Festibelly 2012

Festibelly is a small festival held in Lymington, Hampshire surrounded by the New Forest on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26th August, and provides two chilled days, a party nighttime, camping, and features emerging talent from the Indie, Rock, Pop, Acoustic, and Reggae scenes.

Line-up

Latest additions are headliners Gold Panda, and Willy Moon, plus Ada, Adam Street Singers, Bastille, Bwani Junction, Chris Peck & The Family Tree, Clock Opera, Fossil Collective, Jaipur Kawa Brass Band, Labyrinth Ear, Man Like Me (live), Melodica, Melody and Me, Mo Kolours, Mt. Wolf, Palma Violets, Rob Cowen & The Dissidents, The Egg, The Golden Boys, and Yours & Mine. DJs added to the line-up are Cat Lovers, Draper, Durty Sound System, Handsome Dave Rocker, Low-Fro, Mojo Filter, and Tythe.

The first acts confirmed are Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Skinny Lister, James Yuill We Were Evergreen, Howard Marks, Reggae Roast, The Operators, Bluebell, The Trans-Siberian March Band, Dems, Rozi Plain, Capitol K, Vaz, and Goodbye Leopold.

There are more acts, including the headliners, still to be confirmed.

Late night entertainment

Once the main stage entertainment has finished, the campfire will offer a good old sing song with some exclusive acoustic sets from the featured artists.

Tickets

Weekend tickets are priced at £55, children aged under 12 can attend for free and tickets include free camping. A Sunday only ticket is priced at £38. To buy tickets, click here.

Around the site

Areas for this year include Massive In China tent offering wrong cabaret, circus performance, a wonky gameshow, magic-not-magic acts, stand-up comedy, and music.

A new treetop stage, The Nest, nestled amongst the giant oaks of the Festi-forest sees Fear of Theydon curating a line-up of cosmic, disco and Balearic acts.

This year Festibelly flings its arms wide open to those with young Festi Critters, bringing new kids entertainment area The Owlery to site.

An alternative to the main stage the Terrapin Station will offer acoustic, folk, gypsy, jazz and the Festibelly Folk Off - the signer/songwriter competition where the crowd casts their vote and crown one lucky contestant Folk King/Queen, winning themselves an opening slot on the main stage for 2012.

Autumn Shift return in 2012 with their cosy café, live poetry, painting and massages, whilst Amazing Radio will be broadcasting live from the Festibelly site, providing as-it-happens coverage of the festival, live sessions and interviews and all the latest news and info.

New for 2012 is Le Roller Disco.

Food and drink

The site offers food stalls from local sources, catering for both meat eaters and vegetarians. The Festibar will also be stocked with soft drinks, and alcoholic beverages.

Festibelly has a safe and friendly atmosphere and welcomes people (and dogs) of all ages. The event provides clean toilets, with washbasins, mirrors and lighting. Wildlife roams freely, please drive carefully and respect the environment. No glass objects will be allowed onto the site.

Festibelly is easily accessible by train and the site is just a 10-minute walk from Lymington station. If traveling from London there is a regular train service from London Waterloo to Brockenhurst, to which you can then change to a one-stop service to Lymington. There is a charge of £5 for car parking.

More information will be here when available.

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