Camp Bestival 2016 Review

Aliens! at Camp Bestival

This was my fifth year at Camp Bestival. The 2016 theme was Outer Space, and I think it may well have been my favourite so far.  Read more…

The World’s Biggest Bouncy Castle

It’s BIG, it’s BOUNCY and it’s coming to a field near you!

We can’t wait to have a go on this!

Worlds Biggest Bouncy Castle

This year Bestival has teamed up with Cardiff-based Something Creatives to make the world’s biggest bouncy castle!

Quite simply massive, it’s an inflatable legend in the making, don’t miss the chance to have a jump around on our historic bouncy castle at Camp Bestival 28th-31stJuly and Bestival from 8th – 11th September.

Read more…

Camp Bestival 2015 Review

How can I describe our time at Camp Bestival 2015? Epic, joyful, sunny, crazy, busy, vibrant, loud, wonderful and exhausting.

wild thing camp bestivalWe used to go to Camp Bestival many years ago and wanted to return this year as our youngest is 5 and we thought that he was a perfect age to enjoy it. He had an absolutely wonderful time.

Read more…

Best Family Festivals 2015

CIAF 2014


Here are our top picks for 2015!

Whether a festival is good for you depends on what music you’re into and what other things you like doing at festivals, as well as the age of your kids. If you are new to festivals with kids, you may want to read our guide to Choosing the right Family-Friendly Festival.

We have included our affiliate links in the listings – if you click “Buy Tickets Now” you will go straight to the ticket page for your chosen festival. You will not pay anything for this but the festival will give us a small commission to keep Festival Kidz up and running – so please use them!

Read more…

Festival Kidz Award Winners 2014

Announcing the 2nd annual Festival Kidz Awards!

2014 was a fantastic year for family friendly festivals – we reviewed more than ever before and visited so many that it made judging the awards extremely difficult. If your favourite festival is missing from this list, please feel free to comment below!

2014GoldAward Read more…

Camp Bestival 2014 Review

31st July- 3rd August

Luworth Castle, Dorset.

For many festival goers Glastonbury is their spiritual home, but for me and my daughter it is Camp Bestival.

It was our second visit to Camp Bestival, set in the amazingly beautiful setting of Lulworth Castle, Dorset. First time was our first festival with our daughter and I was pregnant, this time was very different with the children being of the age where they could immerse themselves in things much more.

Read more…

We’re all going on a Camp Bestie holiday!

Preview of Camp Bestival 31st July -3rd August 2014

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We are so so excited about Camp Bestival 2014! There is so much going on for all the family that I don’t know how we are going to fit it in!

Firstly the music, as usual for Sunday Best Productions there is a stellar line up including Bassment Jaxx, De La Soul, James, Johhny Marr, Laura Mvula, Pop Will Eat Itself, Chas and Dave and many, many others  as well as the obligatory DJ Sets from Rob Da Bank and friends.

Its not just the music though, there is comedy from Milton Jones, Pajama Men and Comedy 4 Kids to name a few, Theatre and shows from Horrible Histories, the legend that is Mr Tumble, the ever popular insect circus plus so many more I won’t be able to fit onto this page.

For the children there is something for every age and stage. From the Breastival Mother and Baby chill out and under fives soft play area for the tinies, along with a bouncy castle, circus skills, bikes and go carts in the Upper Kids Garden and lots of space to charge around in, the tinies are well catered for.

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For older children the Lower Kids garden has the Insect Circus, Art Town, fairground rides and facepainting.

But thats not all! As part of Camp Bestival’s passion to get everyone connected with Mother Nature and the wonders of the great outdoors,  the National Trust will be bringing the 50 things meadow to Lulworth Castle, giving kids a brilliant taster of their amazing ’50 things to do before you’re 11¾’ initiative. As part of the wider Project Wild Thing Camp Bestival takeover*, the meadow will introduce kids to the kind of exciting challenges and carefree adventures they can have throughout the summer holidays. Being huge fans of the great outdoors this will definitely be on our list of must dos!

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Disney will be attending the festival with an interactive fire truck to celebrate the launch of Planes 2: Fire and Rescue, and will be demo’ing a brand new augmented reality game that will be located within it for guests to see themselves simulated on screen as their favourite characters Dusty and Dipper.

Parents want to relive their raving days? Look no further, Big Fish Little Fish are hosting their raves for big kids and little kids, we can’t wait for that!

For ages 13-17 a brand new area called The Den will be the place to be! Think of a festival within a festival, new and emerging talent in the form of DJS, artists, comedians and authors and talks.

Day tickets and limited weekend tickets are still available at TicketLine

Glamping up the festival experience with boutique camping

A few years ago I wrote about “Glamping” and how much the word (much like Jedward) annoyed me. Also I couldn’t understand why you couldn’t have a bit of luxury in your own tent with a few extras. However as the years have gone on I’ve finally seen the appeal…

Read more…

Latest news and updates from Camp Bestival!

CHECK OUT OUR AMAZING NEW ARENAS AT THE GREATEST FAMILY SHOW ON EARTH!

CARAVANSERAI / THE TRAVELLING BARN / PROJECT WILD THING

FROM CARAVAN COCKTAIL BOOTHS AND IMMERSIVE THEATRE FUN TO BARN DANCES, HOE DOWNS AND A PROJECT WILD THING HUB PLUS PIG’S BIG BALLROOM LINE UP REVEALED Read more…

Camp Bestival’s Travelling Circus

Camp Bestival Travelling Circus Tour Hits The Road

Celebrating Camp Bestival 2014’s Circus theme, Camp Bestival are running a serious of family events in the Camp Bestival Travelling Circus Tour!

