Green Man festival 2015

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Green Man 2015
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Green Man 2015 attracts a sell-out crowd of 20,000 festivalgoers to the foot of Crug Hywel, at the southern edge of the Black Mountains, in Powys, despite weather conditions best described as "changeable".

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BBC 6 Music DJ Tom Robinson appears on the Walled Garden stage in a pair of muddy wellies to perform a crowd-pleasing set including a "medley of my hit", 2-4-6-8 Motorway, which reached number five in the UK singles chart in 1977.

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Mariella Jones and Elliw Dafydd, from Harlech, Gwynedd, sing along with singer-songwriter Carwyn Ellis' bilingual Welsh band Colorama.

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David Page performs with Colorama at the Mountain Stage on Saturday.

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Rhod Gilbert presents a special edition of his BBC Radio Wales Jest a Minute programme, with fellow comedians Greg Davies, Holly Walsh, Chris Corcoran and Rob Deering, in front of a lively audience at Last Laugh on Friday.

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The giant green man watches over the festival before being set on fire at midnight on Sunday.

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Festivalgoers leave wishes written on wood prior to the immolation.

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Archery instruction is among the many activities on offer throughout the festival at the Little Folk children's area.

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And on the other side of the Little Folk area, children's charity the Flying Seagull Project keep the entertainment coming.

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Brothers Liam (centre) and Joel (right) Magill perform as Syd Arthur, in Chai Wallahs on Friday.

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The crowd enjoys Friday night headliners Hot Chip at the Mountain Stage.

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Bat for Lashes singer Natasha Khan unveils her new project, Sexwitch, a collaboration with Brighton band Toy and south London producer Dan Carey, with a surprise set in the Far Out Tent on Saturday. "I felt like I was having an out-of-body experience," she said afterwards. "I felt so much adrenalin and power, and I thought my lungs were going to implode."