The Green Man festival, held annually in Bannau Brycheiniog, also known as the Brecon Beacons, has been nominated for the 50-year-old music magazine’s UK Awards 2023, being shortlisted for the award alongside the likes of Glastonbury and Reading music festivals. The festival attracts as many as 25,000 people per day during its week long stay in Wales’ Black Mountains and is the only Welsh music festival to be nominated for the award. Fiona Stewart, director and owner of Green Man, said: “To be nominated for the inaugural Rolling Stone UK Festival Award is brilliant news, and recognition of the amazing people who put their hard work, imagination and talent into creating Green Man each year. In announcing the nominees, Rolling Stone writer Nick Reily said: “This year, festival season was back in full and glorious form. The winner of the Rolling Stone UK Festival Award 2023 will be announced at a ceremony in London’s Camden Roundhouse on Thursday, November 23.

Source: The Times November 21, 2023 12:03 UTC