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Hear this as the first of the whispers… the festival returns to its roots. A salute to the original muses: Music, Freedom, Peace, Love and Euphoria. In the year 2015, Bestival acknowledges its ancestry with the theme, 'Bestival's Summer of Love'.
At the zenith of the season, Bestival invites you to join the great revival, lose your inhibitions and join our gathering of the peoples. Reject the hum-drum, the material and the system! Come to the island, and for a weekend, take heart in the art, the ideals and the madness.
We’re not just talking about bell-bottomed hippies with flowers in their hair, or red-jeaned ravers circumnavigating the M25. It’s deeper and wider, and even longer than that. It’s about positivity, peace & love, and bananas not guns. Bestival want all people, all sexes, all ages, all cultures to come together and to share the good times, to celebrate the simple joy of unity, to feel the unparalleled pleasures of dancing shoulder to shoulder with wonderful strangers and loving every second. Bestival want the greatest party of all time. And we know you do, too.
This year includes the addition of Slow Motion, a brand new arena dedicated to energising pursuits, from wild music runs and hugging llamas to euphoric yoga and rock climbing, it’s its own tranquil event set within the brilliant brouhaha of Bestival. A festival within a festival, Slow Motion is a realm of calm and hidden pleasures connecting the body and mind, all laid out on rolling grass with magnificent views across the rest of Bestival. It might just give you the chance to breathe; to escape.
Films In The Forest, Bestival’s late night cinema affair, returns to the Amphitheatre, screening Woodstock and Pride (Friday), Behind The Candelabra and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Saturday) plus Searching For Sugarman and High Fidelity (Sunday).
You can also enjoy the tongue-in-cheek adventure-land, The Grand Palace of Entertainment. Brace yourselves for sketch comedy trio Birthday Girls, boyband disco action and debauched dancing with Back Door Boys (& the 10 Commandments of Pop), the unholy alliance of acid house and wool that is Rave Knitting, and church-fuelled sing-along mayhem from Gospeloke. Plus they’ll have Dance of the Dead, Hi-Brow and the all-action Marisa Carnesky's Finishing School, all making their Grand Palace of Entertainment debuts.
Please note: Rudimental's appearance will be a DJ set only.
Headliners
Live
- The Jacksons
- Tame Impala
- Jungle
- Jurassic 5
- Flying Lotus
- Little Dragon
- Roisin Murphy
- Duke Dumont
- Kae Tempest
- Boy Better Know
- Todd Terje
- Action Bronson
- Future Islands
- Level 42
- Young Fathers
- Flight Facilities
- Rae Morris
- Jungle Brothers
- The Cuban Brothers
- Pond (AUS)
- Sleaford Mods
- Fat White Family
- Låpsley
- Cymande
- Soft Play
- Shura
- George The Poet
- Dean Blunt
- Snap!
- Arthur Brown
- Mr Wilson's Second Liners
- The Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band
- Reggaerobics
- Circus Raj
- Charli XCX
- Lianne La Havas
- Moxie
- Throwing Shade
- Graceland
- Neneh Cherry
- Rocketnumbernine
- Ella Eyre
- Andreya Triana
- LoneLady
- Graceland
- FKA Twigs
- Wiley
- Dub Pistols
- Gabrielle Aplin
- Dodgy
- Xockha
- Yrslf
- Skepta
- Roni Size
- Drenge
- Kitty Daisy and Lewis
- Dinosaur Pile-Up
- Kero Kero Bonito
- Lloyd Yates
- Seafret
- Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band
- The Chuckle Brothers
Temple Island
- Madlib
- Jonas Rathsman
- Ejeca
- SG Lewis
- Joe Hertz
- Juicebox DJs
- 99 Souls
- Philip George
- Disciples
- TCTS
- Shadow Child
- Alex Adair
- Altern-8
- LIQUID
- Rat Pack
- Baby D
- Kaotic Chemistry
- Slipmatt
- Billy Bunter
- Uncle Dugs
- Idiot Savant DJs
- B. Traits
- Paranoid London
- Dense & Pika
- Luke Vibert
- Tom Demac
- DMX Krew
- 2 Bad Mice
- A Sagittariun
- Cedric Maison
- David Dabieh
Invaders Of The Future
- All This Noise
- Bearcubs
- Bearcubs
- Boxed In
- Champs
- Clarence Clarity
- Eagulls
- Eaves
- Eighteen Nightmares At The Lux
- Ekkah
- Formation
- Formation
