Isle of Wight Bestival

Description: Bestival is an award winning 3 day boutique music festival set at Robin Hill - a beautiful leafy country park (a ... more

Isle of Wight Bestival ... veritable Garden of Eden!) near Downend and Newport in the heart of the Isle of Wight. The event is brought to you by Sunday Best in conjunction with partners Get Involved and the innovative promoters behind these companies are Rob da Bank (Radio 1 DJ supremo and Sunday Best captain) and John Hughes (Get Involved honcho and music manager extraordinaire). The first Bestival, in September 2004, was headlined by Basement Jaxx, Fatboy Slim, Zero 7, The Bees, Mylo and Lee 'Scratch' Perry and was a ground-breaking success. Bestival 2005 meanwhile saw Royksopp, The Magic Numbers, Super Furry Animals, 2manydjs, The Go! Team and Soulwax take to the stage (amongst many others!). It also set the Guinness World Record for the Biggest Fancy Dress Party (10,000 people dressed as Cowboys & Indians!) and was voted (by the festival-going public) the Best (Medium-sized) Festival and the Most Innovative Festival at the 2005 UK Festival Awards.

Newest Review: ... amongst the people attending. The Bestival often showcases new up-and-coming musical talent, and also throws in some well established big names to keep things interesting. The variety in music is excellent, and is not just limited to mainstream genres - people with a taste for world music will be well catered for also. There is usually a range of unusual things to do on and around the site, ... more

... and of course you will find the regular shop and food stalls that go hand in with festivals . The setting is the beautiful Robin Hill, which makes for a wonderful backdrop to the UKs last festival. The weather is usually fairly good around Septem...more

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Isle of Wight Bestival: The final festival of the summer (206 words)
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The Isle of Wight Bestival (not to be confused with the Isle of Wight Festival) is a great annual event. Not only does it seem to have a more laid back approach to other festivals, but there is a community spirit amongst the people attending. The Bestival often showcases new up-and-coming musical talent, and also throws in some well established big names to keep things interesting. The variety in music is excellent, and is not just limited to mainstream genres - people with a taste for world music will be well catered for also. There is usually a range of unusual things to do on and around the site, and of course you will find the regular shop and ... Read the complete review

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