Three words. BRING. IT. ON! Only 72hrs till 2000trees version II. Hoooooooooorah!! Whooooooooooop!!

We’ve been busting our humps to make sure your favourite festival is bigger and better than last year, and we thought we’d get in touch one final time before the clouds part and the party starts! Here are some random thoughts…

FANCY DRESS FRIDAY!

The theme for this year’s Fancy dress is Countries of the World. This is a competition people, and the best dressed will win wondrous prizes (i.e. beer). It’ll be judged in front of the main stage at 7.45pm.

ALL TICKETS SOLD OUT!

That’s right folks. ALL our tickets are now SOLD OUT. This includes Day Tickets, Youth Tickets, Weekend Tickets, Joint Y-Not Tickets and any other ticket you care to mention (Early Entry Permits? Yes, those too.). Bosh and double bosh!

Just to clarify, you will not be able to buy tickets on the door at 2000trees. However, there may be a few left in record stores around the country. Check out the list of stores on our website and give them a call to avoid disappointment.

TWO MORE BANDS!

We are very excited to announce that we’ve just added the brilliant Chris T-T and Johnny Foreigner to our line up. They’ll be replacing Wandan and Slaves to Gravity.

While on the subject of bands, the sixty or so playing this year are extremely varied, so why don’t you spend the next few days listening to their songs on myspace and deciding which are the ones for you?! All the web links are on our line-up page. There will also be a programme (on sale at the festival) packed with all the band related info you could ever need.

FINAL THINGS TO REMEMBER!

Unfortunately, due to reasons too boring to mention, there are no cash machines on site at 2000trees and also glass bottles / containers will not be allowed on site.

So……………..if you’ve got an Early Entry Permit we’ll see you at 4pm on Thursday, if not then we’ll see you from 9.30am on Friday (don’t forget that Frank Turner is playing an intimate and no doubt awesome set opening the festival at midday)! Like Delia Smith might say, let’s be having you!

STOP THE PRESS!

WOW WOW WOW, in only its second year 2000trees has OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT of Weekend tickets. Happy days!

Every single online ticket has now gone! Hoorah! Panic not, there are still a few remaining tickets available at the record stores listed below but give them a call first to avoid disappointment!

We also have a few day tickets still available both online and on the door but these are strictly limited to 200 and they are already selling like hot cakes.

Further more we have set up a ticket exchange on our forum where you can get rid of unwanted tickets and get your hands those people can no longer use.

It’s shaping up to be an awesome weekend – and we look forward to meeting y’all down the farm. If you recognise us, or even if you don’t, come say hi.

See you down the front!

Cheers

Rob, Mark, Bren, Andy, Si and James
Two Thousand Trees Festival
11th & 12th July 2008

PS

COACH SERVICES.

To help make 2000trees more environmentally friendly, the good people at Festival Coaches will be providing a London to 2000trees return coach service and also a Shuttle Bus to and from Cheltenham Railway Station. Click here for more details…..then leave your car at home, have a drink and get someone else to drive – perfect!

Ticket outlets:
Cheltenham: Badlands Records(01242 227 725)
Cheltenham: Vinyl Vault (01242 227 454)
Cheltenham: The Frog & Fiddle (01242 701 156)
Stroud: Kane’s Records (01453 766 886)
Tewkesbury: The Music Trade (01684 850 220)
Swindon: Bosstunes (01793 644 184)
Hereford: Temple Records (01432 360 799)
Worcester: Pheonix (01905 24550)
Oxford: SS20 (01865 791 851)
London: Pure Groove Records, Archway (0207 281 4877)
Birmingham: Swordfish Records (01216 334 859)
Bristol: Rooted Records (01179 074 372)
Bath: Drop Records (01225 444 577)
Newbury: Vinyl Revival Records (01635 30426)
Banbury: Chalky’s (01295 271 190)
Banbury: Record Savings (01295 267 378)
Coleford: Rmd Coleford (01594 837 433)
Newport: Diverse Music (01633 259 661)

Things are pretty hectic here at 2000trees Towers, as we get ready for the best weekend of the summer! We’ve got some big announcements to make, so here goes…

EIGHTIES MATCHBOX B-LINE DISASTER!

That’s right, we are ecstatic to announce that the Friday night at 2000trees will now be headlined by the Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster. We think they’ll be an awesome replacement for the sadly departed Reuben – hopefully you’ll agree too! A huge thanks to everyone who suggested potential replacement bands – rest assured that if you didn’t get what you wanted this year then we’ll do our best to make you happy next year. Unfortunately, we couldn’t please everyone and you really did have some eclectic suggestions…from Laura Marling to Gallows!!

