This year is our 2nd visit to Camp Bestival and we loved it even more! With a great line up of musical, dance and comedy acts, loads of activities for the kids and a fun, party atmosphere it was a perfect weekend of family time (with lots of grown up fun mixed in!)
Mr Tumble performed an all singing, all dancing interactive act to a packed field, which was perfect for our young children. The other shows such as Dick and Dom and Steve Backshall played to a similarly enthused audience.
For us the highlights were definitely the Kaiser Chiefs. Somehow we managed to dance and sing our way through the whole performance with 3 sleeping children racked up various pushchairs and carriers! Ricky Wilson did a great job of getting a crowd of Mums Dads and kids involved and tailored the act to keep the family audience rocking’!
The close of the festival is marked by a firework extravaganza set to music. This is a ‘wow’ moment as the Castle is lit up and used as a backdrop to an amazing display.
It can be busy getting in and out of the festival, however I felt that this year the festival was really well sign posted which made things easier and kept traffic moving. Facilities in the festival are good, parking is easy, food choices are excellent, there are lots of toilets (including kids loos which meant ‘accidents’ were avoided as theres no queuing for them!) and showers, the longest wait we had for a shower was about 15 mins. The site is a little hilly which is worth bearing in mind, however it doesn’t put anyone off taking a pushchair or dragging a trolley of kids around!
Security around the site is great. The attendants were really helpful and on hand to help with lost children etc- this process has been really well thought out and all children have wristbands with a parents contact number on. The whole atmosphere is friendly- I lost my phone at one point and was so worries that I had lost photos etc, but I shouldn’t have been concerned- it was handed in within 15 mins….it’s just that kind of place!
All in all a wonderful weekend of playing, singing, dancing, partying with kids on your shoulders and….um….eating!!! Will we be back next year?…..definitely!