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Review: Camp Bestival (Saturday)

Saturday started with a great find at the Café in the courtyard at Lulworth; an all inclusive breakfast including coffee for just £4.95. Seeing as each meal we’d bought so far had averaged around £7, this was  the bargain of the weekend. I clocked they were also selling cans of lager for £2.80.  Sounds [...]

Review: Camp Bestival (Friday)

I’m a great lover of the smaller, child friendly festival. By small, I mean less than 5,000 people on site. I’d been assured that Camp Bestival was a brilliant small festival, one of the best of all. But, Camp Bestival is not small, it’s far from it.
We decided to travel to the site [...]

Camp Bestival almost sold out.

Things are really hotting up for a summer of fun and the Camp Bestival crew are getting super-excited, adding the final touches to the third annual Camp Bestival, held in the stunning grounds of the fairytale Lulworth Castle.  Weekend Camping Tickets are really flying out now so don’t delay if you want to guarantee a three-day slice of the sumptuous Camp Bestival pie at [...]

Camp Bestival Launches Early Bird Tickets

With happy memories of a rip-roaring weekend still fresh in the minds of those who came and partied in all their Animal Magic glory (including Rob da Bank himself, decked out in a fabulous lion costume!), we’re pleased to announce the 2010 Camp Bestival Early Bird Promotion.
For all eager beavers who don’t want to miss [...]

Review: Camp Bestival

Camp Bestival, Lulworth Castle, Dorset, 24th-26th July 2009.
There was a moment in Florence and the Machines’ set which sums up Camp Bestival quite nicely. The delightfully mad Florence is joyfully telling us all how great it is to see so many families and children here, and how nice an atmosphere it creates – pointing out [...]

mINterview – Frank Turner @ Camp Bestival

mINtSOUTH’s Rob Ball caught up with Frank Turner just before his set at Camp Bestival in Dorest.  He asked him about his new album ‘Poetry of The Deed’, the new single ‘The Road’, reminiced on growing up in Winchester and about his non stop touring.
“Poetry of the Deed comes from Mikhail Bakunin, a Russian Revolutionary,  [...]

Frank Turner – New Single, New Album & Tours Galore!

Continuing his meteoric rise to superstardom, Frank Turner will be releasing his brand new download-only single ‘The Road’ on 31st August through Xtra Mile Recordings/Epitaph Records. It’s an immediately catchy slice of sing-a-long folk/punk taken from the stunning forthcoming album ‘Poetry Of The Deed’.
‘Poetry…’ – Frank’s third studio album – is released a week later [...]

Florence, Laura Marling & Frank Turner Added to Camp Bestival

Last night’s Critic’s Choice BRIT Award winning band Florence & The Machine have just been confirmed to play, along with mINtSOUTH favourite Frank Turner and the Mercury Award nominated folk-popster Laura Marling.