What is it?

Taking festival lovers into the realms of surreal adventure, Bestival is a small but perfectly formed boutique festival taking place at Robin Hill, a beautiful leafy country park in the heart of the sunny Isle Of Wight. Having scooped a hatrick of awards for Best Medium Sized Festival for the last three years running at the UK Festival Awards,

Bestival is known for its all round madcap behaviour providing 3 days of total escapism for its 20,000 festivalgoers. Fancy dress is the name of the game on Saturday as the now-legendary parade snakes its way through the festival site with all manners of freaks and uniques using the occasion to find their 'inner-self'!

Radio 1 DJ Rob da Bank is the man behind the truly eclectic line-up with headliners My Bloody Valentine, Amy Winehouse and Underworld set to rock the 5th birthday event alongside an incredible array of live acts and DJ's. There's also the chance to learn some new dance moves in the Come Dancing tent, try out the Bollywood Cocktail bar or get the tears rolling down at Jestival - and don't forget the birthday hat to help celebrate five years of Bestival!

Where & When?

Bestival takes place in Robin Hill Country Park, near Downend on the Isle Of Wight on Friday 5th, Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th September.

Who's playing?

Live Acts:My Bloody Valentine, Amy Winehouse, Underworld, Hot Chip, Aphex Twin, The Sugarhill Gang, The Breeders, CSS, George Clinton And Funkadelic/Parliament, Gary Numan, The Human League, Paul Heaton, Will Young, Pendulum (Live), Jamie Lidell, 808 State (Live), Foals, Lee Scratch Perry, Chromeo, Santagold, The Coral (acoustic set), Stereo MCs, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Late Of The Pier, Does It Offend You Yeah?, Roni Size Reprazent, Lethal Bizzle, Dub Pistols, Hadouken!, Black Kids, Laura Marling, Ida Maria, Baaba Mal, Jeffrey Lewis, The Wedding Present, Metronomy, The Cuban Brothers, The Count & Sinden, Sebastien Tellier, Transglobal Underground, King Creosote, Chas & Dave, Ladyhawke, Ebony Bones, Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong, The Duke Spirit, Teenagers, Crystal Castles, Ox Eagle Lion Man, These New Puritans, Tawiah, Red Snapper, Jon Hopkins, Lets Wrestle, Little Dragon, Subway, Imperial Leisure, Gideon Conn, Zombie Zombie, George Pringle, Subgiant, The Restaurant, Cage The Elephant, Vessels, The Ghost, Peter Von Poehl, St Vincent, F**k Buttons, Drew, Micah P Hinson, FM Belfast, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip, Grand National, Christopher D Ashley, Sportsday Megaphone, Kid Carpet, Bastila, Akron Family, Baker Boys, Blank Beats, Burning Leaves, thecocknbullkid, Cooly Haste, Cut A Shine, Chrome Hoof, Cazals, Dollskabeat, Django Spears, Eugene McGuinness, Fatal, Flipron, Freefall Collective, Fresh Legs, Golden Silvers, Goodbye Stereo, Hey Negrita, Hugo Frusslinky, It Hugs Back, Jacob Golden, JC & Angelina, Kahindha, Lucid, Lucky Elephant, Magnetic Man Feat Skream, Benga & Artwork, Maths Class, Matt Sage, Micachu, Midnight Juggernauts, Mistys Big Adventure, Natty, Officer Kicks, Paul Marshall, Pinkertones, Prince Of Wales, Rosie Oddie & The Odd Squad, Rosie 7 The Goldbug, Royworld, Sam Hare & Friends, Simon Busker, SixNationState, Slam, Slagmalsklubben, Sophie Barker, Sub Focus, Thee Earls, The Glamsters, The Guillotines, The Hat, The Kurves, The Melodica, The Melody & Me, The RGB's, The Shortwave Set, The Skints, Think, Thomas Tantrum, Unforscene, Widescreen, Wight Light Orchestra, Yacht, Yellow Dog

DJs: Laurent Garnier, Carl Craig, Zane Lowe, Alexa Ching, Coldcut (AV set), DJ Yoda, Layo & Bushwacka, Annie Mac, Slam, Rob da Bank, Mark Moore, DJ Hype, Bailey, TC, Sub Focus, Chase & Status, Kevin Rowland, Yuksek, Touch, Digital Mystikz and Sgt Pokes, Loefah, Kode 9 and Space Ape, Freestylers, Sombrero Sound System, DJ Derek, Ali B, Brendan Long, Caged Baby, Carl Craig, DJ Yoda Vs Shlomo, Fear Of Theydon, Finger Lickin 10 Years - Soul Of Man, Firas, Idjut Boys, Jalapeno Sound System, Jamie Jones, Joey Negro, Justin Robertson, Maurice Fulton, Mike Oman, Mowlam, Ricky Redhead, Russ Cuban, Shitmat, Stanton Warriors, Tayo, The Black Ghosts, The Nextmen, Todd Terje, Vicarious Bliss, DJ HOJO Hits

Plus: the world's biggest fancy dress party, Bollywood Cocktail Bar, Jestival comedy tent, Farmers Market, secret stages, kids area, magical moments and much more...

How do I get tickets?

Tickets have now sold out via Ticketline and Lastminute however ferry companies have a small number of tickets still on sale - be quick to avoid disappointment... Buy Tickets or Ferry/Ticket packages

Red Funnel or call 0844 844 9988

Wight Link or call 0871 376 1000

Where can I read more about it?

Check out the official festival site at: http://www.bestival.net