival that takes place near Yeovil in Somerset, England on an organic farm. It first started in 2005 over the summer solstice as an alternative celebration to the Glastonbury Festival that was cancelled that year. It was originally called the Sunrise Summer Solstice Celebration, but dropped 'summer solstice' from the tile and the event's date moved to late May to avoid clashing with Glastonbury.

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  • Sunrise Celebration is an ethical living and music festival that takes place near Yeovil in Somerset, England on an organic farm. It first started in 2005 over the summer solstice as an alternative celebration to the Glastonbury Festival that was cancelled that year. It was originally called the Sunrise Summer Solstice Celebration, but dropped 'summer solstice' from the tile and the event's date moved to late May to avoid clashing with Glastonbury. The festival includes six stages and acoustic and performance venues, including The Main Arena and EartHeart Stage; Small World; Tribal Earth World Music Stage; ID Spiral Solar Chill; Spirit Dance. It includes a mix of alternative culture, and is committed to sustainability with an eclectic blend of dub, world, ska, electronica, dub-step, psy trance, breaks, reggae, folk and Balkan beats. The festival has a site-wide organic policy including alcohol and is the United Kingdom's leading sustainable festival. In 2008 the festival was cancelled due to extensive flooding, although managed to run a smaller version of the festival later in the year as a sub-festival of The Big Chill.
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  • Sunrise Celebration is an ethical living and music festival that takes place near Yeovil in Somerset, England on an organic farm. It first started in 2005 over the summer solstice as an alternative celebration to the Glastonbury Festival that was cancelled that year. It was originally called the Sunrise Summer Solstice Celebration, but dropped 'summer solstice' from the tile and the event's date moved to late May to avoid clashing with Glastonbury.
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