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12-15 SEPTEMBER 2019 WELCOME TO HAWARDEN AND THE GOOD LIFE EXPERIENCE. Thank you so much for putting your faith in us and joining us this weekend. This is our sixth edition. We hope it’s the best yet; more fascinating, more fun, more friendly, more beautiful and more intimate than those that came before it. This is a labour of love that requires constant work and attention to detail. We think we’re getting better with each year and that The Good Life Experience is becoming what we dreamt it might, Britain’s best and most intimate festival of fun and discovery. We hope that The Good Life Experience doesn’t just last for the weekend. We want it to be something you carry with you for the rest of the year; that what you experience and learn and feel this weekend will travel with you when you leave us. And that maybe you’ll share your new skills and discoveries with your family and friends. We hope that you have a magical few days. Love Caroline, Cerys, Steve, Charlie and The Good Life Experience Team x 1 PARK MAKERS’ ROW 12 TERRACE MAKERS’ ROW 2 THE WHITTLING GREEN 13 BLACKSMITH ALEX POLE 3 CAMPFIRE WORKSHOPS 14 THE IDLER 4 SPEAKERS’ CORNER 15 TAI CHI 5 PEN BAR LAG & WELSH AREA 16 FLYING TRAPEZE 6 GENERAL MARKET PLACE 17 WELLNESS AREA 7 ADVENTURE MARKET PLACE 18 GLADSTONE’S LIBRARY 8 WILD SWIMMING, CANOEING 19 BELL TENT RECEPTION 9 AXE AND PADDLE BUSHCRAFT 20 FOOD VENDORS 10 GLEN DYE CABINS AND COTTAGES 21 INDEPENDENT TRADERS 11 THE SIMPLE THINGS MAGAZINE 22 ABSEILING BAR CASH POINT CAMPFIRES LOOS WATER POINT INFO TENT FIRST AID POINT STAGES & AREAS OF TGLE MAIN STAGE HAWARDEN CASTLE Curated by festival co-founder Cerys This former residence of four-times Prime Matthews. Head to the main stage for a Minister William Ewart Gladstone will see brilliant line-up of musicians, poets, choirs talks and small workshops take place in and DJs performing all weekend long. the Drawing Room for the first time. Meet authors, entrepreneurs, activists, creatives, vets, stationers, actors, journalists, cooks, CAUGHT BY THE RIVER musicians, teachers, broadcasters, farmers Curated by Jeff Barrett and team at Caught and poets, each with a powerful story to tell. by the River, this tent has a full line-up of performances and talks. Caught by the River THE LAKE “form a collective whole that represents an One weekend a year -exclusively for TGLE outlook on a world full of endless discovery, guests- the gates to The Lake are thrown innovation, poetry… but mainly just doing open for a few wonderful days of fun, things for the sheer joy-giving hell of it.” discovery, and relaxation. Take a dip into wild swimming with resident expert Vivienne Rickman-Poole, test your nerve at the fire CAMPFIRE COOKING STAGE walk (ticketed), paddle a canoe, or enter Head to the campfire in the shadow of your hound in Britain’s first ever Dog Diving Hawarden Castle to find world-class chefs competition. cooking up a storm. From wild baking to sustainable cooking, you can expect to learn HAWARDEN ESTATE and eat a lot here all weekend long! FARM SHOP Sister business to TGLE and flyer of The Good Life flag all year round. Over the course THE FAIRGROUND FIELD of the weekend the Farm Shop will remain The vintage fairground returns to TGLE! open for extended hours, offering slap-up Expect popcorn, ice cream and -of course- breakfasts, picnic food, and good stuff to endless free rides all weekend long. take away. THE PAVILION HAWARDEN OLD CASTLE AND CRICKET PITCH With Chester just a few miles away across the This former home to Hawarden CC was voted English border, this 13th Century fortification ‘Wales’ most beautiful cricket pitch’ thanks was constructed to defend the North Wales to its uninterrupted views of both Castles. coast to the West. Head here for morning Head here during TGLE to find the Dog Show, choirs with James Sills (ticketed), stargazing flying trapeze, Axe & Paddle Bushcraft and a with Lia Leendertz, or test your nerve number of our wonderful Feasts. abseiling from the over 700-year-old walls. STAGES & AREAS OF TGLE PEN BAR LAG FOOD VENDORS Llywelyn b.1258 (Wales’ last sovereign prince) When we launched the festival in 2014, fought over the Old Castle where we hold we wanted to throw a party celebrating TGLE each year. On this auspicious site we everything that goes in to making life good. welcome the rich and diverse literature, Food is -of course- a huge part of this. This dance and music makers of Wales. It all year we’ve pulled out all the stops to make happens in a tent called Pen Bar Lag (the TGLE 2019 our best yet for foodies. Find them Welsh for our home, Hawarden, is Pen ar Lag, beside the fairground. Now then, what to perhaps translating as ‘head of the lake’). have first? It’s hosted by punk legend