Jorja Smith heads up an eclectic first night of Bestival 2018

It’s a blisteringly hot Thursday afternoon down in the picturesque surroundings of Lulworth Estate, and Bestival 2018 is revving up its engines. Tucked away down the bottom of a hill in the corner of the site, the Temple stage is a mecca for all things techno, with a consistently cutting-edge line-up on offer through ’til the early hours of Monday, all set inside a mock temple that’s brilliantly pleasing on the eye. Glasgow’s fresh new house talent Denis Sulta and Phonox resident HAAI go back to back as the sun sets, blissfully carrying the festival through to its first evening, before Palms Trax and Objekt amp things up to euphoric levels.

Nilüfer Yanya, meanwhile, continues to impress in the festival’s Big Top tent. New song ‘In My Head’ hints at being her best to date, adding an invigorating crunch to her soul-tinged guitar pop. Songs from recent EPs ‘Plant Feed’ and ‘Do You Like Pain?’ prove themselves brilliantly malleable live, stretched and twisted in new directions with ease. It shows the West Londoner to be a songwriter that’s able to traverse many a genre boundary, with little concern as to which side she falls.

The House Of Vans is also already going strong, with a four-day line-up culminating in DIY’s takeover of the stage on Sunday. Tonight, the genre-bending continues, through the glacial pop of Pearl City and the garage rock of Glasgow’s Walt Disco. All yer favourite emo bangers then take us through ’til midnight, when Kelela glides her way out onto the Big Top stage.