BESTIVAL will include a brand new arena this summer.
Temple Island will feature for the first time during the tenth birthday extravaganza, taking its place among almost 30 stages, with mega-soundsystems, non-stop parties and 24 hour escapism, but organisers say you’ve got to explore it before it burns to the ground!
Curator Rob Da Bank told Your Entertainment: “Bestival has almost 30 stages of live music, DJs, poetry, cinema, drag acts, ultraviolet ping pong and general mayhem going off in 2013. Club Dada and the Polka Tent is always ahead of the curve and we’ve been proud to host the first festival stages of gypsy punk, electro swing and many other underground genres.
“I’m so proud to unveil Temple Island – a brand new totally ace fusion of styles from festivals like Burning Man and Portugal’s Monegros festy, with a cutting-edge global electronic DJ collective, half hippy, half techno warrior. Roll on September.”
New for 2013, Temple Island is a lucid dreamland where acts like London Grammar, DJ Falcon and Karma Kid play. Around them, fantasy and reality fuse in a haze of bio-sculptures and an eclectic collection of some of the tastiest foods in the country.
It’s a beautiful place. But nothing is what it seems… If it looks like a sculpture, it may really be a chilling cocoon that sings to you when you step inside.
You’ll find them hidden in a sparkly part of Temple Island, away from the stage. Creatures here may be actors in disguise who lead you to a mystery trail of street art by fast-rising artist My Dog Sighs.
Twenty-one pieces are yours to keep, if you find them. The first person to complete the entire treasure hunt will take home a £2,500 masterpiece.
Feeling inspired by all that artistry? Try to create your very own twisted structure with amazing Willowtwister artist Sara Holmes and crew.
That’s not all though – Bestival’s darkest secrets are gathered on Temple Island’s confession wall.
It’s hungry for yours. Confess, if you dare. Party until the small hours in The Doghouse, the secret part of Temple Island that you’ll stumble upon, find exactly what you’ve always been looking for, and never want to leave. But beauty dies fast – so late on Sunday night Temple Island will go up in flames!
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