The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
Hi de Hi Campers! With Camp Bestival only 7 weeks away we thought it’s high time we unleashed the fancy dress theme for our inaugural knees up...
The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party … with a twist!
Expect super-sized surrealism and magical mayhem as the Alice In Wonderland inspired Tea Party comes to life in Camp Bestival’s Magic Meadow on the Saturday afternoon. Imagine fun around a gigantic table piled high with cakes, cream teas, bizarre bits and over-sized animals surrounded by a host of freaky characters designed by Josie da Bank playing suitably silly games, including wonky crochet and ‘goodmington’ (not ‘bad’), all while kazoo wizards Masters of the Kazooniverse supply the soundtrack. As ever fun is top of the agenda so get yourselves kitted out as your favourite Alice in Wonderland character or come as something unique or just as yourself and be part of the maddest tea party ever!
Of course our legendary Dressing Up Area will be on hand to help the adults get dolled up and lose their inhibitions and we’ll also have a separate Kid’s Dressing Up Area (& Catwalk) so the little’uns can get involved too!
Camp Bestival is all about bringing back the British Holiday Camp … Bestival style! A place where Hi de Hi camping capers meet the spirit of early festivals where musicians and story tellers roam the woodland glades, spreading love and merry cheer. Mix in entertainment of the highest order, splendid music including headliners Kate Nash, The Flaming Lips and Chuck Berry plus a host of Rob da Bank heritage heroes and hot new acts from Billy Bragg and Suzanne Vega to Black Kids, dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip, Florence and the Machine and top DJs including Andrew Weatherall, DJ Yoda, Gilles Peterson, Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve (aka Erol Alkan & Richard Norris) and many more… check the bottom of this message for the full list.
Mix in excellent facilities for the outdoor life and a generous sprinkle of Bestival magic and you'll get an idea of what to expect at the first ever Camp Bestival - a new weekend feast for other like minded souls - a place where magical moments will be shared between special people, creating memories that will last forever. All this plus the best facilities of any festival from hot showers with tea & toast while you wait, to custom furnished tipis and yurts to maintained barbeques, a massive kids area and our Bestival Bluecoats led by the mighty Cuban Brothers on hand 24 hours a day to cater for your every need!
Check out the rest of this website to get a run-down of all the super live music and DJs to tickle the taste buds plus latest info on our magnificent Spiegeltent for Come Dancing dance offs and Karaoke, updates on Comedy, Spoken Word and Literature in the Laughter Library, and an overview of all our other cool stuff including Theatre in the Woods, The Knitting Kent, Cockney Knees Up, Heavenly Healing, Restival Field, Films, Fireworks, Campfire Sessions & Singalongs, Workshops for Kids, Sports Day antics and much much more.
So roll on July – see you round the ol’ campfire!
Camp Bestival Tickets:
Ticketline: www.ticketline.co.uk / 0844 888 4410 (24 hr)
Lastminute: www.lastminute.com
Adult Weekend Tickets - £120
Age 13 to 15 Child Weekend Tickets - £60
Age 12 & Under Child Weekend Tickets – FREE (ticket required)
Campervan Tickets - £50 (per vehicle)
Live Acts:
The Flaming Lips, Chuck Berry, Kate Nash, The Imagined Village, Hercules & Love Affair, Suzanne Vega, Billy Bragg, The Cuban Brothers, Florence and The Machine, King Creosote, dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip, Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong, Kid Carpet, Grand National, Eliza Carthy, Eliza Doolittle, Ebony Bones, Kitty, Daisy and Lewis, Black Kids, Ladyhawke, The Wurzels, Emmy The Great, David E Sugar, Gideon Conn, thecocknbullkid, Jon Hopkins, Beardyman presents Battlejam, The Fence Collective, The Melodica The Melody & Me, Tawiah, Emiliana Torrini, The Hat, Christopher D Ashley, Sportsday Megaphone, This Is The Kit, Alice & the Majesty, Rod Thomas, Cut A Shine, Lucky Elephant, Bastila, George Pringle, Imperial Leisure, Rachael Dadd, Tofu Love Frogs, Dulwich Ukulele Club…
DJs:
Andrew Weatherall (Rock n Roll set), Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve (4hr set), DJ Yoda, DJ Krust, Gilles Peterson, Frank Tope, Rob da Bank, Dub Pistols Sound System, Kevin Rowland, Gaz's Rockin' Blues, The Nextmen, Ross Allen, Idjut Boys, Greg Wilson, Queens of Noize, Maurice Fulton, Mungos Hi Fi, Gregs Greats, The Shellac Collective, One Deck and Popular, Sombrero Sound System, Fear of Theydon….
Comedy:
Roy Walker’s ‘Catchphrase’, Andrew Maxwell presents ‘Full Mooners’, The Pros From Dover, Ida Barr & Tina C, Phil Nichol, Glenn Wool, Craig Campbell, Dave Fulton, Jason John Whitehead, Andy Askins, Adam Bloom, Sol Bernstein, Pete Cain, Susan Murray, Jonathan Mayor, John Fothergill, David Hadingham, Jeff Innocent, Carl Donnelly and more…
Spoken Word:
Scroobius Pip Presents… Polar Bear, Poem Inbetween People, Peggy Sue & The Pirates, Gideon Conn, Kate Tempest, Matt Lloyd, AF Harold, John Berkavitch, Riz MC, Ventriloquist
Literature:
Howard Marks, Richard Milward, Joe Stretch, Neil Boorman, Gautam Malkani, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, M J Hyland, Sebastian Horsley, Henry Hemming, Dan Rhodes, Edward Docx, Marie Phillips, Nigel Spriggs/Daniel Clay, Tom Leveritt , Michael Smith, The Pan I Am, Cathi Unsworth, Peter Wild, Tom Hodgkinson, Andy & Dave Hamilton, Paul Kingsnorth
x Bestival