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Slap some sunscreen on those tats and hose off your hula hoop: the festival season has officially started.
Playgroup Festival is scheduled to take place from 3-5 August and it always create a parallel society that exists far outside the reach of daily life in Brighton. In particular, the festival will actually take place in rural grasslands near Tunbridge Wells in Kent and will incorporate every type of art including theatre, music, cinema, workshops, installation art, cabaret, and plenty of chances for interaction.
The variety of music which can be experienced is astonishing and includes a fifty piece carnival band, roving gypsy ensemble, a swingin' burlesque troupe and a selection of the best electronica with the likes of: Submotion Orchestra, DJ Format, The Herbaliser, Hidden Orchestra, High Rankin, Nedry, Belleruche and a few secret headliners performing toe-to-toe with emerging grassroots talent from across the South East.
I have to say there are quite a few things that make this gathering unique: The Playgroup Organisers know smaller is better. The world of festivals is saturated with mammoth stages, heavy weight headliners and over priced beer tents.
They know it's the small things in life that matter; from wonderful grassroots music, to a community of like-minded festival-goers and picturesque surroundings. With 3,500 revellers, staff and performers, the three day event delivers a personal experience more akin to the early days of Glastonbury or your first kiss.
Last but not least this year the theme is Lost Toy. Each ticket holder will be allocated a character (robot, dinosaur, tin soldier, cowboy, ragdoll, monster under the bed, puppet or teddy bear) and is invited to participate in the site-wide games, parades and activities throughout the weekend.
Lost Toys will be pulled head-first into secret passages and arts tents curated independently by some of the best imaginations from the south east. With pitch owners ready to coax passers by into performing impromptu game shows, the Arnie Workout, getting papped on an exotic ship or simply lapping up the wonderful installations littered across the stunning ancient deer park that is, Eridge.
Add to that a kids arena, five music and cabaret stages, healing fields, green renewable power used across the site and locally sourced gastronomic delights (including a pizza wizard) and you've got a pretty special little event on your hands!
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