14th Feb 2012

The excitement never stops at Bestival HQ! Following our first line-up announcement, which included the amazing Sigur Rós, The xx, Two Door Cinema Club, Justice, Hot Chip, 2manydjs, Annie Mac Presents and loads more, plus the acts that have been announced on Twitter in the last week, we’re beside ourselves with joy to be able to let you known just who our fantastic Saturday night headliner is and we’ve got even more tasty treats to boot!
New Order
LIVE:
Friendly Fires / Death In Vegas / Django Django / Daughter / Drums of Death / Zulu Winter
PLUS:
Brainfeeder presents
Thundercat / The Gaslamp Killer / Teebs / Lapalux / Jeremiah Jae / DJ Kutmah
DJs:
Doctor P / Pearson Sound / Borgore / Flux Pavilion / Max Cooper / Gemini / Pangaea / Pariah / Billy Daniel Bunter / Trolley Snatcha / Blawan / KOAN Sound / Warm & Electric Minds
AND:
Amphitheatre Stage:
Max and Ivan are Holmes and Watson / The Unexpected / Four Screwns / About a Bench / Soundbites / Lizard Lounge with Scroobius Pip / Roundhouse Poetry Collective / RSA talks
Around the Woods:
David Lynch Foundation Meditation and Yoga / Gideon Reeling’s Theatrical Wanderings
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1st Feb 2012
Including:
CALL OF THE WILD!
BESTIVAL’S WILDLIFE THEME GOES FOR YOUR ANIMAL INSTINCT
Plus:
ORBITAL GET WONKY AT ROBIN HILL
And:
ROB DA BANK TO ANNOUNCE A BAND A DAY
Bestival, Robin Hill Country Park, Isle Of Wight – 6th to 9th September 2012
With some rather handsome Bestival announcements on the horizon, the mighty Rob da Bank and the Bestival crew are so excited that we just can’t contain ourselves! So, with that in mind, we’re going to ‘leak’ a few choice nuggets of loveliness for your delectation with 12 new things for Bestival 2012 including our untamed fancy dress theme and a tantalising touch of live news.
Rob da Bank says: “I’ve never been pestered so much on Twitter and even in clubs and on the street about who’s playing Bestival this year so we thought we’d better start the proceedings. Legendary brothers of rave Paul and Phil Hartnoll aka Orbital are the first act who have self-announced themselves today… and what a classic to kick off on. As ever the theme of Bestival is a hotly debated topic – this year it’s Wildlife – so maybe you’re thinking foxes, badgers or flamingos or go a bit more lateral and think of wild men and women, hedonists and crazy people? It’s an open book as ever. More news very soon!”
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27th Jan 2012
JOIN IN THE OLYMPIAN FEATS OF MAGIC AT CAMP BESTIVAL 2012
Friday Night Headliners:
Hot Chip
Camp Bestival’s Saturday Night Fever with:
Kool & The Gang / Chic featuring Nile Rodgers / Earth Wind & Fire Experience featuring Al McKay
Festival Exclusives:
Mr Tumble / Silly Olympics with Lost & Found / Shrek the Musical / Fantastic Mr Fox / The Bopps / English National Ballet / Kid Carpet and the Noisy Animals / Camp Bestival Panto / Roundhouse Street Variety Show / Truth About Youth
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26th Jan 2012
8th, 9th and 10th JUNE, 2012 – LOCH NESS, SCOTLAND
ROCKNESS 2012 LAUNCHES TO THE SOUND OF
MUMFORD AND SONS * DEADMAU5 * BIFFY CLYRO * ED SHEERAN * JUSTICE
PLUS ALSO CONFIRMED IN FIRST LINE UP ANNOUNCEMENT
METRONOMY * NOAH AND THE WHALE * WRETCH 32 * FRESH / LIVE * AZEALIA BANKS * BEARDYMAN * DEATH IN VEGAS * CHIC featuring NILE RODGERS * ETIENNE DE CRECY * TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS * BUSY P * GESAFFELSTEIN * RITON * THE CUBAN BROTHERS * FILTH djs * POLYMATH * COUNT CLOCKWORK
AND
THE INAUGURAL ROCKNESS EXPRESS… ALL ABOARD…SCOTLAND HERE WE COME!
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8th Dec 2011
MICHAEL WINSLOW / PHILL JUPITUS / BRENDON BURNS / PHIL NICHOL / PETE JOHANSSON / TIFFANY STEVENSON / IAN STONE
and
PHILL JUPITUS IMPRO ALL STARS WITH ANDY SMART AND STEVE FROST
THE EARLY EDITION WITH MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE & ANDRE VINCENT
COMEDY CLUB 4 KIDS WITH TIERNAN DOUIEB, BENNY BOOT, ERIC LAMPAERT AND MATT REED
The Altitude Comedy Festival is like no other festival. Set in the stunning picture postcard surrounds of Mayrhofen in Austria, you can hit the slopes all day and laugh all night with an incredible line-up of the world’s funniest comedians. Curated by Andrew Maxwell, the Altitude experience already boasts a staggering array of talent includingJimmy Carr, Frankie Boyle, Al Murray, Ed Byrne and Tim Minchin but things are set to get better than you could imagine with even more amazing comedians joining the bill.
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24th Nov 2011

