loads more added to Bestival

Bestival, which takes place at Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of Wight from Friday 7th to Sunday 9th September, has announced more acts.

The newly confirmed acts are Addictive TV (AV), Adventures Close To Home DJs, Ayota, Andy C & MC GQ, Architecture In Helsinki, Becky Entwistle, Blank Beats, Cellorhymics, Cooly Haste, Care In The Community (AV), Daisy Heartbreaker, Diz, Emma McGlynn & The Monorails, Fighting Cocks, Frank Tope, Fred Deakin, Friends Lovers & Family, Gaz’s Rockin Blues, George Pin, Hev & Johnson, Giles Smmith (secretsundaze), Huw Stephens, It Hugs Back, iliKE TRAiNS, I Love Audrey, Jack Peñate, Jape, JC & Angelina, Katkhuda, King Size Slim, Mama Shamone, Martin Messent, Matt Sage, Man Machine, Mice Parade, Miss Odd Kidd, Moe Foe, Mohair, Naboo (Mighty Boosh), Nick Name, Niall Barker, Pama International, Patrick Wolf, Peggy Sue & The Pirates, Phillipa Tomlinson, Puzzle Newton, Red Hand Band, Robots in Disguise, Ross Allen, James Priestly (secretsundaze), Simon Saunders, Simian Mobile Disco, Tayos Tracksuit Party, The Bees Soundsystem, The Early Years, The Egg, The Loungs, The Priscillas, The Wombats, Think, We Are Performance, Wight Light Orchestra, and Tom Ravenscroft.

The festival will also be adding the new Club Da Da to the site. You can expect music and workshops throughout the day, coming from all different parts of the world, exotic performances, circus acts and Air Guitar Championships.

The Come Dancing Spiegeltent will be making a return, but this time round it's a much larger Spiegeltent (a travelling Belgian "mirror tent" originating from the 19th century, made from wood, mirrors, canvas and leaded glass), that will be filled with salsa, samba, African dance, tap dancing, mambo, belly dancing, various themes, and The Magic Number Swing Band.

There will be a competition every evening for the best dancers of the afternoon.

The Beard & Moustache competition is also back again this year. Taking place in the Dressing Up Box on site this is a 'serious' event with some 'serious' voting going on.

Every September, the Everyman Male Cancer Awareness Campaign calls upon men across the UK to grow a sponsored moustache raising vital cash to fund research and to increase awareness of male cancers, and Bestival are encouraging men travelling down to the festival to do the same.

It’s easy to take part. All you need to do is register on-line, get your friends, family and colleagues to sponsor you and simply not shave your upper-lip throughout the month! There's even the opportunity to go head-to-head with other tache-growers in the new ‘Tache Wars’.

Previously confirmed acts at Bestival include Chemical Brothers (Friday headliner) Beastie Boys (Saturday headliner), Gregory Isaacs, Levellers, The Orb, Gossip, Billy Bragg, The Maccabees, Soul II Soul Soundsytem LIVE!, The Cuban Brothers, Dub Pistols, Calvin Harris, Mr Hudson & The Library, Simian Mobile Disco, Bonde Do Role, Cagedbaby, and many more, plus loads of DJs. For the full line-up details to-date, click here.

Tickets are SOLD OUT.

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