Radiohead will be headlining the Saturday of the Leeds Festival, 2009. Single-day and weekend tickets are available. Please see www.leedsfestival.com for more information.

ENVIRONMENTAL SUMMARY

Leeds Festival is located outside Leeds, UK -- approximately 21 km / 13 mi from city centre.

Transportation:

The festival arranged shuttle buses from the York and Leeds train stations to the festival site. Approximately 20,000 festival goers used this option last year. National Express offered special bus routes throughout the UK to Leeds. The festival also paired up with liftshare.com to encourage car sharing for those who drive.

Energy:

All festival energy was supplied by a combination of diesel and waste vegetable oil biodiesel generators.

Recycling:

Backstage area recycling options included metal, timber, plastics, glass, cigarette butts, and batteries. Cups, aluminium cans, and plastic bottles were collected for recycling throughout the audience area during and after the festival. Special recycle exchanges were setup in the camping areas to collect metal, batteries, and unwanted camping equipment for recycling or donation to charity.

Catering:

Caterers provided washable plates, cutlery, cups for all meals. Uncooked food scraps were collected for composting. Take away packaging was made from fully compostable materials. As with almost all of our shows, water coolers were provided for use with refillable water bottles.

Other green initiatives/issues:

The festival adopted various incentive programs to encourage audience recycling. Those who collected a bag full of beer cans were rewarded with a free can of beer. A mandatory 20p deposit for water bottles and 10p for drink cups and cup trays were included with all sales. All festival-provided shower and hand soap was eco-friendly.

Many thanks to Juliette Baldry, Melvin Benn, Julie's Bicycle, and all at Festival Republic for their logistical support.