Friday, July 29, 2016

Families pitch up for space-themed camp Bestival

Thousands of families in the UK have pitched up their tents for a space-themed festival which blasts off with a star-packed line-up including Jess Glynne, Fatboy Slim and Tears for Fears. As well as the schedule of major acts at Camp Bestival, the festival site at Lulworth Castle, Dorset, is packed full of activities to keep youngsters busy and enthralled including carrying out space-themed experiments led by the Science Museum, as well as following astronaut Tim Peake's exercise programme or building rockets. The site has been decorated with an array of intergalactic designs including seven-metre-high astronauts and an interactive light display called Celestial Dreaming. Out-of-this-world music is being provided by the Royal Albert Hall's education orchestra, Albert's Band, which will perform a family- friendly introduction to space-themed classical compositions. Event organiser Rob da Bank said: "I absolutely love all the art, theatre and workshops that go on at Camp Bestival, and this year our Creative Crew have hit really escape velocity, filling our brand new Mission Control tent with some seriously spacey goings on. "From Albert's Band blasting us off into a supernova of...

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