FINAL FREE ENTRY ‘VARIETY’ GIG OF 2011 W/ ENGINE EARZ EXPERIMENT, DAN ANTOPOLSKI, TIERNAN DOUIEB AND URBAN NERDS DJs
The 4th and final 2011 edition of Camden Crawl’s VARIETY series doubles as the Camden Crawl CHRISTMAS PARTY! Back for a bumper edition, be prepared to have the night of your life. With the first three events showing North London that the Crawl team know how to show us a good time, the Christmas edition will not disappoint.
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17th Nov 2011

BESTIVAL TRIUMPHS AS THE ‘FANS’ FAVOURITE FESTIVAL’ AT THE UK FESTIVAL AWARDS!
We are absolutely thrilled and amazingly delighted to announce that Bestival has won the Fans’ Favourite Festival Award at the esteemed UK Festival Awards! A brand new award for the event and one of the few awards that is voted for by the people that really matter to us – that’s you lot!!! - we are exceptionally honoured to be the inaugural winners and we are, as ever, totally indebted to all Bestival-goers for voting for us, so thank you very, very much!
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7th Nov 2011
DJ Yoda brings you the fourth and very special instalment of his Youtube Fridays. This week sees the turntablist extraordinaire revisit his headline show at London’s Roundhouse in which he teamed up with the Trans-Siberian March Band for an epic DJ vs Balkan Brass face-off.
View DJ Yoda’s YouTube Friday 4 – The Roundhouse
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3rd Nov 2011
Henley Business School, world leaders in business management and leadership education are to launch a new Henley MBA for the Music Industry – Sep 2012
Henley Business School are to deliver a new Henley MBA for the Music Industry, combining the breadth of general management areas covered by its existing triple accredited MBA, with a more specific orientation towards the music business & IP management. The initiative is backed by a steering committee of international industry luminaries, the course will be created as an essential, recognised qualification for dynamic business managers and future business leaders.
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2nd Nov 2011
Camden Crawl Unveils stunning line-ups for 2nd and 3rd Variety Nights
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Building up to what is set to be one of their most exciting years ever, London’s biggest multi-venue city festival The Camden Crawl are hosting a series of fortnightly ‘Variety’ club warm up gigs FOR FREE! Putting a modern twist on a traditional Variety performance and described by organisers as “four great nights out in one”, Variety, held at the Star of Kings in Kings Cross features cutting edge comedy, label hosted pub quizzes, guest DJs and a fantastic line-up of new music talent performing live.
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