Reviews and coverage of The Big Chill 2009;
The Guardian - 5/5: "When Byrne then donned a tutu, he provided the most extraordinary moment of what often felt like a once-in-a-lifetime festival experience"
The Guardian: Simon Gandolfi parties at The Big Chill
"I need to come back next year - and every year until I snuff it."
Times Online - 4/5: "the summer’s most sumptuously appointed left-field garden party"
The Observer: "As the sun set on Sunday evening, Amadou & Mariam's Afro-rock fusion was the perfect soundtrack"
Evening Standard - 4/5: "The Big Chill had done exactly what it said on the tin."
Time Out: "(a) wonderfully staged and perfectly pitched festival."
Ledbury Reporter: "Glorious summer sunshine made this year’s Big Chill Festival, in Eastnor, one to remember."
Berrows Journal: "the Big Chill once again proved a riotous musical success."
Hereford Times: "After weeks of rain, the sun came out, as it always seems to, for The Big Chill in Eastnor Castle’s Deer Park, and the chilling began in style."
MTV: "The 2009 Big Chill was a huge success having provided great music, good food, beautiful surroundings and blazing sunshine….you can’t get much better than that!"
Virtual Festivals: "It’s [the] little details at the Big Chill that make it such a heartfelt festival, which still feels fresh despite being 15 years old."
www.clashmusic.com: "a busy, fun and hot weekend!"
Safeconcerts: "All too soon it was time to say goodbye to the Big Chill 2009…and what a year it was."
Spoonfed: "the only festival worth attending each Summer"
Dialogue Incorporated: "The collection of people, spirits and energy at the Big Chill are unlike anything I've seen in any of its American festival counterparts."
Underground Legends: "The sun literally shines on the Big Chill and all those who attend, and deservedly so. The festival has developed a personality all of it’s own, and the organisers have created an event that should be attended, celebrated and loved."
Sky News: Woodstock Founder Opens Big Chill Festival
Echablog: "Who cares about what makes it so good. Will we be going next year is the real question? Definitely is the answer."
