Re-visit: Isle of Wight Bestival 2006  

Visit: Island Pulse Bestival News

The magical world of Bestival will be returning to Robin Hill Country Park on the Isle of Wight over the weekend of 7th, 8th, 9th September 2007.

Tickets go on sale this Friday when we will also be announcing the first instalment of this year’s line up.  Isle of Wight residents will be able to buy discounted tickets for one day only – Friday 2nd March, there will be no Day Tickets this year.

Tickets will be on sale from this Friday 2nd March from the following outlets:

Ticketline – www.bestival.net/ / 08700 667753 (inc. Campervan Tickets)

Ticket + Ferry Packages:

Red Funnel – www.redfunnel.co.uk/bestival / 0870 444 88 98

Wightlink – www.wightlink.co.uk/bestival / 0870 582 7744

Isle of Wight Ticket Outlets:

Robin Hill (Main Office)
IOW Tourist Offices (Cowes, Newport, Yarmouth, Ryde, Sandown & Shanklin or call 01983 813813)
Generation (21 Holyrood Rd, Newport)
Jazz Festival Office (6 Pier St, Ventnor)
Pilot Boat Inn (Bembridge)
Wightlink (Fishbourne Ticket Office)
Red Funnel Ports

Ok, so more news coming very soon… and we just know you’re gonna love it!!!

www.bestival.net/  www.myspace.com/bestival

Bestival 2007 News and Updates

Island Pulse

Roll up roll up for three days and nights of music and merry mayhem as the Bestivalest Show On Earth returns for your pleasure!

Bestival, now in its fourth year, is well known for its unique creativity, innovation and darned right cheekiness.  A three day world of utter escapism takes festival lovers into the realms of surreal adventure.

This year the Bestival Main Stage will be set alight with two of the worlds greatest live spectaculars – The Chemical Brothers who will be headlining the Friday night slot and the mighty Beastie Boys who will reign on Saturday. 

Chemical Brothers: “We’re very excited to be playing at Bestival. It was the best party I went to last summer, I can’t believe we haven’t done it yet, we’re going to rock the house!” Ed Simons, The Chemical Brothers

As for the Saturday headliner, the Beastie Boys will be taking the Isle of Wight by storm, this is an exclusive performance by the legendary US act, their only festival in England.

Live Acts Announced Today are:

Beastie Boys, The Chemical Brothers, Gregory Isaacs,  The Levellers, The Orb, Billy Brag, The Maccabees,  The Cuban Brothers,  Dub Pistols, Calvin Harris,  Mr Hudson & The Library,  Simian Mobile Disco, Bonde de Role, Cagedbaby, Horace Andy, Jah Wobble, Zion Train, Fujiya and Miyagi, Fionn Regan, Daedalus,  Ska Cubano, Super Nashwan, Kate Nash, Remi Nicole, The Shakes, Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Fields, Adjagas and many more live acts to be announced…

and DJs:

Francois Kevorkian, Gilles Peterson, Tim Westwood, Rob da Bank, David Holmes, Justin Robertson, Erol Alkan, Ben Watt, Andy C and many more DJs of the highest calibre…

This year is already going bonkers as everyone’s favourite festi spins into action – Rob da Bank is so excited he could pop:

“I can’t believe we’re about to launch the fourth Bestival and i’m as excited as ever about the acts we’ve got on board already and the hundreds more to come. We’re the only English festival to get the Beastie Boys and I can’t wait to see the fancy dress loonies po-going along to No Sleep ‘Til Brooklyn. Friday headliners

The Chemical Brothers are old favourites of all of us at Bestival HQ and their new tunes are miles ahead of everyone else as usual. Laser rave action ahoy! As for the Sunday headliner, well you’ll just have to wait but it’ll be worth it (and yes I do know who it is!)” Rob da Bank”

Once again Bestival attempts the world’s biggest fancy dress party, Bollywood Cocktail Bar, Laughter Clubs, Farmers Market, Kids Area, Morris Dancing, magical moments and much more.  
Just a few of the genius new mad-cap ideas that da Bank and his fellow fun brigade have dreamt up to keep Bestival the most exciting festival of all…

Swim to Bestival – What better way to arrive at Bestival than with a bracing charity swim across the Solent? With Navy lifeguards on hand in case you get a bit knackered and Miguel Mantovani from The Cuban Brothers screaming encouragement into a megaphone from his rubber dinghy this is the way to travel! Full details to follow.
 