- Girlpool
- Graceland
- Graceland
- Honeyblood
- Honne
- Honne
- JJ Hodari
- JJ Hodari
- Jagaara
- Kate Simko
- Kiko Bun
- Kimberley Anne
- Kimberly Anne
- LA Priest
- LIA (Life Imitates Art)
- Laura Moody
- Lion Babe
- London Electronic Orchestra
- London Electronic Orchestra
- Mura Musa
- Mura Musa
- Palace
- Plastic Mermaids
- Polar Maps
- Polar Maps
- Ratboy
- Ratboy
- Real Lies
- Secaina Hudson
- Secaina Hudson
- Shelter Point
- Skinny Girl Diet
- SOAK
- Stormzy
- The Bohicas
- The Skints
- The Slow Show
- Thomston
- Thomston
- To Kill A King
- Walking On Cars
- Wild Smiles
Black Butter Records Big Top Takeover
- Rudimental
- Gorgon City
- Kidnap Kid
- Oneman
- My Nu Leng
- Karma Kid
- Black Butter Soundsystem
The Grand Palace Of Entertainment
- Birthday Girls
- Back Door Boys (& The 10 Commandments Of Pop)
- Marisa Carnesky
- Cushion Collective
- Wrong Pong
- Kat & Matt Do That
- Brass Funkeys
- Musical Bingo
- Tina T'urner Tea Lady
- Jayde Adams
- Legs Akimbo
The Kaleidoscope
- 47SOUL
- Alice Jemima
- Andy Votel
- Badow
- CoCo And The Butterfields
- Esther Joy Lane
- Fickle Friends
- Flight Brigade
- Gallows Ghost
- Gecko
- Goldray
- L.A. Salami
- Lazlo
- Laucan
- Lucky Elephant
- The Mispers
- Port Isla
- Samuel Walwyn
- Shanty
- Solko
- Solar Bears
- Ephemerals
- The Fontanas
- Will Varley
- Xylaroo
- Apiento
- Balearic Gabba Soundsystem
- Chris Coco
- Danny Whitehead
- Dave Seaman
- Flying White Dots
- Mojo Filter
- Nick Warren
- Olaf Stuut
- Paul Godfrey
- Pete Gooding
- Phil Dockerty
- Phil Mison
- Phil South
- Steve Cobby
- Still:Live
- Thythe
- Tom Misch
The Port
- Skrillex
- Mark Ronson (DJ Set)
- Annie Mac
- Seth Troxler
- Four Tet DJ Set
- Tale of Us
- Guy Gerber
- Jackmaster
- David Rodigan MBE
- Hannah Wants
- MistaJam
- Erol Alkan
- Andrew Weatherall
- Greg Wilson
- Toddla T
- High Contrast
- London Elektricity
- Benga
- Special Request
- Horse Meat Disco
- DJ Monki
- Mele
- DJ Wookie
- Slimzee
- Etherwood
- Fred V & Grafix
- Dynamite MC
- The Heatwave
- Low Steppa
- Kiwi
- Logan Sama
- Mella Dee
- Flava D
- Jaguar Skills
DJs
- Funlord
- Black Butter
- Joy Orbison
- Ben UFO
- Mike Skinner
- Shy FX
- Benji B
- Redlight
- Norman Jay
- Shellac Collective
- Late Nite Tuff Guy
- Joe Hertz
- Billy Daniel Bunter
- Mark Archer
- Work It! DJs
- Venum Sound
- Josey Rebelle
- DJ Yoda
The Feast Collective
- Hang Fire Smokehouse
- The Coffee Camper
- Happy Maki
- Zoe's Ghana Kitchen
- Korrito
- Le Rac Shack
- Seadog
- Makatcha
- Thoroughly Wild Meat Co.
- Biblos
- Lemlem Kitchen
- Elephant Juice Co.
- Morty & Bob’s
- Crabbieshack
- The Hempiness Kitchen
Carnivale
- Spandy Andy
- Sink The Pink
- Mr Wilson's Second Liners
- Mariachi El Pinche Gringo
- Shademakers
- Area 51
- Cirque Bijou
- Emergency Exit Arts
- Batala Portsmouth
- Kinetika Bloco
- Mandinga Arts
- Preston Carnival
- Brouhaha
- New Carnival Company
- VIP Puppets
- Artemis
- Quture
- CTD Dance Company
- Rainbow Connections
- Utopia Mas
- The Love Float
- The Parlour Make Up
The Clowns
- Abandomen
- Andrew Maxwell
- The Noise Next Door
- Phil Nichol
- Andy Askins
- Daniel Sloss
- Ian Stone
- Late Night Gimp Fight
- Titty Bar Ha Ha
- JollyBoat
- Joel Dommett
- Kai Humphries
- Benny Boot
- Alfie Brown
- Jamali Maddix
- Paul McCaffrey
- Lolly Adefope
- Wayne Deakin
- Mickey D
- The Herbert
- Eric Lampaert
- Elliot Steel
- Tim Renkow
- Amy Howerska
- Brennan Reece
- Garrett Millerick
- James Loveridge
Caravanserai
- Animal Noise
- Bomba Titinka
- The Carny Villains
- Dila V & The Oddbeats
- Keltrix
- King Lagoon’s Flying Swordfish Dance Band
- Madame Barducci & The Goudzy Guitar
- Manière des Bohémiens
- Mariachi El Pinche Gringo
- Mortisville
- New York Brass Band
- Rambunctious Social Club
- A Ray of Charles
- Tantz
- Temple Funk Collective
- Thrill Collins
- Voodoo Love Orchestra
- Woohoo Revue
- Wight Floyd Presents A Pink Floyd Special
- Adewale
- Arni Vore
- Big Swing Soundsystem
- Chris Tofu
- Catjam
- Daniel Peppit
- El Gadze
- Jonny Antrobus
- DJ Penny Metal
- Cirque Bijou
- Flame Proof Moth
- Karauke
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