The Pagoda at SGP pays homage to resident djs from up & down our fair isle and beyond, representing nights such as Tief, Below, Circus, Rooty (RIP), Simple, Fleetmac Wood & Werk:It.
Over the past few years this fine Pagoda stage overlooking the Lake has played host to a first class array of disc jockeys, acts and artists; from Radio 1's Annie Mac & Toddla T to the mesmerising sounds of Matthew Johnson; from the NY groove of Kim Ann Foxman to the Eats Everything Bristol bounce. Remember the year Disclosure and Sam Smith performed 'Latch' at sunset? Or the time Skream went b2b with Zed Bias, Disclosure, Eats & Artwork?! T.E.E.D. dropping jungle? Jamie Jones & Seth Troxler b2b? Damn! that was the pure house party vibes right there!
As well as the Top Secret special guests, The Pagoda also welcomes a sprinkling of headline talent along the course of the weekend for your listening pleasure .
Let's praise the residents. They are the ones who often dig deeper, the chosen ones who set the mood of an evening, that represent the club night, the ones who'll play you tracks you'll be pestering them about later, the guys with the biggest record boxes and an ability to take you into a trance like state.
Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome your Pagoda DJs for the weekend:
Aartekt - Adam Shelton - Aerial - Bill Brewster - Cat Lovers - Citizen - Clancy - Denney - Dia - Dom Chung - Emerson Twin - Em Williams - Fleetmac Wood - Frank Tope - Futureboogie - Head Gardener - Hilit Kolet - Huxley - James Vorres - Jay Karim - Johan Ten Houten - Lewis Boardman - Maribou State - Michael Palmer - Midland - Motty - No Artificial Colours - Richy Ahmed - Robert James - Sancho Panza - Shivas Regal & Mcculo - Sisterhood - Six Axle - Son Of Sun - Sophie Lloyd - Steve Huerta - T. Williams - Tayo - Urulu - Waze & Odyssey - Wild Fantasy - Wolf Music
Other stages additions include:
Artwork – Cherub - Danny Mathews & The Rustle - Geddes - Harry Wolfman - Jasper James – Mark Wells – Pardon My French - Real Connoisseur - Sarah Frenchy - Slim Howl - Tom Grainger –Zero 7 (dj)
With over 14 stages and 4 days of live music and dj sets 2014 promises to be one of the most music-packed Secret Garden Party’s ever…. add to the mix the renowned secret sets by some of the biggest names around and it is…game on!
Warm up with the Head Gardener's new mix here!
Warm up with the Head Gardener's new mix here!
MERRIMENT
The Games Arena
From the pure quintessentially English to the damn right absurd, let the Games begin … From the Pig Labowski’s lounge, the shots are called for the return of The Pig Tossing World Cup 2014, followed by an Emu & Ostrich Polo Match, after a bout of HipHop Vs GlitchHop Scotch & some Disco Diva Dodgeball, The Midnight Ultimate Frisbee Match beginith ….. daytime Croquet with cucumber sandwiches and tea.
A short distance away the Fools on the Hill, begin their Wonky Races, down a Slip n Slide, like a rolling stone, around the craziest course and haircuts since Pat Sharpe and the 80’s.
The Lake
The Great Lake will be home again to an iconic centre piece, art installation, and party venue, lovingly designed and built by the infamous PirateTechnics crew. This year we aim to open the lake up for more mass participative games, more boating & punting opportunities, wild swimming and places of reflection where you’ll be able to sit, eat, drink and relax.
The Jackdaw Pub
This year we celebrate the coming of our new 24-hour pub, hosted by our very own Diamond Dogs. Equipped with an Ace up their sleeves and a pool cue behind their back, these dogs will host a spectrum of classic back bar games, pool tournaments, illicit poker matches … but be warned, they’ve been known to start a bar brawl or two before.
The Pub will home a full line up: from South London and now globally acclaimed bingo enthusiasts, Rebel Bingo, to a sultry blues opera, a live band jukebox and to finish each night, 2 battling Grand Pianos for the sing-a-long of the summer.
Parades
To open, close and lead the Gardeners to the seminal activities of the Party our merry band of performers, musicians, merrymakers, floats and boats will lead you around the Garden. Expect the unexpected, led by our friends Perhaps Contraption, Megatraption Bands a full Orchestra and Choir and more animals (humans dressed as) than you can shake a zoo at.
Campfire Tales
Close up magicians, night time fires site-wide with ghost storytellers, poetry and live music to keep the cockles warm on those star-kissed nights.
ARTS GARDEN
Nestled away, past the magical weeping willow, the Arts Garden will be a place to reflect and get involved in creating our own SGP gallery. You’ll be able to learn a series of techniques from our resident artists, from sculpting a full-size body cast to life drawing, creating a stained glass window installation – where you’re the artist. Or sit with an easel by the lake and paint a water colour impression of the Garden.
The Human Zoo: Devolution of Mankind
Gawp in amazement as two wild homosapiens are held in captivity for your shock and delight. Imprisoned in a human-scaled hutch (for the entire weekend) and isolated from their own kind, watch as these well-heeled, career-driven primates lose their petty social norms and descend into primitive squalor before your very eyes. But gardeners beware, for humans are a ruthless breed, hungry for freedom and savage in their devolved form...
Green Crafts Area
No festival is complete without homage to the ways things used to be and quite possibly will be again. Get your creative hands working with a multitude of materials. Our Green Craft facilitators will guide you in the magic of making your own keepsakes. From Woodwork and Whittling, Stone Carving and Forging, to UpCycling everyday trash into a masterpiece to take home. Our Witches of Odd will teach you the ways of the Apothecary and spells, providing a comprehensive magic experience to meet the demands of modern day life.
Published on 28 May 2014 by Wayne Feltham
