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Bestival Fancy Dress Theme Announced
Rock Stars, Pop Stars and Divas will take over the site in typical Bestival fashion.

Bestival have announced the fancy dress theme for this year’s festival! Rock Stars, Pop Stars and Divas will take over the site in typical Bestival fashion.
Curator Rob da Bank says: ‘Dressing up and escapism has always been a big part of Bestival and our faithful crew are mega inventive to the point of eccentricity! This year’s theme of Rock Stars, Pop Stars and Divas should give everyone enough ideas to really let rip with some outrageous, weird and downright flamboyant outfits. There are no excuses! Having said that i hope everyone doesn’t take it too literally – I’d love to see some Frank Zappas, Captain Beefhearts, Skream and Bengas or a Karen Carpenter as much as the better known faces. This has got to be a great opportunity for some group action too! Personally it’s a toss-up between Dolly Parton and Prince… could make for an interesting outfit!’
We have it on good authority that another Bestival line up announcement will be following soon but currently confirmed appearances include sets from The Cure, Katy B and Primal Scream.
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