All Tomorrow's Parties - Explosions In the Sky 2008

Friday 16th to Sunday 18th May 2008
Butlins Holiday Camp, Minehead, Somerset, England MAP
from £140 per person (bookings per room or chalet) - SOLD OUT
Last updated: Fri 2nd May 2008

The dates for this event are confirmed as Friday 16th to Sunday 18th May, and happening at Butlins Holiday Camp, Minehead, Somerset.

Curated by Explosions In The Sky, confirmed acts so far include And You Will Know Us By The Trail of the Dead, Broken Social Scene, Iron And Wine, Dinosaur Jr, Adem, A Hawk and A Hacksaw, Animal Collective, Four Tet, The National, Liars, and Explosions In The Sky. For the up-to-date line-up details, please click here. More acts are expected to be announced soon.

This event has sold out.

Note: this is an over-18s event.

Onsite facilities include a brand-name food takeaways, a cinema, Splash Water World - a sub-tropical environment that has a huge wave pool, a swimming pool, 3 flumes and also a flume based raft ride - Ten-pin bowling and amusement arcade. Sports include Archery, Football, Basketball, Darts, Petanque, Fencing, Kwik Cricket, Netball, Rounders, Table Tennis, Outdoor Bowls and Crazy Golf.

Getting There by Road
Heading north the simplest route is to take the M5 to Taunton (Junction 25), then take the A358 and A39 to Minehead. Heading south on the M5, you can follow the signposts for the A39 from junction 24. Butlins Minehead Holiday Camp is just half a mile along the seafront road from Minehead town centre.

Getting There by Train
If you are travelling by train, the nearest main line station to Minehead is Taunton. A bus transfer service is operated by Southern National between Taunton Station and Minehead. This service is available at an additional cost. On Mondays to Saturdays, there's approximately an hourly service, with the last bus leaving Taunton Railway Station at 10:15 pm. On Sundays and Bank Holidays services run every 2 hours from 9:35 am - 9:35 pm. For general information call Southern National on 01823 272033. Please note that National Express coaches stop inside the main entrance.

There'll be more information here when available.


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