LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 321 (23/07/24) Festival Special
Peppermint Iguana Radio show # 321 went out on Folk Friday Radio on 23rd July 2024 It featured a mix of tunes previewing the forthcoming […]
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FESTIVAL REVIEW: Landed (Rhayader) – 28th to 30th July 2023
Landed Festival has been one of our favourite festivals since we first set foot on the hallowed turf of Doldowlod House back in 2016 – […]
LIVE REVIEW: The Cult, The Alarm, The Mission @ Cardiff Castle (04/07/23)
‘Where were you hiding when the storm broke?’ Nowhere, because there was no ‘Shelter from the storm’ and Ian Astbury ‘loves the rain’ For years […]
FESTIVAL REVIEW: Landed 2022, Rhayader (29th to 31st August 2022)
Landed. A hidden gem of a festival held in the heart of Mid Wales FRIDAY Day one of a ten-day adventure in festival land My […]
Gwen Gwen Fest 2022 – Kidwelly
The Carmarthenshire town of Kidwelly has a go a putting it’s name on the cultural map with Gwen Gwen, it’s first festival of music, art […]
LANDED FESTIVAL 2022: Who to see and what to do in the area
Landed festival is just around the corner – so we thought we would touch base with the crew to find out if they are as […]
GIG REVIEW: Landed Festival 2021
Landed returns after a Covid hiatus and reminds us why festivals are good for your heads, hearts and feets. Landed used to kick off the […]
THE BREWER’S DAUGHTER: Jara (2019)
Second album from The Brewer’s Daughter, AKA, Rhiannon Crutchley. Rhiannon will be a familiar face to anyone that has been to a half decent festival […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 232 – Festival Flashback 4 (01/09/20)
On 1st September we launched our fourth and final (for this year) festival flashback radio show. We went way back to our festival roots some […]
LISTEN AGIAN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 231 – Festival Flashbacks Pt 3 (18/08/20)
Our third Iguana Radio Show Festival Flashback featured memories of Landed Festival, Shambala, Blue Lagoon, Harvest Fair, Once Upon a Time in the West and […]
LISTEN LIVE: Peppermint Iguana Radio Festival Flashbacks – August 2020
This year’s festival season has been decimated by the Covid 19 Pandemic. So throughout August we will be looking back to festivals of years gone […]
VARIOUS ARTISTS: #Fieldme
A thirty one track fund raising album for grassroots festival types struggling with the financial impact of ‘Lockdown’ We first came across Gail Something-Else at […]
Head Mix Collective Back Catalogue Now Online and New Material in Pipeline
Legendary 90’s festival heroes The Headmix Collective have put their back catalogue goes up on Bandcamp for the first time. And there is new material […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 197 – Shhhh – Surplus Special – Don’t tell anyone (02/07/19)
Our most recent show had a play list heavily dominated by bands playing the forthcoming Surplus Festival Cos Surplus Fest is back – yey! But […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 178 – Landed, Griffstock, Not the end of the World and all that Jazz
Landed, Griffstock, Not the end of the World, Beautiful Days, Green Man. Just a few of the festivals coming up in the next two weeks. […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 177 – Landed (part one) and Boom Town preview
Another one of our festival preview shows. Mainly Landed festival (part one) and a bit of Boomtown. When I were a boy there were not […]
LISTEN LIVE: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 177 – Landed Festival Preview innit.
August, the month when the festival season gets up a full head of steam and slams into top gear. We have already done our Green […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana # 175. Toldpuddle, Out West and all that jazz
The festival season is now well and truly in third gear and picking up speed. Once upon a time in the west is in our […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 174 – Once Upon a Time in the West Special 03/07/18
With Once Upon a Time in the West Festival around the corner, we thought it would be rude to not dedicate a significant slice of […]
SURPLUS FESTIVAL NOT ‘APPENIN’ IN 2018
As the snows around South Wales slowly thaw, news comes in that Surplus Festival is being put on ice for 2018. A statement from the […]
PEPPERMINT IGUANA GIG: Folk Disco in Le Pub, Newport 10/02/18
Green Gathering Campaigns & Peppermint Iguana got sick of waiting for Summer, so came up with a plan to beat the winter blues: Let’s have […]
Merthyr Rising 2018 – Sticking with its roots
Merthyr Rising 2018 looks set to stay on it’s spiritual home ground. The event will take place over the weekend of 25/26/27 May 2018 Since […]
Everything you ever wanted to know about Landed Festival but were afraid to ask
Landed? What’s that all about then? Well, it is a cracking little festival in Mid Wales. The fact that Roughneck Riot, Captain Ska and the […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio 150 – Landed Festival Special 2017
With Landed Festival just three weeks away, we took the opportunity to focus on bands playing Landed, and gave away two tickets for the festival! […]
LANDED FESTIVAL TICKETS COMPETETION OVER (But you can still sign up to mailing list)
Over the weekend of 18th to 20th August 2017 the hills will be alive to the sound of Landed Festival. We have two tickets, generously […]
LISTEN LIVE: Peppermint Iguana # 150 – In a Field of Their Own – (Festival Focus – Landed Special)
The Peppermint Iguana Radio Show will be coming at ya live and direct on Dapper FM again on Tuesday 1st August and, once again, the […]
SURPLUS FESTIVAL 2017: The tribes gather
For the last four years the Surplus Festival in South Wales has been one of the highlights of the grass roots festival scene. Over the […]
Fourteen reasons why Surplus Fest is better than Glastonbury
Wondering where to go next weekend? Here are fourteen reasons why Surplus Festival is better than Glastonbury 1: YOU DON’T HAVE PEOPLE WANDERING AROUND SAYING […]
LISTEN AGAIN Peppermint Iguana Radio # 123 – 02/08/16 – Green Kaya Special
This week we showcased the forthcoming Green Gathering and Kaya festivals, talked about current affairs, took the piss out of each other, spun some new […]
LANDED FESTIVAL REVIEW: Sunday (01/05/16)
We surfaced at the crack of mid afternoon. We had planned on getting up for Reverend Dread’s Sinday Service set in the dance tent at […]