Bestival 2014 has been hailed as the best ever and was certainly a record breaker, with organisers now looking ahead to next year’s event with early bird tickets set to go on sale later this week.
Rocking the magical Desert Island location and casting their spell across a sea of sequins, sets from OutKast, Foals and Chic featuring Nile Rodgers headlined the four day festival, plus unbelievable disco action from Major Lazer, Disclosure, London Grammar, Basement Jaxx, Sven Väth, Annie Mac, Chase & Status, DJ Yoda, and The Cuban Brothers.
But as ever it’s not just about the music, there was food glorious food at the brand new Feast Collective, delicious cocktails at Josie da Bank’s Jam Jar Bar, jaw-dropping genius at Caravanserai, glam joy at the Grand Palace of Entertainment, madness and mayhem in the Ambient Forest, pageantry aplenty with the amazing Carnival Parade, and some especially epic fancy dress.
Bestival curator, Rob da Bank, says:
“I’ve just washed the glitter and magic Isle of Wight dust out of my hair for the third time since Monday and all I can think of are all the happy smiling faces of our best Bestival crowd yet. Hedonistic, fun and a bit wonky seemed to sum it up but you guys were looking after each other beautifully too… which after four days of partying is a must!
“Too many outstanding musical moments from headliners OutKast, Foals and Nile Rodgers, through to Beck, Basement Jaxx and a tear-jerking London Grammar, and too many amazing smaller bands to mention.
“Away from the noise the Feast Collective set the benchmark for festival food from now on, the Amphitheatre fell in love with spoken word and Shakespeare, we supported and raised money for a shed load of charities and Island ventures and, uh yeah, we broke the world record for the biggest disco ball. Boom!
“All in all a vintage Bestival, and we’re so glad you chose Bestival. Once the dust has settled, do the sensible thing and get onboard for 2015… See you in the magical fields in a year”.
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Pushing the boundaries of mind blowing spectacle to new levels, Bestival set a new Guinness World Record title for the world’s largest disco ball. Glittering like a bejewelled colossus in the Magic Meadow, it topped the tape at a record breaking 10.33 metres and sat as high as a three storey building with over 2,500 mirrored tiles covering it.
As the dust settles, plans for Bestival 2015’s Isle of Wight adventures are already underway and it’s going to be a corker. Next year’s dates have been announced as the 10th – 13th September 2015. Early bird tickets go on sale on Friday at 09:00 through Ticketline www.ticketline.co.uk/bestival-tickets / 0844 888 4410.
You can catch up with Island Echo’s coverage of Bestival 2014 here.