DAY TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

With Early Entry Permits now SOLD OUT and limited Weekend Tickets remaining, the demand for 2000trees this year has been amazing – so thanks for your support.! We realise that a few of you still haven’t bought your tickets so just to keep you happy we are releasing a strictly limited amount of day tickets (not including camping) for £25 each.

COACH TRAVEL – USE IT OR LOSE IT!

Question: How difficult is it to reduce your carbon emissions? Answer: Not hard at all! Just choose now to leave your car at home, yes that’s right, simple as that. Hang up the car keys and jump on board with Festival Coaches who are running a coach service to and from London and also a Shuttle Bus to and from Cheltenham Railway Station. Believe us, by doing this you will vastly reduce your carbon footprint, don’t believe us, then take a look at the stats below for a London to Cheltenham journey:

• Car - 21.3 kg
• Rail - 10.6 kg
• Coach - 3.3 kg

To re-coin an old and slightly cheesy phrase ‘it’s one small step for you, but one massive step for the planet’! Unfortunately, Festival Coaches are only able to run the services if there is a sufficient number of bookings so if you are intending on getting the coach please making a booking soon!

That’s all for now!

Cheers

Rob, Mark, Bren, Andy, Si and James
Two Thousand Trees Festival
11th & 12th July 2008

We realise that many of you were particularly looking forward to seeing Reuben headline 2000trees, as were we.

Our priority at this time is to provide Reuben and 2000trees fans with a suitable replacement act to headline the festival, so please bear with us while we work on this.

This is your festival, so if you have any suggestions for who you would like to see step into Reuben’s shoes, get onto our forum pages at www.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk and let us know.

Finally, we would also like to send our best wishes to Jamie and all of the band, and look forward to welcoming them back to 2000trees when they’ve overcome their present difficulties.

Summer is here at last, so we thought we’d give you 4 reasons to get yourself along to 2000trees that little bit earlier this year.

1. FRANK TURNER TO OPEN 2000TREES ON FRIDAY.
2. FANCY DRESS FRIDAY.
3. THURSDAY OPEN MIC NIGHT.
4. THE LEGENDARY BADGERS BOTTOM CIDER IS BACK. WOOP!

FRANK TURNER TO OPEN 2000TREES ON FRIDAY!

Yes that right folks, you heard it here first! As well as his full band set as part of Saturdays main stage line up, you’ll get an intimate, midday acoustic set from the man himself in the Leaf Lounge. Happy Days!!

FANCY DRESS FRIDAY!

The theme for this years Fancy Dress Friday will be “Countries of the World”. So get your thinking caps on because the winner will be hauled onto the main stage to collect a very special mystery prize! Personally, we can’t agree on whether or not coming dressed as Kazakhstan gives us the right to walk around dressed in a Borat approved lime green “mankini”. Maybe next year…

THURSDAY OPEN MIC NIGHT!

Get yourself a 2000trees Early Entry Permit and not only will you have access to the beautiful Upcote Farm a whole day early, but by entering our open mic competition you can win yourself a slot on the festival bill the very next day!

BADGERS BOTTOM CIDER IS BACK!

Be the first to sample the return of the genius that is Badgers Bottom cider! But be careful, there is a fine line between genius and madness!!
If you are wondering what we are blathering on about then you really don’t know what you’re missing!

SITE OPENING TIMES!

The site will be open to Early Entry Permit holders from 4pm on Thursday 10th July. We’ve also extended our opening hours for general admission tickets, so feel free to arrive from 9.30am onwards on the Friday, cause the Bands and DJ’s will be hitting all 3 stages from midday!

If you haven’t got your ticket yet, then click here.

Hope you’re all as excited as we are!

Thanks for listening! Feel free to forward this to anyone who may be interested.

Besticles!

Rob, Mark, Bren, Andy, Si and James
Two Thousand Trees Festival
11th & 12th July 2008

Well the sun has been out today and all of us here at 2000 trees are getting well excited about the return of long summer days, BBQs, cold beers and of course festivals…yay! Just wanted to let you know about a couple of things…

FINAL LINE UP CONFIRMED!

Following the addition of These New Puritans, Slaves to Gravity and Brakes front-man Eamon Hamilton, the 2000trees line up is now complete. Click here for full details. Also, a huge thank you goes out to the hundreds of you who sent in your demos; please don’t send in anymore now until next year cause we’d like to have a little rest if you don’t mind!

2000TREES COMING TO LONDON AND BRISTOL!

London will shortly be getting a dose of the more chilled-out end of the 2000trees spectrum when we hit the ElectroAcoustic Club in Clerkenwell with the following nights:
- Thursday May 1st: The Blisters, The Master Chaynjis, Josh Bray +1 TBC
- Tuesday May 20th: Beans on Toast, Peanut Albinos, Kat Flint +1 TBC

Tickets are £5 in advance / £6 on the door. Rest assured that all the bands featured have the 2000trees seal of approval (i.e. they are ace!) and will be playing in the rather lovely Leaf Lounge at 2000trees this July. For more information, just check out www.electroacousticclub.com.