Club Dada – A new tent for Bestival 2007 in which anything and everything could happen. And probably will!  Surreal mixtures of cabaret and performance with the coolest music to boot. From hoedown to high times, from lo fi to Death Defying Circus acts. This is the tent to feel the warmth of the Bestival mayhem and meet a whole new Bonkers World.
 
Laughter Clubs – inspired by the rib tickling chuckling associations that have sprung up all over India and the rest of the world Bestivalites can join in a number of laughter clubs happening across the Bestival site all weekend.
 
Fake Bush goes to Bollywood – our favourite Kate Bush impersonator imagines our Kate heading off to Bollywood with her new show unveiled at Bestival 2007.

Much more to be announced shortly!

IMPORTANT – NEW TICKET DEFINITIONS FOR BESTIVAL 2007

Adult Weekend Tickets – £115.00
Adult Tickets are for anyone aged 16 or over on 07/09/2007.  Ticket holders aged 16 and 17 must be accompanied by a Ticket holding parent or guardian over the age of 21*

Age 13 to 15 Child Weekend Tickets – £57.50
Age 13 to 15 Child Tickets are for anyone aged 13 to 15 on 07/09/2007.  Child ticket holders must be accompanied by a Ticket holding parent or guardian over the age of 21*

Age 12 & Under Child Weekend Tickets – FREE
Age 12 & Under Child Tickets are for anyone aged 12 and under on 07/09/2007.  Child Ticket holders must be accompanied by a Ticket holding parent or guardian over the age of 21*

*NB: One ticket holding parent or guardian can only accompany up to 4 people under the age of 18.

Campervan Tickets – £45.00 (per vehicle)

Your Campervan must be specially adapted for people to stay in (which does not include transit vans with a mattress in the back or 4×4s with the seats folded down).  If your vehicle is longer than 7 metres you will need to purchase two Campervan Tickets. Cars will not be allowed into the Campervan area at any time so consequentially Caravans, Trailer Tents etc are not permitted.

[Please ensure you have read this information thoroughly and that you buy the correct tickets or you may be refused entry to the festival]

BESTIVAL 2007 TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW FROM THE FOLLOWING OUTLETS:

Tickets Only:

Ticketline – www.ticketline.co.uk/   08700 667753 (inc. Campervan Tickets)

Lastminute – www.lastminute.com/

Ticket + Ferry Packages:

Red Funnel – www.redfunnel.co.uk/bestival / 0870 444 88 98

Wightlink – www.wightlink.co.uk/bestival / 0870 582 7744

Isle of Wight Ticket Outlets:

Robin Hill (Main Office) 
IOW Tourist Offices (Cowes, Newport, Yarmouth, Ryde, Sandown & Shanklin or call 01983 813813) 
Generation (21 Holyrood Rd, Newport) 
Jazz Festival Office (6 Pier St, Ventnor)
Pilot Boat Inn (Bembridge) 
Wightlink (Fishbourne Ticket Office)
Red Funnel Ports

Isle of Wight residents will be able to buy discounted tickets for one day only – Friday 2nd March (from IOW outlets listed above only)

There will be no Day Tickets this year, all tickets will incur a booking fee.

Expect hoe downs, high times, tea and cakes, techno, folk and everything in between at this the most spectacular show on Mother Earth.

www.bestival.net/

Island Pulse

Island Pulse have just be given this update from Bestival:

“Tickets are absolutely FLYING out for Bestival – the website melted down earlier today due to demand and we have just about completely sold out of our IOW Islander Day tickets within hours of them going onsale…and we still haven’t announced some of the bggest acts yet!”

Perhaps as we have been given 2 Tickets for Bestival 2007 now’s a good time to announce our very own Bestival “Spot the Stars” Competition.

Its very easy to enter, all you have to do is guess who was at Bestival 2006 from the pictures supplied.
For full details visit: Island Pulse Bestival “Spot the Stars” Competition.

©Island Pulse