Festival Guides and Reviews
by Reviews Team, April 15th 2012
In alphabetical order, here are the links to all of our Festival Factsheets for festival goers with Families, and our Parent’s Reviews of those festivals.
Click ‘Read more’ for A-Z Listings: Read more
Current Giveaways!
by Romany, May 1st 2012
WIN Festival Tickets and Freebies!
(in closing date order):
NB: Click on the festival or product name to find out more
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1. Kaya Festival (1-3 June) – One Family Ticket to this new afro-caribbean flavoured festie up for grabs. To enter, email your name & phone number to competitions@festivalkidz.com (competitions null@null festivalkidz NULL.com) with ‘Kaya’ in the subject line. Please also tell us the ages of the children you are bringing. Closes 20th May 2012
2. My First Justin’s Jokes – We have 5 copies of this funny book to give away Read more
Big Bear Fest
by Romany, May 17th 2012
(http://www NULL.bigbearfest NULL.org)Big Bear Fest
1st September 2012
Size: 1500
Location: Between Haverhill and Sudbury, Essex
Website: www.bigbearfest.org (http://www NULL.bigbearfest NULL.org)
Big Bear Fest is a small charity festival set up in memory of a vibrant young man who died unexpectedly from Meningitis at the tender age of 24. The annual event celebrates a life full of love, music and laughter and raises funds for Meningitis UK in the process.
A great day out for a great cause – and you can camp too!
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Reviews: Bearded Theory
by Reviews Team, May 16th 20122009, 10, 11 Bearded Theory Weather: Quite cool but has been mainly dry every year.
Review by: Tezgloss (with 2 kids aged 5 and 2)
Great little festival, with big name bands and very reasonably priced, fab for kids and for us!!!
Reviews: Summer Breeze
by Reviews Team, May 16th 20122010 and 2011 Summer Breeze Weather: Both years it was really hot, take shades as there isn’t a lot of shade!
Review by: Anonymous (with 2 kids aged 6 and 2)
The children managed to get really close to the music as its never too crowded and therefore they could see everything. We have spent the last two summer breeze festivals bathed in sunshine, great music and fabulous crowds, It is an intimate festival where you can relax knowing your children are not far away. There are some activities provided for the children (face paints, large garden games, clown) – it would be great to see this developed further with craft activities. The food and beer are great and there are a few shops too. I would recommend this as a great first festival for children due to the small intimate feel.
Lark in the Park
by Romany, May 16th 2012
(http://www NULL.larkinthepark NULL.info)Lark in the Park:
3rd to 4th August 2012
Location: Berkeley, Gloucestershire, GL13 9BQ
Size: 5000
Website: www.larkinthepark.info (http://www NULL.larkinthepark NULL.info)
Children under 10 years old get in free. 10 to 15 year olds get in pretty cheap. In fact this is probably the cheapest festival to take your family to.
Snodfest
by Romany, May 15th 2012
(http://www NULL.snodfest NULL.com)Snodfest:
15th September 2012
Size: 1500
Location: Upton Snodsbury, Worcestershire, WR7 4NZ
Website: www.snodfest.com (http://www NULL.snodfest NULL.com)
Snodfest is a small family friendly charity music festival held in the village of Upton Snodsbury, Worcestershire.
Coping with mud and rain
by Romany, May 14th 2012
Eventually the novelty will wear off... for you anyway!
… or what to do when the sun won’t shine…
Of course we all hope and pray that the sun will shine all weekend and we can bask in the glory of it’s soft warm glow, chilling with a cold beer, lazing on the grass, kids dancing around happily to the beats from the stage…
But occasionally we are not so lucky and it’s a good idea to have some plans in place in case of wet weather.
Best camping guide for families…
by Romany, May 9th 2012
Cool Camping Kids
You may have worked out by now that I have a bit of a soft spot for CoolCamping books… and this one is no exception. I loved the first edition. I read it from cover to cover like a novel. And guess what?… when this one arrived I did exactly the same thing!!
