Sarah Mead
Creative Chief
Sarah is in charge of festival “steerage” and is also a Director of Yeo Valley.
Harad Smith
Festival Manager
Harad makes sure that everything happens when it needs to, in the right place, at the right time.
Luke Hasell
Festival Founder
Organic beef farmer, lover of tweed, and his land.
John Blakeley
Music Programmer
All-round music guru and is charge of getting everyone dancing.
Danielle Sherring
Partnerships Manager
Danielle looks after all of our fabulous partners.
Melissa Kidd
Communications Manager
Melissa’s role is to make the festival more famous.
Miles Leonard
Music Maestro
Miles books our headliners.
Karl Tucker
Chair
Karl keeps us on the straight and narrow, with a particular emphasis on ensuring we don’t over spend.
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.
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.
Nell Robins
Festival Co Ordinator
Nell supports the festival team – helping to ensure everyone knows what they’re doing and when.