The Isle of Wight Bestival Event is up for 4 Awards at the 2006 UK Festival Awards.

We are chuffed to bits that Bestival has been short-listed in the following 4 categories of the 2006 UK Festival Awards:
 
1. Best Medium-To-Large Festival
2. Party People Award For Dance Music
3. Innovation Award:For the new ‘Breast-ival’ area where mothers could breastfeed and change nappies in peace.
4. Memorable Moment: Scissor Sisters performing at Bestival dressed as clowns, despite a ‘clown ban’ for the fancy dress party
 
Last year Bestival 2005 won 2 awards, ‘Best Medium-Sized Festival’and ‘Most Innovative Festival’, because you lovely people voted for us.  Well we’d be over the moon if you voted for us this year too!
 
www.festivalawards.com
 
Also, everyone who votes in this year’s UK Festival Awards will be automatically entered into an amazing prize draw, to win a pair of tickets to every winning festival, plus a pair of VIP tickets to the awards ceremony in London on October 19th and a year’s supply of beer!
 
Also, we are very pleased that our very own Bestival head hippie Rob da Bank has been nominated in the Best Electronic Artist/DJ category for the BT Digital Music Awards. Voting is now open to the public and can be done online: www.btyahoo.com/dma06/awards
 
Early Bird Weekend Tickets are still on sale for Bestival 2007, due to take place at Robin Hill Country Park on the Isle of Wight over the weekend of 7th – 9th September 2007, but not for long!  You only have a few days left to snap up yours before the prices goes up.  They cost just £85 for the weekend so get booking now! Head over to www.bestival.net or call Ticketline on 08700 667753 (24 Hr/ Credit Cards) to get yours.
www.bestival.net

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