GOING,
GOING ….. GONE!!!
BESTIVAL 2008 SELLS OUT IN RECORD TIME
Bestival 2008 is a sell out! With an incredible line-up that includes
indie giants My Bloody Valentine, queen of soulful pop, Amy Winehouse
and techno titans Underworld in the headline slots, 30,000 tickets
have sold out with almost 6 months to spare!
Bestival curator Rob da Bank commented: ‘I thought last summer
was a busy one for festivals and was sure the scene was saturated
but I’ve been proven wrong by the amount of great new festies
springing up – and I say bring ‘em on..i want to go
to at least one every week over the summer. Oh yeah and we sold
out 30.000 tickets in record time which is ace ‘cos now I
can go outside and enjoy the sunshine!’
And we have some real treats in store for you lucky ticket holders!
As well as our infamous intimate and inspiring vibe we have one
of the most vibrant music line-ups around, an eclectic cornucopia
of sound with BBC Introducing’s tent choc-full of cutting
edge talent from the likes of The Duke Spirit, Teenagers and Tawiah,
some of the world’s greatest DJs like Laurent Garnier, and
Carl Craig, amazing AV sets from Coldcut and DJ Yoda and a healthy
dose of pop-culture legends like The Sugarhill Gang, The Human League,
Gary Newman and even Chas & Dave. There will also be Bestival’s
unique fun & games, some very special 5th birthday high-jinks
and, of course our world renowned fancy dress (theme to be announced
imminently!) all of which adds up to what is destined to be our
most legendary event yet.
For anyone unlucky enough not to get a ticket there is still plenty
of Bestival cheer to be had this summer with our inaugural Camp
Bestival at Lulworth Castle in July. Encapsulating the very spirit
of Bestival, with our trade mark escapist atmosphere and eye-catching
thrills and frills, Rob da Bank has outdone himself with a typically
stunning musical line-up that includes the likes of rock ‘n’
roll daddy Chuck Berry, the psychedelic costume craziness of Flaming
Lips and BRIT award winning Kate Nash as well as the arcade poetry
of Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, the indie cool of Joe Lean and The
Jing Jang Jong and the none more hip Black Kids. Plus there will
be Camp Fire Sessions, Strummerville, The Insect Circus Stage &
Museum, The Worlds Largest Marching Band, Physics In The Field and
the unmissable Dorset Cream Tea Appreciation Society!
Keep checking bestival.net for updates
www.campbestival.net for more details and tickets
CAMP BESTIVAL
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
COLDCUT EXCLUSIVE NURSERY RHYME MASH-UP SET /
FREE DJ YODA POPCORN AT THE MAGIC CINEMA SHOW /
EVEN MORE BOUTIQUE CAMPING / HEATED SHOWERS/
HEAVENLY HEALING / FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD
AND EVEN MORE!
WWW.CAMPBESTIVAL.NET
With the countdown to the inaugural Camp Bestival whizzing by we
have a few special announcements to whet the appetite for a magical
weekend in the luscious surrounds of Lulworth Castle, including
information about new boutique camping action, Tangerine Fields,
the Solar Cinema, our sumptuous food concessions and two extra special
sets that will get your pulses racing!
First up, marking the point where the cutting edge meets the real
kids, Coldcut legend Jon More will be serving up a unique set of
children’s classics featuring Gospel and Hip Hop versions
of timeless treats for tots and the young at heart, including a
reggae version of ‘This Old Man’! Commenting on the
bambino beats outing Jon said “I’ve had this notion
of putting together a children’s set for some time and I talked
myself into doing it for Camp Bestival. It’ll be all your
favourites and more but maybe not the versions you know! Make sure
you bring a child or leave your adult self at the tent door!”
Audio-visual whirlwind DJ Yoda will be reprising his jaw-droppingly
sublime Magic Cinema Show, (which recently enjoyed a sell out run
across the country,) at Camp Bestival and to celebrate this particular
festival showing of his visual tour-de-force there will be special
limited edition tubs of DJ Yoda popcorn available for the young’uns
in the crowd. Nice.
