2017 - Where’s My Tent?

2017 Festival Round Up

27th December 201714th January 2019bestival, Blissfields, boomtown fair, Camp Wildfire, General Festival, Glastonbury, secret garden party, Winter Festival2017, bestival, Blissfields, boomtown fair, BST Hyde Park, Camp Wildfire, festival overview, Glastonbury, round up, secret garden party, uk festivals

My Year Of Festivals! Is anybody else in disbelief that 2017 is almost over? It feels like just a few weeks ago that it was spring, I had just set up this blog and I

Why I’m Really Looking Forward To Snowboxx 2018

2nd December 20174th December 2017European Festival, Winter Festivaladventure festival, chase & status, Fatboy slim, mountain festival, non uk, overseas, planning, ski holiday, snow festival, Snowboxx, Snowboxx festival, Winter Festival

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you may have noticed one interesting detail. So far I’ve talked about a lot of different festivals I’ve attended over the course of 10 years. The

Winterville 2017 – Clapham Common

26th November 20175th January 2018Festival Food, Winter Festivalbig wheel, christmas festival, Clapham Common, fairground, festive, London festivals, London winter event, London winter fun, south london, street feast, things to do in London, Winterville, Winterville London

After taking a year off, Winterville returns to London triumphant in 2017, but this time south of the river! A winter UK festival on Clapham Common until the 1st January, with an ice rink, roller

Oh My God, It’s The Church! – Artist Spotlight

13th November 20175th January 2018Artist Spotlight, General Festival, Music, secret garden partyartist spotlight, church sermon, festival bands, festival church service, festival music, Morgan the Organ, new music, Oh My God It's The Church, OMG It's The Church, the Reverend

One of my favourite discoveries on the UK festival circuit this year was Oh My God, It’s The Church! I’d heard good things about them from friends in summer 2016, and knew I must get

Winterland 2017

11th November 201711th November 2017Day festivals, Festival Food, Winter Festivalchristmas, christmas event, christmas festival, cocktails, curling, igloo, london, London winter event, London winter fun, mulled wine, things to do, winter event, Winterland, winterland 2017

I’ve been trying to deny it for the past two months but it’s now officially winter here in the UK, and as much as I’m already looking forward to Snowboxx in March and of course

A Greener Festival – Interview with Claire

3rd November 201719th November 2018Company Spotlight, Environment, General Festivala greener event, a greener festival, AGF, arcadia, claire oneill, composting, leave no trace, local area impact, sustainability, the environment, think green, waste

Something a little different from me this week! I’ve always tried to be as environmentally friendly as possible in my daily life, and at festivals I behave no differently. I’ve always admired Glastonbury’s mantra of

Hospitality In The Park 2017 (Guest Review: Matt Strong)

5th October 201713th December 2018Day festivals, Guest Postdnb, drum and bass, drum n bass, festival review, finsbury park, HITP, Hospital Records, hospitality, hospitality in the park, london, London Elektricity, London festivals, matt strong, Matthew strong, roni size

Time for a guest post! My wonderful friend Matt Strong went to Hospitality in the Park this year and made me super jealous. So I asked him to write me a review for Where’s My

Bestival 2017

26th September 201713th December 2018General Festivalbestival, Bestival 2017, Bestival of colour, Colour, Festival Food, festival review, glitter, new location, press, rainbow, rob da bank, summer 2017, sunday best, vegan

2017 marked a year of change for Bestival, one of the UK festival scene’s giants. After 13 years on the Isle of Wight, Rob da Bank’s yearly party moved to it’s new mainland home in

Boomtown Fair 2017

15th September 201710th January 2019General Festival, Volunteeringbehind the mask, boomtown, boomtown fair, drum and bass, dub, festival review, immersive, immersive festival, immersive theatre, reggae, sector 6, ska, tabard, work, working at festivals

I had a punter’s ticket to this year’s Boomtown Fair festival, but due to my two friends having to drop out last minute, I decided to work it instead and sell my ticket. Luckily for

Too Many T’s – Artist Spotlight

4th September 201720th February 2020Artist Spotlight, Musicartist spotlight, artists, autumn tour, bands on tour, bestival, hang tight, hip hop, introduction, new music, rap, south city, south london, too many t's, uk festival, uk rap, what i listen to

Now that 2017’s festival season is almost over (and yes I still have a couple of festival review posts to write!) I’m going to be putting up posts on a few of my favourite artists