Every year Rost Productions coordinates an area at the Green Gathering Festival in Chepstow on the Welsh borders. This years festival runs from 30th July to 2nd August 2026.
Tucked into the trees by the ruined mansion house there’s participatory workshops for all ages, street theatre, art installations, storytelling, open mic, live music (with a punk / protest / experimental vibe), and a fantastical night-time dance space.
Our Uncommon theme this year is Underground: the story of joyful resistance, bog witches, burrowing creatures and living networks. It may be anarchic, it could get rather surreal, it will definitely be thought-provoking.
The Uncommon area brings together artists and production specialists from across the UK to make new work, experiment and play in a hidden corner of the festival every year.
The UNCOMMON STAGE is in a beautiful woodland setting and we host an eclectic line-up.
POWERED by the SUN all our mobile solor power, sound system and lighting is provided by Kit n Kaboodle Sounds
This years artists are still to be announouced but we have previously hosted The FOSSILHEADS, Maz and the Phantasms, Menstral Cramps, Harpmonix, Mara Simpson, Matthew One Man and many others.
THE NEST is a home for storytelling, puppetry, and acoustic jams.
PARTICIPATORY ARTS & PARADE We host daily workshops for all ages and abilities. This year we are focusing on printmaking.
Together we create a giant puppets for the parade that we organise too. The parade leaves the Uncommon at 12 noon on the Sunday.
DJ NIGHTS From around 10pm until 2am each night, we’re on the decks, dusting off the vinyl and hosting a banging dancefloor with an eclectic mix of the finest dance music.
ART PERFORMANCE
This year you could find yourself getting swept up in the Vote Conform rally, get a prescription from a Nature Doctor, be pulled into the Pockets of Resistance protest, watch a performance of Smart Device or any number of other one-off happenings curated by Rost Productions!
BORDER CONTROL is our very own Uncommon sercurity team. Posted at the perimeter of the area the Border Control can be quite strict (depending on who’s on duty). It’s likely you’ll get held up in their antics if you try to enter the Uncommon area so please ensure all your paperwork is in order!
EATING, DRINKING & FIRESIDE This year Mead Hall is again at the Uncommon – run by Welsh beekeepers from Afon Mel (Honey River) farm, they’ll have ale, cider, spirits and soft drinks too. Evenings, join the cameraderie around the Uncommon fire.