They are joining up with family party people Big Fish Little Fish for the London part of the tour – please see this post for more details and links to get tickets! Read more…

Camp Bestival 2016 Review

Aliens! at Camp Bestival

This was my fifth year at Camp Bestival. The 2016 theme was Outer Space, and I think it may well have been my favourite so far.  Read more…

Camp Bestival 2015 Review

How can I describe our time at Camp Bestival 2015? Epic, joyful, sunny, crazy, busy, vibrant, loud, wonderful and exhausting.

wild thing camp bestivalWe used to go to Camp Bestival many years ago and wanted to return this year as our youngest is 5 and we thought that he was a perfect age to enjoy it. He had an absolutely wonderful time.

Read more…

Festival Kidz Award Winners 2014

Announcing the 2nd annual Festival Kidz Awards!

2014 was a fantastic year for family friendly festivals – we reviewed more than ever before and visited so many that it made judging the awards extremely difficult. If your favourite festival is missing from this list, please feel free to comment below!

2014GoldAward Read more…

We’re all going on a Camp Bestie holiday!

Preview of Camp Bestival 31st July -3rd August 2014

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We are so so excited about Camp Bestival 2014! There is so much going on for all the family that I don’t know how we are going to fit it in!

Firstly the music, as usual for Sunday Best Productions there is a stellar line up including Bassment Jaxx, De La Soul, James, Johhny Marr, Laura Mvula, Pop Will Eat Itself, Chas and Dave and many, many others  as well as the obligatory DJ Sets from Rob Da Bank and friends.

Its not just the music though, there is comedy from Milton Jones, Pajama Men and Comedy 4 Kids to name a few, Theatre and shows from Horrible Histories, the legend that is Mr Tumble, the ever popular insect circus plus so many more I won’t be able to fit onto this page.

For the children there is something for every age and stage. From the Breastival Mother and Baby chill out and under fives soft play area for the tinies, along with a bouncy castle, circus skills, bikes and go carts in the Upper Kids Garden and lots of space to charge around in, the tinies are well catered for.

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For older children the Lower Kids garden has the Insect Circus, Art Town, fairground rides and facepainting.

But thats not all! As part of Camp Bestival’s passion to get everyone connected with Mother Nature and the wonders of the great outdoors,  the National Trust will be bringing the 50 things meadow to Lulworth Castle, giving kids a brilliant taster of their amazing ’50 things to do before you’re 11¾’ initiative. As part of the wider Project Wild Thing Camp Bestival takeover*, the meadow will introduce kids to the kind of exciting challenges and carefree adventures they can have throughout the summer holidays. Being huge fans of the great outdoors this will definitely be on our list of must dos!

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Disney will be attending the festival with an interactive fire truck to celebrate the launch of Planes 2: Fire and Rescue, and will be demo’ing a brand new augmented reality game that will be located within it for guests to see themselves simulated on screen as their favourite characters Dusty and Dipper.

Parents want to relive their raving days? Look no further, Big Fish Little Fish are hosting their raves for big kids and little kids, we can’t wait for that!

For ages 13-17 a brand new area called The Den will be the place to be! Think of a festival within a festival, new and emerging talent in the form of DJS, artists, comedians and authors and talks.

Day tickets and limited weekend tickets are still available at TicketLine

Latest news and updates from Camp Bestival!

CHECK OUT OUR AMAZING NEW ARENAS AT THE GREATEST FAMILY SHOW ON EARTH!

CARAVANSERAI / THE TRAVELLING BARN / PROJECT WILD THING

FROM CARAVAN COCKTAIL BOOTHS AND IMMERSIVE THEATRE FUN TO BARN DANCES, HOE DOWNS AND A PROJECT WILD THING HUB PLUS PIG’S BIG BALLROOM LINE UP REVEALED Read more…

The World’s Biggest Bouncy Castle

It’s BIG, it’s BOUNCY and it’s coming to a field near you!

We can’t wait to have a go on this!

Worlds Biggest Bouncy Castle

This year Bestival has teamed up with Cardiff-based Something Creatives to make the world’s biggest bouncy castle!

Quite simply massive, it’s an inflatable legend in the making, don’t miss the chance to have a jump around on our historic bouncy castle at Camp Bestival 28th-31stJuly and Bestival from 8th – 11th September.

Read more…

Best Family Festivals 2015

CIAF 2014


Here are our top picks for 2015!

Whether a festival is good for you depends on what music you’re into and what other things you like doing at festivals, as well as the age of your kids. If you are new to festivals with kids, you may want to read our guide to Choosing the right Family-Friendly Festival.

We have included our affiliate links in the listings – if you click “Buy Tickets Now” you will go straight to the ticket page for your chosen festival. You will not pay anything for this but the festival will give us a small commission to keep Festival Kidz up and running – so please use them!

Read more…

Camp Bestival 2014 Review

31st July- 3rd August

Luworth Castle, Dorset.

For many festival goers Glastonbury is their spiritual home, but for me and my daughter it is Camp Bestival.

It was our second visit to Camp Bestival, set in the amazingly beautiful setting of Lulworth Castle, Dorset. First time was our first festival with our daughter and I was pregnant, this time was very different with the children being of the age where they could immerse themselves in things much more.

Read more…

Glamping up the festival experience with boutique camping

A few years ago I wrote about “Glamping” and how much the word (much like Jedward) annoyed me. Also I couldn’t understand why you couldn’t have a bit of luxury in your own tent with a few extras. However as the years have gone on I’ve finally seen the appeal…

Read more…

Camp Bestival’s Travelling Circus

Camp Bestival Travelling Circus Tour Hits The Road

Celebrating Camp Bestival 2014’s Circus theme, Camp Bestival are running a serious of family events in the Camp Bestival Travelling Circus Tour!

They are joining up with family party people Big Fish Little Fish for the London part of the tour – please see this post for more details and links to get tickets! Read more…