Rhythm Festivals: £99 All Festivals Offer Expires 31/05/12: Hawkwind, Booker T, Damned, Wilko Johnson, John Cooper Clarke

[rhythmfest]

A "bit of a shameless plug", but we've not been pounding away on this forum. Just thought everyone should know they have a week left if they want to take part in our sunny August Bank Holiday Weekend of fun for the Early Bird price of £99. Read down for what you get for your money. If you don't want to come, that's fine - just don't say you didn't know about it!

GET ALL THIS FOR JUST £99 UNTIL MAY 31st!

Adult All Festivals Weekend Pass just £99 until May 31st - includes free child/ youth (5-17) when ordered at the same time. £119 from June 1st. Camping £36 per tent (not per person). A family of 4 (2 adults, 2 youths/children) can receive the full 3 Festival Weekend Camping Experience for only £234 (£274 from June 1st)…

(Credit card hotline operates Monday to Saturday, 9.30-5pm - 5% added to telephone orders: no booking fees for website orders)

For its spectacular 7th year, Rhythm Festival expands into three festivals in one with the addition of the Rhythm Folkand Rhythm & Blues Arenas. Organised by long-time promoter Jim Driver and his experienced team, Rhythm Festivals 2012 enriches the August Bank Holiday Weekend in the beautiful Bedfordshire countryside at Old Warden Park, a mile or so from the A1 near Biggleswade.

And it's not just about the music. Rhythm Festivals Comedy (available to all) includes the likes of John Cooper Clarke, Ardal O'Hanlon (Dougal in Father Ted), Chris Lynam and a rare outing for The Greatest Show on Legs. Our TheatreStage features two performances of Vivian Stanshall's Sir Henry at Rawlinson's End exactly a month before the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the Bonzo DogDoo-Dah Band we have the funniest surviving members performinga full classic set as Three Bonzos and A Piano.

Poetry and literary events in Madam Miaow's Culture Lounge include performances and readings by Wilko Johnson (who also headlines the Blues Stage on Friday), Charles Shaar Murray and Clash Roadie Johnny Green amongst many others. Who needs Mark Kermode to programme your Cinema? The solar-powered Groovy Movie Picture House will be showcasing new and classic movies all weekend, including special screenings for Children. Talking of children, the younger festival-goers have masses to entertain them: they can learn circus skills, get involved with puppetry and more at the Panic Circus, run, jump and skip at Steve Stredwick's famous Junior Olympics and organized football matches and bags more. And a fun fair, of course…

Samantha Jean Scuffham returns with her Secret Showcase, featuring up-to-the-minute performers running into the early hours all weekend. We haveDJ Wheelie Bag playing classic Ska, 60s and Rhythm & Blues as well as dishing out outrageous prizes in the Tavern Bar; Night-Time DJs (until 2am) and lots more. Then there's all the other stuff we're still working on and so can't really tell you about…

All our caterers are hand-picked, offering delicious Thai, Mexican, Indian curries, sausages and mash, own-farm burgers, veggie and oodles more Food at prices that are the lowest at any festival in the UK (you'll also find the best cup of coffee outside Twin Peaks and truly scrumptious farmhouse ice creams from Norfolk Farm – yum yum!). Three bars offer a huge range of real ales and ciders plus all the usual stuff including (99% certain) a comprehensively stocked wine bar. Need I say more?

If there's a better way to spend the August Bank Holiday we've yet to devise it. And, if you order your tickets NOW (certainly before midnight on May 31st), you can get all this and more for just £99.00 for an Adult Weekend All Festivals Pass (and, if you order at the same time, you can bring a child/ youth aged 5-17 along at no extra cost). Camping is £36 a tent, £50 a campervan/caravan, for up to 6 people. We also have the offer of Gypsy Bowtop Caravans (only 4 left), Luxury Yurts and Beautiful Belltents. Check out the website for details. If you are on a budget you can come to either the Folk or the Rhythm & Blues Festival for a paltry £70 plus camping.

To foster the festival spirit we've done away with day tickets. Toddlers under 5 and parking are free.

Provided your car stays put all weekend, you can park it right next to your tent.

Book tickets online (no booking fee, just £1 per transaction handling charge) at

www.rhythmfestival.com

Mansion House Credit Card Ticket Line (5% booking fee added to telephone orders) 01767 626 262

Ticket Agencies (booking fees apply)

Stargreen: 020 7734 8932

Seetickets: 0871 220 0260

We've got fantastic music, top comedy, great food, delicious beers at pub prices, proper nice loos, divine showers and everything to make your festival experience a happy one.

The sun (almost) always shines on Rhythm Festival!

I really do hope to see you there…

cheers,

Jim

Edited May 23, 2012 by rhythmfest