New Order, The xx, Sigur Ros, Friendly Fires, JUSTICE, Hot Chip and Two Door Cinema Club top the bill for Bestival 2012. The boutique music festival set in a tranquil park on the Isle of Wight is scheduled from September 6-9, 2012. The four day Bestival features an amazingly large lineup, a good chunk of it curated by Rob da Bank (a legendary BBC DJ who is responsible for the vision of the festival).
Of course, the lineup is fantastic, but people really want to know? What is the theme of Bestival for this year? The theme for 2012 will be Wildlife folks. Get ready to get wild, and so forth and so on with the wildlife puns. Also new to Bestival this year will be vintage films showings and an expanded Healing Area.
There’s a variety of different tickets, but the most basic seems to around £180 for the weekend. See the official Bestival site for more options and click here to see the most current Bestival 2012 lineup.
Fun Fact: The Bestival website boasts creepy woodland trees and creatures with eyes that follow your mouse pointer.
Bestival 2012 Lineup
THE XX
NEW ORDER
SIGUR ROS
JUSTICE
TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB
HOT CHIP
SOULWAX
NERO
EMELI SANDE
DE LA SOUL
MAJOR LAZER
THE HORRORS
SPIRITUALIZED
KEVIN SAUNDERSON FEAT INNER CITY LIVE
GARY NUMAN
MICHAEL KIWANUKA
AZEALIA BANKS
SUB FOCUS
GALLOWS
EARTH
WIND & FIRE EXPERIENCE FEAT AL MCKAY
RIZZLE KICKS
THE CUBAN BROTHERS
BURAKA SOM SISTEMA
BELLOWHEAD
LITTLE DRAGON
ADAM ANT AND THE GOOD THE MAD AND THE LOVELY POSSE
TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS
CHAS & DAVE
DUB PISTOLS
THE JAPANESE POPSTARS
ROB DA BANK HIMSELF PLUS 2MANYDJS
ANNIE MAC PRESENTS
FOUR TET (DJ SET) + CARIBOU (DJ SET) B2B
2 BEARS
DAVID RODIGAN PRESENTS RAM JAM
CLAUDE VON STROKE
JUSTIN MARTIN & EATS EVERYTHING
FRANCOIS KEVORKIAN
DJ YODA
MAYA JANE COLES
SCUBA
LTJ BUKEM
PLASTICIAN
GREG WILSON
SCRATCH PERVERTS
JAMES PREISTLEY & GILES SMITH
ONEMAN B2B JACKMASTER
JAGUAR SKILLS
FRIENDLY FIRES
DEATH IN VEGAS
DJANGO DJANGO
DAUGHTER
DRUMS OF DEATH
ZULU WINTER
BRAINFEEDER PRESENTS THUNDERCAT
THE GASLAMP KILLER
TEEBS
LAPALUX
JEREMIAH JAE & DJ KUTMAH
DOCTOR P
PEARSON SOUND
BORGORE
FLUX PAVILION
MAX COOPER
GEMINI
PANGAEA
PARIAH
BILLY DANIEL BUNTER
TROLLEY SNATCHA
BLAWAN
KOAN SOUND
WARM & ELECTRIC MINDSMINDS
BAT FOR LASHES
BEN HOWARD
SBTRKT
ROOTS MANUVA
ALABAMA SHAKES
SAGE FRANCIS (UK FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE)
GRIMES (UK FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE)
CHAIRLIFT
GESAFFELSTEIN
ICEAGE
REN HARVIEU
FACTORY FLOOR
PORCELAIN RAFT
TOY
KINDNESS
DISMANTLE
DIRTY BEACHES
GENERAL LEVY
TOP CAT FEAT. SIR COXSONE OUTERNATIONAL
JOSH KUMRA
ERRORS
TRAILER TRASH TRACYS
FOREST SWORDS
STAY+
SKINNY LISTER
MISTY’S BIG ADVENTURE
RYAN KEEN
NINA NESBITT
BIGKIDS
THE LOVELY EGGS
ALT-J
ST SPIRIT
CHARMING
SHEPHERDS
SEÃN MCGOWAN
MOODYMANN
KAVINSKY
GIRL UNIT
MIXMASTER MORRIS
CHRIS COCO
PHIL MISON
PETE GOODING