and John Peel favourite Anrhefn’s Rhys Mwyn, and Brecon’s MAKERS’ ROW wonkiest and most wonderful book shop and Making is at the heart of The Good Life cafe, The Hours. Experience. It’s good for the head, the body and the soul. We have scoured the nation for SPEAKERS’ CORNER the best makers and craftspeople and this One of our two major hubs for inspirational year our line-up is stronger than ever. Learn talks, Speakers’ Corner will this year feature from experts and then do it yourself. Curated takeovers from the likes of Do Book Co, by Jwrnal’s Sarah Hellen, expert on all things Caterpillar Magazine and host a morning of craft and all things Welsh, and Charlie food sustainability panels, with chefs Tom Gladstone, TGLE co-founder. Hunt and Sandor Katz. THE MARKET PLACES THE FOOD WORKSHOPS Two tents dedicated to the best retailers This year we’ve raised the bar for our food we know. Both will be full of small workshops. Old friends and new faces will manufacturers, designers and artisans. All lend their expert knowledge for two hours selected by us and worthy of your support. of tuition with class sizes no larger than 30. Expect to learn how to bake, smoke, cure, taste, prepare and roast great food beside Hawarden Castle, and in the shadow of Hawarden Old Castle. WELLNESS AREA At TGLE we’re in the business of spreading happiness, and helping our guests live The Good Life, not just for one magical weekend in Wales, but for the whole year too! Head towards the lake for Yoga, or wander up to Hawarden Old Castle for Tai Chi. ■ FOOD ■ MUSIC ■ WORDS ■ CRAFT THURSDAY TICKETED EVENT EVENT DURATION ----------------- 3 PM ----------------- --------------------- 7:30 PM --------------------- Food Workshop Tent £22.50 2h The Whittling Green COFFEE ROASTING MASTERCLASS WITH ‘MINE OAK’ CAMPFIRE SCREENING CHARLIE COOK ----------------- 8 PM ----------------- --------------------- 3:30 PM --------------------- The Pavilion £39.50 Hawarden Castle - Drawing Room 1h MIKE KEEN’S FEAST TOM HODGKINSON: HOW ANCIENT Campfire Cooking £39.50 PHILOSOPHY TEACHES US TO LIVE WELL DAMIAN CLISBY’S FEAST Pen Bar Lag 45m ----------------- 4 PM ----------------- GLOVE Campfire Cooking Stage 1h GEORGE SQUAIR ----------------- 9 PM ----------------- Pen Bar Lag 45m --------------------- 4:30 PM --------------------- ALYS WILLIAMS & OSH CANDELAS FROM Hawarden Castle - Drawing Room 1h BLODAU PAPUR KATIE ELLIOTT: ADVENTURES IN BEHAVIOUR CHANGE ---------------- 10 PM ---------------- Pen Bar Lag 1h -------------------- 5:30 PM --------------------- SESIWN GAN PENTENNYN / NICK BLANDFORD Campfire Cooking Stage 1h SAM LOMAS Hawarden Castle - Temple Of Peace 1h Main Stage 8pm-11pm PETER FRANCIS: WARDEN OF GLADSTONE’S LIBRARY HAVANA NIGHTS! WITH THE RENE ALVAREZ QUARTET ----------------- 6 PM ----------------- + DJ JAVIER The Whittling Green £20 45min Join us for a truly sensational, authentic Latin WHITTLE A CAMPFIRE TOOL WITH THE music experience, featuring young Cuban WHITTLINGS musicians passionate about maintaining their heritage and promise to bring musical ammunition to tackle even the most reluctant --------------------- 6:30 PM --------------------- dancer... Good cigars, good rum and good Hawarden Castle - Drawing Room 1h music guaranteed. CHOIR WITH JAMES SILLS FRIDAY / FRIDAY / FRIDAY / FRIDAY / ---------------- 10 AM ---------------- ---------------- - 2 PM ----------------- Food Workshop Tent £22.50 2h Hawarden Castle - Drawing Room 1h MASTERING VEGAN MERINGUE WITH BRIONY MARK SHAYLER PRESENTS… MAY KIM SHAYLOR & NATALIE LEE Hawarden Castle - Small Drawing Room 3h Speakers’ Corner 1h HILARY GALLO: FEAR HACK WORKSHOP THE DO BOOKS TAKEOVER Campfire Cooking Stage 1h DO SEA SALT: THE MAGIC OF SEASONING WITH GRACE REGAN DAVID LEA-WILSON Pen Bar Lag 45m ----------------- 11 AM ----------------- MANON PRYSOR Hawarden Castle - Drawing Room 1h MARK SHAYLER PRESENTS… WILLIAM ROLPHE --------------------- 2:30 PM -------------------- & STEVE CHAPMAN Campfire Cooking Stage 1h THE ETHICUREAN --------------------- 11:30 AM -------------------- ----------------- 3 PM ----------------- Campfire Cooking Stage 1h MIKKEL KARSTAD Food Workshop Tent £22.50 2h THE IMPORTANCE OF FRESH INGREDIENTS ---------------- 12 PM ---------------- WITH HESTER GRAY & JESS ZAMBELETTI Hawarden Castle - Drawing Room 1h The Pavilion £39.50 2h MARK SHAYLER PRESENTS… SOPHIE POWER & HONEY & CO’S FEAST MARY DANIELS Pen Bar Lag 45m DEWI PRYSOR + WORKSHOP -------------------- 12:30 PM -------------------- Speakers’ Corner 1h Food Workshop Tent £22.50 2h KAREN SCOFIELD SEAL AND DR CHARLIE CRASH COURSE ON CURING WITH MIKE KEEN BAVINGTON: KELP THE WORLD - THE ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIETAL AND ECONOMIC ----------------- - 1 PM ----------------- BENEFITS OF SEAWEED Campfire