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CAMP BESTIVAL: JULY 28-31
By Catherine O'Dolan on 17/06/2011 14:33:27
The Junior Guide to Family Festivals checks out Camp Bestival 2011
CAMP BESTIVAL JULY 28–31 is at Lulworth Castle, Dorset () Capacity 50,000 What’s the vibe The king of family festivals, having won the Best Family Festival prize from 2009–10, the little sister of Bestival is a rocking affair.Musical interludes
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Joe Blogs camps it up at Bestival 2010
By Joe on 03/08/2010 17:30:28
Smart Boy About Town spends the weekend chillin' and thrillin' at Camp Bestival – and sets sail for the Isle of Boden. Read the first of his festival reports
Hi, it's me, Joe.What a weekend I've had! It's been the bestival of times… and the worstival. Well, actually, it was mostly the BEST really, I was just trying to make a clever literary reference.I've just got back from my first ever festival – and I
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Camp Bestival's Soundtrack for the Summer
By Catherine O'Dolan on 16/05/2012 17:48:57
DJ Rob da Banks and his wife Josie select their favourite tracks for the perfect summer vibe
Guilty pleasures or groovy greats? Founders and curators of Camp Bestival, Rob and Josie da Banks, select their favourite summer songs:■ Over And Over by Hot Chip ■ Higher Ground by Stevie Wonder■ (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher
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Winner of the Best Family Festival 2012 - Camp Bestival
By Catherine O'Dolan on 21/05/2012 02:03:06
Why all the hip and happening families are heading to Lulworth Cove, Dorset for the best family festival of the season
to Josie at Glastonbury). The result? Camp Bestival, described as “a 1950s’ British holiday camp with a twist.” So what’s the vibe? As well as an eclectic musical offering (headliners this year include Happy Mondays, Earth Wind & Fire, Kool & The Gang
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Joe Blogs at Camp Bestival: Part 1
By Catherine O'Dolan on 24/08/2011 15:06:46
Smart Boy About Town gets up to some monkey business with Julius and Paul Frank
is that you bump into old buddies – and at Camp Bestival, who should I knock into by my old pal, Julius, lurking at the Paul Frank stand where there was all manner of larks going on from ping-pong to tattoos, all against this groovy musical backdrop
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Joe Blogs goes ska-crazy with Madness at Camp Bestival
By Joe on 10/08/2010 16:08:41
Smart Boy About Town gets rockin' with Madness as Howard Marks reads bedtime stories
again so I set off to Camp Bestival Day II wearing them and noone even noticed (if you've ever been to Camp Bestival, you'll know that it takes more than wearing pyjamas in daylight to get you noticed!!).Today was a lot of fun. I sneaked onto the helter
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Joe Blogs final festival of the season
By Joe on 28/09/2010 11:51:39
First it was Camp Bestival, then Harvest At Jimmy's. Now it's the, er, Archway Feelgood Festival. And Smart Boy About Town is loving it!
Check out the weird three-toed monster Big FootHi, it's me, Joe.There's a sense of Autumn in the air, and the festival season is nearing its end. It's been a great summer of love – and last weekend, there was a festival closer to home: The Archway Feelgood Festival. Okay, so it w...
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Joe Blogs hangs out at Harvest At Jimmy's
By Joe on 13/09/2010 16:05:16
Smart Boy About Town heads off to Suffolk for a weekend of good food, good music and good company
Hi, it's me, Joe.So I've just come back from what I reckon will be my last festival of the season: Harvest At Jimmy's up in Suffolk. Jimmy's is a working farm, so there was a lot of hay and animals everywhere. I loved feeding the greedy goats with these funny pellets – and there ...
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Music festivals
By Suzanne Milne on 20/04/2010 14:40:21
All the music without the mayhem – these are the best festivals for all the family in 2010
. Meanwhile, the World of Kids and the Children’s Parade will be one of the festival highlights. Visit www.womad.org7. JULY 30 - AUGUST 1 Camp Bestival, Dorset This baby sibling to the Isle of Wight’s Bestival takes place at the idyllic Lulworth Castle
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Seven simple rules for happy festivals
By Catherine O'Dolan on 23/03/2012 16:37:54
Magical fairgrounds, open fields to run and play, the chance to dress up and mess up – No wonder children love the new breed of family festivals
on family fun. And you are truly spoilt for choice with the number of festivals happily catering for families, so how do you choose? If you’re looking for some serious music and big names, the more established bigger festivals like Camp Bestival in Lulworth
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