Bestival

Bestival Wins BMS in UKFA 2009

Nov 20th, 2009 | By Lucy Johnson | Category: 2009, Awards, Bestival, Isle of Wight Event News, Music, News, Online News

Although the title may look cryptic to the uninitiated, news reaches our inbox: Bestival has won Best Medium Sized Festival in the UK Festival Awards 2009. Bestival curator BBC Radio 1’s Rob da Bank, will no doubt respond with pride at Bestivals latest win, as Camp Bestival also scooped its own award too! Best Family Festival…



Mighty Bestival Pair Reach UK Festival Awards Shortlist

Oct 15th, 2009 | By Simon Blackmore | Category: Advertising, Awards, Bestival, Festival, Interactive, Internet, Isle of Wight, News, Online News, Online Survey

Bestival and Camp Bestival are in with a real chance of winning some coveted Festival awards again, but are going to need your help!…



Vote For Bestival in UK Festival Awards 2009

Sep 25th, 2009 | By Simon Blackmore | Category: Bestival, Isle of Wight Event News, Lifestyle, National News, News, Online News

Vote for Bestival in the UK Festival Awards 2009 as they have notched up 5 award nominations for Bestival and an impressive 6 nominations for Camp Bestival. In voting you could win a pair of tickets to every single winning festival next year, that could be more than 10 festivals!…



Bestival 2010 Early Bird Tickets

Sep 17th, 2009 | By Simon Blackmore | Category: 2010, Advertising, Advertorial, Bestival, Business, Isle of Wight Event News, News

Bestival organisers have already started planning the Bestival 2010 shindig and Early Bird Tickets are released this Friday. The 7th Bestival is certain to be another scorcher so to make sure you don’t miss out on the next incredible Isle of Wight adventure…



Bestival Hailed As ‘Safest Yet’

Sep 15th, 2009 | By Vincent Woods | Category: 2009, Bestival, Community, Community Forum, Crime, Entertainment, Environment, Government, Island Newswire, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight Services, Lead, Lifestyle, Music, News

Police chiefs are hailing this year’s Bestival event one of the safest yet after a successful four-day policing operation. The event was attended by more than 40,000 people, and “Yet again this year, the Bestival is maintaining its deserved reputation for being a safe and peaceful event, with no significant incidents and low levels of crime throughout,” said Chief Superintendent Dave Thomas…



Partners Working Towards A Safe Bestival

Sep 10th, 2009 | By Duncan Smith | Category: 2009, Attractions, Bestival, Business, Community Forum, Environment, Hampshire, Island Views, Isle of Wight Event News, Isle of Wight Services, Lifestyle, News

Organisations from the Isle of Wight Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership are working together to help ensure the Bestival music festival on the Isle of Wight remains a safe experience. More than 43,000 people are expected to attend Robin Hill Country Park near Ryde to enjoy live music and entertainment on the island…



Bestival Videos Taking Shape For 2009

Sep 6th, 2009 | By Amanda Johnson | Category: 2009, Advertising, Attractions, Bestival, Community Forum, Events, Events and Festivals, Interactive, Internet, Isle of Wight, Music, News, Video

Latest news from Bestival curator Rob Da Bank as he video reports via YouTube on the Bestival Lineup 2009. And there’s more… with only days to go Rob gives us an exclusive sneak preview of how Robin Hill Country Park on the Isle of Wight is shaping up for the big event on 11th-13th September…



Bestival Returns More Tickets Available

Aug 18th, 2009 | By Simon Blackmore | Category: Advertising, Advertorial, Bestival, Island Newswire, Isle of Wight, Lifestyle, Music, News

After selling out for the fourth year in a row a while back, we have some super news for those who missed out first time around there are a limited allocation of ticket returns for this year’s Bestival available to buy today – but be quick! These few returned tickets are now up for grabs from midday today (Tues 18th August) – through www.bestival.net and Ticketline…