With Camp Bestival extolling all the joys of camping out, it’s
not a surprise that the Boutique Camping has been so popular, so
we’ve bagged even more space in the grounds of Lulworth Castle
to offer you even more options. With a vast choice that now includes
Beach Huts, Bus Beds, Ship’s Cabins, Frontier Wagons, a Tangerine
Fields campsite and even more Tipis and Yurts, there’s no
excuse not to spend the weekend in style. Plus Camp Bestival will
have Posh Wash gas powered showers, with tea and toast while you
wait, for a more civilised festival touch.
With Restival proving such a popular destination at last year’s
Bestival it’s set to make an appearance at Camp Bestival.
The Ultimate in chill-out areas, Restival will feature a beautifully
decorated garden area, a 24-hour café, a cinema and some
super laidback action to indulge in. And if that’s your kind
of thing, then we recommend checking out the Heavenly Healing area
where you can be sure of a proper pampering, with Yoga, Shiatsu,
Aromatherapy massage and reflexology amongst many other treatments
available plus there will be a selection of treatments for children
too.
Bestival has always offered a sumptuous selection of food concessions
to keep your energy and spirits up and Camp Bestival will be no
exception. With Pure Pies, La Grande Bouffe, the solar and wind
powered vegetarian café Hurly Burly, Risotto2go, Gujarati
Rasoi and The Sea Cow, amongst many, many other stalls, there’s
a truly vast choice of delicious nosh available.
There will also be a Happy Campers area with myriad activities to
keep the family occupied, Karaoke with a twist featuring Folkaoke,
Karauke, and Hip Hop Karaoke, plus a medieval Jousting exhibition
and the Dingly Dell Trail. There is also the opportunity to give
something back with voluntary work still available with roles including
pre-event build (and post event take-down), stewards, runners, ticket
rippers, disabled camping attendants, administration roles and our
Green Team.
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CRACKING COMEDY, SPOKEN WORD & LITERARY ANTICS AT
CAMP BESTIVAL’S EXPLOSIVE NEW STAGE
‘THE LAUGHTER LIBRARY’
FEATURING ‘JESTIVAL’ HIGH JINX WITH
…
• ROY WALKERS LEGENDARY ‘CATCHPHRASE’
• ANDREW MAXWELL PRESENTS ‘FULL MOONERS’
• THE CUBAN BROTHERS PRESENT ‘THE BESTIVAL BLUECOATS’
• I.F COMEDY WINNER PHIL NICHOL
• THE PROS FROM DOVER – LONDON’S BEST SKETCH CREW
• THE BEST IN STAND-UP WITH GLENN WOOL, ADAM BLOOM, JASON
JOHN WHITEHEAD,
• CRAIG CAMPBELL AND MANY MORE…
• THE JESTIVAL NEW FACES SUPPORTED BY CHORTLE.CO.UK FEATURING
TREVOR LOCK,
• TIERNAN DOUIEB, CARL DONNELLY,
MATT REED AND MANY MORE...*
• PLUS
• LEGEND HOWARD MARKS HEADLINERS THE ‘LIT PACK’
LINE UP*
• SCROOBIUS PIP AND A MULTITUDE OF GUESTS HOST VERBAL RANTINGS
• AND SPOKEN WORD
ALL THIS PLUS GREAT MUSIC, GOOD TIMES, FINE FOOD, DISCOS,
BOLLYWOOD COCKTAILS, KIDS ENTERTAINEMENT GALORE, FARMERS MARKETS,
FANCY DRESS, SPORTS DAY, CAMPFIRE SESSIONS
AND SO MUCH MORE ….
ALL
KIDS UNDER 13 GO FOR FREE
Camp Bestival, the new sister show to the SOLD OUT Bestival festival,
is offering up some extreme fun and artistic delights in the form
of a suberb verbal mash up tent ‘The Laughter Library’.
This tent is dedicated to the comic and the cultural and will be
programmed to the hilt with a plethora of Comic geniuses, Poets,
Word activists and world-renowned literary masters of ceremonies.
So if you want to be amused, educated or entertained this is the
place to hang out and word up!
With quite possibly the most eclectic line-up of top British Comedy
talent ever assembled at a UK festival, The Laughter Library will
play host to our fantastic ‘Jestival’ line-up, designed
to entertain and tickle your fancy. All this plus daily shenanigans
with our very own masters of fun The Cuban Brothers who will be
leading the Camp Bestival Bluecoats (aka the Lost & Found troops)
around the site, mobilizing merriment and monkey business around
the biggest campsite in the world!
