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Green Man is recognised internationally as the event for discovering and nurturing new talent. Our Music Development programme gives the most promising new acts the tools, platform, and exposure to become the headliners of tomorrow.

3,073+

Music Creators Supported

Welsh Music

The Settlement and Hudol Stages are about supporting the best emerging talent in Wales. Every year, we showcase a line-up of 18 Welsh acts across 3 days to a 5,000-strong audience. Alumni include the likes of Ani Glass, Adwaith, Toby Hay, Seazoo, ACCU, HMS Morris and Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard to name a few.

The line-up is programmed in partnership with Welsh grassroots music tastemakers who have included Sain (Recordiau) Cyf, Klust, Libertino Records, Clwb Ifor Bach, Cambrian Records and Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog.

The line-up also features the best Welsh bands that enter Green Man Rising but don’t progress into the final stage of the competition.
Green Man Rising
Green Man Rising is the leading UK-wide talent competition. A launchpad for musicians in their early careers. It is free, unsponsored and open to all - all you need is talent.

What sets Rising apart is its ability to connect artists with Green Man’s large, influential and music discerning audiences, media and the music industry leaders that attend each year to discover the next big act.

We support acts to:
- Showcase their music to large, international audiences, live and digitally, with a chance to open Green Man’s iconic 15,000-cap Mountain Stage.
- Be mentored by a leading creative team, stage crew and industry tastemakers and tap into a network of key influencers who can push their work forward
- Attract future bookings and management deals through the association with Green Man
- Improve and expand their promotional assets and record a professional session worth £1,500+
Previous judges have included: CAA, William Morris, Bella Union, Domino Records, Moshi Moshi, Communion, Glastonbury, NME, Mojo, The Times, The Guardian, Clash, DIY, The Quietus, So Young and many more.

Green Man Rising is an annual competition opening in the Spring. More information on Green Man’s website.
Key Facts
- 3,073+ music creators supported since 2014
- 1,140+ Welsh acts
- 615,400+ live audiences in 11 years
- 4,000+ acts apply to Green Man Rising every year
- 50/50 gender split
- 92% music creators between 18-25 yrs
- 46% LGBTQIA+
- 39% global majority
Case study - Nuha Ruby Ra

From London via Cairo, Nuha Ruby Ra won Green Man Rising 2020. She has been touted as one of the most exciting and provocative new acts in the UK. She released two highly acclaimed EPs, including her newest EP ‘Machine Like Me’ which arrived in March 2023 and is her most ambitious body of work to date. Nuha has been consistently touring the UK and Europe since Rising with acts like Self Esteem, Yard Act, Warmduscher, King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard, Alabaster Deplume and more. She has appeared at many festivals across the UK and Europe including Glastonbury, The Great Escape, Wilderness, Bluedot, Latitude, Boardmasters, Grauzone, Reeperbahn and many more.

Following competition, Nuha returned to play the Walled Garden at Green Man, was a Rising judge in 2023, has gone on to receive PRSF music creator funding and performed at the PRS Presents showcase 2021.

‘Rising exposed me to great music tastemakers that helped reach the right labels and promoters for the project.’ Nuha Ruby Ra