Bestival 2012!

The 2012 Bestival takes place 6-9th September at Robin Hill, Isle of Wight, tickets go on sale 14 February!

More Bestival info at www.bestival.net

WILDLIFE THEME announced, ORBITAL to headline the Big Top PLUS new bits for Bestival 2012

With Bestival due to make some tasty announcements over the next 12 days on Twitter, everyone is getting very excited. Particularly Rob da Bank and the Bestival crew! So, to tickle your taste buds they have decided to ‘leak’ a few choice nuggets of loveliness...

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!”

Here’s what’s new for Bestival 2012!

The theme for Bestival 2012 is Wildlife… unleash your inner party beast from the hinterlands of your imagination. Robin Hill will be covered with some seriously wild things, from fantastic fauna, kings of the jungle and even organisms aplenty to just the outrageously wild...

Film is coming to Bestival in 2012 – new for 2012 are the Lost Picture Show – a vintage cinema to take you back to the golden age of movie going, plus Rob da Bank will be rescoring the 1930s original of King Kong at the brand new Amphitheatre performance space in the Woods... not one to miss!

A new and expanded healing area called the Soul Park will feature unique spaces for yoga, massage, relaxation, hammocks and meditation with the David Lynch Foundation plus wood-burning Scandinavian hot tubs and a sauna area. 

Bestival have got the country’s finest young chefs, street food vendors, bakers and mixologists all under one roof! Winners of the nationwide search for the most talented Young British Foodies will be joined by the YBF all-star foodie judges to create a never-been-done-before, spectacular eating experience... tasty!

The Bollywood Bar is having a complete Josie da Bank makeover – with an old London bus being transformed into a Bollywood chill out bar in full Indian colours and the inside getting a cinematic Bollywood lick of paint.

Roll up roll up, Bestival have cranked up the fun factor with a brand new venue... enter the Grand Palace of Entertainment! Expect twisted cabaret, raucous games and quizzes, dancing lycra-clad bearded trannies and multicolored, glitter strewn, late night parties.

Create a bloco for the Bestival Carnival – Your chance to unite with other festi-goers and get creative! We are inviting you to form your own bloco and be part of our carnival parade on Saturday afternoon. From fabulous costumes, to drumming, dancing and giant puppets, we can’t wait to see what delights you come up with! Details of how to enter coming soon.

Get on yer bike and emulate mighty Mark Cavendish with a truly Olympic effort to ride almost 100miles from Central London to Bestival…and raise cash for charity. More details will be available at the end of the month but you can get in training now if sounds like fun to you..?
 
Bestival are overjoyed to declare that dance music legends Orbital will be crossing the Solent to join in the adventure, or as it used to be called.. a proper rave up, headlining the Big Top on Sunday night! Renowned for their festival annihilating brilliance and a dashing line in torch specs, the brothers Hartnoll are true pioneers of dance music and with a brand new album, ‘Wonky’ currently getting the critics all giddy, you can expect nothing less than a legendary set!

With many more acts to announce for Bestival 2012 and to build just a touch of anticipation for our headline announcements, Rob da Bank will be taking to his trusty Twitter announcing an act a day until mid-February when we’ll be announcing some headliner news. Until then, make sure you check the Twitter feed for news on some of the many acts that will be gracing Bestival 2012 with their presence.