The photography is gorgeous – it just makes me want to pack the marshmallows and head for the nearest campfire with the kids…
We have a free copy of Cool Camping Kids to give away:
www.festivalkidz.com/competitions/current-giveaways
There are 75 hand-picked unique sites in the new edition, and every single one is enticing and an absolute joy for children of all ages. These are proper campsites where children can explore and enjoy being wild. These are places where adventures beckon and memories are made. You’ll probably find your kids swinging from rope swings, playing in streams, grubby as street urchins, smelling of woodsmoke and beaming with happiness. And there’s some fab ideas for games in the book in case there’s ever a lull.
If you want to experience something a bit different, there’s a number of not-quite camping sites included too: yurts, tipis, tarpaulins, gypsy caravans and even treehouses… I soooooo want to stay in one of those!!
Useful little bite-size sections on campfire cooking, residential camps, and festivals may encourage you to spread your fledgeling camping wings a little further, but for the full lowdown you should check out their other books: The CoolCamping Cookbook and the CoolCamping guide to Festivals (http://rcm-uk NULL.amazon NULL.co NULL.uk/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=festkidz-21&o=2&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=1906889007).
Cool Camping Kids is the perfect book for families with a thirst for fun and adventure. But don’t just take my word for it, here’s the lovely little Kira (age 7) telling me what she thinks of it:
Cool Camping: Kids (second edition) is available now on Amazon (http://rcm-uk NULL.amazon NULL.co NULL.uk/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=festkidz-21&o=2&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=190688952X) or from CoolCamping (http://coolcamping NULL.co NULL.uk/book/cool-camping-kids-2).
If you are only going to buy one camping guide then make it this one: it’s FABULOUS!
We have a free copy of Cool Camping Kids to give away on our Current Giveaways page:
www.festivalkidz.com/competitions/current-giveaways
Beautiful Days (SOLD OUT)
by Lucille, May 9th 2012
(http://www NULL.beautifuldays NULL.org)Beautiful Days:
17th to 19th August 2012
Website: www.beautifuldays.org (http://www NULL.beautifuldays NULL.org/)
Size: 15,000
Location: Devon
* Winner: Best Family Festival 2011 *
UK Festival Awards
A really nice family-friendly festival with a strong and warm hippy vibe. Expect the atmosphere to be laid-back and friendly and expect the site to be very colourful and arty. Beautiful Days is the Levellers’ own annual family-friendly weekend camping festival. Founded in 2003, it’s now in its 10th year.
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FOR SALE: Perfect little Festival Home for families
by Angel Sam, May 8th 2012Note from Festival Kidz: Our festival friends at Angel Gardens, are selling their beautifully restored little caravan. We thought one of our readers might love the chance to buy such a gorgeous little festival home so we asked her to tell you all about it here:
We at Angel Gardens bought Daisy the Caravan a few months ago and I have spent many hours making her into the perfect fairy family home…. but sadly after only two nights away in her we have realised she is too small for such a big fairy gang like ourselves.
Check her out on our eBay listing (http://www NULL.ebay NULL.co NULL.uk/itm/221018273980) and contact angelbrookdesign@aol.com (angelbrookdesign null@null aol NULL.com) if you are interested in buying her for your brood!!!
See the caravan: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221018273980 (http://www NULL.ebay NULL.co NULL.uk/itm/221018273980)
NB: The pics are from when we were decorating her so some things are now slightly different, such as: the little lights are covered in matching fabric and the wooden plinths are now covered with red and white check vinyl.
Cock Rock Factsheet
by Romany, May 4th 2012
(http://www NULL.cockermouthrockfestival NULL.com)Cockermouth Rock Festival (aka CockRock):
20th to 22nd July 2012
Location: Cockermouth, Cumbria
Size: 5,000
Website: www.cockermouthrockfestival.com (http://www NULL.cockermouthrockfestival NULL.com)
“A non profit festival in aid of the Cockermouth Mountain Rescue & The Pride of Cumbria Air Ambulance”
Friday Headliners:
FUN LOVING CRIMINALS!
Cockermouth Rock Festival (http://www NULL.cockermouthrockfestival NULL.com) is a non-profit 3 day grass roots festival held in Cockermouth, Cumbria. Affectionately named ‘CockRock (http://www NULL.cockermouthrockfestival NULL.com)‘ by local festival goers, the festival is now in its 8th year and is situated on the edge of the beautiful Lake District with idyllic camping, full panoramic views of the Cumbrian Fells and a friendly atmosphere that is second to none. Read more
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