On another note, we’ll also be at the Bristol County Sports Club on Saturday May 17th for a night of 2000trees bands headlined by The Master Chaynjis and also featuring Ashowka and Oxygen Thief.

Come on you Londoners and Bristolians….come and say hi!

RECORD TICKET SALES!

Finally, we just wanted to remind you that tickets are flying out the door and it’s looking like they’ll be sold out from the website within the next month! There are also less than 100 Early Entry Passes left. So if you intend on getting a ticket, don’t delay and visit out tickets page now.

And for those lucky people that have already bought tickets, they will be winging their way to you in June…..so please be patient!

Thanks for listening! Feel free to forward this email to any of your mates who may be interested.

Cheers

Rob, Mark, Bren, Andy, Si and James
Two Thousand Trees Festival
11th & 12th July 2008

It’s been a while since you’ve heard from us so we thought we’d let you in on some exciting happenings’ here at 2000trees Towers! So please read on…

TICKETS SELLING AT RECORD SPEED!

We don’t want to boast, but we’re very happy to announce that we’ve sold more tickets already this year than we did in the whole of last year. Not only that, but our early entry permits are nearly sold out! So if you want a ticket, then don’t delay and get one from our tickets page.

MORE BANDS ANNOUNCED!

The line up for 2008 is pretty much complete and we are excited to announce that joining our headliners, Reuben and Art Brut, we have loads more bands including The Duke Spirit, Little Lost David, Tubelord, SKANKt and Grantura. For a full line up listing please check out the line up page.

CHELTENHAM BATTLE OF THE BANDS!

Starting on Thursday we’ll be running a Battle of the Bands competition at the 2Pigs in Cheltenham. We’ll have competitions and promotions running on the nights and tickets on sale, so if you live in and around Gloucestershire please come along and say hi. More information can be found at www.myspace.com/mlcentertainment. The bands and dates are:

Thursday 27th March - Skintight Damage, Rookie/Error, The Youngbloods, Mumbo Jumbo
Thursday 17th April - Wasted Dayz, The New Socials, The Secret Sound, Khamora
Thursday 24th April - The Divine Secret, Scene of my Demise, The Echoes, Cojack
Thursday 8th May - Blue Noise, Elevation, Caught in the Crossfire

Saturday 17th May – The Final

We look forward to seeing you there!!!

Well done to you lucky people that managed to get their hands on this years cheap tickets! Its commiserations to those of you who’ve missed out because our £33 tickets are now officially sold out.

Don’t despair though, because you can still get your 2000trees fix by buying our standard 08 tickets priced at a measly £39 and available as usual from our tickets page.

Take care, see you there!

ONLY 100 TICKETS LEFT AT LAST YEARS PRICES!

Tickets have been officially on sale for just 24 hours, but the response has been truly phenomenal! We didn’t realise there were quite so many of you tree lovers out there!!!

The original allocation of £33 tickets is now sold out. However, because we are lovely people, we thought we’d give you one last chance… So as of NOW, we’ve added an extra 100 tickets at £33! The way they’ve been selling, you’ll need to be quick…….and don’t forget that the full 2008 price will be £39.

EARLY ENTRY PERMITS SELLING FAST!

The early entry permits are also flying out the door like the proverbial hot cakes!

So don’t forget that there are only 500 of these available; and if you want one, you’ll need to get in there quickly before they sell out.

DON’T MISS OUT ON 2000TREES 08!

As you can hopefully see above, the interest in 2000trees this year has been huge and it’s looking like all our tickets will be sold out way in advance of the summer. So if you came last year and want to come again, please don’t delay…..get your tickets now!!!! That means you too mum - no special favours - once the tickets are gone, they’re gone….!

Ta Ta

Tickets for 2000trees are now on sale. Go to the tickets page to buy yours.

Don’t forget that there are a strictly limited number available at last year’s price of £33. Once these have sold out then all remaining tickets will be on sale at the full 2008 price of £39.

Other ticket options available now are:

- Early entry permit (from 4pm Thursday July 10th) - £4
- Youth Ticket (10-15yrs) - £20
- Joint ticket with the Y-Not Festival - £55
- Coach travel (Return ticket: London – 2000trees) - £40
- Under 10’s get in for free!

Please let us know on the forum if you have any comments or questions.

Roll on the summer!

Cheers
Rob, Mark, Bren, Andy, Si and James
Two Thousand Trees Festival
11th & 12th July 2008