This year’s Bestival Fancy Dress theme at the Isle Of Wight bash will be ‘30,000 Freaks Under The Sea’.  Mermaids, seahorses, squids, sharks and deep-sea divers, the world of costume is truly your lobster at Bestival 2008!

Yep taking a lead from legendary author Jules Verness classic tome 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.  Bestival are taking it even deeper, 30,000 party peoplewill be deep sea skiving in their best underwater fancy-dress garb at the sold out event in September.

Expect scantily-clad mermaids by the dozen, sharks, stingrays, probably the odd shopping trolley and who knows, love might well prove a many tentacled thing for any lucky squid in the area  and surely somebody will resurrect the classic 70s underwater crooner Frankie Prawn joke (please)?

Bestival head-honcho Rob da Bank said:

“We wracked our collective brains˜til they turned to custard and eventually came up with ‘30,000 FREAKS UNDER THE SEA’ - essentially another open-ended theme open to abuse and many different angles which we hope you’ll follow! 

This year we’ll do a night parade as well as daytime one, so make sure you light up bright - calling all pesky squids, little urchins, deep sea divers and Yellow Submarines!”

It will be the third year fans have been given dressing up directives, following on from Cowboys & Indians and Pirates at previous events but, as ever, Bestival-goers will be expected to show some poetic license.

And if you need a wee bit of help in coming up with the perfect sub-aquatic costume this year, why not take a trip to the ever-helpful Jokers Masquerade website.

Following their successful sponsorship of last years Bestival FM radio-station, the lovely people at Jokers’ Masquerade have announced that they will be partnering up with Bestival once again. 

Jokers’ Masquerade are the perfect fancy dress solution for Bestival-goers everywhere, offering over 10,000 costumes to choose from securely online, including many outfits especially available to inspire you for this year’s ‘30,000 Freaks Under The Sea’ theme.

Check out www.joke.co.uk/bestival for loads of great fancy dress ideas and don’t forget to enter promo code BEST08 to enjoy an exclusive 10% discount, until 31st August 2008.

Keep checking the website: http://www.bestival.net/
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