Kicking off our weekend of fun on Friday we present a selection
of the freshest new UK comedy talent for ‘The Jestival New
Faces’ supported by leading comedy website Chortle.co.uk.
This includes 'Perrier Award’ winners, 'So You Think You're
Funny' winners, 'BBC Act of the Year' winners, Chortle Award winners,
'Hackney Empire New Act' winners - not a "looooser" in
sight! Featuring: Carl Donnelly, Matt Reed, Tieran Douieb, Trevor
Lock, Saxondale star Andrew O Neill and many more … compeered
by the fantastic Silky with Craig Campbell to close the tent.
Picking up the pace on Saturday, not only do we have the most exciting
sketch group in the UK - The Pros From Dover, IF. Comedy Award Winner
Phil Nichol and the ultimate grand finalist Andrew Maxwell who was
nominated for the IF. Comedy Award and is also Channel 4’s
‘KING OF COMEDY’, we also have a stonking eclectic mix
of musical, surreal, physical, high & low octane stand-up comedy
for your pleasure.
In keeping with the retro feel of Camp Bestival we are delighted
to announce the 'King of Deadpan' Roy Walker who will perform a
version of his internationally renowned TV Show "Catchphrase"
live on Sunday night. Rock on Roy!! Top comics also join the Sunday
bill including Adam Bloom, Jeff Innocent, Jason John Whitehead and
Phil Nichol to name just a few. And to finish up the weekend of
joy is the cherry on top of the proverbial comedy pie, Andrew Maxwell
and his cult late night show Full Mooners, starting at midnight
on the Sunday night. Come howl at the moon with us – not to
be missed!
Also amidst the comic conjecture we’ve got a Spoken Word spectacular
line-up for you. This area of The Laughter Library bill will be
ably curated by one half of the sharpest act to arrive on the UK
scene in 2007, Essex’s hip-hop maestro Mr Scroobius Pip of
dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip’s fame. The pair provided many
people’s musical highlight of last year’s summer festival
season, with their razor sharp lyrics set to the coolest Casio beats.
Now signed by Rob da Bank’s Sunday Best label Scroobius Pip
has scoured his extensive contacts book to bring us a mouth-watering
selection of Spoken Word talent at Camp Bestival, from Polar Bear
via Gideon Conn to Peggy Sue & The Pirates.
And what’s that I hear you ‘bookworms’ say –
you’d like to listen to exclusive readings by some of this
country’s finest writers too? Well, that’s where The
Laughter Library comes up trumps yet again. Where else could you
catch exclusive readings and talks by such a diverse set of authors
in such chilled-out surroundings? Top of the bill in our Lit line-up
is a true national treasure, author of the best-selling Mr Nice
and veteran of many a sold-out arena tour, Howard Marks. Some of
this country’s hottest authors such as Richard Milward, Joe
Stretch, Neil Boorman, Gautam Malkani and Gavin Pretor-Pinney will
also be immersing The Laughing Library in a celebration of our greatest
writing tradition. Looks like the pen will truly be mightier than
the sword in Dorset this summer…
So if you want a weekend powered by laughter as well as intelligent
discourse and playful spoken word from some of the greatest and
most curious minds currently at large in the UK, Camp Bestival is
where it’s at! All this plus Kate Nash, Chuck Berry, Flaming
Lips, Billy Bragg, Hercules & Love Affair and some of the hottest
new acts around plus Djs Rob da Bank, Andrew Wetherall, DJ Yoda,
Gilles Peterson, fancy dress, campfire sessions, farmers markets,
Bollywood Cocktails and a generous sprinkle of Bestival magic, you’d
be nuts to miss it!
TICKETS
AVAILABLE NOW: 0844 888 4410 (24 hr)
Adult Weekend Tickets (Standard Price) - £120
Age 13 to 15 Child Weekend Tickets (Standard Price) - £60
Age 12 & Under Child Weekend Tickets
– FREE (ticket required)
Please Note: Age 12 & Under Child Tickets are for anyone aged
12 and under on 18/07/2008.
