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Sarah Mead
Creative Chief
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Sarah Mead
Creative Chief
Sarah is in charge of festival “steerage” and is also a Director of Yeo Valley.
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Harad Smith
Festival Manager
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Harad Smith
Festival Manager
Harad makes sure that everything happens when it needs to, in the right place, at the right time.
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Luke Hasell
Festival Founder
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Luke Hasell
Festival Founder
Organic beef farmer, lover of tweed, and his land.
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John Blakeley
Music Programmer
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John Blakeley
Music Programmer
All-round music guru and is charge of getting everyone dancing.
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Danielle Sherring
Partnerships Manager
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Danielle Sherring
Partnerships Manager
Danielle looks after all of our fabulous partners.
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Melissa Kidd
Communications Manager
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Melissa Kidd
Communications Manager
Melissa’s role is to make the festival more famous.
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Miles Leonard
Music Maestro
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Miles Leonard
Music Maestro
Miles books our headliners.
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Karl Tucker
Chair
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Karl Tucker
Chair
Karl keeps us on the straight and narrow, with a particular emphasis on ensuring we don’t over spend.
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Bertie Cole
Arcadia’s Technical Director
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Bertie Cole
Arcadia’s Technical Director
Bertie Cole pushes the boundaries of possibility – ensuring the Arcadia structures are safe as well as utterly mind blowing.
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Pip Rush Jansen
Arcadia’s Creative Director
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Pip Rush Jansen
Arcadia’s Creative Director
Pip is one of the creative geniuses behind the performance-art collective Arcadia, best known for the 50 ft fire-breathing alien spider at Glastonbury. At Valley Fest he’s the magician behind the Alchemist’s Playground.
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Nell Robins
Festival Co Ordinator
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Nell Robins
Festival Co Ordinator
Nell supports the festival team – helping to ensure everyone knows what they’re doing and when.