1971Greenpeace founded
0corporate or government funding
1whole stage, one whole day
11acts on the 2026 takeover
4days on an organic farm
10mifrom Bristol
The story
A festival on farmland
and the people who defend it
Valley Fest grew out of The Community Farm, a 22-acre organic farm on the shores of Chew Valley Lake. Greenpeace has spent more than fifty years campaigning for the oceans, forests and climate we all share. When the two met, the fit was obvious: a crowd that already cares where things come from, and an organisation that knows how to turn that care into action.
The takeover
The Save Our Scene stage, handed over for the day
On Sunday 2 August 2026 Greenpeace curated the Save Our Scene stage from first act to last encore, presented with the Gloucestershire charity The Music Works. DJ Format, DJ Paulette, Lynks, Gracie Friel, J. Animalism, Mr Bruce, Nuala, RuMac, Chaka, Immi Dash and Tash Sholto played a day that became part of the line-up announcement itself.
- Greenpeace picks the artists and the message
- The takeover sits in the line-up, in the press and on the posters
- Campaign space and conversations between the sets
The campaign
UK wildlife and the farmers who make room for it
Greenpeace used the 2026 stage to launch its campaign for UK wildlife in support of nature-friendly farmers — on a site that is itself a working organic farm, with the fields the campaign is about on every side of the stage.
- “Festivals bring people together. That collective energy is powerful.” — Adam Gainsborough, Music Booker, Greenpeace
- A story told on the land it is about, not in a conference room
- Zero disposable plastic on site, year on year
Who they are
Fifty years of standing in the way
Greenpeace is a global, independent campaigning network that takes no money from corporations or governments. From the Rainbow Warrior to the UK wildlife campaign, it exists to protect the natural world and hold the people damaging it to account.
- Independent: funded by individual supporters and foundations only
- Offices in more than 50 countries
- Non-violent direct action, investigation and lobbying