Child Ticket holders must be accompanied by a Ticket holding parent
or guardian over the age of 21.
All Children aged 12 and under will need to obtain a (free) ticket
for Camp Bestival. No exceptions.
*NB: One ticket holding parent or guardian can only accompany up
to 4 people under the age of 18.
Campervan Tickets - £50 (per vehicle)
ll Tickets :- include camping/ will incur a booking fee/ are non-transferable
and cannot be resold.
THE LAUGHTER LOUNGE LINE UP
‘JESTIVAL’ COMEDY LINE-UP
Roy Walker’s ‘Catchphrase’, Andrew Maxwell presents
‘Full Mooners’,
The Pros From Dover, Phil Nichol, Glenn Wool, Craig Campbell, Carl
Donelly
Jason John Whitehead, Andy Askins, Adam Bloom, Sol Bernstein, Pete
Cain, Susan Murray,
Jonathan Mayor, John Fothergill, David Hadingham, Jeff Innocent,
Tiernan Douieb and more…
SPOKEN WORD LINE-UP
Scroobius Pip Presents:
Polar Bear, Poem Inbetween People, Peggy Sue & The Pirates,
Gideon Conn,
Kate Tempest, Matt Lloyd, AF Harold
LITERATURE LINE-UP
Howard Marks, Richard Milward, Joe Stretch, Neil Boorman, Gautam
Malkani, Gavin Pretor-Pinney,
M J Hyland, Sebastian Horsley, Henry Hemming, Dan Rhodes, Edward
Docx , Marie Phillips,
Nigel Spriggs/Daniel Clay, Tom Leveritt , Michael Smith, Ed Larrikin
& Larrikin Love,
Cathi Unsworth, Peter Wild, Tom Hodgkinson, Andy & Dave Hamilton,
Paul Kingsnorth
FULL MUSIC LINE-UP
Friday Night Headliner : CHUCK BERRY (UK Festival Exclusive)
Saturday Night Headliner : THE FLAMING LIPS
Sunday Night Headliner : KATE NASH
PLUS: Hercules And Love Affair, The Imagined Village (audio-visual
history of British folk music with live supergroup featuring Billy
Bragg, Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy, Sheila Chandra and Chris Wood),
Suzanne Vega, Billy Bragg (solo), Kid Creole & The Coconuts,
The Cuban Brothers, Eliza Carthy (solo), Kid Creosote, dan le sac
vs Scroobius Pip, The Wurzels, Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong,
Dub Pistols Sound System, Kid Carpet, Florence & The Machine,
Taiwah, Emiliana Torrini, Rod Thomas, Eliza Doolittle, The Hat,
Ladyhawke, Ebony Bones, Black Kids, Emmy The Great, Cock’N’Bull
Kid, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, David E Sugar, Gideon Conn, Jon Hopkins,
Cut A Shine, The Melodica, The Melody & Me, George Pringle,
Imperial Leisure, Rachael Dadd, This Is The Kit, Grand National,
Bastila, Christopher D Ashley, Sportsday Megaphone, Alice &
The Majesty, Lucky Elephant Sombrero Sound System, Fear Of Theydon…
PLUS TOP DJs:
Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve 4hr psychedelic/prog set (aka Erol
Alkan & Richard Norris),
Andrew Weatherall (rock’n’roll set), DJ Yoda, Kevin
Rowland (Dexys Midnight Runners),
Gilles Peterson (BBC Radio One), DJ Krust, Rob da Bank (BBC Radio
One), Gaz's Rockin' Blues,
Maurice Fulton, Idjut Boys, Greg Wilson, The Nextmen, Queens of
Noize, Ross Allen,
The Shellac Collective, Mungo’s Hi-Fi, Greg’s Greats,
One Deck and Popular
AND MUCH MORE AMAZING STUFF INCLUDING:
Strummerville - Campfire Sessions (exclusive fireside acoustic sets
by major acts), The Knitting Tent,
The Insect Circus Stage & Museum (our Second Stage), Time For
Tease, Kamp Karaoke Night,
Underbling & Vow Cockney Knees Up, Dorset Cream Tea Appreciation
Society,
The Institute Of Physics – Physics In The Field (live science
experiments & demos),
The World’s Largest Marching Band, Fancy Dress
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