No Beautiful Days this year
We are very sad to say that Beautiful Days will not take place this year This decision has not been taken lightly and we are very aware of the impact this news will have but it’s unavoidable given the current global crisis. The wellbeing of everyone involved in the festival and the wider local community is our top priority but the uncertainties around COVID-19 make it impossible for us to confidently plan and safely deliver the event this August. We want to send our love and best wishes to everyone who was set to attend, to perform, to work or trade at the festival. We are really sorry we won’t see you in Escot Park this Summer. We’ll be talking to artists over the coming months about moving to the 2021 line-up but no announcements will be made until later in the year. Ticket bookings for this year will automatically rollover to 2021 or refunds are available. Full details are on the festival website. Hope to see you in 2021 Stay...
read moreBD2020 update – 07 April
BD2020 UPDATE – 07 April 2020 Firstly, we want to send our love to you all during these very difficult and worrying times. And our sincere thanks of course go out to all the frontline NHS health and social care workers. It’s a critical time right now and filled with much uncertainty as to what will happen over the coming weeks and months. The health & safety of our festival-goers, artists, staff and crew is our main priority and we are monitoring carefully the ongoing situation with COVID-19. In the event of cancellation due to the coronavirus we want to reassure everyone that refunds would be available. We will let you all know immediately of any further developments with #BD2020, in the meantime be kind, stay positive and most importantly for now – stay home BD...
read moreSunday MAD HATS theme
The theme for Sunday at Beautiful Days 2020 is MAD HATS – we’re looking for the most colourful, quirky and creative hats along with fancy dress outfits of your choice! 🎩👒🧙♀️💐
read more2019 UK Festival Award Nominations
We’ve been nominated for Best Medium Festival and the Grassroots Festival Award at the 2019 UK Festival Awards which is nice! 🎶 Public voting is open now until 25 October and then the shortlists will be announced 01 November and then winners announced at the Awards on 05 December If you’ve got 2 mins to spare you can vote for us here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ukfa2019 Thank...
read moreBD2020 is on sale now
Tickets for #BD2020 are on sale now. All prices, information and links are on our TICKETS PAGE Dates are 21 – 23 August 2020. “Beautiful Days is without a doubt a top contender for best weekend of the year” FestivalKidz 2019 “We love this old school, non-corporate festival and can’t wait until the next one” efestivals 2019
read moreThank you and BD2020 tickets
THANK YOU to everyone who came to Beautiful Days 2019! What an amazing weekend NEXT YEAR’S DATES ARE 21 – 23 AUGUST 2020 Tickets for Beautiful Days 2020 will go on sale Friday 27 September at 10am Ticket prices and capacity are the same as 2019 HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!
read moreSite Map for BD2019
Here is the Site Map for BD2019 Gates open to the car parks from 12 noon on Thursday 15 August 2019 and then the site itself will open from 2pm (this includes all campsites including the accessible campsite). Gates are open from 2pm – 9pm Thursday, 9am – 9pm Friday, 10am – 9pm Saturday & 10am – 3pm Sunday. Please note the earlier time for gates closing on Sunday for entry AND re-entry. In 2019, we are taking the following steps to help us improve the speed and efficiency of getting traffic on site: 1. We are asking people not to come on site on Thursday and then try to leave straight away (eg to go shopping). No vehicles will be allowed to exit on Thursday (unless in an emergency) until 5pm. Go shopping first! 2. We will be opening a new gate for cars to enter site. You will still follow the Blue Route but cars will enter the site a quicker way and be separated from Campervan traffic....
