Dear mummy, it may be snowing in the South of the UK but we’re setting our sights on the summer! Last year we visited one of the biggest family friendly festivals in the UK called Camp Bestival.
However this year we needn’t wait until July as the party kicks off early in 2017 as Camp Bestival goes on tour. Team CB are joining forces with Big Fish Little Fish events to celebrate this year’s Pop Stars & Rock Stars theme with a series of family raves!
Camp Bestival are raving their way across the south from February to April, hitting Farnham, Bristol, Southampton, Balham, Margate, Bath and Bournemouth ending up at The Mangle in Hackney.
We were lucky enough to be invited down to the family rave in Farnham after reviewing it last year. Big Fish Little Fish have become a big deal on the family arts scene hosting top quality raves for all the family, featuring the cream of the A-list DJ scene and myriad fun and games for kids of all ages.
We were super stoked to hear DJs Baker & Beale spin the decks on Saturday to a sold out crowd of parents and children. Free glowsticks, balloons and transfer tattoos were handed out to children while adults could indulge in a cheeky pint during the afternoon from the bar. The venue was at Farnham Maltings which also had a chill out area upstairs by the cafe and a bar with couches and seating so kids (and adults) that were overwhelmed by the disco could take a time out to catch their breath!
At the back of the venue there was also a baby soft play area, with a ball pit and tents which was still in the heart of all the action and gave new parents a chance to listen to the music, feed and take in the atmosphere.
We loved making Rock Star Masks in the Captain Cookie craft area. They had a wealth of glitter, sticky hearts and stars, pre-cut designs and gems to embellish our creations!
I also liked colouring in the wall mural at the back of the venue which depicted a whole host of famous pop stars and rock stars. Such a great theme for this years Camp Bestival! Our full video is below which gives you a taste of the 2 hour event!
We got into the festival spirit at the Camp Bestival Pop Stars & Rock Stars Photo Booth and had the opportunity to dress up and pretend to be pop stars.
Many were sharing their photo booth snaps with the hashtag #CB17ontour and #BFLF to win one of three Camp Bestival 2017 family tickets which were up for grabs!
Check out the tour dates and details listed below. We had a fab time raving and really enjoyed this experience.
Tickets and more information via http://www.bigfishlittlefishevents.co.uk
We can’t wait until July now, roll on Camp Bestival! We’re all warmed up!
Love Bella x
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Looks like such a great time! #DreamTeam
Looks awesome. We love Camp Bestival
My sister in law really wants to do a festival wit her kids this year, so I’ll have to let her know about Camp Bestival x
This looks like lots of fun and I would love to go! it’s a shame they all seem to be down south hopefully I can find something similar up north.
Jodie x
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Shared on my Twitter. Looks like you had such a fab time 🙂
Looks like such fun, and this is just the warm up! #TriedTested
I’ve never heard of this kind of festival, but it looks like an awesome time! I wonder if they do something similar here in the States?
We’re really thinking about Bestival in the next couple of years so I’ll have to show hubs this!
I love festivals and want to go more! It’s nice that there are more family-orientated ones too 🙂 x
Bella, this looks like such a fun festival and you look so adorable dressed up like a rock star! I really like the rock star mask that you made, you look so happy wearing it. You must have had such a good time at the Camp Bestival Warm Up x
This looks amazing! I’m going to have to look into this for the Summer! Thanks for sharing 🙂 x
oh wow this looks and sounds like amazing fun for the whole family and I know it would go down a treat with my own children and I
It looks great. I’ve never been one for festivals though x
This looks great, I’d always wanted to go to Bestival but these little events look so cool! xo
This looks like so much fun!! We would love to go somewhere like this! xx
I am still stuck on summer too, I ordered loads of festival gear and I can’t wait! Camp Bestival looks like a lot of fun xx
It’s great that they do so much to make this an event for the whole family. I haven’t been yet but have heard good things.
This looks like so much fun! What a blast. I would love to take my girl to something like this when she’s older.
This looks like a total blast! I will have to see if they come to the LA area!
This looks like so much fun. My nieces and nephews would love it.
Looks like a great time here 🙂 So much fun.
Definitely a good way to get into the festival spirit even though it’s horrible weather outside x
Seems you guys had a great time!
Seems you guys had a great time!
Sounds like you had a wonderful time! Lets hope this was just a warm up 🙂
Sounds like Camp Bestival will be an amazing event for the whole family! 🙂
This sounds like so much fun, I love that they do this sort of thing for families!
These look amazing! I must try to make the London date! I worked at the first Camp Bestival and it was so much fun ❤
We’ve been looking into going to Camp Bestival, this looks like a great introduction to it to see what the kids think. Great that there is one in Hackney, not far from us at all 🙂
It’s a fantastic rave! You should go 🙂
What a fantastic family event this looks! I had not heard of Camp Bestival before but it looks such good fun. I love Bella”s wagon too xx
I bet you guys had a nice time. Looks like a lovely event.
This looks great. We’ve been to a big fish little fish ave before and loved it
This looks like such a fun event for families!
What a fantastic event for families, it looks like SO much fun. Definitely something I’d like to go to if I had little ones xxx
We’ve only been the once, but we loved it!! It’s a great event!
We went to an event of theirs last year and it awesome totally unexpected and loved every minute of it x
I’m sure your kiddo had a lot of fun! I love the candid shot of her wearing a creative rockstar mask! Cool that you were able to bond during this Bestival!
Looks so much fun. Wish they came North x
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This looks like so much fun. Wish they came up North.
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what a fun trip! looked like there wasn’t a minute to be bored and kids look like they’ve had the time of their life.
Thanks for sharing your review on #TriedTested this week x
This looks an awesome event – we are SO excited for Camp Bestival this year, we haven’t stopped talking about last year! Kaz & Ickle Pickle x
This looks like loads of fun – there was a similar one near us recently but we didn’t go! Thanks for linking up with #TwinklyTuesday
We are off to the Bournemouth BFLF in March, can’t wait – the kids love their music more now
Oh I’ve never heard of this one, but it sounds like a great day out! So jealous you guys are on Team Camp Bestival 🙂 Thanks for sharing with #dreamteam x
That sounds like a great event and looks like you had lots of fun. Love the rock star mask and the photo with the inflatable guitars 🙂
My 4yo would LOVE this. I’ve sent this link to my OH for us to look at booking. Eeep, exciting!