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Camp Bestival

March 2024

  • smiley tent

    Perfect pitch: the 2024 UK music festivals you can still book now

    We may not be able to guarantee the sunshine, but British summer time always means great live music. Grab your spangly cowboy hat – these are the best fests to visit this year

April 2022

  • revellers at Boardmasters, Newquay

    Field of dreams: the best music festivals still available to book

    Big hitters such as Glastonbury may be sold out but – from an Afrobeats party in Portugal to Lil Wayne in a Cambridge orchard – there’s a huge variety of outdoor events out there to brighten your summer

December 2021

  • Copyright Sarah Lee - Justin Fletcher aka "Mr Tumble" an entertainer and star of children's tv/ CBeebies.

    The reader interview
    Mr Tumble! Post your questions for Justin Fletcher

    Ahead of the big-screen CBeebies Christmas panto – and a new Shaun the Sheep TV special – we need your questions for the kingpin of British children’s TV

May 2019

  • Festival goers

    'U OK hun?': The essential questions for summer’s festival season

    Find out how to navigate welly season with a series of probing quizzes and how-to guides

July 2016

  • DJ Shadow

    This week's best culture
    Five of the best... rock & pop gigs

    DJ Shadow | Indietracks | Jean-Michel Jarre | Camp Bestival | Hinds

August 2015

  • Ella Eyre at Camp Bestival

    Camp Bestival review – diverse pleasures for ex-ravers and their tots

    From Ella Eyre to Dick and Dom via Underworld, the family festival really does have something for everyone

August 2014

  • Camp Bestival performers

    Violence, video games and fun – a beginners' guide for parents

  • Basement Jaxx at Camp Bestival 2014

    Camp Bestival review – boutique festival meets preteen summer camp

July 2014

  • Experience: blew myself up

    Experience
    Experience: I blew myself up at a festival

    Georgina Chalmers: 'I could see the escaping gas changing the colour of the air around it. Time seemed to stand still as I wondered what to do'

February 2014

  • Basement Jaxx

    Johnny Marr, Basement Jaxx and Sinéad O'Connor to play Camp Bestival 2014

    First tranche of names for Bestival's family-friendly offshoot named

August 2013

  • Camp Bestival – review

    The high-summer offshoot of next month's Bestival is so kiddie-focused it resembles a giant romper room, writes Ian Gittins

  • Camp Bestival

    Camp Bestival 2013: from Mr Tumble to Mark Owen – in pictures

    Festivalgoers flocked to the family-friendly Camp Bestival in Dorset to enjoy stars such as Richard Hawley and Mr Tumble

  • Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards

    Music blog
    What I'm looking out for at Camp Bestival

    From John Cooper Clarke to Janine Butcher and Mr Tumble, here are Ian Gittins's most anticipated moments for this year's event

February 2013

  • Camp Bestival

    Richard Hawley to headline Camp Bestival

    Other acts appearing at family-friendly younger sibling of Bestival include the Levellers and Toots and the Maytals

August 2012

  • Camp Bestival 2012 - video

    Camp Bestival, as its name suggests, is a brilliant blend of two great British past times: camping and partying in a field. Held in the grounds of Lulworth Castle, it is the brainchild of Radio 1 DJ Rob da Bank and is aimed at families. Despite ominous forecasts for this year's event, the sun shone in all its glory

30 July 2012

  • Bez from the Happy Mondays dances on stage

    Camp Bestival 2012: day three – in pictures

    The final day of the festival in Dorset sees music from the Happy Mondays and entertainment from Rolf Harris

  • Pirate radio … Adam Ant plays the Camp Bestival Main Stage on Friday 27 July.

    Music blog
    Camp Bestival: how was it for you?

    Melissa Denes: Did Rizzle Kicks delight or disappoint? And who won the big Saturday night disco playoff? We want to hear your take on the weekend's festivities

  • The Happy Mondays' Bez at Camp Bestival

    Camp Bestival – review

    Led by Chic wedding-disco bombardment and Hot Chip's toddler-friendly techno, Camp Bestival sparkled, writes Mark Beaumont

29 July 2012

  • Free Hugs at Camp Bestival

    Camp Bestival day two - in pictures

  • Music blog
    Day three of Camp Bestival - what have you been enjoying at the festival?

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