May 30, 2010

Stuart Roy Clarke’s scenes from British music festivals

There is scarcely a summer weekend in when you couldn't be standing in a field watching a band. Over the last few years photographer Stuart Roy Clarke has been documenting these events

Pop Music festivals: Big Green Gathering — *Big Green Gathering*

It’s good to see the old ways and traditions being continued… A crowd of dancers get down and dirty in a convenient hole in the Mendips
Photograph: Stuart Roy Clarke Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Pop Music festivals: Dodging The Mud — *Dodging The Mud*

Glastonbury Festival
Photograph: Stuart Roy Clarke Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Pop Music festivals: Espies a Morning in the Comfort of His Troop — *Espies a Morning in the Comfort of His Troop*

Glastonbury Festival
Photograph: Stuart Roy Clarke Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Pop Music festivals: Four Single Young Men And A Girl Tented Up Top — *Four Single Young Men And A Girl Tented Up Top*

Reading Festival
Photograph: Stuart Roy Clarke Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Pop Music festivals: Killing Themselves Laughing — *Killing Themselves Laughing*

Glastonbury Festival

Revellers creased up with laughter. The caption from the book reads: ‘Five in the morning. Each time they reinvent and announce the joke it gets better’
Photograph: Stuart Roy Clarke Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Pop Music festivals: Making A Furry in The Sand — *Making A Furry in The Sand*

Shambala
Photograph: Stuart Roy Clarke Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Pop Music festivals: Mud-Wrestling Takes Off — *Mud-Wrestling Takes Off*

Glastonbury Festival
Photograph: Stuart Roy Clarke Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Pop Music festivals: Phonecall from The Water's Edge — *Phonecall from The Water's Edge*

Glastonbury Festival

A man surveys the rising waters surrounding his tent. Not the nicest way to wake up. The organisers had built flood defences by the next festival, in 2007
Photograph: Stuart Roy Clarke Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Pop Music festivals: Street-Wise Seller Meets University Boys — *Street-Wise Seller Meets University Boys*

Reading Festival

An enterprising local accosts punters on their way to the site. He stands a good chance of a sale if the balloon hat seller’s luck is anything to go by…
Photograph: Stuart Roy Clarke Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Pop Music festivals: The Hot-tubbers Can Afford to Relax — *The Hot-tubbers Can Afford to Relax*

Shambala

Hot tubbers taking it easy down by the lake at Northamptonshire’s Shambala. The site for this year’s festival remains, as ever, a closely guarded secret.
Photograph: Stuart Roy Clarke Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Pop Music festivals: The Performer Awaits Her Turn Beside The Dressing Room — *The Performer Awaits Her Turn Beside The Dressing Room*

Green Man

Linda Beecroft of Brooklyn duo Golden Animals waits to go on stage at the Green Man festival at Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons, in August 2009
Photograph: Stuart Roy Clarke Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Pop Music festivals: Two Sharks in the Goldfish Bowl — *Two Sharks in the Goldfish Bowl*

Glastonbury Festival
Photograph: Stuart Roy Clarke Photograph: guardian.co.uk

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