Bestival announce more wildness, live acts

Bestival announce more wildness, live acts You'll be glad to hear that our ramshackle Louisiana style Swamp Shack returns for a second year, after being voted one of the highlights of Bestival 2011! Once again there's an incredible music line-up at night including a few of the UK's hottest emerging acts like Jess Mills, Clean Bandit, The Correspondents and Kill It Kid. Favorites from last year, Boom Boom Club are bringing us a new, Coney Island inspired, showcase of deliriously twisted cabaret freaks, geeks and misplaced spirits from the lost age of the fairground. All powered by the sun! Amazing. Brand new to Bestival this year and situated in the Ballroom Field is Mazy's Art Club helping you to get back to your creative roots. Drop in and get into printmaking or giant origami; making anything from pin badges and mosaics to feathered headbands. Staying on a creative tip, if you head down to the Wishing Tree in the afternoons, you can join in the Spread the Love project with super talented folk Craftinoon Tea. Bestival wouldn't be the same without our two much loved institutions the Knees Up Tent and Time for Tease. For an eclectic and reckless party, with anything from world street vibes to comedy to plenty of gin fuelled sing-alongs with Underbling and Vow, then join the revellers in the ever energetic Knees Up Tent. Plus Rob da Bank favourite Fake Bush will also be gracing the stage with her unmissable renditions of our favourite Kate Bush songs. We've cranked up the fun factor just a little bit more to present a new Bestival venue; the Grand Palace of Entertainment. Continuing the poetry offerings, we're welcoming Tongue Fu, which features spoken word artists performing alongside a live band in a unique and compelling union and Bestival Limings, who fuse a carnival and party-loving vibe into a spoken work format to Bestival for the first time this year. During the day you can sing your heart out with alternative karaoke kings, Hot Breath Karaoke, or test your musical prowess with the ever popular, Sounds Familiar Music Quiz. We'll also be throwing a retro style Daily Birthday Party each afternoon, where everybody who will be celebrating their special day (plus guests!) can gather to regress to the good old days of musical bumps and pass the parcel. In the evening, we'll be presenting a very special selection of the UK's best in alternative cabaret. To keep you on your toes while you're exploring the many wonders of Bestival we are also adding even more musical acts for your pleasure, including twitchy blissful beats from Jamie xx, beguiling bass from Julio Bashmore, and cut-up party anarchy from The Nextmen, plus there will be sets from B Traits, Leo Zero, Evian Christ, Reggae Roast, Frank Tope, Rev Milo Speedwagon, Pathann, DJ Cable, Foamo, George B, and Sink The Pink who is taking things late into the night at the Grand Palace of Entertainment. Live sets can come courtesy of Barcelona's, Pitchfork approved, John Talabot, wistful elfin singer-songwriter Lucy Rose, Bristolian, by way of Chicago, bluesman Jamie N Commons, woozy Warp signing Kwes, and erstwhile Tuung man Sam Genders in his Diagrams guise. The Ambient Forest is also back with a treasure trove of enchantments to lose your self in. Spidora is a dark yet delightful immersive theatrical sideshow presented by Copperdollar and The Peoples Front Room is a 19th Century Salon of creativity, artistry and performance all combined in a strangely familiar yet surreal environment. Longstanding Bristol institution Hoochie Coochie Kabaret will be bringing their world of trashy and surreal entertainment to the Grand Palace, while drag queen legend Jonny Woo will be whipping us into a frenzy with his Gay Bingo and Lipsyncing mayhem. The 'Chambermaid of Festivals Past' may well tuck you up during your worst nightmares. You can make your bed and 'Rest In Peace' in it in our funeral parlour or find bed-wear 'to die for' in the dressing down cupboard. Be certain to take an hour out of watching the artists and become one yourself. A certified Bestival treasure, Club Dada will be a four-day marathon of mentalness featuring DJ Tofu's welcome home, The Electro Swing Club, the Night of 1000 Beat Boxers and Breakin Brass. We've got even more to add to the already jam-packed line-up on our brand new Amphitheatre Stage, set deep in the heart of the Ambient Forest. Completing our already announced line-up of comedy theatre on the Amphitheatre Stage, Guilt and Shame present their brand new depraved show Night of Seduction and on a slightly less debauched note, Eye Brow Productions present Collision, four hilarious and thought-provoking new short plays about surviving physics, testing love, and time travel. Peppered between the big tops and tucked into secret corners are a host of delightful sideshows and micro venues to discover. If you have a taste for the macabre then you'll be welcome at the Slumbarave, an irresistibly twisted, spooky hotel. Keep your bed tidy and the pillow fights tight, get your straightjacket pyjamas on and ensure the bed bugs don't bite. Bestival announce more wildness, live acts Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 05/04/2012