Bestival Goes Interstellar: Fancy Dress Theme Announced

• 8th Dec 2008

Aside from the mind-blowing music and fantastical frolics, Bestival has always been renowned for its fancy dress themes. 2008’s fancy dress theme was a strangely prophetic one but in the rain-soaked surrounds of Robin Hill our 30,000 Freaks Under The Sea looked utterly stunning. All of the Sponge Bobs, Jellyfish, Submarines, Octopuses and Mermaids gave Bestival its own special magical aura that kept us all smiling.

With 2009 being the ‘Year Of The Spectacular’ Bestival have decided to get cosmic for and go with an Out of Space theme. So whether you’re going for a Buck Rogers disco get up, rocking the Star look travelling to Alpha-Centauri or painting yourself green to try and catch Captain Kirk’s eye, we can guarantee it’s going to be out of this world.

Taking a few seconds out from planning next year’s event Rob da Bank said: “Its only been 3 months since we peeled off our underwater outfits at Bestival 2008 but we've had so many requests to get on and announce the theme for 2009 that we gave in! I'm tweaking the exact title as we speak but due to popular demand from our ever busy forum and the fact that next year is the 40th anniversary since Man landed on the moon, it's a Space theme -Out of Space, 2009: A Space Oddity, Alien. You get the gist! So get needle and thread out, dig out the dressing up box and prepare for lift off!”

Bestival will take place on the 11th, 12th and 13th September 2009, so you’ll have to get your thinking caps on, as that only leaves t-minus ten months before the intergalactic love mission gets under way, which should give you just about enough time to come up with some stellar ideas. Keep an eye out for headliner announcements early next year, which are sure to get your celestial bodies moving.

Tickets available now from:

Aside from the mind-blowing music and fantastical frolics, Bestival has always been renowned for its fancy dress themes. 2008’s fancy dress theme was a strangely prophetic one but in the rain-soaked surrounds of Robin Hill our 30,000 Freaks Under The Sea looked utterly stunning. All of the Sponge Bobs, Jellyfish, Submarines, Octopuses and Mermaids gave Bestival its own special magical aura that kept us all smiling.

With 2009 being our ‘Year Of The Spectacular’ we have decided to get cosmic for Bestival and go with an Out of Space theme. So whether you’re going for a Buck Rogers disco get up, rocking the Star look travelling to Alpha-Centauri or painting yourself green to try and catch Captain Kirk’s eye, we can guarantee it’s going to be out of this world.

Taking a few seconds out from planning next year’s event Rob da Bank said: “Its only been 3 months since we peeled off our underwater outfits at Bestival 2008 but we've had so many requests to get on and announce the theme for 2009 that we gave in! I'm tweaking the exact title as we speak but due to popular demand from our ever busy forum and the fact that next year is the 40th anniversary since Man landed on the moon, it's a Space theme -Out of Space, 2009: A Space Oddity, Alien. You get the gist! So get needle and thread out, dig out the dressing up box and prepare for lift off!”

Bestival will take place on the 11th, 12th and 13th September 2009, so you’ll have to get your thinking caps on, as that only leaves t-minus ten months before our intergalactic love mission gets under way, which should give you just about enough time to come up with some stellar ideas. Keep an eye out for our headliner announcements early next year, which are sure to get your celestial bodies moving.

Tickets available now from:

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(deposit scheme available – adults pay £50 now (£25 for ages 13-15) and pay the full balance by February 28th 2009)

Campervans: £50

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