Eat, Sleep, Trees, Repeat. Festival booker, promoter and music maniac, James Scarlett, is our guest on Episode 179 of Sappenin' Podcast. The 2000 Trees and ArcTanGent boss is with us to give a unique insight on what it's like running major independent events, behind the scenes secrets and building an alternative community. In this conversation, James opens up on Trees 2022 return, how the team kept moral high during lockdown, headliners Jimmy Eat World, Thrice, Turnstile, Idles + You Me At Six, the festivals origin story, drunken dreams, early mistakes, crowd surfing vs a real bag of poo, special set additions from No Devotion and Young Guns, eco-friendly campsites, their famous acoustic forrest stage, lineup diversity and cancel culture, crazy rider requests, dream bookings, exclusive news on two rumours, ice cream, living out his teenage dreams, favourite moments, future plans and more. Turn it up and join Sean and Morgan to find out Sappenin' this week!

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