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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