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Kid Creole and the Coconuts to headline Camp Bestival

plus amazing son et lumiere extravaganza finale

Thursday 30th April 2009


Kid Creole and the Coconuts have been announced as the Friday night headliners at this summer's Camp Bestival.

Kids Garden
Festival organiser Rob Da Bank said, "The sun has got his hat on and I'm down at Camp Bestival HQ singing along to 'Stool Pigeon' and 'Don't Take Away My Coconuts'! Why? Because we've only gone and landed Kid Creole and The Coconuts to headline Friday night at Camp Bestival. I booked him for Bestival a couple of years back and he smashed it with one of the tightest bands and razzle dazzle performances I've booked. It was like Prince meets George Clinton on a desert island and he's coming to Dorset!"

Sunday night at Camp Bestival is going to go out with a bang, and a grand finale with a huge son et lumiere extravaganza planned.

Uk pyrotechnic innovators The World Famous will team up with Rob da Bank on decks, and the English National Ballet to create a great audio-visual spectacle.

According to the press release, and this is seriously surreal, "It will begin with the castle illuminated with strobing white flares, silver fish will swim in the sky, fired from massive cakes on the roof, the castle will turn red as noisy crackling fountains erupt, the pace drops and goes slow and dreamy, performers swing waterfall units around their head, gentle cascading spirals of silver intertwine with the music before high pitched whistles shoot from the roof and the whole shebang climaxes with a multicoloured celebration of music and fire. Jeepers, it's gonna be pant wettingly good."

There's also a new initiative for 2009 Folk Idol with 10 folk singers and bands battling it out on the Bandstand on Saturday afternoon in the Kids Field.

There's three available slots still up for grabs. The only rules are you have to cover an old folk standard and wear a fake beard (or a real one if you've got one). To enter acts needs to head over to www.myspace.com/folkidol, make friends and then say that they would like to enter the Folk Idol competition at Camp Bestival.

This year's line-up includes PJ Harvey performing her only UK solo show, Mercury Rev, Chic feat. Nile Rogers, Bon Iver, Candi Staton, Will Young, Florence & The Machine, Roy Ayers, and Laura Marling, Goldie Lookin' Chain, Frank turner, VV Brown, Roots Manuva, dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip, The Cuban Brothers, Ebony Bones, Dub Pistols, Beardyman, Chase & Status, MC Rage & Plan B, Drums of Death, and a host of DJs including Erol Alkan, Rob da Bank, Zane Lowe, Annie Mac, DJ Yoda, Andy C & MC GQ, Aeroplane, High Contrast, DJ Derek, Gilles Peterson, Scratch Perverts, Trojan Sound System, Skream, Sombrero Sound System, and Fear of Theydon with many more also still to be announced. For the line-up details as available please click here.

Tickets are available to buy in full now, an adult weekend ticket is priced at £130, with a child ticket (aged 12 to 16) priced at £65, with children under-12 free (but require a ticket), and campervans cost £60 per vehicle. There is a 'Family Weekend Camping Ticket Deal' which offers 2 adults and up to 4 children aged 15 and under tickets with camping for £295.

An adult day ticket (16 years+) with no camping is priced at £45 per day, and a child day ticket (aged 12 to 16) is priced at £22.50, with children under-12 free (but require a ticket). There is also a 'Family Day Ticket Deal' (no camping) priced at £80 for 2 adults and up to 4 children aged 12 & under.

To buy tickets, click here.

The festival which takes place from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th July 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 and promise spacious campsites, family facilities, country fare, local foodstuffs and more. There will be a full programme of other entertainment including comedy, arts & crafts, spoken word, dance, and more.

published: 12:29 (GMT)


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