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Nozstock has flourished from a barbecue of friends, singing and dancing on the lawn in 1998 to a fully-fledged festival of eight stages and sights and sounds of every variety.
Somme-like mud was no contender for Nozstock 2009!
Despite one of the greatest downpours of the past few years, Nozstock Festival’s punters couldn’t take the smiles off their faces during 2009’s festival, with the atmosphere of frivolity and excitement lasting throughout the weekend. ‘Nominated for four UK Festival Awards last year, it really has plenty to offer, and deserves all the accolades it gets,’ claimed Virtual Festivals’ Jamie Skey.
Not only were crowds driven to dance by punk legends Buzzcocks, pulling off ‘a storming set of their unique art rock pop songs … all at a volume so loud that you can see the mud wobbling’ (Martyn Goodacre, Esquire), 
but dance fiends were treated to explosive sets by Andy C and Rusko, who both played over their alloted times, addicted to the receptive crowds.
The homely 17th century farm in Herefordshire hosted eight stages and endless hidden idylls of over 200 acts, ranging from strange and spooky performance art, through mesmerising dance to goose-pimple inducing sonic delights. Standing firm to our philosophy that Nozstock is a festival for festival-goers, 2009 impressed with some of the UK’s freshest trendsetters, talented musicians and deft turntablists.
2008
2008 saw a pirate theme invading the festival – did anyone spot Jack Sparrow? Hayseed Dixie instigated an extraordinary hoe-down, the Utah Saints fired lazers at a pulsating crowd and local wunkerkinden the Anomalies stormed their home ground with their energizing hip hop for the masses. And let us not forget the throbbing bass oozing out of the Cubicles thanks to the dextrous fingers of one Sub Focus. And Nozstock’s newest area, the Coppice, grew out of the trees by the lake bringing psytrance to the thousands.
2007
The year of rain shared some sun with Nozstock and John Power of Cast and the La’s brought his enchanting voice to the stage. Fortune Drive drilled a magnificent drum solo out across the Orchard and areas expanded and migrated out from the centre of the site. New theatrical area, the Dingle, brought children’s entertainments, performing arts and gave the vintage tractors a place to shine. A year of dragons, fairies and good quality wellies.
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2006
A host of local acts drove some major crowds to the festival and the camping field filled with a sea of tents, full of bodies dedicated to dancing and debauchery. Shoppers haven provided a bit of consumer comfort and painted cows ensured boredom was unimaginable for the kids. Perhaps a little more celebration than was entirely healthy...
2005
2005 saw the final performance from Nozstock’s homegrown band Electric Shepherd, whose musicians decided to grow up and start taking life seriously – how disappointing. Luckily, the festival was a lot bigger than the band and a first licensed year was carried off with great aplomb and no compromise. The circus came to town and fireworks dazzled onlookers, while the riffs rang out across the breeze.
Pre-2005
Some say that these were still the best years, when there were no inspections and everyone knew the mad geezer dancing on the hillside, but others think it was only fair to share the joy and to keep on getting bigger and better. Victims of our own imaginations perhaps...