read moreFood Caterers at BD2019
Here are the caterers you will find at #BD2019 – a huge variety of stall serving meaty, vegetarian & vegan meals plus snacks, desserts, juices and coffee Who will you be visiting first!? 😋 AFRICA KITCHEN – New this year flavours of Africa ARENA DONUTS – Doughnuts and coffee BLOOMBERRY JUICE – Fresh juice cycle-blenders BRAND RED – Real Devon ruby red burgers CAFÉ MAGRITTE COFFEE – Coffee & patisserie CAFÉ MAGRITTE PIZZA – Big fresh pizzas, by the Theatre CAFÉ ON THE HILL – The BIG Breakfast CALLUM’S COFFEE – Barista coffee CARIBBEAN HUT – Goat and sticky jerk chicken CASITE LUPE – Brazilian festival flavours CHEEZY VINYL – Cheese café near The Big Top CHURROS BROS – Spanish dipping doughnuts COFFEE CART – Bristol specialists CREPERIE – Generously-filled Gallic favourites CUBAN MELTING POT – South American fusion CURRY SHED – Authentic Indian vegetarian curries DONUT CITY – Fresh sweet and hot EAT LIKE A GREEK – Top Greek cuisine ELECTRIC LEMON – From freshly squeezed lemons FESENJAN (OPEN SESAME) – Rich Persian delights FOOD GROOVE – Vegetarian café near Little Big Top FRESH ORGANIC – Veggie burgers built to your taste GOODNESS GRACIOUS -The vegetarian festival classic GREENER PASTAS – Perfect pastas and paninis HUMMUS ON THE HILL – Great veg pots and more. JUST DESSERTS – Cakes and more cakes LALITAS – Vegan South Indian street food MAC N CHEESE – The classic served with style OTTER VALLEY ICES – Local ice cream OWENS COFFEE – Coffee and cakes PAELLARIA – An authentic Iberian treat – gluten-free to boot! PANINI – Grab n’ Go taste near The Big Top PASTY – Classic, tasty and filling PIE – Festival-favourite hand-raised pies PURA VIDA – Mexican vegetarian burritos and enchiladas ROAMING ROTISSERIE – Fresh succulent rotisserie chicken SEACOW – Classic Fish n Chips SEADOG – Japanese-inspired Sakana burgers SHAKEN UDDER-MILKSHAKES – A fave with the children SHEPHERDS – Sheeps’ milk ice cream from the van ST VALENTINES – Liquorice. The real stuff STRAWBERRY CHARIOT – Strawberries, cream teas TAMBAPANNI – The subtle flavours of Sri Lankan cuisine TASTE OF SPICE – Anglo-Indian classics THAI MANIA – New authentic Thai cuisine THYME + TIDE – Gourmet fish dishes from Cornwall TIBETAN KITCHEN – Momo Central in the main Arena TOASTY KITCHEN – Perfect toasties every time TRULY CRUMPTIOUS – Site-baked fresh crumpets TINY TEA TENT – Cup of tea with friends VANILLIBEAN – Sorbets and Ice creams WEDGES CAFÉ AL FRESCO – Tasty wedges and dips WHOLE HOG – The best hog-roast around WOKS HAPPENING – Far Eastern curries and noodles LADY BOWOMBLE – Delicious...
read more2019 TICKETS SOLD OUT
Nearly a month in advance, all tickets for Beautiful Days 2019 have sold out! No more tickets will be made available in advance or on the gate. We strongly advise you not to buy tickets from unofficial sources if you’ve missed out this year – particularly via social networks. Sadly not all posts and offers of tickets are genuine and we do not want people to fall victim to ticket scams. And to clarify – there are no etickets, they are all physical tickets for Beautiful Days and they will be posted out from 26 July onwards. Car Parking Passes will be available to buy until the week of the event from Levellers or See Tickets for those who already have tickets. We have teamed up with Twickets to allow ticket holders who can no longer attend the festival to sell them on to other fans at no more than the price they originally paid. You can trade tickets securely through their service, with payment and delivery all agreed upfront. Twickets is a fan-to-fan ticket resale platform where the price of tickets is never more than the original face value. http://beautifuldays.twickets.co.uk/...
read moreNew bands chosen for 3 stages
Very happy to announce the 3 bands chosen to play at #BD2019 by Levellers & DMF from applications via Studio 54 are……….. The Recks (for The Big Top) The Rezner (for The Little Big Top) Dead Naked Hippies (for The Bimble Inn) Alternative five-piece folk band The Recks from the isle of Sark, indie-rock 4 piece from the south-west The Rezner and art-rock trio Dead Naked Hippies also get 1 free days recording & mixing at Studio as well as a slot at the festival. HUGE thanks to Studio 54 for working with us on this and thanks again to everyone who applied, we were all overwhelmed by the number of...
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