Camp Bestival announces special guest Laura Marling

Laura Marling will be making a special guest appearance at the medieval themed Camp Bestival.

Laura Marling returns to Lulworth Castle for the first time since 2009 to make a rare festival appearance headlining the Big Top on Saturday night following Mark Ronson and Business Intl's main stage show.

Festival organiser Rob da Bank said, "Laura Marling has been a Bestival and Camp Bestival favourite from the start of her amazingly fruitful career! We absolutely can't say enough good things about her song writing and incredible live shows, so I'm chuffed she's coming back to Camp Bestival for a rare festival show headlining the Big Top."

Also added to the bill today are Labrinth, Gentleman's Dub Club, YasmIn, Yaaks, Modestep, and Jaguar Skills. The Sunday night headliner is still to be announced.

This year Camp Bestival is holding the Camp Bestival Family Talent Show and are looking for families with raw Hi de Hi Talent. Entrants can sign up onsite at the Little Big Top before Saturday Lunch time and will get a 3 minute slot in the Family Talent Show.

Other attractions confirmed include Amoeba To Zebra, a natural history musical, written and performed by Being 747. The Heavenly Healing Camp the massage & therapy sanctuary makes a return. There's Come Dancing Classes in the Black Dahlia Tent in Magic Meadow. The Flying Seagulls Charity Tent will have clowns and entertainers on hand to help, guide and keep everyone laughing. In keeping with the Medieval fancy dress theme the Knights of Lulworth Castle with be jousting, and there will be a Freestyle Sports Park.

Regulars the fantastic Insect Circus make a return, as does Boutique Babysitting offering parents a chance for a break. The weekend will, as is traditional, be rounded off by an firework spectacular accompanied by a special Rob da Bank set.

One of the best festivals in the country for families with young children, Bestival's sister festival Camp Bestival returns in 2011 from Friday 29th to Sunday 31st July, the first week of the school summer holidays, at the picturesque setting of Lulworth Castle, set against the backdrop of England's dramatic Jurassic coastline in Dorset.

Spread across the Castle Field, Kids Garden, Big Top, Bollywood, Black Dahlia, East Lulworth Literary Institute, Freestyle Sports Park and more, this year will offer even more family entertainment, sideshow attractions and more.

Headlining the Castle Stage on Friday night will be Blondie, on Saturday it's the turn of Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. and warming up for them will be House of Pain.

Also confirmed for the main Castle Stage are resident hosts The Cuban Brothers, The Correspondents, and Mistajam. Plus Katy B, Clare Maguire, Eliza Doolittle, Wretch 32, Breakage feat. Jess Mills, Fenech Soler, Ms Dynamite, Beardyman, The Selecter, The Wonder Stuff, The Bad Shepherds, Marcus Foster, and ABC. Headline DJs Groove Armada present Red Light, plus David Rodigan, Channel One Soundsystem, Dub Pistols Soundsystem, DJ Derek, Reggae Roast, Mistajam, DJ Yoda, London Elektricity, Krafty Kuts, and A Skillz.

Plus rising stars including Brandt Brauer Frick, Frankie And The Heartstrings, Ed Sheeran, Lucky Elephant, The Crayonettes, Smerins Anti-Social Club, Two Wounded Birds, Caitlin Rose, Jaipur Kawa Brass Band, Kawa Circus, Bajah & The Dry Eye Crew, The Emerald Guard, The Widowmaker, and Kathryn Williams.

This year organisers will be opening up campsites on Thursday and from 10am today will offer a Thursday Camping Ticket priced at £10 for adults, and £5 for those aged 11 to 17 years. Children aged 10 years and under are free, but require a ticket.

An adult weekend ticket with camping is priced at £170, student/concessions £160, a weekend with camping child ticket for those 11 to 17 (on 29/07/2011) is priced at £85. These ticket holders must be accompanied by a Ticket holding parent or guardian over the age of 21. All children under-11 can attend for free (but MUST HAVE a ticket), and campervans cost £65 per vehicle.

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