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Bestival: Final festival fling of the year announced – win tickets!

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by Gareth Dobson
The Isle of Wight is set to host the final festival of the year, with a three-day extravaganza hosted by Rob da Bank of Sunday Best.

The event, which will take place at the Robin Hill parkland on the 10th to 12th of September, sees headline performances by The Bees, Basement Jaxx, Fatboy Slim and Zero 7.

Supporting will be a massive range of DJs including Mr Scruff, Ashley Beedle and Tom Middleton. On the more eclectic side of things, acts like The Cuban Brothers, Magnet, Chas & Dave and Neneh Cherry will also play.

Set in the heart of the isle, Robin Hill is officially the sunniest place in the UK. A beautiful 88-acre park of natural woodland, lakes, birds, titchy animals and green things like grass and trees, it's described as 'a proper Garden Of Eden perched four miles off the south coast of England'.

DJ, founder and organiser, Rob da Bank said: "Bestival is a three day boutique festival - big enough to have mega acts playing but small enough so it stays personal. It's the best bits of Glastonbury, Reading and Woodstock all thrown together. If you want to stay in a teepee, take a hot shower and eat an organic burger while sipping a frozen margarita then this is the best festival about...especially if the wife/husband's off having a Thai massage, your kid's playing in the crèche and The Bees have just taken the stage! The Isle Of Wight is an undiscovered gem that needs to be seen to be believed; the most sunshine in the British Isles, beautiful rolling landscapes and the smell of the sea with a uniquely English angle and not even two hours from stinky old London!"

Weekend tickets are £85 per person with day tickets costing £35 each. Isle of Wight residents are offered a ten pound reduction on each day ticket.

Tickets are available from the usual outlets, with extra info being obtainable from the festival Information Line - 020 7379 3133 or
www.bestival.net & www.sundaybest.net websites.

However, you can win a pair of tickets if you answer the following question correctly:

What part of the British Isles do headliners The Bees hail from?

Answers to gareth@drownedinsound.com before midnight this Friday night/Saturday morning. (20th/21st August) You'll also have to sort out travel and accomodation yourselves.. we're not that generous...

Bestival full line up:

FRIDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER

MAIN STAGE
The Bees, Lee Scratch Perry & The Mad Professor, Dub Pistols, RSL, Barry Peters Halifax Hospital Radio Live, Drew, Fake Bush, Subgiant, Band Competition winners, Raff Daddy

BIG TOP
VJ Mix & Mixmaster Morris, Mr Scruff, Diplo, Neneh Cherry, Pablo & Butch, Cassidy Sound System, Martin Morales, Balthazar

COCOMO BOLLYWOOD COCKTAIL BAR
Ashley Beedle (Blue Eyed Soul Set), Boris Horel & Greg Sonata (Foreign Muck), Lauren Laverne, Graeme Fisher & Rev Milo Speedwagon, Stick It On (Open Dex), Radio Slave, Giddy & Sombrero Sound System


SATURDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER

MAIN STAGE
Basement Jaxx, Laid Back, Grand National, Fatboy Slim, Ceux Qui Marchent, Debout, Quantic Soul Orchestra, Magnet, Roddy Frame, Mocky, Hot Chip

BIG TOP
VJ & Tom Middleton, Lottie, DJ Skitz & Rodney P, Stereo MCs, Different Strokes, John Peel, Banzai Republic, Max Sedgley, Mikal Telle

COCOMO BOLLYWOOD COCKTAIL BAR
Tayo's Tracksuit Party, Ross Allen, Justin Robertson, Gilles Peterson, DJ Yoda, Annie Nightingale, Colin & Luke Present Cosmic Soul, Zoe Ball, Chris Coco


SUNDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER

MAIN STAGE
Zero 7, Mylo, The Cuban Brothers, A Man Called Adam, Ori Jah Nal, Willis, Boomclick, Chas 'n' Dave, Kevin Mark Trail

BIG TOP
VJ Eclectic Method, Glint Sound System, Glimmer Twins, Annie, Frank Tope, Phil Mison, Rob Luis, Giddy

COCOMO BOLLYWOOD COCKTAIL BAR
Rob da Bank & Lazyboy, Bent, Giles Smith (secretsundaze), James Priestly (secretsundaze), Vinyl Tap (Sam Pow & Reetu), Bobby & Nihal, Fiona Maguire, Paul Armfield and the Four Good Reasons (live), Nick Luscombe

The following artists and DJs will be appearing in the TEMPLE COCKTAIL BAR over the course of the weekend:
Pete Lawrence, Ali B, Kid Carpet, David Laub, Different Drummer Sound System, Eddy Temple Morris, Graeme Fisher, Johnny Dirtbox, Johnno Presents Bugged Out Chilled Out, Pathaan, Paul Arnold, Stoppa, Wildcat Will, Hint & JO 90, Rob Wood, Lol Hammond, Rob Savage & The Breakin' Even Collective, Bill Brewster, Heidi (Phonica), Solid State Revival and Cagedbaby


Bestival: Final festival fling of the year announc

who are all these people?

Bestival: Final festival fling of the year announc

Mr Scruff www.mrscruff.com

you might be sprised.

but yeh, who are all the rest!

Bestival: Final festival fling of the year announced – win tickets!

Who are all these people??

Why, you DIS deviants should expand your musical horizons into the ever intriguing world of live&electronic funk/soul/groovy dance and 'chill' ;)

Many of the bands/djs playing here, as with the Big Chill festival which i was lucky enough to go to this year, are fantastic live (Quantic Soul Orchestra being just one example).

Guitars are not the be all and end all of music and the sooner more people realise music is all about emotions and can take any form it likes so long as it pleases the ears..... the better.

this festival looks wicked and i wish i was going!




Bestival: Final festival fling of the year announced – win tickets!

Surely ATP in December is the last festival of the year?

Re: Bestival: Final festival fling of the year announced – win tickets!

stop nitpicking!

cracking line up i must say! still not recovered from missing out on jaxx at t. :-( heckling the libertines was scant consolation.

never heard of this festival before, cant go this year but i may investigate next time.

Bestival: Final festival fling of the year announced – win tickets!

yay! the isle of wight!! we rule!!

i'm really suprised to find this covered on dis. i don't know why, really. so... good stuff!! :)




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