Month : September
Place : Isle of Wight, England
Famous For : Music Festival
Attractions : Serene Location, Fancy Dresses, Inflatable Church
Bestival is a popular music festival held in a small country park called 'Robin Hill' on the Isle of Wight, England. It's annual event held in late summer and the celebrations last for three long days of non stop music. The Isle of Wight holds recognition as the host of more carnivals per capita than anywhere else in the United Kingdom. The serene beauty of this place is one of the main reasons this part of the world has been chosen for Bestival.
Comparatively being a smaller event, the Bestival music festival traces its origin in recent past dating to 2004. With an unhindered flow of music over three days, Bestival music festival offers more alternative and diverse music selections, large selection of vegetarian foods, a dressing up tent and a 'secret stage'. One day of from the three days of Bestival is well known for its fancy dress themed days. In 2005 edition of Bestival, an attempt was made to set the Guinness World Record for most people in fancy dress at any one event. The Bestival music extravaganza is also associated with social, political and environmental causes. The recent endeavor to be Carbon neutral, not only via Carbon offsetting but also by reducing forms of other waste and emissions, whose completion can fetch Bestival a nomination for a Green Festival Award. The main highlights of the festival include known for piloting odd and innovative ideas, including an inflatable church where people can get married, Breastival etc. The Bestival music festival is popularly termed as 'boutique festival. '
