Camp bestival
12 New Things to do at Camp Bestival – plus 100 amazing prizes if you buy your tickets now
Those of you tuned into the Facebook and Twitter pages today would have witnessed a bit of a party going on as we announced 12 new things for Camp Bestival 2012 one every hour from 9am this morning. They’ve also announced a draw with 100 once-in-a-lifetime prizes for everybody who buys a ticket over the next two weeks. You can now [...]
Vote! Vote! Vote!
The end of the festival season coincides with the opening of awards nominations for the best festivals and live music we’ve seen over the summer. And now it’s time for you to get voting! There are a few local festivals, venues and promoters that have all been nominated, so we thought it only right that [...]
Camp Bestival – A Review by a 10 Year Old
The journey to get to Camp Bestival was a long one and it took hours to queue through all the traffic. On the way, I was thinking about all the things I could do, like going on the crazy bikes, on the Helter Skelter but best of all seeing Dick & Dom. I’ve loved them [...]
Review: Marcus Foster at The Joiners
Indoor gig’s in the middle of the festival season are weird things, and when Marcus Foster comes blinking into the joiners, looking every bit the amalgamation of his hero’s, you can tell he thinks the same “This is the most bizarre show I think I’ve ever done, I actually feel really disorientated. We’ve done [...]
Review: Camp Bestival 2011
It’s the last weekend in July and the school holidays have just begun. So, it’s no surprise that thousands of kids (of all ages) descend onto the Dorset countryside for a weekend of partying, dressing up and giant bubble blowing. Camp Bestival, the child friendly version of the Isle of Wight’s Bestival, has arrived. To [...]
Five things you should not miss at Camp Bestival
Camp Bestival‘s line up this year is probably their best yet and picking five acts to definitely see has proved virtually impossible….but here are five things that we are definitely going to try not to miss (although, it’s a festival and anything can happen!). The Widowmaker After being the songwriter in bands for so many [...]
Marcus Foster to play The Joiners this week
Marcus Foster visits The Joiners this week (Thursday 28 July) following the recent release for single, ‘Rushes & Reeds’ last month through Communion/Geffen Records. The single has been getting plenty of airtime and is taken from the debut album, ‘Nameless Path’ to be released on 27 September. Marcus Foster could have had it easy. He could [...]
Dick and Dom join Blondie, Primal Scream and House of Pain at Camp Bestival
More acts have been added to this years fantastic Camp Bestival line up – here are some words from CBHQ: With just over three weeks to go until we descend upon the magical Lulworth Castle on Dorset’s dramatic Jurassic coast for a whole weekend of frolicsome Camp Bestival fun, we’re super-excited at Camp Bestival HQ to announce [...]
Camp Bestival adds more to line up
Camp Bestival released more of their line up today, including an exclusice festival appearance by Shrek The Musical. Here’s the full Press Release: ALL THE LATEST NEWS FROM CAMP BESTIVAL 2011… FESTI-HOLIDAY FUN: COMEDY, FOOD, SHREK & SO MUCH MORE! Camp Bestival COMEDY Jack Whitehall / Milton Jones / Marcus Brigstocke / Andrew Maxwell / [...]
Primal Scream confirmed as final Camp Bestival headliners
Rob Da Bank this morning confirmed that Primal Scream presents Screamadelica will be the final headline act at this years Camp Bestival, joining Blondie, House of Pain, Mark Ronson & the Business International, Eliza Doolittle and The Wonderstuff An excited Da Bank announced the news via his Twitter page, “For me personally watching Screamadelica at Camp [...]
Could Kings of Leon be heading to Southampton? (And other Festival rumours)
The festival season finished just over 6 weeks ago, and already rumours are flying around as to who will be playing next years festivals. Here in Southampton, tongues are really starting to wag, especially with news of the city’s own huge music event in May. Rock The Park is a large scale music event planned [...]
Win tickets to see Madness at Earls Court
If you missed Madness’s headline performance at this year’s Camp Bestival, where the fields were full and the singalongs heard in nearby towns, fear not. Madness will be coming to a town near you in November or December to make everything all right.  They call in at Bournemouth and Brighton in December, but we have [...]